2 Vol 1. pt. 2 Patch 2.0: Socializing, Raiding, or Fishing? (1/2)
A myriad of colors swirls around Fenrir. Where once was darkness, a mirror, and a tsundere are now so many brilliant lights and shapes that his mind struggles to keep up. Despite how beautiful and mesmerizing this is, he can't help but wonder how epileptics fare doing this. Would this trigger a seizure despite it all being in their heads? Wait, if that's the case, then wouldn't overly colorful dreams also trigger seizures?
He is only taken out of his thoughts when he feels himself land on solid ground. Well, land isn't the appropriate word. It's more like everything just materialized around him, and the ground was the last thing to do so.
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All of those colors and shapes now paint a beautiful world for his eyes to feast on. There are vast fields of green decorated with flowers being visited by bees and butterflies, forests in the distance beyond the grassy knolls, and all manners of creatures both roaming the land and sky as far as he can see.
His mouth hangs open from how incredibly beautiful it all is. He's played virtual reality games before, but none have ever looked anywhere this realistic! It is indistinguishable from reality. Not only is the scenery beyond perfect, but so are the senses. A soft breeze brushes through the tall grass and breaks up around him, he can feel the warmth of the sun above shining down its rays unto him, and – are those waves that he can hear?
Fenrir climbs up the nearest mound to look over the field.
What his climb is rewarded with is the sight of a vast, blue ocean sending rolling waves crashing into a sandy beach. He can even smell it! When he reaches down to take clumps full of grass into his hands, he can feel even the smallest of details against his fingers! He pulls some of the grass out from the ground to see what happens.
It's just like real life! The grass gets pulled out and leaves naught but a patch of dirt and insects upset that their hiding spot was removed. One of few things would happen in every other game: his hands would clip through the grass, he could pull but it would be stuck in the ground, or he could pull it out but it would instantly be replaced by more grass just as tall as before. But here? Here he has pulled the grass out with ease and all that is left behind is dirt.
And some annoyed bugs.
”This is awesome! I never thought I'd get to experience anything like this! Hey, Saya, you there?” Fenrir asks. His voice is much deeper than it is in real life to match the new, masculine appearance of this avatar.
”I'm always here, Onii-chan. I see and feel everything you do. I'm technically living inside of your brain now. Isn't that great? We always get to be together!” Saya replies. He can't see her, but he can hear her voice get transmitted directly into his head.
That is really weird. ”I thought you were supposed to be a bit of a tsundere, now you're going yandere on me?” Fenrir asks. He doesn't know whether he should speak out loud or just think.
”Oh, that reminds me! Where did I put my knives…”
Fenrir shakes his head. As annoying as she acts, he genuinely finds it all entertaining. His interactions with her thus far more than make up for the cost of the headset.
Wait, isn't it really pathetic if he finds a bit of interaction with a virtual girl worth seventy dollars?
”Yeah, it kind of is,” Saya confirms his thoughts.
”Anyways, how do I open my menus?” Fenrir asks.
”You can't.”
”What?”
”There are no menus.”
”I don't remember reading that anywhere. How am I supposed to manage my inventory and skills and everything else?”
”You don't. You just go and live your new life here like you would in reality!”
”Then how do you get specialized and build your character? What if I want to be like, a warrior with high strength and health?”
”Then you go do things that will increase your strength, silly Onii-chan! Lift some weights or chop some trees! And let stuff hit you a bunch of times if you want more health!”
”What if I want to be a really smart wizard?”