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Kaliska:

Kaliska stood shocked when the guild master appeared and told them of how they were trapped in this world, the one that has been her safe haven, and why they couldnt log out anymore. As the fear and anger mixed with in her her body started to shake. She looked around everyone was scared, thousands were trying again and again to log out but to no avail. She looked back at the guild master as he told of a gift he had placed in all their inventories. She open her inventory and saw a mirror, she took it from her inventory and held it in her hand. It looked normal enough but when she held it up and looked in its true purpose was revealed. A light grew and surrounded her, causing her to panic as the mirror changed her in game avatar in to her real self. She shook as she looked in to the mirror and saw her real face. ' How is this possible...why....why did he do this.... ' she thought as she looked over the crowd and saw many unfamiliar faces, she couldn't even recognize other beta testers now. Once the GM vanish and the crowd roared and panicked Kaliska slipped away, the situation was bad, fighters would be wanting to gain skills and supplies through nearby quests, they would also want currency to buy better weapons and armors. She started off to one of the near by towns to get a bit of a head start on the quests and limited opportunities that werent gonna be available much longer.

While Dennenth was out in the beginning fields helping his sister Soleil get used to the game, already Soleil was having a lot of fun being able to share Dennenth's world with him. He smiled softly watching as she fought one of the level 1 mobs, an oversize warthog looking creature. When she took it down, he brought up the in-game clock. "Whoa, we've been in here three hours already. We need to head back out and get something to eat." Dennenth said to Soleil, she pouted some when he said this. "But we've only just started." She said to him, he chuckled softly hearing her. "Yes and we'll be bac...." He stopped mid-sentence seeing that the log out option had been removed, Soleil tilted her head some looking at him. "What's wrong brother?" She asked moving over to him, "I can't seem to find the log out option.....it's been removed." He said to himself as he kept looking through the menus, but as he was he could feel himself being forcefully teleported. He looked over at his sister who was looking frightened and quickly reached out to her and took hold of her hand, before the two of them were forcefully teleported to the main square of the first town.

After the announcement from the GM, during which Soleil clung to Dennenth. Dennenth looked around at the other players around them, he held Soleil close to him. When he saw the effect the mirror was having on the others, he destroyed his and Soleil's. He turned to Soleil and looked into her eyes, "We need to get out of here quickly." He whispered softly to her, she looked at him and nodded her head. Denennth then turned but kept kneeling, while Soleil climbed up onto his back. He then stands up and once making sure he had a good grip on her, he quickly ran out of the square and quickly left the starter town. "The first few areas are going to be flooded by new players and beta testers sneaking away the quests." He said to her as he ran along, "We'll start from the second town, we'll only have to contend with a few others. I'll not allow anything bad to happen to you." Dennenth said to Soleil, she held onto him tighter as he ran along.

Neetin was busy exploring the beginning town right from the get go. There were so many people on, it wasn't even funny. Still he shouldn't of been so surprised as it was the first day of the games release. While browsing one of the shops for equipment he was suddenly transported back to the center of the town. It seemed all the other players were transported too. It was then that the GM appeared before all of them. He announced that there wasn't any ability to log out from the game, dying in the game meant dying for real, being unplugged from the Nervegear would kill them. To leave the game the final floor would have to be cleared, all 100 levels. With it said everyone was given a mirror. Upon receiving it, he pulled it from his inventory. Looking into the mirror his appearance suddenly changed. A face of shock over came him as the character he created as gone. In its place it was literally himself. "Woah..." He said feeling his face. Yeah it was definitely his own, from the texture to the shape of it. He was more fascinated with how they actually were able to pull this off. Though he turned his attention back to the GM right before he departed. All of a sudden the crowd broke out into panic and confusion. Most people didn't know what to do. Neetin however didn't want to stay in this chaos. He bobbed and weaved through the players getting to an isolated area. Taking a moment he collected his thoughts breathing in deeply. So he took into account the situation he was in. "Alright. So I am stuck here in a game. One life, 100 levels to beat. What is the first thing that needs to be done?" He stopped putting a hand to his chin. Thinking about it for a moment it occurred to him quickly. "Getting stronger is one thing. Getting better equipment is another...." Looking at his ax that he bought right when he got online he saw how cheap it looked. Swinging the ax he got a feel for how it acted. He wasn't new to these sorts of games, but he hadn't had a taste of combat quite yet. One thing was for certain though, he knew what he wanted to do. "You are going to be my task. Lets see how powerful we can make you." He told himself with a confident grin. Putting the weapon away he rushed off through the streets heading out of town. He didn't know exactly where he was going. Though he didn't exactly care. There was a goal in mind, and he was going to be apart of an epic adventure.

After the big announcement from the GM about being unable to log out, Castamere admittedly freaked out for a bit. After all, not only was he trapped in a game where he could die, but he had to find other people who'd be willing to team up with him in order to survive. The broadsword wielding player was usually eager to try and make new friends, but he had to be a bit more careful here, as pissing someone off could mean death, especially given the panic this development had caused. Then again, being a beta tester with a higher level than most was a good safeguard, for the time being.

Castamere probably shouldn't have believed the whole "death game" thing so quickly, but it was better to be safe and gather some friends than get careless and possibly die for real. After enhancing his weapon a bit at the town smithy using materials he'd gathered from the beta, the young man walked through the bustling town in search of a few possible sidekicks for his adventures. Hell, maybe he could even form a guild, if he gathered enough interest. "Hm...I wonder what I'd even call my own guild..." He thought out loud.

He kept his sharp eyes locked on Amalia, "There is none in the game currently that could match me in battle." He said narrowing his eyes some, then stood there silently for several moments before slowly lowering his katana to his side. Before resheathing it on the back of his waist, "I will have her claim the quests and I'll kill whatever is needed for it, so she'll get the full experience for it." Dennenth said, keeping himself between Soleil and Amalia. Before Kaliska came into view, he sensed her presence. A special trait given to him by his gear, he looked over towards her slightly as she stepped into view.

He listened to what she said to Amalia, then looked at her as she spoke to him. "I was enroute to the next major city before she ran into me." Dennenth said motioning towards Amalia with a slight wave of his hand, he then turned back to Soleil kneeling in front of her. "Let's keep moving." He said to her, Soleil nodded her head to him. He then turned so she could climb up onto his back, he stood up getting a better hold on Soleil. He then looked back at Kaliska and Amalia, "I will slaughter the first floor boss after clearing as many quests as possible for Soleil, don't get in my way when that time comes." He said to the two of them darkly, before turning and running off down the path again, with Soleil on his back.