When Simon, or rather Q, opened his… her eyes, she found herself in a dimly lit room with torches and writings all over the walls. One part of the wall had a slight reflection, and when Q approached it she found that it was a mirror. Q’s current appearance was similar to the one from when she had finished creating her character, except this time she was wearing a light linen t-shirt with simple shorts. After taking a look at herself in the mirror, she began to read the writings on the wall. After a few seconds she was able to read the words and organize the information in her head.
- In this tutorial your choices and actions will affect the rewards you obtain at the end.
- Difficulty will change depending on your performance.
- You should take a few minutes to get used to your new body.
- Most functions pertaining to your character are accessible by the toolbar to your right of your view. This includes things such as character status, inventory, etc.(Note: Administrator help can also be accessed by the toolbar)
- Once you are ready, approach the door and it will open.
Alright, that’s pretty straightforward, Q thought to herself. Well I should probably check my character status and stuff, but before I do that, there’s something MUCH more important. Heheheh… Now that I’m in this body, I must confirm something for myself… She began to move her hands towards the lower half of her body, and after a bit of fidgeting around with her clothes she was able to reach the desired area.
Q grabbed her tail, and upon doing so let out a quick gasp. “This… this is the GREATEST FEELING IN THE WORLD!!!” Q Shouted as she began to play around with her tail. She brought it to the front of her body and hugged it like a fluffy pillow. “You can’t ever find this kind of softness in real life. THIS is the powers of virtual reality! This is the apex of human technology~!!” She began to roll around the room while hugging her tail, and seemed to lose herself in soft bliss.
She might have continued in this act for hours, if it wasn’t for a sharp sound that brought her out of her reverie.
*Inside a T.W.O monitoring room*
The man was still sitting at his desk, occasionally answering some questions for players in the tutorial asking questions through the [Help] command on the toolbar. So far things had been progressing smoothly and the man was relaxed… or at least he was until he saw that Cim was contacting him again. Really? Another problem so fast? Maybe another player is requesting to change genders… ah, but I told her that it was fine to do that, so what’s the problem? The man opened up the line connecting to Cim and her face appeared on the screen.
“What is it now Cim?” The man asked as he leaned back in his chair, taking a bite out of his lunch.
“You requested me to put the player ‘Q’ onto your interesting list, which means that if she does something amazing, strange, out of the ordinary, or similar actions I was to contact you.”
“Mhm. Continue.” The man nodded. Could it be that within minutes of playing the game, this player had already done something amazing?
“The player has taken what I believe to be a ‘strange’ action.”
“Don’t play the pronoun game with me Cim. What was the player doing?” The man asked as he began to sip his drink.
“This player has disregarded the tutorial messages and has begun to touch herself.”
*Pbbbbbbbttt* The man did a wonderful spit take as he heard what the player was doing. “W-what do you mean she’s touching herself?!” With the news that a player was doing sexual acts in the game, as well as the distress of spitting his drink all over one of his monitors, the man quickly lost his composure as he scrambled, trying to find something to wipe the screen. Cim, oblivious to his distress continued to describe what happened in detail.
“The player awoke in the tutorial room, looked at the messages on the wall for 2.46 seconds, then began to touch herself. I believe the player had disregarded the messages due to the fact that the average human should not have been able to read and process the information in that short time frame. Currently she is rolling on the ground, and saying things like, ‘Ah! It feels so good!’ and ‘This is so amazing!’ I believe this strange and outlandish behavior is sufficient enough to alert you as she is on your ‘interesting’ list.”
While Cim was explaining the situation, the man finally finished wiping off his monitor, and after seeing that it was fine let out a sigh of relief. Then he thought about the player who immediately began to touch herself after beginning the game, and let out a large sigh. “Just send them a message warning them about their behavior.” Of course, it was none of his business on what a player decided to do in the game, but he might as well send a warning anyway.
“Yes sir. Is that all?” Cim replied.
