Maker's Game

Maker's Game is a comic series in SapphireFoxx. It was released from October 26, 2016 to January 11, 2018, with a total of 443 pages, in which 113 of those have uncensored Beyond versions.
== Synopsis ==
“Welcome to the land of Mysteria! Age of Adventurers is the world’s first MMORPG to utilize the revolutionary Neural Virtual Reality gaming system. Explore a massive world of majestic landscapes and lifelike battles like you’ve never experienced before in a game. Join your friends as you pick up your arms to fight against real life goblins, ogres, demons, and dragons. Age of Adventurers is an innovative gaming experience that you’ll never escape from.”
== Production ==
* Creator, Producer, Writer: Sam Mokler
== Characters ==
== Chapter Summary ==
* Chapter 1 - Welcome to Mysteria (pages 1 to 22)
* Chapter 2 - Logout Disabled (pages 23 to 48)
* Chapter 3 - New Challenger Approaching (pages 49 to 74)
* Chapter 4 - Origin Masks (pages 75 to 100)
* Chapter 5 - In Real Life (pages 101 to 132)
* Chapter 6 - A Different Perspective (pages 133 to 155)
* Chapter 7 - Fading Hope (pages 156 to 178)
* Chapter 8 - Love at First Sight (pages 179 to 214)
* Chapter 9 - Wrath (pages 215 to 229)
* Chapter 10 - Your Carriage Awaits (pages 230 to 255)
* Chapter 11 - Wanted (pages 256 to 286)
* Chapter 12 - I Owe You One (pages 287 to 309)
* Chapter 13 - A Cold, Stormy Night (pages 310 to 333)
* Chapter 14 - Damsel in Distress (pages 334 to 357)
* Chapter 15 - The Key to Freedom (pages 358 to 387)
* Chapter 16 - Dawn of the Final Day (pages 388 to 406)
* Chapter 17 - Deus Ex Machina (pages 407 to 421)
* Chapter 18 - Reality (pages 422 to 437)
* Chapter 19 - Epilogue (pages 438 to 443)
== Plot ==
=== Chapter 1 - Welcome to Mysteria ===
This chapter is from pages 1 to 22. (↑ back to summary)
1999, in an unknown location a man with silver eyes is bruised and burnt emerging from a barn engulfed in flames. He encounters a hooded man holding a gun on him amazed at what he's just witnesses. The injured man begs for him to get help the hooded figure shoots him fascinated by what he's found and intends to keep secret. 
October 26th 2016 Japan, siblings Hikaru and Yuzuki have just picked up the new NVR helmets released from the major gaming corporation Star Reach Studios and are both exicted to begin playing the new MMORPG "Age of Adventure" (AoA). They both talk about how the new helmets have been designed and perfected to put their real bodies to sleep but stimulate all five senses in the Virtual Reality dream state so it will feel extremely real to them as they play the game. Yuzuki is a bit nervous since the game will require actual movement by their perspective instead of simply tapping buttons but Hikaru is excited. The siblings get home and unbox the headsets. After registering their gaming accounts to the new sets online both of them head to their bedrooms to lie down and begin the game. 
Hikaru activates his headset and enters a main menu area where the game asks him to create his avatar to play as in the game. He selects a Moon Elf as his race begins to adjust their appearance as he views a 3d model of his avatar in front of him. He thinks to himself how he usually customizes his game characters and decides to create a female avatar. He thinks how most of his friends find it odd that he plays as a girl character so much but he thinks how its more appealing since he's staring at a character on a screen for hours on end so he likes the idea of looking at a hot girl instead of a buff guy. He uses the parameters to give her very large curves and a very sexy appearance. When he finishes he enters his character name as Leena and begins the loading process for the game. Just as he begins the process however his ears begin to lengthen to a point and his skin shifts to a pale blue. After a moment Hikaru notices what's happening and begins to realize his mistake. he got so lost in the appeal of creating a sexy character he forgot that in this game he actually turns into her. Though he calls out to the overhead voice that he changed his mind the process continues and he quickly transforms into Leena fully becoming a girl. His regular body appears as a projection in front of him and the overhead voice says his natural form has been saved and the game is about to begin. Leena tries to cancel the starting process and restart but the command screen disappears and she is sent to the spawning zone in the game. She emerges in the game world of Mysteria in a place called Rivertown with many other players emerging left and right. Leena pulls up her command screen and sees Yuzuki has also entered the game. Knowing his (now her) sister is waiting for her Leena wants to check in with her before logging out and restarting to make a new character. She links with her via the friends menu and gets directions to where she spawned nearby. 
