Two days passed extremely swiftly, and now it was finally summer holiday!!!
"Mum, I'm going to go to Baek Hyun Sung's house and I will probably be late today. Please don't worry..."
"Please be safe dear and make sure you take your medicine alright?"
"Yes, Mother".
I pack my bag eagerly as I am excited to play the game I bought two days ago. I decide to wear a sleeveless turtle-neck black sweater with a pair of black pants and sneakers and just like that I head out.
It was the afternoon and I had finally arrived. The house looked like a mix of old Korean and Japanese architecture and had the most lavish interior design.
Sora greets me while opening the door with, "Took ya long enough!"
"Really?" I answer back with an annoyed expression.
"Well, did you expect a red carpet to be rolled out for you? Now let's go inside before the others start yapping."
Rolling my eyes, I say "Fine..." with a hint of annoyance.
Hyun Jae raves "Yayyy! You're finally here! We can start the game!"
She takes my hand and makes me sit next to her.
I put on this set of VR goggles, It was a shiny, metallic black colour with silver detail and you could kind of see through it.
[Game loading...]
[Welcome to VR MANIA!]
[I will be your guide...My name is Phantomive]
I was amazed at the graphics, It looked unbelievably real. Phantomive looked like a Dark elf with his hair being white and his eyes being a beautiful dark shade of red...He also had pointy ears and a bow and arrow set.
"holy crap, he looks hot" Baek Hyun comments on the appearance of Phantomhive.
[Alright then players, It's time to customize your characters, please choose wisely as you can't customize later on]
"Let's surprise each other without characters when we finish customizing alright?" Hyun Jae advises, and everyone seemed to agree.
I decided to have red hair, up in a ponytail and emerald, green eyes. Under my right eye, I had a beauty mark. My weapon of choice was a Katana. It was one of the 3 beginner weapons you could choose from. I chose a katana because I thought it would be the easiest as I regularly took Kenjutsu. After I saw the done button and clicked, there was a loading screen and suddenly everything went...
Completely. Pitch. Black.
Fear galloped into me as I couldn't hear my friends talking to me anymore.
Fear galloped into me as I couldn't hear my friends talking to me anymore.
Phantomhive appeared in front of me and slowly walked towards me.
[Don't worry dear, this is just a malfunction. We will be online in justโฆ aโฆ minute...]
I removed the black VR goggles I was wearing.
"HEY WAKE UP!!!"
"I think she's awake now..."
While I slowly gained consciousness, I felt someone slap me and multiple voices telling me to wake up.
"Guys stop slapping me, I'm fine now..." I tell the four in front of me in hopes of comforting them.
Hyun Jae sadly looks at me, while wistfully whispering, "I almost thought you died, Kazumi..."
"Don't worry, maybe I should head home."
The four say their goodbyes to me as I mopingly walk away...
"Mum, I'm home!" I yell.
Since mother was already fast asleep, I decided to go to sleep too, but before I slept, I took the medicine I forgot to take... Maybe that's why I fainted but that wouldn't explain why that in-game glitch happened. Whatever. I will think about it tomorrow.
The night went by instantly. The morning had come, but something feltโฆ ๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐...
As I got up from my bed, I saw a bunch of weapons on the floor and when I looked at myself in the mirror I went into shock!
๐ ๐น๐ผ๐ผ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐น๐ ๐น๐ถ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐บ๐ ๐ฐ๐๐๐๐ผ๐บ๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ- ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด!
Before I could say anything, I heard my doorbell ring.
RIIIIIIIING!
Hesitantly, I walked towards the door and opened it...
"Kazumi, is that you?" A tall, muscular man with light blue eyes and light blue hair with a white eyepatch questioned.
"Who are you and how do you know my name?"
"It's me Baek Hyun Sung, your childhood friend." He answers me.
"Oh, well that makes sense"
"The others are waiting for us, so let's go," he says while grabbing my hand. His hand was so coldโฆ It was... strange...