Post by Chibi Akagi on Mar 11, 2010 11:20:53 GMT -5
Chapter One, The Purchase
It's January 1st, Monday, 12:00 a.m., year 2015. Haru Tensei sits up in his bed. Haru is a 5'6" boy, his blue eyes clash wonderfully with his long black hair. He wears blue jeans, a blue tee-shirt and an old, but clean Inuyasha and Dragon Ball Z armband on either wrist. He stands and makes his bed. His hair flows freely, extended down to his waist line. His covers represent the latest and best game, World of Warcraft 5; it’s covered in a mix of magical colors as two warlock’s battle it out. It smells lightly like Axe Blue Dragon, which Haru users as air freshener instead of a body spray. Taking a deep breath Haru stretches, stifling a yawn. He opens his window blinds which bring in the sunlight. Blinded for a moment Haru closes his eyes and hisses at the light. Turning from the window he stares at the big black stain in the middle of his blue carpet floor; It was from the pop he spilled when his best friend told him she wouldn’t mind marrying him in that new games that’s coming out. Its being released world wide today. He looks over to his alarm clock, it reads 12:03 am....Why did the alarm not go off, and better yet, what woke him? He turns to his computer desk and switches on the monitor. He types in his password: gamersgraveyard. His computer loads everything in a couple seconds. His desktop wallpaper reveals a screen shot of his level 105 characters on World of Warcraft 5, showing off his equipment. He opens Mozilla Firefox 7.0, his home page, Gaming Central, loads immediately.
"God I love high speed internet." Haru exclaims.
The latest news posting is info about the new game, he doesn’t click on it though, he already read the information 6 times. They call it Dream Worlds, it had included many details. It runs on a single server, every NPC is run by a real person. It claims to have the largest character creation system ever, with a unique leveling system. Also a new money system including platinum and mythril coins which follow the usual gold, silver, and copper, with a further coin of bronze. It runs a large language selection system which includes an automatic translator for what you pick. Any interaction with another player will be translated into the chosen language. The game also uses a new virtual game gear system, which makes it expensive...$400 expensive. It'll be available at 2 p.m. He shuts his computer down. Being a 17 year old guy calls for a showing in the morning. He grabs a change of clothes from his dresser and heads out of his room. As he passes the stairs he realizes its pretty cold out in the hall. He can feel the chill creep into his skin; his mother must have left a window open again. He steps into the bathroom, flips the light switch and shuts the door. He opens the shower curtain and his little brother jumps out at him. He would have been surprised, if only his brother hadn’t already done this 20 times before.
"Get out Naru!" Haru yells.
"Haru is a girl!" Naru shouts on the way out.
Haru slams the door and growls. After a minute or so he sighs and removes his shirt, looking into the mirror. A vest is reveled on Haru, it’s loaded with pockets. On the back it says 80 pound weighted vest. Water proof, fire proof, machine washable. Haru has been wearing it since he was 15. It was a birthday gift from his grandfather. Haru turns his arms about and looks at the threaded pockets on his armbands which hold a weight of their own, they need re-sewn soon. He undresses but leaves the vest on, as always, and jumps into the shower. The warm water is relaxing. The steam around him is hot, and stuffy. It fells good. After Haru finishes his shower he dry’s off with his favorite blue towel. He puts on a nice pair of Khaki’s and a blue button up shirt with a calm beach scene on it. He quickly exits the bathroom and dashes into his own room. He pockets his house keys from his bedside table and closes his book: Odd Thomas. Haru opens the bottom right drawer of his dresser and pulls out 20 or so pairs of socks onto the floor. From the back of the drawer he pulls a tin case. He opens it and pulls out 6 $100 bills, his entire savings from work at Game Stop. He puts them in his wallet and pockets it alongside his keys. He exits his room and locks the door behind him. Last time he left it unlocked his younger brother Naru destroyed his bed. Walking downstairs and turning to the left, he enters the kitchen. His mother is at the stove, frying eggs. Karen, Haru’s mother, is 27, she has the same long black hair but her eyes are greener. Karen is wearing a nice dress today. Haru remembered now, the big office meeting today. His mother turned to look at him.
