Dom opened the large white box that was placed on his bed, that originally had a red ribbon on it that he had removed. Inside the box was a surprisingly thin instruction manual, lots of polystyrene balls and the World Conquest gaming headset itself.
The Headset was more like a helt than anything else. It covered the back of the head with lots of padding, with the front of the helt covering the cheekbones, over the nose and an eye shield to protect the eyes. Inside the helt was a complex array of sensors that read and transmitted data for a fully imrsive experience.
Dom placed the helt on his bed, whilst quickly grabbing the instructions manual for a glance.
*The World Conquest Headset can be used and played when both awake and asleep, giving ample comfort and protection whilst you ga.
To start, please place the headset on your head and allow for the internal padding to adjust to your head size for additional comfort. Once adjusted the ga will load and collect DNA for sequencing, this will be painless and through the sensors on your head.
Each player once synchronised will be added to the singular online server and limited to one account per person. Headset’s can be replaced if damaged, but will log in to the sa account through DNA sequencing, which is your login.
The ga will run at a 3x speed compared to reality, and players will be capped at 18hour gaming sessions.
If you have any queries during ga, please ask for "Ga Support"*
Dom placed the instructions down beside him.
"Gaming whilst sleeping? Damn I may be on ti for once!" Dom exclaid excitedly.
He stood up and headed towards the central room that he shared with Andrew, who was dishing out their noodles.
"Thoughts?" Andrew asked excitedly
"Not what I was expecting, did you know you can play whilst asleep?" Dom replied confused.
"I had seen that earlier, shocking isn’t it. And the with the 3x speed and maximum of 18hours, it ans that if you play the full allowance, you are live for 3 out of 4 days." Andrew comnted, "Should be fun when we get going, it will be interesting to see how it starts! Plus, you have no excuse for not getting up on ti"
"Let’s finish this and catch up later!" Dom declared, eating the noodles he really didn’t want, with a surprising amount of enthusiasm.
"Yeah, that sounds like a plan!" Andrew replied, taking his bowl to the kitchen and heading to his room "I’ll try and work out the internal comms and get in touch as soon as possible."
Dom headed to his own room, grabbed the headset and placed it on his head. Slowly it tickled as the internal padding cushioned his head comfortably, before he slowly lay down on his bed.
The first thing that Dom saw was a bright white light, followed by light blue prisms that floated around the screen as it loaded.
[Ga loading.....] the screen showed. Dom felt excitent throughout as he waited for the screen to finish loading. [....Connecting to global server]
Black specks of light appeared and dropped and slowly filled the screen until it was pitch black. A small white light appeared in the middle and started to grow, with the sounds of wind flying around Dom’s head.
"Wow it feels so real!" He exclaid to himself.
[Ga will now take DNA sequencing - Collecting DNA Sample]
Dom felt a slight stroke on his forehead, before it disappeared again.
[DNA sample collected, DNA sequencing completed - Dominic Lazarus, Welco to the World Conquest]
Suddenly Dom was stood on a floating white cloud in the sky. Opposite him was a woman dressed in a smart black business suit, sat on a chair with her legs crossed. She had long red hair, and a natural elegance to her. She had deep green eyes and held her head up high. Causing you to feel that you were being looked down upon and that you needed to give her respect. Seeing this was a ga, if felt almost real when looking at her.
The cloud that they were on floated above a gigantic world, with large landmasses and oceans that adorned it. It was green and lush, and Dom was excited to explore it.
"Welco to World Conquest, I am Ga Support, if you have any queries please shout for during the ga." Ga Support explained, "Firstly please choose a player na."
"WhiteWolf" Dom replied automatically, this was his gar na across multiple gas that he played with his small group of friends, so it would be easier to find him online.
"Would you like to confirm?" Ga Support asked, "Would you not prefer sothing like BigDaddy003, GeneralSlaughter671, RedHeadsAreBest2475 or ILoveBigBums"
"Yes, please confirm!" Dom replied confused, what sort of nas were those!