Meanwhile in Los Angeles at the Star Reach Studios HQ the CEO of the gaming corporation Russel Barnes addresses a crowd on the successful launch of his new game and the NVR system. While things seem to be a massive success the lights in the assembly suddenly go out. Russel consults his assistant Jim on the blackout and why the backup generators are not kicking in as the main game servers are in the building. A moment later the lights come back on but just as Russel is addressing the crowd a security officer comes in and informs him the blackout was a diversion and that someone broke in and breached the main servers while the lights were out. Russel goes with Jim and the guard to see the security footage witch shows a hooded figure wearing a Grey Mask interfacing with one of the main game servers. No trace of him has been found by security and Russel tells Jim to find out what he did to the server. 
Back in the game Leena finds Yuzuki in the crowd of new players and finds she (now he) has become a male character named Teerick hoping being a muscular man will up her confidence and bravery in the game. Teerick then asks Leena why she went the other direction and went with a female avatar with a porn star body a bit offset by her big brother being such a lude minded guy. Leena is embarrassed but agrees she got lost in the process and says she'll log out and make a new character. However when she pulls up her control screens she finds the Log Out button is greyed out and not working. Teerick sees the same issue on his controls and wonders if there's some kind of tutorial they need to get through or if the game is buggy but the two of them think its just an early release glitch and will be fixed soon. While Leena still wants to change her character Teerick thinks having Hikaru stuck like that for a bit will be a good lesson for him as he has been known to have a few pervert habits around school. 
Back in LA Barnes and Jim are going over the system to see what this "Grey Mask" criminal may have changed but they can't find any fault or error and he seems to have covered his digital tracks very well as they can't find any issue. Jim thinks he may have been a former or current employee based on his knowledge of the servers but they still have no evidence or trace on him. He suggests to Barnes that they take down AoA until they can figure out what he did but Russel refuses as taking down the game on launch day would deal a major blow to the company and its profits. He says they will keep looking over the system and offer a patch update to fix whatever was done as he assumes Grey Mask likely only stole Credit card info or something if there are no obvious system errors. He tells the guards to keep looking for any sign of him and for Jim to keep working while he goes back to the launch party but tells all of them to keep this all secret for now. 
Back in Mysteria, Hikaru/Leena and Yuzuki/Teerick have finished the game tutorial and are now hunting boars to practice their skills and level up a bit. Leena takes a few too many hits due to her low armor rating as a Ranger but Teerick is barely scratched since he chose warrior class and is better protected. After some practice Teerick goes to get a few supplies with the coin they've earned so Leena can heal and while she is alone in the field another Moon Elf player comes up and thinking she's cute begins to talk with her not realizing she is actually a boy player. He introduces himself as Leon (Avatar name Arlen) a player from Germany who's been playing the game non-stop since its launch at midnight. He comes up and talks with Leena who's still struggling to perfect her aim with her bow. Arlen gives her some tips and tries to flirt a bit with her but she is oblivious to it because she's still thinking like a guy. During target practice Leena rubs her hips against Arlen's crotch witch seems to arouse him thinking she's being provocative but she seems to think its her quiver not his dick and remains clueless to what she is doing. After a few tips and improving her aim Leena questions Arlen on his character. Arlen explains he's been up all night playing and has logged out multiple times to try out different classes and find which he likes best before settling for the Shaman Class he is now. Leena questions him on being able to log out and he pulls up his controls to see his Log Out button is now greyed out as well even though it was working earlier. The two of them think it may be a minor bug they'll fix soon but when Arlen tries to use the contact support function that button isn't working either. 
