Yes folks, yet another .hack fan fic, as if you didn't have enough already!
Please bare with me as we dive together into The World once again.
.hack//SEED
The bell rang announcing the end of the class; the noise of the chairs dragging away from the desks echoed through the whole school and soon the screams and laughs of the students began to fill the air. They got up and made their way to the crowded hallway.
On the roof of the school, a young man woke up with all the commotion; he looked up to the orange sky and smiled at the clouds. Another day well spent, he thought, the past few days have been a hustle, everything had started to be so boring, he really rather sleep through them.
The door to the roof slammed open and out into the afternoon sky came the inquisition. All wearing their school uniforms and their trademark arm bracelets, glaring, gritting their teeth and squeezing their fists.
“You skipped class again.” It started; the peace and quiet was gone.
The three made their way to him, forcing him to get up so to not get stepped on.
“Oh no! It’s the all mighty disciplinary committee! I’m in real trouble now!” he mocked.
The only girl in the group stepped forward and looked to him in the eyes.
“Why do you keep doing this?” she asked.
The two guys looked disappointed; his best friends were very different from him, all great students, and members of the student council, reliable and considerate.
“So I skipped class again, big deal!”
The big guy stepped in.
“That’s not why we are here.”
He put down on the floor a big cardboard box.
“Yeah it’s your gear. My cousin says he won’t need it anymore, so you can use it.”
They made their way home, nagging him for missing class.
Once home he tossed the box onto his bed and proceeded to tear it apart, inside were an old manual, that he put aside and didn’t bother reading, a graphics card to enhance his pc seen that there was no way he could run any new game with the one he had, a M2D that stands for Micro Monocle Display, or virtual reality goggles, the devise that allows pc users to view the games and programs in first person view as well as providing sound, this particular piece of technology had several other functions but none as attractive as the one he was going to use it for. Finally at the bottom of the box was a copy of the most popular game in existence “The World R: 3”.
This game was already in its third revision, not that it mattered much to him since he never played any of the other versions.
The game had got a lot of hype in the past few years, with the increase of people falling comatose and whatnot. But players could now feel safe to play The World, because everyone who fell in coma had awaken and no relation to the game was proven.
To think that all that chaos and doll syndrome business was the fault of a videogame seemed pretty laughable right now, maybe it was all just a prank by some kids bored to death. However the fact remained that the virus that infected all computers in the real world and caused several injuries, not to mention the loss of lives had it’s source in the game world. The problem had been fixed; hell they wouldn’t release another game without making sure of it!
The game was finally installed; the account was already created from yesterday. Now to run the program, he thought.
“Welcome to The World R: 3” filled the pc screen and he was brought to the main menu, he selected the option to initiate a new game, ignoring completely the forums and official message boards.
He was all set, but there was still just a small detail, character creation.
This wasn’t his first time playing a RPG so he knew that this step was a big deal on his gaming experience, so he chose carefully. It was funny to see how he changed from a careless laid back person in real life to a much more focused person when playing a game.
First the Blade Master or Blade Brandier, characters who fight with one-handed swords. Blademasters have medium attack power and high defense. Not really his style.
The Heavy Axeman, a character whose weapon of choice is a two-handed axe. They have high attack power but slow movement. Not interested.
Heavy Blade or Edge Punisher a subdivishion of the Blademaster category, Heavy Blades specialize in the use of large two-handed swords and have nigh attack power. Their weapons look cool but not enough.
Long Arm, a character who uses a two-handed spear is a Long Arm. They have high attack power, but lower defence. Not the most popular of characters.
Twin Blade or Adept Rogue, characters specializing in using two blades, either shorter swords or specialized blades mounted to the back of there wrists. Twin Blades are able to use high attack power skills. This type is the only one allowed to gain job extensions during the game, but they are such a pain to level up….
Steam Gunner, able to use long range weaponry, good attack/defence balance, but very dependable on ammo.
Harvest Cleric, healers by nature, low attack and low defence, but have high capacity to perform healing spells. Not much of an offence character.
Shadow Warlock or Wavemaster, one who uses magic as there primary weapon. Wavemasters carry only a staff, often a magic crystal or gem embedded in it. Like the previous class it’s a spell user however it especializes in offensive magic even though it can still cast heal. Has good attack but not very good defence. I’ll settle for Wavemaster, he chose.
Next step was to pick a name, this wasn’t a very hard task, in his mind anagrams were a classic so he picked the usual name “Xugoh”.
He was given ten starter status points which he chose to destribute equaly on all options.
Finaly he pressed “Done”, put on his M2D and dived deep into the game.
This intro is way smaller than i was hoping for, but i hope i gave you a better idea of what The World is all about.
