Everything was connected as it should have been, he read over the instructions very carefully twice, one did not want something going wrong when poking around virtual reality but when it came to the user guide he tossed it across his apartment room and let it slide under the sofa
" don't need that " he said. Walter always skipped over game tutorials if he had the option, he proffered to learn to play games through trial, error, and experience and that's just what he would do. The device was already positioned on his head and over and eyes and with the press of a button his adventure began, the very second the button was pressed it was like he had been sucked into worm hole of coding and green light but the trip only lasted a couple short seconds, next time he opened his eyes he would find himself in a body that was his yet not. He held his purple gloved hands in front of him with a mixture of amazement and excitement fixed on his face, he looked down at the rest of himself and it was plane to see as far as his cloths went he looked exactly like he imagined he would in that brief moment of cyber space.
He looked around and could see the town was bustling with shops opening up and new players like him running around to tour the town, some occasionally appearing inches above the ground to drop in just as he had minutes ago.
" wow, this is incredible! " he exclaimed as he did a flip in mid air, being able to do a back flip now was already cool enough but when he managed to flip twice in mid air he couldn't help but feel a little bad ass. Once that was over he reached behind him, when he imagined his form his sword was strapped to his back vertically were the handle would be pointed up towards the back of his head and when he reached back there now sure enough hr felt it there. In one smooth motioned he unsheathed it and stepped forward to give a horizontal slash to the air, immediately after doing this a information screen popped up informing him that pvp was not possible within the town
" yeah yeah yeah, i know " he said as he waved it away with his free left hand but it was quickly replaced by an event notification, when setting the game up he set it to notify him directly when any events or important news showed up on the board, it was something that would come in handy later on.
" So Sakura Garden huh? An event to get things started, something simple with a simple reward, an item to augment speed or a chance to start your gold stacking. " very well, he thought, he noticed other player leaving the board and heading back to the gate they started the game by and he deduced that was means of transportation from area to area other than walking. Since he didn't stray far from it in the first place it was a short walk back to it, he stood at the gate for several minutes trying to figure it out as no menu for selecting an area came up, this is what happened when one ignored the user guide
" hmm, alright how about this " he simply closed his eyes like he witness other do when they came to the gate, some touched it some did not and he chose not to, he simply thought the name Sakura garden. He had that same pulling sensation and when he opened his eyes he found that he was there
" wow! " he exclaimed as he gazed around the beautiful open space with clear skies and of course sakura trees to justify it's name, he walked around and admired the intense detailing, if one didn't know better they would think they ere still in the real world with how advanced the textures were, from the glistening clear water down to the small insects that reined in their insect world within the grass. From the stand point of a game designer he could really appreciate every small detail, he heard a chime which he assumed was to notify him that the cat ears were now in his inventory as promised.
Kaden obtained special Spring Event's Cat Ears
There they would remain until he sold them, he didn't want to start off the game with an item that would boost any of his stats as he preferred to grind the old fashion way from the start so he would not become reliant on items like other players often did, players that became rare item hunters. He watched as characters who were most likely friends in the real world met up here and all boasted their character looking much cooler than the next guys or girls, he looked at the sword that was still in his hands, it was nothing special of course, just a basic weapon to get things rolling. He would have to go off to a combat area soon and start leveling up and hopefully finding a better weapon off defeated enemies in the process " man, I feel great " he said to himself as he looked out at the environment once more, at that moment he had no regrets about caving and buying the game, still he could see how a reality like this could getting addicting to people who considered their real world life to be stressful and hum drum.