Teerick returns to find Arlen and Leena talking and is a bit confused as to why Leena has invited Arlen to join their party in the game. While Leena remains oblivious to Arlen's clear attraction to her Teerick is quick to pick up on it and clarifies that he is actually a girl named Yuzuki and Leena is her older brother named Hikaru. Arlen/Leon is at first offset and grossed out that the girl he thought was flirting with him is a guy. At first Arlen thinks he should just leave but suddenly he and Leena hear a commotion nearby back in Rivertown. Teerick can't hear it because his avatar is human but Leena and Arlen are both moon elves with more sensitive ears. Despite the awkward revelation the three decide to head back to town to investigate. 
Meanwhile a new unseen player is logging in elsewhere. He is seen from the neck down as a muscular guy and thinks how he's finally got his NVR headset after hours in line and has already called off work and school to spend the entire day playing with only a date night with his girlfriend planned to be his stopping point. Like Hikaru he's chosen a female avatar, a Sun Elf Paladin he names "Cynthel". After completing the transformation process his real face remains unseen but his character is completed and he enters the game at the spawn point. 
=== Chapter 2 - Logout Disabled ===
This chapter is from pages 23 to 48. (↑ back to summary)
Cynthel enters the game at Rivertown with dozens of other players but by this time there's now a massive crowd all complaining and panicking that the Log Out Buttons are disabled. The crowd is all in an uproar with theories ranging from minor launch bugs to full on government conspiracies but Teerick manages to speak up and clam most of the others down saying that even if its some glitch it should be resolved in a few hours and even if it isn't eventually people on the outside should realize something is wrong when the player's don't wake up after so long and remove their headsets from outside to get them out anyway. Arlen agrees and while many the crowd are upset most seem to agree the best thing to do is wait and keep playing. Cynthel overhears this and is annoyed but also agrees its best to just play until things get resolved. First Leena wants to try and find new armor to better cover herself since she's now stuck in a her female avatar for a while. Arlen offers to help show her around and while Teerick is a bit angered by this due to the mix up before he agrees that Arlen can be of some help since he has been playing for so long and was also a beta tester so he knows a lot about the workings of Mysteria and the AoA game overall. the two guys head off to gather more information while Leena heads off to upgrade her armor. 
A short time later Cynthel is in the fields nearby killing boar as part of her tutorial and to build up her starting stats. After a few successful kills she hears someone calling out for help. She rushes over to a barn nearby to find Leena being groped by a hooded player (user name: Bumbait). He's got her pined up against the barn trying to get her pants off saying how with the system down she can't contact any admins and there's now rules or laws in the VR so he can do what ever he pleases clearly intent on forcing himself on her without consequence in the VR. Cynthel finds them and comes to Leena's rescue quickly slicing off the guys arms and then skewering him. Leena freaks out at first until Cynthel points out he's just respawn and the nearest graveyard point in the game. Cynthel and Leena make introductions and Leena invites her to join their party with the other two. The two practice on boars a bit more until Cynthel levels up and Leena has enough coin and leather to upgrade her armor. Cynthel also picks up the fact that Leena is actually a guy and explains how she is actually a guy as well. Cynthel feels the same way Hikaru did about finding more appeal in looking at a female character but unlike Leena who hates being stuck in a woman's body Cynthel says she doesn't thinks its too big a deal. 
After a bit more practice the two girls meet up with Teerick and Arlen back in Rivertown. The two guys report no progress at the help center as its just filled with panicked players and useless NPCs without answers. The group suggests getting out of Rivertown as its quickly filling up with new players and panic is growing the longer the Log Out function is disabled. Arlen suggests they head for Capitol City, the biggest settlement in the game hoping it will have a lot of useful things and more room for players. Cynthel goes to buy supplies for the trip while Leena goes to a smith to upgrade her armor hoping it will cover her figure a bit more. She opens the menu but fails to realize there's nothing under her tunic when she unequips it and is embarrassed to be exposed while upgrading. Even worse is when she does upgrade her tunic it now covers even less of her body. Arlen explains that the status may go up and it may offer more protection in the game setting but it can still look even skimpier despite the higher ratting much to Leena's annoyance. While she is still complaining a bit Teerick spots a strange figure up on the roof nearby. A dark hooded figure wearing a Grey Mask who teleports away almost immediately. Teerick mentions it to the others and says how his heath stat was off the charts. They assume since no class should be able to teleport and no player should be that high a level yet with the game only being a day old maybe it was an Admin but if that was the case why didn't they try to help or reassure the crowd the bug with the Log Out buttons is being looked at. Leena dismisses it and says they should all head to the capitol like they planned since Rivertown is slowing heading towards riot with all the new players. Cynthel returns with supplies and the group all agree to head out.
