Ancient World.
One of the most popular MMORPGs to date, produced by Hasbro Industries. People from all walks of life enjoyed it. Some for the expansively detailed, wide, and varied combat system. Others for the lovely political and economic environment, intricate and ever changing. Still others joined for the adventures, the ancient ruins and real sizes cities, in which each player could have any number of stories, each and every one unique. It was hailed as the pinnacle of online gaming, its unique player races, factions, and npcs making it an enjoyable experience for everyone. Ten years after it’s initial release, it was still going strong with a fifth expansion pack just over the horizon.
Then, on Novermber 10th, the day of the expansion’s release, everything changed.
Players with active accounts woke up in Ancient World, their appearances and forms changed to resemble that of their favorite used character. Many of the functions from the game still remained active, such as stats, character progression, health bars, and more. It was almost as if Ancient World had been converted into the world’s first virtual reality game. But yet, it was no illusory world.
Now, they could interact with everything. They could bite into an apple and taste it. They could release an arrow from a bowstring and hear its twang, each and every one distinct by the smallest of vibrations. They could throw a fireball spell and smell the burned flesh caused by it. They could run a blade through someone, and feel the blood trickling down their hand. They could look into a mobs’s eyes, and see the life fade from them. This world was very, very real.
And for six young women, caught up in it all, it was their new reality.