I apreciate any comments, praises and critics.
Please bare with me as we dive together into The World once again.
.hack//SEED
The bell rang announcing the end of the class; the noise of the chairs dragging away from the desks echoed through the whole school and soon the screams and laughs of the students began to fill the air. They got up and made their way to the crowded hallway.
On the roof of the school, a young man woke up with all the commotion; he looked up to the orange sky and smiled at the clouds. Another day well spent, he thought, the past few days have been a hustle, everything had started to be so boring, he really rather sleep through them.
The door to the roof slammed open and out into the afternoon sky came the inquisition. All wearing their school uniforms and their trademark arm bracelets, glaring, gritting their teeth and squeezing their fists.
“You skipped class again.” It started; the peace and quiet was gone.
The three made their way to him, forcing him to get up so to not get stepped on.
“Oh no! It’s the all mighty disciplinary committee! I’m in real trouble now!” he mocked.
The only girl in the group stepped forward and looked to him in the eyes.
“Why do you keep doing this?” she asked.
The two guys looked disappointed; his best friends were very different from him, all great students, and members of the student council, reliable and considerate.
“So I skipped class again, big deal!”
The big guy stepped in.
“That’s not why we are here.”
He put down on the floor a big cardboard box.
“Yeah it’s your gear. My cousin says he won’t need it anymore, so you can use it.”
They made their way home, nagging him for missing class.
Once home he tossed the box onto his bed and proceeded to tear it apart, inside were an old manual, that he put aside and didn’t bother reading, a graphics card to enhance his pc seen that there was no way he could run any new game with the one he had, a M2D that stands for Micro Monocle Display, or virtual reality goggles, the devise that allows pc users to view the games and programs in first person view as well as providing sound, this particular piece of technology had several other functions but none as attractive as the one he was going to use it for. Finally at the bottom of the box was a copy of the most popular game in existence “The World R: 3”.
This game was already in its third revision, not that it mattered much to him since he never played any of the other versions.
The game had got a lot of hype in the past few years, with the increase of people falling comatose and whatnot. But players could now feel safe to play The World, because everyone who fell in coma had awaken and no relation to the game was proven.
To think that all that chaos and doll syndrome business was the fault of a videogame seemed pretty laughable right now, maybe it was all just a prank by some kids bored to death. However the fact remained that the virus that infected all computers in the real world and caused several injuries, not to mention the loss of lives had it’s source in the game world. The problem had been fixed; hell they wouldn’t release another game without making sure of it!
The game was finally installed; the account was already created from yesterday. Now to run the program, he thought.
“Welcome to The World R: 3” filled the pc screen and he was brought to the main menu, he selected the option to initiate a new game, ignoring completely the forums and official message boards.
He was all set, but there was still just a small detail, character creation.
This wasn’t his first time playing a RPG so he knew that this step was a big deal on his gaming experience, so he chose carefully. It was funny to see how he changed from a careless laid back person in real life to a much more focused person when playing a game.
First the Blade Master or Blade Brandier, characters who fight with one-handed swords. Blademasters have medium attack power and high defense. Not really his style.
The Heavy Axeman, a character whose weapon of choice is a two-handed axe. They have high attack power but slow movement. Not interested.
Heavy Blade or Edge Punisher a subdivishion of the Blademaster category, Heavy Blades specialize in the use of large two-handed swords and have nigh attack power. Their weapons look cool but not enough.
Long Arm, a character who uses a two-handed spear is a Long Arm. They have high attack power, but lower defence. Not the most popular of characters.
Twin Blade or Adept Rogue, characters specializing in using two blades, either shorter swords or specialized blades mounted to the back of there wrists. Twin Blades are able to use high attack power skills. This type is the only one allowed to gain job extensions during the game, but they are such a pain to level up….
Steam Gunner, able to use long range weaponry, good attack/defence balance, but very dependable on ammo.
Harvest Cleric, healers by nature, low attack and low defence, but have high capacity to perform healing spells. Not much of an offence character.
Shadow Warlock or Wavemaster, one who uses magic as there primary weapon. Wavemasters carry only a staff, often a magic crystal or gem embedded in it. Like the previous class it’s a spell user however it especializes in offensive magic even though it can still cast heal. Has good attack but not very good defence. I’ll settle for Wavemaster, he chose.
Next step was to pick a name, this wasn’t a very hard task, in his mind anagrams were a classic so he picked the usual name “Xugoh”.
He was given ten starter status points which he chose to destribute equaly on all options.
Finaly he pressed “Done”, put on his M2D and dived deep into the game.
This intro is way smaller than i was hoping for, but i hope i gave you a better idea of what The World is all about.
I apreciate any comments, praises and critics.
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