Making A Character And Login

Ryuei and Nina were in the hospital until the afternoon, after that, they went home. Upon arrival at home, Ryuei immediately ran to check every corner of his house in search of the cameras installed. After 30 minutes of searching with the help of his sister, they managed to shutdown and even destroy a small camera like marbles located in the corners of the room and well hidden.

3 days later, Ryuei woke up when the day was still young and the sun had not yet rise. He quietly went to the park on a bicycle, when he arrived in the park, Ryuei started to warm up before he started jogging. Unfortunately, for the first time ever, he could only do one round because of his physique, Ryuei rested on a bench while drinking a can of cola he got from a drink machine.

"I have to start training my body," Ryuei said.

He spent about a hour in the park jogging and train his body, he returned to his house before the hour pointed to number 6. Ryuei also made sure that his sister was still fast asleep in her room, not wanting to disturb his sister's sleep, he went to the kitchen and tried to cook himself. Well, for someone like him, surely he can only cook instant noodles or omelette.

Ryuei made two omelettes to serve as breakfast, right after Ryuei finished cooking. Nina woke up and came out of her room, saw two servings of rice and eggs on the dining table, she immediately looking around the room and saw her brother coming out of the kitchen while carrying two glasses of warm tea.

"What are you doing, brother?" Nina looked at the plate on the dining table, "Did you cook it?"

"Yes, you can eat it if you want," Ryuei answered.

"O-okay, but, I will wash my face and hands first," Nina said.

Nina went to the bathroom located near the kitchen, while Ryuei sat at the dining table and began to eat his cooking that are the first time he made it. For that matter, Ryuei believes in his cooking skills even though he never cooks once, because he often sees cooking shows on his monitor screen during his confinement period.

Ryuei took a spoon and cut the edge of the egg into small pieces, then took it with a stack of rice and popped it into his mouth. It is the taste that was the first time he ever felt, a taste that was very different from the food he got every day from his sister, it was a taste that shook his heart and sense of taste.

"It's delicious! I can't believe, I can cook like this! Hahaha!"

Ryuei finished his breakfast in an instant, when Nina had just come out of the bathroom, she saw her brother finished with breakfast.

'So fast!' thought Nina.

Nina sat in a chair and took her plate, she looked at her brother who was sitting opposite her with a look of disbelief, then her gaze returned to the omelette on her plate. She tried it, then after the food entered her mouth, just as Ryuei felt, good taste struck her taste buds.

"It's good! How do you cook this?" Nina asked excitedly.

"It's a secret," Ryuei said.

Nina's expression immediately changed, she puffed up her cheeks and looked away.

"Eat first, then I'll tell you how," Ryuei said, then sighed.

"Promise me?" Nina held out her pinky finger.

Ryuei's eyes were wide open when Nina did that, he remembered when their was a little kid, he often made pinkies with her sister every time he promised. Ryuei smiled faintly the do a pinky fingers too, and they hooked the two pinkies together and shook it.

Pinky, pinky promise,

Whoever is lying,

Must cut his finger.

Even though he had made pinky promises with his sister several times back then, the sentence that was often said by his little sister still made him shudder.

"Why should you say it like that," Ryuei murmured.

After promising, Nina began to eat her breakfast. Then, some time later, their house bell rang, Ryuei went to see it. After the door to his house was opened, a courier carrying a package box was standing in front of his house.

"Ah, are you Mr.Ryuei?" the courier asked.

"Yes, I am, what's up?"

"There is a package for you, sir," the courier said.

The courier gave the package to Ryuei, then he took a piece of paper and a pen.

"Please sign here," said the courier, pointing to the paper.

"But I didn't order any packages," Ryuei said.

"I don't know either, but the sender said this package was for you. Besides, he also left a message—wait a minute."

The courier took an envelope from his small bag, then gave it to Ryuei. Ryuei put the box on the floor, then took the envelope and opened it. Inside is a paper with writing that says like this.

———

Yo, man! Sorry I haven't been able to see you, suddenly there was an sudden job from abroad. I'll be gone for a few weeks, I'll let you know again when I'm home.

Oh yeah, have you received the package? Inside is VR-Gear FD for you to play Fantasy Star Online, I hope that you willing to join my team, haha!

- Andre

———

After reading the message, Ryuei had no choice but to sign the package. When finished, the courier thanked him and then left to continue his work of delivering other packages. Ryuei brought the package into his house.

"Brother, what is that?" asked Nina.

"A package," Ryuei answered.

"I know, but what's in it?" Nina asked again.

"A VR-Gear," Ryuei answered back.

"VR-GEAR?! YOU MEANS, THAT VR?! THAT CAN MAKE US TO PLAY GAME LIKE WE ARE IN ANOTHER WORLD? STAR, STAR, WHATEVER IS THAT NAME OF GAME, RIGHT?!"

Ryuei could see how enthusiastic his little sister was when she found out about the VR-Gear FD he was carrying. Nina had long wanted a VR-Gear to be able to play with her friends who often talked about that game that made them feel like they were in another world.

"Do you want it too?" Ryuei asked with a smile.

"Can I?" replied Nina.