“Want some eggs dear?” She asked warmly.
“Yes, please.” Haru responded.
“Scrambled like always I assume.” Karen said matter-of-factly.
“Yes…Just two though.”
“OK then.” Karen responded, thinking to herself how unusual that request was. Haru collected a tall glass of milk just as his mother set down his plate of eggs.
“Thanks mom.” Haru said quietly.
“Well I'm off now, Naru is off at a friends. Be home by 7.”
“OK” Haru said, not imagining himself home later than 3 any way. Haru starts eating his eggs quietly, relaxed while all alone. The smell of the sausages his mother had just eaten remained in the room. He finished up quickly and set the dishes in the sink. He walks into the living room and looks up at the clock. Its now 1:00 pm, his friends are expecting him in 15 minutes. He leaves through the back door, avoiding the attention of his weird neighbor and locks the dead bolt. He follows the alley way a block and a half and approaches a small house. It’s really small actually, but well kept. He walks up the back yard and the back door opens as he gets closer. His friend Tenrei Akutso steps out with a backpack on his back and another in his hand which he hands to Haru. Tenrei had dark red eyes and brown hair. He’s 5’7” and had more visible muscle than Haru, yet he had a nice smile and a calm face. His hair was jagged and wild looking.
“Thanks Tenrei, I gotta stop leaving this here.” Haru says with a grin.
“Not a problem bro. Anyway let’s go get Koaru.” Tenrei urged. Koaru Renku was Haru’s best friend for the last five years. She was the best person Haru had ever met.
“Yeah, let’s go.” Haru says with a smirk. The two of them dash around the house, across the street and up another 4 blocks to a small 1 floor white house. Haru goes to the front door and knocks. The door opens to reveal a beautiful girl, 5’4”, long black hair, amazingly bright yellow eyes, and dressed in a pretty blue skirt with white flowers on it. She also had a short sleeve white sweater on. This was finished with small white shoes that fit the look. She smelled like a field of flowers, which dazzled Haru. She smiles and hugs Haru tightly. Haru’s face turns slightly red as he hugs Koaru back. Koaru’s little sister, dressed in a one piece pink dress notices them from the hallway and giggles.
“Sis and Haru are in love!” She yells gleefully. Tenrei wolf whistles at them.
“That’s real cute and all but I don’t want to be late.” Tenrei says impatiently.
“Yeah yeah, relax already. Or you won’t be getting one.” Koaru says with a pretty smile on her face. She closes the door and gives Tenrei a little and less affectionate hug. Tenrei hugs back with on arm, but smirks.
“So can we get going?” Tenrei demands.
“Sure, let’s get going.” Koaru says.
The three of them walk two blocks up the road, turn right and follow the road another five blocks, putting them just outside Game Stop. Haru checks his watch, its 1:27, just three more minutes. The store manager, also Haru’s boss shows up in the doorway. His name is Ryu Akuta. He’s 5’10”, has short brown hair and hazel eyes. He opens the door for them.
“I should have known you three would be here early. Well come on in.” Ryu said to them.
“Thanks a million Ryu.” Haru said. The three enter the shop.
“I am allowed to sell 5 early systems. You three are lucky. I can discount $50 from each one. So that will be $1,050.” Ryu says with a smile. Haru puts up his $600, Koaru adds $200, and Tenrei tossed up $300. They place it all out on the counter.
“The extra $50 dollars is for you, because we like you.” Tenrei says with a smirk.
“Well thank you. Ill have to accept that.” Ryu says as he stuffs a $50 in his back pocket. “Well then, ill just be a sec.” He said as he ran the money to the cash register and heading in the back. Haru grins at Koaru and Tenrei.
“I don’t know what to say, but you’re the best Haru.” Tenrei says in an appreciative voice.
“Hey it was nothing guys.” Haru said.
Ryu slowly comes back out with three large boxes. Koaru gasps as Ryu drops the boxes down on the counter, they look heavy.
“Be…huff, very careful with these.” Ryu warned them.