Some time later back in reality in LA at Star Reach Studios HQ two of the head programmers for the game Jim and Dave go over the incident with the man in the mask but have still been unable to find any sign of what he did fearing he must have been an employee. They get a call from Barnes and give him the news but he gets upset when Jim tells him he's been working alone most of the time as the other seven lead programmers have been playing AoA all night instead of helping him. Barnes says he'll call them back in a few hours when the others are suppose to report to work and Jim hopes to have more answers by then. After Barnes hangs up Dave suggest to Jim that he get some rest and tryout a few hours in the game before the others get back. Reluctantly Jim agrees and puts on his headset. Jim enters the starting zone of the game and selects a Human Barbarian as his avatar. After little thought Jim wonders what it may be like to be a woman in the game so he makes his avatar female and begins the transformation process. Jim fully transforms into his female Avatar and enters the game only be shocked to see the entry zone in Rivertown in riot. Dave finds him (now her) and tells her what's happening. They both discover that the Hacker disabled the logout buttons and the players have been in chaos trapped in the game all night. It also seems there own accounts were hacked so neither of them has admin privileges' to override anything anymore. Now trapped with the others Jim suggests they make their way to a hidden location in the VR called the Source Zone that permits players a certain level of control over the game world. Dave and Jim begin to head to the Source Zone hopping they can find a way to fix things there.
Back with the main clan of Leena, Teerick, Arlen, and Cynthel the group of them are fighting off a hoard of goblins to level up and get to the capital city but during the battle Leena is killed. Teerick is at first in tears but Arlen reminds him they are in a VR game and Leena should be respawning at a Graveyard they passed by a ways back. A short while later Leena has made her way back to the group back they are all exhausted as they've technically been awake for nearly a day straight even if their real bodies are suppose to be asleep with the headsets on. While they all remain confused as to why the Log Out issue hasn't been fixed or has still gone unnoticed from the outside they decide to make camp for the night. The next morning the group wakes up and are all surprised how realistic some aspects of the game are as they all feel well rested and eating in the game even makes them feel full even if their real bodies have basically been in a coma and haven't eaten anything for over a full day now. Cynthel then asks them all how they know English so well as Arlen is from germany and Leena and Teerick are from Japan. Leena however points out they've all been speaking perfect Japanese the whole time. Teerick realizes the game must auto translate so all the players can understand each other. As the group talks about where they are all specifically from Cynthen simply says she is from America and when they ask her what her real name is; as she is the only one who has not yet shared it with the others, she simply changes the subject and suggests they carry on to the Capitol
After a long trek the clan finally reaches the Capitol and arrives at the main gate having reached level 7 in the game along the way. As they try and discus a plan Leena complains about other players there gawking at her for her curvy body and complains about wanting to be herself again. Arlen then mention how that is actually possible in the game but it requires an item called an Origin mask that lets a player transform their avatar to match their real world body. While Leena wants to try and find some Arlen explains how they cast 10,000 gold each and only work once per mask. Plus the player who uses it looses all their gear and stats for as long as they want to be their normal selves. As none of them have nearly enough gold at their current level they agree its better to upgrade their current gear instead. They are all starting to worry that there's been no word on fixing the log out function and despite nearly two days having gone by there's been no sign of someone on the outside forcing them awake or removing their headsets to get them out. It begins to set in that they need to figure things out for themselves instead of just playing and waiting. Leena and Cynthel trade a few harvested goods to upgrade their armor but when they do it just makes it look sluttier with Cynthel's chest now more exposed and Leena's boots turning into heals. Now unable to walk properly Leena has Teerick give her a lesson in waling in her new boots. After a few pointers Teerick realizes Cynthel has been in heals the whole time yet has no trouble and asks if she(he) knew how to walk in heals already. Cynthel just dodges the quests again and suggest they all split up to find out more about what's going on trapping them in the game. Leena and Teerick head off to search the city and Arlen and Cynthel head to find a few side quests to level up some more. 
