I was proud of the stats, but not of his looks. The character looked generic, and that had to change.
"Unacceptable" I went into the customization options. I could change a lot of things, from his hair color to how much fur he had; from how human or cat he looked to exactly how long his arms and legs were; from how his eyes looked to how many wrinkles he had.
Half an hour later, the preview showed a green-haired, muscular cat guy. He looked fierce and ready to kick some noob's butt. The character didn't have any fur, since I'm not a furry, but it still kept his cat ears and tail. Not only because I didn't want to remove them, but because I couldn't. If you wanted him without tail and cat ears, you should just choose human.
I put on the headset again. I still couldn't get used to the feeling. Well, it was only my second time. I was back in the wooden room.
"Done."
"Please, enter a character name first," the woman's voice said.
"What do you mean 'enter a name'? I got Gary." I looked at the character's name field. It was empty. "No, no... I must've lost it after the disconnect or the crash." I clicked 'Name' again.
"Let's see... Gary."
"That name has already been taken."
"Fuck this shit."
"That name is invalid. No swear words."
"Beer warrior."
"That name has already been taken."
"Deadly Assassin."
"That name has already been taken."
"Huge Fat Cook."
"That name has already been taken."
"Noob Destroyer."
"That name has already been taken."
"Destroyer of Noobs."
"That name has already been taken."
"No Name."
"That name has already been taken."
"Yourself."
"That name has already been taken."
"Penguin Knees."
"That name has already been taken."
"Big Black Clock."
"That name has already been taken."
"Ultimate Glass Cannon."
"That name has already been taken."
"Adasdlaskdalsk."
"That name has already been taken."
"How the fuck is that name taken?"
"That name is invalid. No swear words."
"I need to calm myself."
"That name has already been taken."
"Breath in and out."
"That name has already been taken."
I just couldn't take it anymore. When I was about to take the headset off and smash it on the floor, the woman's voice said, "The name is available. Do you want to take it?"
Stolen story; please report.
"What?"
A message emerged. 'Name: Uuhaa-Uuhaa'
"... Yes."
I pressed 'Done' and accepted my character. The game gave me a list of commands. To access the different windows, I just needed to say the word. I could also open them by making a weird hand gesture and saying a letter.
A blinding white light filled the room. When I opened my eyes again, I was in an entirely different world. I was in the middle of a crowded plaza, hearing the birds' melody in the background. My whole body was refreshed by the cool wind; it was a nice touch the developers added.
I looked at my hand. Very realistic. It was very well done, hard to differentiate it from a real hand. The last VR game I played, not only you had to play it with a joystick, but the graphics were shit.
"Waaah." A girl put her hands on another girl's eyes. "Don't look. Let's get away from that pervert."
"Report him!" an old man shouted.
"I saw these kind of people around town, but this one takes the cake."
"Eh?" I noticed they were pointing at me. I looked down. "What the fuck is this shit? I don't have a penis! Why don't I have a penis? I chose male." The character in the preview was fully clothed. So I imagined I would have a penis when naked. "Inventory."
The inventory window popped out. I had 20 copper coins as well as some equipment, but I didn't have it equipped. I pressed the clothes twice to equip them.
"You don't meet the requirements to equip this item."
"Eh? I stared at the clothes and a tooltip appeared."
Common Underwear Requires: 1 Con +0 PDef Cannot be unequipped, but it can be switched with other underwear.
Beginner Vest Requires: 1 Con +1 PDef
Beginner Shoes Requires: 1 Con +1 PDef
Beginner Pants Requires: 1 Con +1 MDef
Beginner Gloves Requires: 1 Con +1 MDef
Fuck, I can't equip any of it... My thoughts were interrupted by some weird noises.
"Ah ah yes yes ah ah yes yes." A group of five seminaked men with their hands behind their heads were pelvic thrusting their way around the plaza when they stopped and pointed at me.
"Look! That's the legendary... Fully naked man."
They walked my way while swinging their hips.
"We call ourselves the Nudist Party, but look at us, in underwear." They pointed at their underwear while shaking their hips. "You are the only true nudist here. We are nothing compared to you, master!" They bowed at me.
"..." I didn't know what to say. Even while bowing they didn't stop moving their pelvis.
"Do you want to join our group? We don't have a guild yet. But we will soon! We will spread our nudity to the whole world!"
"Our objective is to find the most skimpy underwear and use it. But you go one step beyond our goal. You achieved a legendary state that we thought impossible. You are an idol to us."
"If it's okay with you..." Another one of them nervously stepped forward. "Can you tell us what you did to achieve such legendary state?"
"I cannot tell you." I shook my head.
"Yes, such secrets must be well protected until the grave." They nodded. "They aren't something to be divulged freely. It's understandable. Please, accept us as friends."
They moved their hands. Five windows emerged in front of me.
You received a friend request from: Nakedman A.
You received a friend request from: Nakedman B.
You received a friend request from: Nakedman C.
You received a friend request from: Bodyrage.
You received a friend request from: Nakedman E.
They may become handy. I accepted them all. "Bodyrage?" I asked.
"Yeah, he screwed up."
"I didn't screw up." Bodyrage put his hand on his chest. "I like Bodyrage more."
"I must go now." I wanted to walk away from them as fast as possible. Plus, the more time I wasted, the harder it will be for me on the tournament.
"Yes. Thanks, master." They continued to pelvic thrust their way. "Ah ah yes yes."
I need to do something about my clothes, or else people will think I'm a pervert like them. "Map."
The map of the town appeared in front of me. I pinpointed three locations. The skills shop, the clothes store and the arms vendor. First, I must see the skills. I need them to know which weapon to pick. Then, the weapon. And last, if I have some money left, I will look for some clothes. I nodded.
"Stop looking at my boobs, you pervert!" a girl shouted at me. Her boyfriend at her side was about to kill me. Thankfully, there was no PvP in the city. Not that I would lose against such people on a 1v1 or even 2v1, but with their numbers and my health, they will kill me.
"I wasn't looking at your tits, you fat cow." I'm more of an ass guy. She did have huge tits though, but that's just something she did in the character creation. In real life, she's probably flatland.
"You go around naked and you want us to think you aren't a degenerate?"
"Fuck off!" I told her. "You never saw a cat not wearing clothes before? Uh?"
"Pervert!" They walked away.
Wherever I went, everybody kept talking about me. It was like they never saw a naked cat in their lives.
"World chat off." I stopped hearing their voices, and they stopped hearing mine.
"Hello," a voice said directly to my head. "I'm Admin Sigmund."