“Sure thing man. Tenrei burst out, taking the top box. Koaru took the second and Haru took the last.
“See ya tomorrow Ryu.” Haru says on the way out.
“Hey you make sure you check back with me if you have any problems. That box didn’t want to come off the shelf back there…” Ryu says mysteriously
Haru nods.
“Wow, I’m gonna go set this up. Later guys.” Tenrei says as he dashes off to his house, looking kinda funny holding up the weight.
“God, he is such a game nut.” Koaru says with a small trace of amusement in her voice.
“Yeah, he is.” Haru replied. He walks Koaru home, talking about what characters they want to make. She opens the door and sets the box down inside.
“Well, good night Koaru.” Haru says quietly.
“Good night.” Koaru says with a bright smile. She kisses his cheek. Haru can’t help but grin.
Koaru’s sister pop’s up and giggles and runs off again. Koaru sighs.
“I'm gona get you Rena!” She said as she shut the door. Haru heard as she ran after her. Smiling to himself he heaves the box up higher and goes on home. As Haru enters the home his mom jumps at him.
“Baby are you OK?” She asks.
“Mom I'm fine, what’s wrong?” Haru asks. His mother points to the TV. There is a news report about a robbery at the Game Stop in town they had just been to. It occurred at 4:00, about half an hour after they left. It’s now 6:00
“Wow…is Ryu OK?” Haru asked.
“They said he’s fine, he made the police call immediately after it happened. Apparently whoever was stealing didn’t threaten him as he hid in the bathroom. They only took those new games.” She told him.
“Damn.” Haru responded.
“Watch your mouth…” She told him as he went up to his room…
End Of Chapter One.
Understand that I did base a lot of the ideas presented off of things that I enjoyed and looking back I would say some of it is lame but whatever. I did have the base of my story idea coming from .hack//sign and the idea is that this story, being only level one, entails all the adventures on one world withing the game. So it could span multiple books (or being online I guess simply more chapters). I never really considered continuing this project after going over it a few times and thinking that it was just silly. However if it seems interesting enough that some would like to see more I may be enticed to continue. As of now this is all there is or will be...
It's January 1st, Monday, 12:00 a.m., year 2015. Haru Tensei sits up in his bed. Haru is a 5'6" boy, his blue eyes clash wonderfully with his long black hair. He wears blue jeans, a blue tee-shirt and an old, but clean Inuyasha and Dragon Ball Z armband on either wrist. He stands and makes his bed. His hair flows freely, extended down to his waist line. His covers represent the latest and best game, World of Warcraft 5; it’s covered in a mix of magical colors as two warlock’s battle it out. It smells lightly like Axe Blue Dragon, which Haru users as air freshener instead of a body spray. Taking a deep breath Haru stretches, stifling a yawn. He opens his window blinds which bring in the sunlight. Blinded for a moment Haru closes his eyes and hisses at the light. Turning from the window he stares at the big black stain in the middle of his blue carpet floor; It was from the pop he spilled when his best friend told him she wouldn’t mind marrying him in that new games that’s coming out. Its being released world wide today. He looks over to his alarm clock, it reads 12:03 am....Why did the alarm not go off, and better yet, what woke him? He turns to his computer desk and switches on the monitor. He types in his password: gamersgraveyard. His computer loads everything in a couple seconds. His desktop wallpaper reveals a screen shot of his level 105 characters on World of Warcraft 5, showing off his equipment. He opens Mozilla Firefox 7.0, his home page, Gaming Central, loads immediately.
"God I love high speed internet." Haru exclaims.
The latest news posting is info about the new game, he doesn’t click on it though, he already read the information 6 times. They call it Dream Worlds, it had included many details. It runs on a single server, every NPC is run by a real person. It claims to have the largest character creation system ever, with a unique leveling system. Also a new money system including platinum and mythril coins which follow the usual gold, silver, and copper, with a further coin of bronze. It runs a large language selection system which includes an automatic translator for what you pick. Any interaction with another player will be translated into the chosen language. The game also uses a new virtual game gear system, which makes it expensive...$400 expensive. It'll be available at 2 p.m. He shuts his computer down. Being a 17 year old guy calls for a showing in the morning. He grabs a change of clothes from his dresser and heads out of his room. As he passes the stairs he realizes its pretty cold out in the hall. He can feel the chill creep into his skin; his mother must have left a window open again. He steps into the bathroom, flips the light switch and shuts the door. He opens the shower curtain and his little brother jumps out at him. He would have been surprised, if only his brother hadn’t already done this 20 times before.
