Thread: A New Life (Sword Art Online-based RP) [Yuna & Malin's 1x1]

Erin Stalt , Online Username Spice Dear god the line up seemed like it took forever. Midnight releases sucked. Sitting in line with all the cos-players had been interesting enough, talking game strategy had been something else entirely, but it was the spoilers he hated. So many of the people around him were obsessed with the beta testing rumors. Did you know this, and you could do that. Still when he finally got to the counter and finally got the copy of sword art online, when it was all said and done, Erin couldn't help but feel a wave of satisfaction. Turning around his chair he waved a not so fond farewell to the people around him and rolled lightly towards the door. Yes, Erin was paralyzed from the waist down, and he used a wheel chair. When he had been small he had been hit with his families car, his body been tossed like a rag-doll and his spine had been dislocated and broken. It had been an accident of course, and he was long used to the idea that he would never really walk again, as he rolled up to his house. He was tired, really it had been a long day, and it was well past midnight by the time he rolled through the door. Setting his computer up, he let the install go, and he hopped himself from his chair to his bed. Stripping he dropped onto the bed. He watched the progress bar fill as he laid back in his chair, in the morning the servers would go live, and he would able to play, but for now the computer needed to go through the dozen drivers for the headset, and not to mention all the memory space, and added features this game had. Closing his eyes Erin slept through the rest of the night in eager anticipation. The setting of sword art online was fascinating an MMO, that chose to have no magic, and very few ranged attacks, instead choosing to focus on challenging sword skills. There wasn't so much of a class system as there was a starting weapon, and even if you didn't like the weapon you chose initially it wasn't really hard to train up a secondary or even third weapon set. The game had enough content with things like fishing and crafting that it seemed like it would be able to last for years. It was so far stuck on Erin's mind that sleeping didn't actually sleep for very long, it was barely past the crack of done before he had to get up. Getting himself to the washroom he went through his morning ruitine, before finally taking his place at his computer. Sure enough it was showing installation was complete, and servers were ready to start. Character creation, Erin let out a small sigh as he started to model his avatar, he had chosen a non name, well actually it was part of a tittle from an old anime he had used to watch, and he had even gone so far as to model his avatar after Kraft Lawrence. Not for any reason in particular, aside from the fact that they were around the same age, as Erin was around 23. He would have stood in at around 6' but thanks to having to sit it didn't really show. His red hair was something he had never really liked, and always wanted to bleach, but he made do with what he had. Lawrence on the other hand had a more desirable look to him, tall profound, he looked older and dignified. It was the kind of face that Erin wished he had instead of the one he was born with. His low self esteem was something he knew needed to be worked, on, but there was something more important then that at the moment. Erin's breath felt cold at the moment as he held up the visor to his face. A vr mmo, a game that not only looked real, but felt it too. It was kind of idiotic to think that was possible, but at the same time what he wouldn't give for those adds to be telling the truth. As Erin placed the visor on and went through all the set up, he finally got into the log on screen. The flash of light that accompanied the log on was blinding, He blinked, his eyes adjusting as he felt his weight shift, he felt stiff for a moment, and his arms went to rub along his face, waiting for the blur to end. When the world finally faded in, and the colors returned to his vision he found himself looking at the ground. His long legs, felt stiff at first... they hadn't moved in ten years , but as he rose up to take a step he felt his weigth shift, and his balance go with it, falling head over heals and flat on his face. Ow. Getting to his feet slowly this time he tested his new legs out. His attention was so focused on his feet, that he really wasn't paying attention to the crowds around him, or the vibrant colors, of the mmo world. He was more or less just excited that he was slowly but surely relearning how to walk.