3 Character Creation (1/2)

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The next morning, I had made breakfast for Yuki and me, except this time, she doesn't get ready for school. I was setting the table, and I heard shuffling coming down the stairs. Yuki was half asleep and wearing her pajamas, which was just her underwear and a s.h.i.+rt.

*Yawn*

”Morning, mom.”

”Morning, Sweetie. Remember, after breakfast, go get dressed and make sure you have a spot in your room for the VR Pod. They are coming today to install it.”

”Don't worry; I will.”

Even though our house is small, the room size is are decent. My room is downstairs with the bathroom next to it. The bathroom has two doors, one to my room and one to the living room. Yuki's room is upstairs directly above my room. Not the best floor plan, but its what we can afford.

We spent the morning moving stuff around in the bedrooms. I thought about getting rid of the bed as the pod could be used while sleeping, but in the end, I didn't.

The installers came by afternoon and were moving the equipment into the rooms. They even had some mover androids with them too. Androids were commercially used back in 2042, so it was common to see them now. About an hour and a half later, all pods were set up, and they had left.

Yuki and I went to the living room for a quick lunch while she did some of her schoolwork.

”Hey mom, you know what race you are going to play?”

”What's that? I don't know what you mean by race.”

”Sorry, I forget you don't know much about video games. The race is what species you want to play as. Usually, in these kinds of games, you have humans, elves, and dwarves.”

”Oh, then I guess I will be a human.”

”Don't play as a human! You will have so many choices; you should play something different.”

”Alright, calm down. I'll think about it. I just don't know how I am supposed to act if I am something like an elf.”

”You don't need to act like anything. Just pick a race that looks good to you and just be yourself.”

I nod my head and walk over to our computer and turn it on. If I am going to play this game for money, I should probably research it a bit. Spending about an hour going through everything, I got a bit more knowledge of the game.

There are only three confirmed races; Human, Elf, and Dwarf, just like Yuki said. There are, however, over 108 different races, and most of them you can only mutate into by meeting specific requirements. Reading the thing about mutating reminded me of that horror movie about a thing in Antarctica.

I also found out something about a level cap. I got more information about this from Yuki as I didn't know what a level cap was. The level cap is 300, at which point you need to visit the Shrine of the Reborn, where you rebirth yourself. Your level becomes 1 while your total level and stats don't reset. During this process, you can also choose to mutate your race, but doing so is permanent.

I also found out you can only talk long distances with other players if you use an item called a word stone. Since the game is aiming for immersion, that will help with something some people call 'Meta Gaming.' I didn't know what this was and had to look online for the meaning.

Seeing as there wasn't a whole lot of information out yet about the game, I turned off the computer. I walked back over to the couch and sat down with Yuki.

”Looks like after we make our characters, we will be placed randomly into the world.” I had said while watching Yuki do her homework.

Without looking up, she responded. ”That will put a small wrench into our plans. Since we can't add people as friends unless we are in the same area, we can only meet up at the main capitol.”

”I guess we will have to tell your Aunt to meet us at the capitol and then make our guild thing.”

Yuki gives out a slight laugh at my comment.

”You know, mom, it's going to be fun watching you play. I am curious to see how well you do.”

I feel like I was just insulted, but I can't bring myself to reprimand her for it.

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The next day came, and Yuki was up early, finis.h.i.+ng her homework for the day so she could play the game.

The website had said that it would go live at around 10:00 am our time. I had to make sure that breakfast was ready, and Yuki finished her homework was finished.

”Remember Yuki, you can skip lunch, but I will not allow you to miss breakfast or dinner. You still need to take care of your body as well, which is why on Sundays, we will not play but spend time doing some sort of physical activity.”

”Yes, mom, I will take care of myself.”