Arlen and Cynthel do a few quests and reach Level 10. Arlen is excited as his avatar class is a Shaman which unlocks the power to transform into an elemental at level 10. He opens his skill tree and unlocks his water elemental form but when he transforms his new form makes him female much to his annoyance. Despite the awkwardness Arlen and Cynthel complete the quest and get their prize from a farmer NPC but when she mentions the "Dark Wizard" Cynthel questions Arlen on it. Arlen explains the Dark Wizard is the main antagonist of AoA and the only magic user in Mysteria as non of the playable classes can use magic. He's the final boss of the game. Cynthel is confused why the developers made it so only the main bad guy could use magic but Arlen thinks its simply because it would have been so hard to program magic abilities for so many players. 
Elsewhere, Jim and Dave have reached the source zone of the VR hoping to find a way to repair the log out function and fix the game. The Source zone is a large open area of controls and screens outside the normal bounds of Mysteria. As the two enter the zone however they hear calls and find the rest of the admins and lead programmers all in some kind of caged prison. One of the other admins tell them to look out and behind them Grey Mask appears and quickly overpowers them locking them up with the others. Now trapped with the rest of the main controllers of AoA Jim hears Grey Mask going over his prisoner list. He has now imprisoned not only thousands of innocent players but has now captured all Admins, Programmers, and Security staff leaving Russel Barnes the only controller still free. Jim worries that if Barnes logs in now he'll be caught right away now. Grey Mask then conjures his virtual minions and tells them to begin phase 2 of his plan now that the Star Reach Staff is at his mercy. 
=== Chapter 3 - New Challenger Approaching ===
This chapter is from pages 49 to 74. (↑ back to summary)
The next morning back in the capitol city Teerick goes for a bath in one of the wash houses and is a bit in awe of his muscular male body as Yuzuki never really got to see a mans body so intimately before. While he's admiring his form Cynthel comes in and despite the awkwardness of them both being naked they go to the separate baths and talk through the screen separating them. Teerick talks about a rumor he and Leena heard about something called a Death Boss. A high level boss that forces you to log off if you defeat it but that also prevents respawn if it defeats you. While Cynthel is a bit concerned and thinks this rumor is a bit too good to be true they both seem to agree looking into it is their best chance to escape the game. As the two talk however they both get glimpses of each other through the screen and seem to be aroused by each other due to their altered bodies. Despite the fact they are suppose to be virtual and straight in the real world both of them seem aroused and effected by hormones as if they really were in those bodies showing just how in depth the VR works and effects them. The two eventually finish up washing and agree to meet up with the others and make a plan to find and face the nearest Death Boss. 
Meanwhile back in reality in Nashville Tennessee a young man named Nick talks with his two friends about role play games and a coming Halloween dance at their high school. While his two friends seem excited Nick is dispassionate and uncaring and displays a rather selfish and angry attitude. When his friends mention how their parents may be getting the NVR headsets for them for Xmas and how they're eager to try out the new AoA game, Nick says how he's saved up his paychecks for nearly a full year now and pans to buy one after school. While his friends ask if he'll let them try it out Nick just leaves and says how they have a dance and other stuff to do that Nick shows no interest in and thinks are a waste of time. He then leaves to finish the day and buy his headset. 
Back in the game the clan meet back up in the town square and plan to hike towards the death boss and level up as they go to prepare for the fight. As they talk there's an overhead announcement about a Wanted Player saying how they've been caught cheating and now has a bounty of one million gold on their head. Arlen and the others are confused as none of them knew anything about wanted players but Arlen thinks they should look into it along there way as earning a million gold would let them improve their gear a lot for the coming fight. 