"Get out Naru!" Haru yells.
"Haru is a girl!" Naru shouts on the way out.
Haru slams the door and growls. After a minute or so he sighs and removes his shirt, looking into the mirror. A vest is reveled on Haru, it’s loaded with pockets. On the back it says 80 pound weighted vest. Water proof, fire proof, machine washable. Haru has been wearing it since he was 15. It was a birthday gift from his grandfather. Haru turns his arms about and looks at the threaded pockets on his armbands which hold a weight of their own, they need re-sewn soon. He undresses but leaves the vest on, as always, and jumps into the shower. The warm water is relaxing. The steam around him is hot, and stuffy. It fells good. After Haru finishes his shower he dry’s off with his favorite blue towel. He puts on a nice pair of Khaki’s and a blue button up shirt with a calm beach scene on it. He quickly exits the bathroom and dashes into his own room. He pockets his house keys from his bedside table and closes his book: Odd Thomas. Haru opens the bottom right drawer of his dresser and pulls out 20 or so pairs of socks onto the floor. From the back of the drawer he pulls a tin case. He opens it and pulls out 6 $100 bills, his entire savings from work at Game Stop. He puts them in his wallet and pockets it alongside his keys. He exits his room and locks the door behind him. Last time he left it unlocked his younger brother Naru destroyed his bed. Walking downstairs and turning to the left, he enters the kitchen. His mother is at the stove, frying eggs. Karen, Haru’s mother, is 27, she has the same long black hair but her eyes are greener. Karen is wearing a nice dress today. Haru remembered now, the big office meeting today. His mother turned to look at him.
“Want some eggs dear?” She asked warmly.
“Yes, please.” Haru responded.
“Scrambled like always I assume.” Karen said matter-of-factly.
“Yes…Just two though.”
“OK then.” Karen responded, thinking to herself how unusual that request was. Haru collected a tall glass of milk just as his mother set down his plate of eggs.
“Thanks mom.” Haru said quietly.
“Well I'm off now, Naru is off at a friends. Be home by 7.”
“OK” Haru said, not imagining himself home later than 3 any way. Haru starts eating his eggs quietly, relaxed while all alone. The smell of the sausages his mother had just eaten remained in the room. He finished up quickly and set the dishes in the sink. He walks into the living room and looks up at the clock. Its now 1:00 pm, his friends are expecting him in 15 minutes. He leaves through the back door, avoiding the attention of his weird neighbor and locks the dead bolt. He follows the alley way a block and a half and approaches a small house. It’s really small actually, but well kept. He walks up the back yard and the back door opens as he gets closer. His friend Tenrei Akutso steps out with a backpack on his back and another in his hand which he hands to Haru. Tenrei had dark red eyes and brown hair. He’s 5’7” and had more visible muscle than Haru, yet he had a nice smile and a calm face. His hair was jagged and wild looking.
“Thanks Tenrei, I gotta stop leaving this here.” Haru says with a grin.
“Not a problem bro. Anyway let’s go get Koaru.” Tenrei urged. Koaru Renku was Haru’s best friend for the last five years. She was the best person Haru had ever met.
“Yeah, let’s go.” Haru says with a smirk. The two of them dash around the house, across the street and up another 4 blocks to a small 1 floor white house. Haru goes to the front door and knocks. The door opens to reveal a beautiful girl, 5’4”, long black hair, amazingly bright yellow eyes, and dressed in a pretty blue skirt with white flowers on it. She also had a short sleeve white sweater on. This was finished with small white shoes that fit the look. She smelled like a field of flowers, which dazzled Haru. She smiles and hugs Haru tightly. Haru’s face turns slightly red as he hugs Koaru back. Koaru’s little sister, dressed in a one piece pink dress notices them from the hallway and giggles.
