Thread: Caught In Virtual World (HotTexasCowboy & BadAnime)

After she had had a little time to look herself over, there was a voice behind her. Kirisame was finding it perfectly natural to think of the game as an environment, and it was already giving him a sense of immersion, with noises around and behind, making her twist and look, the world adjusting immediately to any movements. It was uncanny and amazing. The noise that had attracted her was some kind of town crier type. He was rather fat and dressed in a simple monk-like robe, holding a scroll and reading it out in a booming voice. Here ye, here ye, he proclaimed. The noble King Artanimus seeks any brave adventurers to quest for the five fire gems stolen from the Crown of Power. Separated, the gems are useless, but united in their place in the Crown, they allow Artanimus to rule the Kingdom in peace and abundance. The gems must be recovered from whatever vile thieves accomplished the perfidious robbery-- The crier suddenly froze in fact the entire world did except for Kirisame's character. After a moment, there was a glimmer against the blue-purple sky, and a rectangular window opened up as if from a different dimension. Within the window was the head and shoulders of a middle aged man, partly balding and wearing thick glasses. He peered at Kirisame with a slight ironic smile. So let me interrupt with a few rules for you, my valiant gamer, he said, finishing up with almost a cackle. Shodonna is a magical place that exists solely in the virtual game, but it will seem completely real to you. You see, that bulky helmet of wires you put on to connect to the server is a remarkable piece of biotechnology. In effect, it has interspersed itself between your conscious actions and the human muscles that would carry them out. Likewise, it now controls the visual, aural, and touch receptors of the brain, giving them the sights, sounds, and feelings of the game environment. Even heat, cold, wind, and other effects the brain interprets are under the control of the game. What you see, hear, feel, sense, smell, are all generated by the virtual environment. But that's only the begining. Your muscle control has been hijacked to control your character within the game. When you direct your legs to walk, it is your heroine who will walk. When you move your arms, your body, your fingers, even wiggle your eyebrows, it all happens to the character. Everything she experiences, you will experience, and every move you make, she will make for you. Of course, the downside of this is that your body itself no longer responds. Go ahead try and raise your arms to take off the helmet. See? The girl in the game is moving her hands to her head, and you are feeling her hair and her head. But outside the virtual world, nothing has happened. You haven't moved, and the connection to this world is still unbroken. So the situation is this you can't release yourself from the game. Your body is stuck where it is, because you can't make a move in the real world to release it. And your mind, all your senses and movements, are in this, the virtual world of Shodonna. Don't worry, your body can survive a long time in this state. When your character eats in the game, your body will experience the infusion of nutrients needed to survive. When she sleeps, you will rest, but still within the game. When you awaken, it will seem that it is she who is awakening. You will feel every hit and punch, every sword cut and the tight grip of bonds that hold her. And any other sensations she is subjected to. How do you escape? It's simple. Your character has a quest to fulfill. To find the missing gems of the Crown of Power and return them to King Artanimus. Once that is accomplished, the game is finished, and you will be released to the non-virtual world. You'll have to gain experience and magic as you travel to be able to face the threats of the quest, of course. Don't worry, the game won't kill you, but you may have to learn some hard lessons of the dangers of adventuring. Still, I have every expectation you will enjoy all the things that happen to you here. Good luck! The window shrank and popped out of existence in the same manner it had appeared, and a few seconds later the crier was suddenly resuming his message, calling on adventurers to follow him to the Great Hall to be charged by the King for the recovery of the gems.