Back in Nashville Nick gets home and tells his father he's going to start playing AoA now that he's gotten his headset and finished his homework. As Nick opens the NVR he thinks to himself how he hates his life, family, friends, and job and hopes to finally get the escape he's always wanted in this game planning to spend practically every hour he can spare playing it. He dawns the headset and begins the game. In the start menu he chooses a Human Rogue avatar but being so eager to start tells the system to randomize his avatar appearance not caring how he looks in the game. While he's looking around the start up menu however he fails to see the randomized figure standing behind him is his selected Avatar and the game's randomized him a female avatar with long brown hair and moderate curves. Nick begins the export process and sees the figure behind him and blushes but at first he thinks its just another player. As the export process begins Nick soon realizes his mistake and sees he's becoming that girl that the game randomized for him. At first he wants to log out and start over but then he thinks playing as a hot girl could be fun and even if anyone he knows joins the game no one would recognize or suspect him so he can use his new avatar "Thunder" to fully start over and escape to a new life in Mysteria. He (now she) enters the game and dawns her starter armor. She tests her stealth powers as a rouge but after getting to Rivertown she sees a mob of angry players and is quick to discover the issue with the Log Out function being disabled. Unlike the other players who are all in a riot over being trapped here Thunder is over the moon happy to have an excuse to stay in the game for as long as she can. She then leaves to begin a few quests and level her stats up fast. 
Hours later the original clan has hiked far from the capitol and Leena and Cynthel find Arlen and Teerick at the nearest Graveyard respawn point after they died fighting some imps in the wild. With night fast approaching the group decides to make camp for the night and continue on the morning. Leena volunteers to take the first watch for the night and while the others all go to sleep she finally decides to go off on her own a little bit and explore her new body. She finds a secluded spot a short distance from camp and uses her bedroll to lay down and play with her body a bit. She is swept away in the pleasure of her female body and is amazed at how real it all feels in virtual form and continues to masturbate and moan. After a short time Leena gets a message from Cynthel on her character menu saying how she can hear her and she's not being as quite as she thinks. Embarrassed that Cynthel heard her Leena redresses and goes back to camp. There she finds Cynthel stirred awake but asks her not to tell the others. Cynthel promises not to but tells her she needs to try and be quieter if she wants to keep enjoying her new body. Leena then asks Cynthel if she's tried anything in her body yet since she's also a guy player in a female avatar but Cynthel angrily tells her never to ask that again and says goodnight again. Cynthel then lays back down and thinks to her/himself that she does not want to be reminded of something about being in a female body. 
The Next morning the clan has continued on their journey and leveled up to around level 16 each. Just as they finish their latest quest Cynthel volunteers to head back to the nearest town and turn in all the quests they've finished to the right NPC and meet back up with them later with all the loot and rewards so they can divide it up and better equip themselves for the Death Boss fight. As Cynthel leaves the other three hear another player nearby and go to see if they need help. They find Thunder in the clutches of a stone golem and despite her protesting that she can handle herself they fight off the golem and free her. After the golems gone the group gets introduced and they learn how she is really a guy named Nick. Arlen is upset yet another hot girl in the game is a guy in real life but Teerick is worried again because a girl they just met told them her real name without question but Cynthel still avoids the subject. Teerick invites Thunder to join their clan hoping an extra player will help them against the death boss but before she can answer the group overhears another wanted player announcement and gets her location nearby. 
The group goes to investigate and finds a female player named CherryBlossom surrounded by other dead players. She claims she's just defending herself because all the other players around her are trying to kill her for the reward gold. Teerick, Leena and Arlen question the situation and ask her how she became a wanted player. She claims she doesn't know and after she got killed by a monster and respawned for the first time she was just marked as a wanted player right away. The group wonders if she's telling the truth but before they can talk more Thunder doubles back and attacks CherryBlossom from behind killing her. The others berate Thunder on being so rash but she just argues its a game and she's after the bounty. To the groups surprise CherryBlossom respawns right where she fell instead of a Graveyard nearby and an overhead message says coordinates are locked. Suddenly Grey Mask and a few of his goons arrive and capture CherryBlossom. Teerick demands she be released while Thunder just asks for her money. Leena meanwhile questions Arlen as she recognizes Grey Mask as the suspected Admin from earlier but they are all still clueless as to what or who he really is. Teerick asks Grey Mask what is happening to the wanted players. He claims the wanted players are cheaters the game detects and weans out and says they'll be returned to the start with all stats reset as punishment but CherryBlossom says he's lying. Before the group can argue further Grey Mask gives them each 250k in gold as he assumed it was group effort much to Thunders annoyance, and then teleports away with his captive. Teerick angrily confronts Thunder and points out how they've all been trapped here likley by that man and it not just a game anymore. Thunder begins to think he may be right and wonders what really is happening to CherryBlossom. Teerick then give her his share of the bounty gold saying he doesn't want her blood money and suggests to the others they leave her to her own game. Before the clan leaves however Thunder makes an offer. She offers to join their clan and help them against the boss they mentioned earlier to make up for her actions and after they defeat it she'll go her own way and they can escape. Teerick argues that he doesn't want her in the clan but Arlen says they'll need at least five players to have the best chance against the Death Boss and they could use her help. Reluctantly they agree and let Thunder join their clan. They all head off to meet up with Cynthel hoping to at least put the gold they just earned to some use. 