“Sis and Haru are in love!” She yells gleefully. Tenrei wolf whistles at them.
“That’s real cute and all but I don’t want to be late.” Tenrei says impatiently.
“Yeah yeah, relax already. Or you won’t be getting one.” Koaru says with a pretty smile on her face. She closes the door and gives Tenrei a little and less affectionate hug. Tenrei hugs back with on arm, but smirks.
“So can we get going?” Tenrei demands.
“Sure, let’s get going.” Koaru says.
The three of them walk two blocks up the road, turn right and follow the road another five blocks, putting them just outside Game Stop. Haru checks his watch, its 1:27, just three more minutes. The store manager, also Haru’s boss shows up in the doorway. His name is Ryu Akuta. He’s 5’10”, has short brown hair and hazel eyes. He opens the door for them.
“I should have known you three would be here early. Well come on in.” Ryu said to them.
“Thanks a million Ryu.” Haru said. The three enter the shop.
“I am allowed to sell 5 early systems. You three are lucky. I can discount $50 from each one. So that will be $1,050.” Ryu says with a smile. Haru puts up his $600, Koaru adds $200, and Tenrei tossed up $300. They place it all out on the counter.
“The extra $50 dollars is for you, because we like you.” Tenrei says with a smirk.
“Well thank you. Ill have to accept that.” Ryu says as he stuffs a $50 in his back pocket. “Well then, ill just be a sec.” He said as he ran the money to the cash register and heading in the back. Haru grins at Koaru and Tenrei.
“I don’t know what to say, but you’re the best Haru.” Tenrei says in an appreciative voice.
“Hey it was nothing guys.” Haru said.
Ryu slowly comes back out with three large boxes. Koaru gasps as Ryu drops the boxes down on the counter, they look heavy.
“Be…huff, very careful with these.” Ryu warned them.
“Sure thing man. Tenrei burst out, taking the top box. Koaru took the second and Haru took the last.
“See ya tomorrow Ryu.” Haru says on the way out.
“Hey you make sure you check back with me if you have any problems. That box didn’t want to come off the shelf back there…” Ryu says mysteriously
Haru nods.
“Wow, I’m gonna go set this up. Later guys.” Tenrei says as he dashes off to his house, looking kinda funny holding up the weight.
“God, he is such a game nut.” Koaru says with a small trace of amusement in her voice.
“Yeah, he is.” Haru replied. He walks Koaru home, talking about what characters they want to make. She opens the door and sets the box down inside.
“Well, good night Koaru.” Haru says quietly.
“Good night.” Koaru says with a bright smile. She kisses his cheek. Haru can’t help but grin.
Koaru’s sister pop’s up and giggles and runs off again. Koaru sighs.
“I'm gona get you Rena!” She said as she shut the door. Haru heard as she ran after her. Smiling to himself he heaves the box up higher and goes on home. As Haru enters the home his mom jumps at him.
“Baby are you OK?” She asks.
“Mom I'm fine, what’s wrong?” Haru asks. His mother points to the TV. There is a news report about a robbery at the Game Stop in town they had just been to. It occurred at 4:00, about half an hour after they left. It’s now 6:00
“Wow…is Ryu OK?” Haru asked.
“They said he’s fine, he made the police call immediately after it happened. Apparently whoever was stealing didn’t threaten him as he hid in the bathroom. They only took those new games.” She told him.
“Damn.” Haru responded.
“Watch your mouth…” She told him as he went up to his room…
End Of Chapter One.
Understand that I did base a lot of the ideas presented off of things that I enjoyed and looking back I would say some of it is lame but whatever. I did have the base of my story idea coming from .hack//sign and the idea is that this story, being only level one, entails all the adventures on one world withing the game. So it could span multiple books (or being online I guess simply more chapters). I never really considered continuing this project after going over it a few times and thinking that it was just silly. However if it seems interesting enough that some would like to see more I may be enticed to continue. As of now this is all there is or will be...