"Sure, I'll buy you one later."

"Wow! Thank you, brother! You're the best, even though your face is that like an average man!"

The words pierced through his heart, it hurt more if it came out of his own cute little sister's mouth compared to his girlfriend. But because Ryuei didn't have any girlfriend, then that word was dealt twice the damage, a critical attack.

Ryuei was in his room, the room that was once a mess and dark, now turned into a clean and bright room, all of it was only due to money! Now it has been proven that money can indeed change someone's life!

Ryuei took the VR-Gear along with the other devices part in the package, then prepared everything according to the directions from the 'How To Install Gear' manual book. After everything is ready, he takes the VR-Gear FD which is shaped like a motorcycle helmet, but only covers the top head area to his eyes.

Ryuei sighed before wearing the VR-Gear, then he lay on the bed after putting it on his head.

"{Status, Online. Scanning... Player data not found. Creating account....}"

After a sound similar to the system was heard in his ear, suddenly his eyesight was filled with code and databases that moved quickly.

"{Account has been made. Welcome, VP17762! Please choose the world you want to play in.}"

"The world, huh. Maybe it means a game? Ehh, how do I do it ... Oh, I remember!"

"[Command: Fantasy Star Online.]"

Ryuei said a command sentence in accordance with the guidelines he read about the command word.

"{World, Fantasy Star. VP17762 logging in....}"

After that, his vision went dark. Then a white light appeared then devour everything, so then he found himself in a white room. He checked around that place, and tried to move his limbs which he could now feel again. When he looked at it, his hands and whole body looked transparent blue.

"Oh, I thought at first it will still show my real body."

A few seconds later, a transparent panel column appeared that he often saw in an RPG game. The panel provides a list of choices.

"{Please choose the language to use.}"

As the system says, the panel is a list panel to select a language that the sound system will use in Fantasy Star Online. For example, if you choose 'English' the voice system will continue to use English. However, in this system, even if you choose a language other than 'English', the name of an item and it description in Fantasy Star Online will still use 'English'.

Ryuei shifted the list then stopped in alphabetical order 'E' and pressed the 'English' option. Instantly, the language of the system and the sound used immediately changed.

"{Welcome to Fantasy Star! Please create a characters!}"

After that, 7 figures appear, each of which looks different. Those are the figures that show 7 different races that are generally present in RPG games, including; Humans, Elves, Were-being, and 4 other races.

"{Please choose your race!}"

"[Command: Human!]" "

I don't want to take the risk to choose a race other than humans if the playing mechanism is like moving in the real world. Because I'm used to being a human too."

Yep, just imagine if you are used to moving as a human, and suddenly change into a creature like a dragon. Of course you will have difficulty in moving your body because basically humans and dragons are different, well the comparison is too far.

Let's just compare humans to elves—an iconic race of fantasy stories, a race which always have a beautiful faces, and long pointed ears—these two races are slightly the same, both having two hands, two legs, two ears, one head, and one nose. Even though they look the same, however, elves tend to have lighter body weight than humans, which explains why they are very agile in moving. And just as has been said, if someone who is accustomed to moving like humans, of course it will be difficult to move as an elf who has a lighter body weight.

Okay, that is the end of the explanation.

After Ryuei chose his race as a human, the body that was originally colored transparent blue now already had a human skin and stature, more precisely, he regained his body and original appearance.

"{Please modify your character!}"

"This is what I'm waiting for!" Ryuei said while clenching his hands.

Although he seemed eager to modify his avatar's appearance, Ryuei apparently only changed the color of his hair and eyes. Has messy brown hair, iris green like grass, about 170 cm high with a face that looks completely different from his real world face. Yes, it is a natural, healthy face, without black eye bags and that always looks lifeless, it is a faces of male students who are popular among schoolgirls.

"Haha, I almost forgot my real face, I feel insecure to use this face, can't I change it even just a little?"

The initial scanning system has reshaped its original healthy appearance, in fact this is a rare case among players. There are also players who are still displayed with apparently having some scratches on the face, not reshaped to their original healthy shape. Then for the modification of this character too, players cannot change their body shape, voice, and gender, for their faces and height can still be set by themselves manually.

After finishing modified his avatar, Ryuei nodded in satisfaction, he slightly changed his handsome face to a man with an average face. But, he still thought of the words of his sister who said his face was even below average.

"Nina said that my face is below average because of my black eye bags and lethargic face. I've made up my mind, I will train my body and regain my original appearance."

"{Enter your character's name!}"

A transparent panel that he often sees in RPG games when entering a character's name appears in front of him. This time, not only the panel appeared, but there was also a virtual transparent keyboard with it.

Ryuei typed in the name of the character to be used in Fantasy Star Online, he done, then pressed the 'Enter' key.

"{'Ryzen', are you sure to use this name?}"

"[Command: Yes!]"

"{Character has been created! Entering the world of Fantasy Star Online... Enjoy the game and have fun, Ryzen!}"

After the system's voice statement, the white room suddenly shut like a television that was turned off, Ryuei's felt like he was falling from the high and also can't to feel his body once again.

At the same time, his views were filled with code and databases he did not understand, the same as during the scanning process.