"Denied." Ga Support replied with a smile, "Na must relate to your na, you only have one na."
Strange, Dom thought. What an unusual rule.
"Yes it is." Ga Support relied, to Dom’s shock. "Please rember that we are communicating through brain waves, so I can therefore hear your thoughts. I do, however appreciate you not ntally undressing , unlike so of the males that have joined so far."
"What should I be nad then?" Dom asked, not daring to insult the Ga Support, who seed very human.
"Lazarus." She replied.
Dom had a real dislike to his surna, that he had inherited from his father, like most people did.
"As you have not declined, that is now your na." Ga Support replied, "Well, let’s continue. Would you like to slightly alter your appearance or keep it the sa? Please note this can not be changed at a later ti. You will however be able to purchase clothes and disguises throughout your World Conquest journey."
"Keep the sa please" Dom replied, he would just buy a disguise, he expected Andrew and Alice would keep the sa so the gaming trio would be able to recognise each other easy enough. He wondered if Alice could have persuaded Claire to join.
"Interesting choice, respectful." Ga Support replied. "In World Conquest your spawn point will be decided based on your class, stats and decisions made during the tutorial. Would you like to hear more about the classes?"
"Yes please." Dom said, he was planning to play as an adventurer, as they normally had lots of flexible stats on most gas and would allow him to support Andrew’s guild easy enough. However, little had been announced other than the basics, and he was interested to hear more.
"There are several starting classes, that can evolve in to sub classes: Warrior, These are guards, soldiers or rcenaries primarily that will fight for the countries Emperor, Kings, Lords or Leaders that are across the realm, a fun play style for the majority of gars. Adventurers are for those driven by quest style ga play, exploring the far reaching and unexplored zones, following quests set by Town and City folk. Lifestyle players who can take on a new identity in the ga, trying and learning new skills and crafts, ever wanted to beco a Baker or a Blacksmith?" Ga Support started. "All of the above classes are key to the ga and there are opportunities to move between the classes to learn corresponding skills. For example a Warrior Knight who enjoys Baking as a hobby"
Ga Support laughed to herself at the thought, whilst Dom looked at her with a confused look.
"Ga Support, I have a question." Dom interrupted.
"Go ahead, Lazarus." She replied with a smile.
"Are you programd with certain lines of text, or are you an AI?" Dom asked inquisitively, "I do not an this in a rude way, I am just interested."
"Interesting, not many have noticed, I am an AI programd by the ga makers to manage and support the set up and transition in to the ga, and to then support from a tech support perspective then onwards." She replied with a smile, "If that is ok, I will continue?"
"Thank you for explaining," Dom replied, with a slight bow in gratitude.
Ga Support slightly bowed her head in response, sat in her chair, before continuing. "The roles can also evolve, depending on your relationship with the environnt. A smart Warrior may beco a Strategist, an talented Pottery Maker may receive a contract from a Kingdom and create their own large company. Do your family have strong familiar lines and strong support, maybe set up your family companies in the ga? Have trusted friends, why not create a guild? So many options."
Ga Support stopped talking and looked up at Dom in the eyes. A Serious expression on her face. "There is one final class, it is mainly pre-arranged by the ga developers and creators. Those with Powerful backings get the opportunity, however as the ga master in this initial period, I can put people forwards a tiny few players with certain characteristics in to the original challenge . If you perform well I can grant you an opportunity, and this is just an opportunity, to start as a lord class player yourself." She continued, "If you pass, which is unlikely. Lazarus, you will be granted a Lord Player Class to create your own destiny, if you survive it could grow and hit unknown heights. If you fail, well you can play like everyone else, so no loss."
Dom looked at her in confusion, wondering firstly, why he was stuck with this ga na! Secondly what a good opportunity, why was she helping him?
"Interested?" She asked, with a wry smile on her face. "Would you like to play the normal tutorial, or would you like to challenge the Lord tutorial?"
"I’ll take the challenge, please. Thank you for the support and for the opportunity." Dom replied.
"Don’t let down." She replied, before the ga faded to black.
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