“Yup. That’s all. Oh wait, before you go Cim, a player touching themselves does not count as an ‘interesting’ action.” Cim nodded and disappeared from the screen, and the man sat there staring at it. “Jeez. To think that the first thing that my ‘interesting’ list would bring me is something like this...” He could only shake his head and wonder how people can be so strange. This time the notification was an unexpected event, but he did find other interesting players so he was hoping for something more exciting the next time Cim contacted him. Seriously. You bought a game pod just so you could change genders and touch yourself? Well, I can understand why but... eh. None of my business. With those thoughts in his head, he went back to work.
*Back in the game*
In the midst of rolling around with her tail, Q heard a loud *ding* sound and looked around for what caused it. She found a window in front of her that read:
[Administrator Notification] - Though we encourage free choices, we must remind you that you are currently in the tutorial level, and suggest you complete it before doing other ‘activities’.
“Oh shoot, I forgot about that.” Q muttered as she got up and brushed herself off. “Yeah, I should probably be doing the tutorial right now. I’ll spend some quality time with my tail later… Hehe.” Q moved towards the door and it opened, letting in a bright light as it did. After a few seconds letting her eyes get adjusted to the light, Q finally took her first steps into the game.
Once she stepped out of the room, Q found herself in front of some sort of ruins. She faced a large structure but couldn't make out the original shape of it due to the wear and tear over the years. There were broken pillars lining a cobblestone path which lead up to a door which seemed to be the entrance to the large structure. Besides the ruins, a forest of trees was to her left and right, while the small room filled with writings was behind her. Driven by a strong sense of adventure, she was about to walk along the path into the ruins but quickly remembered that she should check her character's stats first.
"Okay then, I guess I should... Woah, I didn't notice this earlier but... My voice is different!" Q said out loud. Her voice was definitely a lot higher than it was in her real body, and it resembled that of a young girls. “Could I have changed it? Well, not that I would want to. This is fine as it is.” For a moment Q imagined speaking in her real body’s voice with this body, and shuddered a bit. “Anyway, where’s the toolbar? Ah, there it is.” Q found the faded out toolbar to the right of her vision, and when she focused on it it became solid and tangible. She touched a few of the icons as she familiarized herself with the interface, then pressed on the icon for character information. A window popped up in front of her and she began to read it.
Player Name: QRace: Fox-KinDisplay Title: N/ANon-Display Title: N/AClass: N/AProfession: N/ALevel: 1Fame: 0Health: 100/100Mana: 20/20Strength: 1Vitality: 1Defense: 1Agility: 1Intelligence: 1Dexterity: 1Wisdom: 1Luck: 1
SkillsPassive Skills:Description:Active Skills:Beast Within Lv.1(No Cost, 8 Hour Cooldown) Increases strength and agility by 15% for 1 minute.Spells
EquipmentHead:N/AChest:Simple Linen ShirtArms:N/AWaist:N/ALegs:Simple Linen PantsMain-Hand Weapon:N/AOff-Hand Weapon:N/AAccessoriesRing 1:N/ARing 2:N/ARing 3:N/ARing 4:N/ANecklace:N/ABracelet:N/A
Focusing on the section where her stats were, a secondary window popped up describing the effects of her stats.
Strength - Affects your physical strength, and how much damage you deal with physical weapons.
Vitality - Affects how much health you have, and how resistant you are to poisons and diseases.
Defense - Affects how much damage you'll take from attacks.
Agility - Affects the speed at which you do things.
Dexterity - Affects the skill when performing tasks.
Intelligence - Affects the amount of damage dealt by magic attacks.
Wisdom - Affects how much mana you have, and how resistant you are to mental attacks.
Luck - Affects how often you get a critical hit, and other various things.
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“Well… that’s kind of disappointing, but Cim said that I could increase my stats by training or something. Well first I should get used to this body though.” Q said to herself as she began to stretch her limbs and familiarize herself with her new body. During this process, she was surprised to find that she was slightly more flexible than she was in real life, though that could probably be attributed to the natural body of a girl. She also found the fact that she could move her tail somewhat like she could her other limbs interesting, but she didn’t have much control over it at this point due to not being used to it. Looking at her tail which she moved around, she suddenly remembered something as she moved her hands up to her head.