=== Chapter 4 - Origin Masks ===
This chapter is from pages 75 to 100. (↑ back to summary)
After the group reunites with Cynthel they explain the situation with Grey Mask and introduce her to Thunder. They all eventually reach a city in the Moon Elf Lands called “Galleaadyn” which everyone finds difficult to pronounce. Cynthel still argues and questions them on why they seem so sure Grey Mask is the one who’s trapped them all here as she’s yet to meet him face to face but Teerick seems sure he must be the one behind it. With the clan now leveled up and with the bounty gold they agree to rest for the night since they’re close to the Death Boss now and hopefully use the gold to upgrade armor and gear. Arlen also has an idea to give the group a gift with all the gold they have now. 
Leena, Cynthel, and Teerick go to an armorer/clothing store in the city and shop for new armor. Leena gives Teerick some of her gold since he gave his share to Thunder out of protest but they all seem a bit at a loss shopping as the game even includes size selections at the store and they’re in US unites witch Leena and Teerick don’t know. Cynthel however seems well versed in it and helps them make their selections. While the “girls” feel a bit awkward and uncomfortable getting measured and trying on skimpy under layers they all get suited up with new and impressive armor they hope will really give them an advantage against the death boss. Arlen arrives soon after they’ve finished and has also gotten new shaman armor but he’s also brought a surprise for everyone. He used some of his gold to buy them all Origin Masks, the special item in the game that lets them play casually as their real world selves. Excited to be them selves again after so long Leena and Teerick dawn the masks and return to their normal forms (and genders) of Yuzuki and Hikaru. Arlen also uses one to introduce them to his real self Leon, a young german man with short brown hair and a fit physic. They are all dressed in the same clothing they were wearing when they started playing so they go to the casual section of the store to find robes and dresses to buy to better blend in. As they try a few things on a spider spooks Yuzuki as she’s terrified of them but Leon is quick to squish it for her as he finds the real Yuzuki rather cute. After some shopping the three of them realize that Cynthel is gone. The shop keeper confirms she left already and Yuzuki messages her asking where she is. She replies that she went to book rooms at the inn but ignores the question about why she didn’t jump at an origin mask. 
Leon, Yuzuki, and Hikaru find Cynthel out in the town and while she’s surprised to meet the real them and still ignores using a mask herself she explains that the inn is booked full apart from a luxury suite that they’ll all have to share including Thunder who is already lazing in the room. The rest of the group arrive and Thunder is surprised to see them normal as she didn’t know about origin masks yet. Leon gives her one and she turns back into Nick but he’s a bit upset he can’t use any powers or weapons while not in character. Leon then offers one to Cynthel but she still turns it down. Before the others question this Yuzuki points out there are only 2 beds in the suite. Cythel confirms that was the issue she wanted to mention before and that they’ll have to share beds. She calls the sofa in the room leaving the other four to pick bedmates. With some argument Yuzuki and Hikaru agree to share a bed as siblings and Nick reluctantly agreed to share with Leon. 
The group then begin to talk about what they could do to pass a few hours before bed despite Nick being a bit more bitter since turning back to normal. But Yuzuki and Leon begin to question Cynthel again. They say how they’ve all been trapped for four days together and she’s the inly one who hasn’t revealed her real identity or even her real name. Suddenly as they argue Hikaru recognizes the sword Cynthel claims she bought in town. Its the same sword CherryBlossom had when she was taken. Hikaru then comes forward and accuses Cynthel of being Grey Mask since she not only has the sword and has been sonsecretive but also because she’s the one who’s never around when they see him, she’s the one in the group who hasn’t died and respawned yet and Grey Mask knew Yuzuki’s real name but not Nicks since Cynthel hadn’t met him yet. The group all begin to get hostile and demand Cynthel explain herself. She says thats all a coincidence and the reason she’s sonsecretive is because she worries who ever trapped them here will overhear and he has people back home he cares about and wants to get back to. The group remains adamant and suspicious and Cynthel agrees its time to come clean and asks Leon for an Orgin Mask. She dawns the mask and reveals her true self, Chris Young (Different Perspectives, Matchmaker). 
