Chapter 9: VSW Cafe (1/2)
After receiving the information of where the VSW internet cafe was, Novis along with Arthur quickly made their way to the location. The internet cafe wasn't too far from the training centre. It took around fifteen minutes in total to arrive.
The cafe was located on a busy high street on top of a regular coffee shop. It was easy to spot because a big sign was hanging on the outside with the VSW logo.
The room was slightly different from the training centre but about the same size. Inside were multiple desks with VR sets and a Tv, the same set up as the training centre. What was different though was at the back of the room were capsules. The capsules allowed your whole body to fit into the machine. The machines were high end and were mainly used by the pros because they gave minimal delay.
When Novis entered the room he was surprised at how packed it was, there were hardly any spaces available. A cute girl was standing at the front desk, she had brown hair tied up in a ponytail. As she saw Novis enter she smiled.
”Hello, welcome!” She said.
Novis was still looking at all the people playing VSW and didn't hear her. He noticed that most of the people at the cafe were middleaged men and women. Novis was a bit upset by this, after seeing the training centre he was hoping that they would be more people his age in an internet cafe. He guessed most people were like his brother and preferred to play at home.
As Novis began walking towards the playing area the girl called out to him again.
”Excuse me, you need to write your name down here, is it your first time here?”
Novis snapped out of his daze and realised the girl was speaking to him. ”Yeah, is anyone allowed to play VSW here?”
The girl handed Novis a tablet so he could fill in his information and register as a member.
”Yeah, just fill in your details on this.”
Novis finished filling in the details and handed the tablet back to the girl.
”Oh you forgot to fill in your rank, what rank are you?”
Novis thought for a bit, he came here for Arthur, not himself, and he didn't really know where to place Arthur. He had only seen him fight so little. But he had to be better then average Novis thought.
”I've never really played I don't have a rank at the moment.”
The girl behind the desk started to laugh.
”So you haven't even had your placement games yet, the players here might be a little too advanced for you but you still free to try.”
Novis didn't plan to play himself today, so he didn't mind who he played against if he lost it didn't matter as he wasn't planning to come back here again.
As Novis was looking at the playing area in the cafe he spotted someone that was the same age as him.
”Hey, that's the first kid I've seen in here!” Novis shouted while pointing at the person.
The kid was sitting on his own at a desk nearby the front. He had slick black hair that was neatly combed back. He was wearing a plain neat tidy uniform as well. The Kid's appearance screamed upper class.
The kid pointed at himself and said
”huh, do you mean me?”
Novis looked back at the girl.
”Is it okay if I play with him.”
Novis felt more comfortable facing someone his own age. It was more comfortable for him and Novis assumed that the Kid's wouldn't be as hard to beat as the adults.
The women seemed a bit nervous at Novis enthusiasm. ”Well...that kid is..”
Before she could finish answering the kid stood up and started to walk towards Novis.