She felt around the area where human ears would normally be, and didn’t find anything there which weirded her out for a second. She then reached up to her new fox ears and gave them a feel. “Guhehe, this feeling… it’s also really soft! So nice~!” Q began to fondle her ears and might have been there for a while, if it wasn’t for a sound that came from her left.
Her ears twitched and seemed to point in that direction as Q looked over to find the source of the sound and saw some rustling bushes. Curious, she began walking towards the bush when all of a sudden a shadow jumped out! Surprised, Q quickly took a few steps back and identified the shadow. It turned out that the shadow was a small rabbit hiding inside the bushes, and it looked at Q with its beady eyes.
[White Rabbit] - Level 1
“It’s… it’s… IT’S SO FLUFFY!!!” Q screamed out as she dived at the rabbit with her arms wide open. The rabbit froze for a second as it was frightened from the strange aura that Q was emitting. The rabbit seemed to intuitively understand that if it got caught by Q, there was no way that it would escape, so it turned around and begun to run away in fear. “Ah, wait! I just want to hug you!” Q yelled as she chased after the rabbit. She completely forgot about the mysterious ruins and chased after the rabbit which ran into a forest.
“Come back here! I’ll just want to cuddle you for an hour... or maybe two… one day at the most!” Q continued to chase it into the forest for a good amount of time, dashing through leaves, jumping over roots and ducking under branches. For a second, Q was about to catch the rabbit as she stretched out her hands and jumped for it, when it suddenly disappeared. Q’s face was then treated to a close up view of the ground as she did a wonderful face plant.
Q was dumbfounded for a second as she looked around for where the rabbit could have gone to. She obtained her answer quickly, as she noticed a small rabbit-sized hole near her feet. “Ah, a rabbit hole huh? Gah, and I was so close to catching it too! *Sigh* Oh well… Actually, where am I?”
Q looked around her and found that she was in the middle of a dense forest. The trees resembled large oak trees, and their abundant leaves formed a canopy which let in a few streaks of sunlight. Q sniffed the air and was treated to a nice, earthy smell, though that might have just been the soil which currently covered her face. Once she wiped the soil off her face using her t-shirt, she began hearing sounds of life returning to the forest. The chirping of birds and insects filled the air in a strange, harmonious symphony. I probably scared them all off earlier while I was chasing the rabbit. Q realized.
Suddenly she noticed that the notification icon on her toolbar was flashing, so she pressed it and was presented with a window that said:
[Stat Raise]
Agility +3
Dexterity +1
“Oh cool! I really did get stat raises from running around. Maybe I should chase some more rabbits or something…” Q said to herself as she checked her character information window to confirm the stat raises. Once she had done this however, she heard a rustling in the bushes to her right. Her head snapped towards that direction as she wondered what was in it. Could it be another rabbit? She thought to herself. Well if that’s the case, I’m not letting you get away this time! A devious smile appeared on her face as she crouched down, ready to pounce. When the black shadow jumped out of the bushes she also jumped forward saying “You’re mine!” But what faced her wasn’t a small rabbit.
[Black Wolf] - Level 7
Q’s facial expression cramped up a bit, as her jump towards the wolf brought her right up to its face. She let out a weak smile and began to shuffle backwards slowly, while the wolf on the other hand let out a snarl and began to advance towards her. They continued moving like this, the fox slowly being cornered by the wolf, and neither of them made any sudden movements as they kept their eyes locked onto each other. Unfortunately, Q’s back hit a tree trunk and she stopped moving. At this the wolf seemed to let out a grin as it suddenly charged forward, jaws wide open!
As soon as her back hit the tree, Q had already begun diving towards the side and just barely got past the wolf. She didn’t get away completely fine though, as the wolf had made a quick swipe towards her as she passed by, and its sharp claws grazed her skin.
