I'm always impressed by how spacey the place is, so many electronics just imagining how an EMP blast would affect all the stuff is scary and probably a big lost.
"There it is, the obvious-looking-big-stage-with-gaming-theme-stage place is surely our destination--"
At this very moment Ana rushed swiftly closing to the pointed stage followed by the dynamic duo Eric and Emma whose both following right behind Ana. It only took a short amount of time, they sprint passing every crowd moving like a pack of snakes.
"Speedrunning NeuroDiveEar-Plug buy in 0.0001 second the moment it opens" while Lex looks dumbfounded
"We are back! Surprisingly not expensive. I think you don't have to sell your liver for this"
Ana shows the sealed box followed by the dynamic duo
"We, We, we also bought it... hhuufttt just how fast did we run? I, i still can't believe we almost catch up to Ana sprint speed. I'm tired. Also I bought one for Dalian, now you pay me twice the price or line up until tomorrow"
"Wah, what a smart marketing strategy dear"
"Great! I'll pay you with the game currencies" Dali gives a thumbs up after he pick the box up giving his best sigma male face referencing roblox face.
Looking at how many people are lining up toward the store it may take hours to pack it up in my backpack. Since they open multiple stores just for this gear grand release sale.
"Sigh, well I guess we should rush now the quicker we get it. The quicker we can log in, now letss goooo"
A model leader, lead by example I rush head on not knowing the exact price they followed up behind me, casually walking.
======== Few Hours Passes ========
Alex dragged my by hand while I hug my precious box, most precious and hard-to-earn box. Most of the gangs are already there sitting outside waiting enjoying themself while we are in a mall.
"I'm dead, can you take me home my leg got jellied. So many line-cutters with their so called exclusive membership. Screw those rich folks"
Dali who is the only one sleeping on a bench snores loudly beside him is The Dynamic Duo, sharing their meal with each other and then we have Ana who is busy with her phone her fingers move swiftly across the screens typing something. After a few moments of silence and being ignored Ana places her phone in her bag and stood
"Finally, I'm eager for trying the new sets. Let's go then I'll be staying in your home for a while since my sis is there"
The others stood and nod in agreement they packed and clean the area. Then they went out first, Alex went out first riding his bike, the duo is picked up by their driver, Me and Ana with the public taxi, and Dali is left there sleeping for who knows how long. I also left a board sign, "Wake One Hour Before Closing". That should help him not to get home late. We are such a considerate mate.
"... so recently that group band is soon releasing their new hit MV. I can't wait to watch it, the media keep teasing with very short clips of their music..."
"I wonder when will they host another concert here, I didn't get a chance to be there. My parents gone out for business with sis so I have to watch the house and the pets"
"Yeahh, me too I'm not allowed to go there. But the bass, the shake, it's like the world is shaking I can feel it from here back then. I'm curious how it is there"
"I only get to watch the livestream from home many suffered from deafness and passed out because of the high volume.."
It has been hours, I'm laying on the floor it is pretty cool. I don't know what are Bety talking about with Aya don't really care about band or idol stuffs. Ana is just chilling with her phone sitting beside her sister while they are immersed with their mind sharing world most hottest topic ever existed.
"Ugh, I want to play. When will the download is finished, I can't believe we have to download for patch and it is crazy big"
I start rolling on the floor anxiously and complain making random noises that they don't even glance an eye. Probably normal day's with gamer having a tantrum from waiting for downloads.
They seem to stop talking and more focused on their phone now. Pretty serious look on their faces scrolling through their phone screen
"Ahem, sis. If there is coincidentally a concert hosted by BCST like few years ago in this year. Can I go there?"
"Hmm? Aren't you already deciding to do that, by saving moneys this past year? Dad said to give you more freedom so sure I guess, but make sure to tell them where you are going. To avoid misunderstanding of course"
Aya looks over to Bety who is just as surprised as her with a wink as a sign of excitement Bety nods undertanding what it means so she tidies her hair and scrub her face and radies her puppy eyes.
"Ahem, ahemm, ahemmmmm.... Big Bro Maman, ummm... if... Iffs... IFFFSS..."