Chris does his best to explain himself and while Nick is still a bit hesitant the rest of the group apologize and now trust him seeing he’s just a kid like them who wants to get back home to his family. To pass a few hours the group begin playing a card game called Voodoo: the Following (parody of Magic: The Gathering) and talk for a few hours as it gets dark. While they talk Yuziki questions how Chris knows so much about being a girl like walking in heals and bra sizes. Chris deflects the questions and is a bit offset when Yuziki asks if he’s trans or something but still avoids the full truth. 
After several hours the group finally head to bed with the formerly agreed on sleeping arrangements. As Leon and Nick sleep in a shared bed however they both toss and turn a bit and in there sleep they pull up their player menus and start fidgeting with the controls. Nick unequips his Orgin Mask in his sleep returning him his Thunder Avatar form. Leon however hits unequip on his gear controls which removes all his clothing leaving him naked in bed with Thunder and the two begin spooning. Leon dreams about sleeping with all the other “girls” in the group and Thunder dreams of sleeping with Chris and Hikaru in their human forms. Finally Hikaru wakes up the next morning and sees the scene in the other bed. Shocked an confused Hikaru trips and wakes Thunder who is quick to realize whats going on and scream. After an awkward awakening and explaining the touchy controls the group agrees to just move on and get ready to face the death boss as they planned. Though not all too eager to stop being themselves again the rest of the group unequip their origin masks one by one returning to their AoA avatar forms. Despite her distaste for waking up next to Leon naked, Thunder seems to admire Yuzuki’s (now Teerik again) manhood as he dresses. Since they’re all still a bit offset by the body swapping they all start arguing saying how Teerick and Arlen seemed to maxed out their muscles and manhood sizes and they just retaliate with how Leena gave herself DDs and Thunder seems to be the one looking at it all. As Chris turns back to Cynthel he pits his/her foot down Saying they need to focus on the coming fight not boobs and dicks. The full group agrees she’s right and they all armor up and head out hopeful to at last find an escape. 
=== Chapter 5 - In Real Life ===
This chapter is from pages 101 to 132. (↑ back to summary)
=== Chapter 6 - A Different Perspective ===
This chapter is from pages 133 to 155. (↑ back to summary)
=== Chapter 7 - Fading Hope ===
This chapter is from pages 156 to 178. (↑ back to summary)
=== Chapter 8 - Love at First Sight ===
This chapter is from pages 179 to 214. (↑ back to summary)
=== Chapter 9 - Wrath ===
This chapter is from pages 215 to 229. (↑ back to summary)
=== Chapter 10 - Your Carriage Awaits ===
This chapter is from pages 230 to 255. (↑ back to summary)
=== Chapter 11 - Wanted ===
This chapter is from pages 256 to 286. (↑ back to summary)
=== Chapter 12 - I Owe You One ===
This chapter is from pages 287 to 309. (↑ back to summary)
=== Chapter 13 - A Cold, Stormy Night ===
This chapter is from pages 310 to 333. (↑ back to summary)
=== Chapter 14 - Damsel in Distress ===
This chapter is from pages 334 to 357. (↑ back to summary)
=== Chapter 15 - The Key to Freedom ===
This chapter is from pages 358 to 387. (↑ back to summary)
=== Chapter 16 - Dawn of the Final Day ===
This chapter is from pages 388 to 406. (↑ back to summary)
=== Chapter 17 - Deus Ex Machina ===
This chapter is from pages 407 to 421. (↑ back to summary)
=== Chapter 18 - Reality ===
This chapter is from pages 422 to 437. (↑ back to summary)
=== Chapter 19 - Epilogue ===
This chapter is from pages 438 to 443. (↑ back to summary)