A health bar with Q’s name on top appeared at the top of her vision, and she watched incredulously as a quarter of it was taken away. What the heck!? It barely even touched me! Actually, what the world is this level 7 wolf doing here? This is just the tutorial level dammit! Q started to curse the game for throwing her in this situation, while the wolf turned towards Q and began dashing towards her. “Gah! Go away you stupid wolf!” Q cried exasperatedly, “I’m not even that delicious! I swear! I’m just a level 1 fox. You won’t get any experience from me!” Unfortunately her cries seemed to spur the wolf on, as it ran even faster and quickly closed the distance between the two.
The wolf suddenly lunged towards Q, about to bite her, but missed as Q tripped on a root and began rolling down a steep hill. “Aaaaaah!” Q let out a pitiful scream as she desperately tried to stop her momentum but failed to do so. She continued to roll down the hill with increasing speed, and while stray branches and rocks hit her face and body, Q noticed her health bar began to deplete.
I’m taking fall damage!? Or wait, is this roll damage? Wait, that’s not important! I need to stop rolling! With each roll and tumble, she kept taking more damage, and at this rate she’d probably get killed by this hill than the wolf. Grr, there is no way that I’m going to let a hill kill me in the tutorial! Suddenly there seemed to be a change in her demeanor as her eyes sharpened and her body became more tense.
The world around her seemed to slow down as she began to take in as much information as she could from each moment that she could see properly. Q noticed a tree branch that was hanging a few meters above the ground ahead of her, and a few bushes around her as well. She suddenly stuck her leg out and it got caught in one of the bushes. This ripped the bush out of the ground and took a chunk out of her HP, but it served to bring her to a position of falling face-forward. She then stuck out her arms in front of her and landed hard on them, taking away yet another portion of her HP, but she gritted her teeth and pushed down with all of her strength.
This force and Q’s previous momentum caused her to fly up high into the air where she did a flip and she frantically reached out to grab the branch which was in front of her. She was somehow able to grab on and once she did she actually did a few rotations on the branch like a gymnast would. Eventually she stopped rotating and let out a sigh of relief, but that relief was short lived as she heard a sudden growling behind her. Eyes widening, Q quickly hoisted herself up onto the branch as the wolf passed under her, brushing by her feet as it landed on the ground.
The wolf let out a threatening growl, frustrated that it missed its prey yet again. Q on the other hand, was quite happy as she had temporarily gotten away from the wolf. The wolf tried to jump up and reach the branch numerous times, but couldn’t reach Q, so it paced around the tree, glaring at her with a gaze that seemed to say ‘Once you hit the ground, you’re dead!’ Q let out a small laugh and stuck out her tongue as she checked her status and the notifications which appeared.
Looking at her health she wasn’t surprised to see that it was only one-third full; after all, she did take a lot of damage from just the environment. After looking at her health bar, she watched it slowly fill up again, meaning she was definitely regenerating health. She also looked at the other windows and saw that they were mainly about stat gains and bonuses. She let out a sigh, closed the windows and laid back against the tree.
Once she leaned back however, Q noticed that the wolf was no longer pacing underneath her. Instead, it had moved to the far side of the branch where it was hanging low to the ground. Q watched with wide eyes as the wolf leaped up and bit on the branch, and then slowly dragged it towards the ground. Once the branch hit the ground the wolf released it, shaking the branch, and Q in the process. Q maintained a strong grip on the branch so that she wouldn’t get shaken off, but the wolf kept repeating the process. Just as Q thought that she would be fine, she heard a snapping sound and whipped her head to look at where the branch was connected to the tree. Unbelievably, it had begun to crack!
The wolf seemed to have a sly grin on its face as it continued to shake the branch up and down. Eventually, the branch snapped and Q fell down onto the earth. “What the heck is with this game’s A.I?!” Q screamed as she ran as fast as she could. The wolf immediately began running after her as soon as the branch hit the ground and the chase began anew...
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A/N: You won't be seeing too much of the mysterious administrator, though he will be mentioned every now and again.
Fun-fact: Q was supposed to wake up in a dungeon and fight against rat mobs in my initial idea for the tutorial.