"Ugh, yes you don't even have to do that so unnecessary. Of course you can... watch those in livestream at home"
"W-what? No that is not what I meant. You know that me and Aya are besties, two souls with same color and shapes, a pair of uhh shoes, pair of gloves, glasses with both lenses. Who is gonna accompany poor little Aya alone..."
Aya nods quickly with a smile on her face and they both hold each other hands looking at me with their pups eyes. Ana giggles as she is looking on then trying their best to reason with me.
"Alright, fine, you can go but take care of yourself and don't be home late and ONE other thing, pay the ticket yourself"
"Boo, not even outing money"
"Ah, but look at the bright side Bety. We can go to the concert this year. 20 July we have 2 months before it begins let's do many preparations okay?"
They nods in agreement and continue to be immersed with their phone while I lay stone cold not moving even an inch on the floor.
=== Phone Text ===
"*bzzt* Yowww look at diz" a notification pops with an image below it. Alex seems to finish his game download first he screenshotted an image showing his stats and class he pick with branches of progression still locked. A level 3 Soldier.
"NPC class😛" Eric replies a few seconds after, he then shows his progress with an image below it. A level 5 Priest holding a golden staff. Deluxe Bundle rewards probably.
Emma joined the chat she uploaded an image showing an lunch of eggs and steaks and her 100% downloaded game.
"still 95% just a bit more 🤌" i reply and Ana upvoted my chat since she's borrowing my internet
"🦥 Internet" Alex replies my chat and uploads another image of his zoomed in character face
"Are you in game?"
"No, just logged out was progressed a bit waiting for full house so we can log"
"Same, just quitted. The screenshot/screen record is saved in the device external memory card just plugged it on my laptop so that its not pixaled" Eric replies with an image below it showing a thumbs up with his character
"It's Pixalated, not pixaled lolz, I transfer the file via bluetooth it's pretty good more quicker"
"The image sucks"
=== Phone Text End ===
"Aaaaaaaahhhhh, I want to play tooooo just a bit more 1 more minute till completion" i roll intensely on the floor going full speed rolling, on tantrum.
Ana laughing as she secretly recording me on tantrum and uploads it in the group chats. Alex who is the first to saw it immediately made it to animated gif stickers and begin to spams
After millenniums of waiting the download is finally done and I rushed head-on fast as light and immediately log.
At first it does nothing I can see the outside world, later on I begin to feel sleepy and layed down on the floor again. I lost control over my body and it went dark. The moment I wake up it is already bright I can see my body yet it is not my body as time went on it slowly morphed into my real body same face, same voice, same mind.
An Interface shows up, input a name and choose starter class.
"Maman", a Wizard I can't think of other name so I just wrote my real name.
Another Interface shows up, "Use custom character?". I don't really like the idea of using real identities when playing a game name is an exception but face and body is bit troublesome. So I confirm to create a custom character, a race is displayed it has so many options. Hundreds of chosen races, I pick the most weird a skeleton. Looks weak but cool.
After hours of spending time on character customization I finally logged in as Maman the Boney Wizard. Because that is my name and I am a bone.
The world flashed again I lost consciousness in my own conscious and then there it is. The game main server. The World of Branches, legendary tree, Yggdrasil. The Game of War lobby to choose where to start and what genre of game you wanted to play. Since my gang is a fantasy nerd just like I, I started there ignoring everything else in the lobby.
The moment I blink after entering the portal it is a brand new world, a world so clean the sky is blue, a distance planet can be seen from the far sky, green fields clean of pollution, small town for starter. The next blink brings me closer to that town until I finally in the town.
"So I guess here is where I start, well since everyone is above level 5 except for Emma I guess I should start"
Ana taps my shoulder, she is a black tidy dress, a kunoichi. She waves at me and immediately sent a friend request to my profile, she's level 3.
"You really took your time customizing a bone, a skeleton. There is nothing to customise from a bone"
"Hey, I was inspecting the amount of detail from every aspect of customizing a character alright every details matter"
"Yeah, sure do. The other just logged out they said, stop at level 5. Let's wait for Dali. Also my message to you since I'm about to log out as well. Learn the game mechanics, system interface, and interaction. Byee see you later"
I wave at her as she disappear. Cubic particles from her leg swallowed her entire character and then the display profile for her character turns grey, indicating that she is offline.
"Well, I guess this is where I begin gotta aim for dark magic and semi support wizard"