End Meets Beginning
After my father's death, I lost all spark and inspiration I once had. I was devastated, and I was fed up with life and wanted nothing more than to escape this hateful world. It was at this point that I discovered my first MMORPG. I have been playing these games with an obsessive admiration. It was the perfect escape. Soon gaming became all I cared about. Twenty-four years later I still did nothing but eat sleep and play.
Today was an eventful day for me, as it was the release date for a new MMORPG, Wuxia-Life, the first cultivating MMORPG of its kind. As I was leaving the house to purchase the game I called out to my mother. "Kaasan (mother), I'm stepping out for a bit." "I hope it's to go and apply for a job!" my mother said. I then replied "Uh…y. yeah, I'm applying to GameTop." Before she could say another word I bolted out the door saying. "I'll let you know how it went." I didn't want to give her the chance to continue nagging me.
Having escaped my kaasan's verbal slashing I ran off to get my long-anticipated game. On my way to the store, I spotted a beautiful Taiwanese woman. She had tanned skin, green eyes, long black straight hair, and curves in all the right places. Being aw-struck I quickly snapped out of it when I noticed a bald man with a swastika tattooed to the back of his head. "Well, what do we have here? It looks like one of those chi_ks. You know you guys really screwed us here, so how about I return the favor." He said as he started approaching her, unzipping his pants as she was cowering against the brick wall.
Without thinking something sparked inside of my head. Was it for chivalry, to fight injustice, or just being sick and tired of these hateful people, I didn't know. As this sensation overtook me, my legs started moving without thought, and I ran towards the assailant with unimaginable speed. Once he was within striking distance I lunged, tackling the man to the ground. "Runnn!!!!" I shouted as I tried to pin the man to the ground. Well, this is what I would have liked to have happened.
In reality, I was grossly out of shape, 24 years of idle gameplay and over-snacking had left me pudgy, and short of breath with minimal exertion. The skinhead heard my breathing…or panting, the moment I ran forward. Upon seeing me, he pulled out a gun and shot me through the stomach. Blood gushed out of my stomach as searing heat and pain radiated from within me. Now, in shock and spitting up blood I could do nothing but lay there and watch this man brutalize the beauty in front of me, as my life was fading.
"Good the "knight and shining armor" still breathes." The skinhead mockingly said. "Now you can watch me show you how a real man handles such a… "princess."" Just as I was about to lose consciousness, the beauty changed her expression from fear to rage. She started glowing with a light brighter than the sun, with her arms outstretched. "Aaahhh!!" the man screamed as his body combusted in bright white flames from the inside out. His cries of agony made the mere seconds of obliteration feel like hours. It even made me forget the pain I was currently in.
Just as I was about to completely fade out of this existence, she approached me, with the warmest and most beautiful smile. "My dear knight," she said with no hint of sarcasm. "How would you like to be my champion." Before I could even answer my world went black.