[VRMMO] Dead One

"…"

(Again…. It turned on all on its own.) – thought the man with the scar as he stared at his active pod, while holding a phone with a message [Serwer Frozen duo the tournament].

"…"

"Ah…. Fuck."

(And there is also that weird feeling from before as well.)

(What should I do?)

(Last time I've waited, it turned off back on its on….)

(When the serwer was unfrozen for a moment, everything was fine. Hell! No time has passed, which confirmed that the serwer was never unfrozen in the first place!)

(This "presence" was also gone after the capsule turned itself off and when I hoped to the game.)

(But now?)

"…"

(This is weird.)

(Should I just call the company and have them sent somebody to just check this thing out?)

(What would happened if I start playing and this thing would start glitching or some shit?)

(Would it kill me?)

(Or would I end up in one of those novels where the games becomes reality and the main character is transported to the world of the game?)

(Hell freaking no!)

(I ain't risking it.) – thought the man who was hesitantly raising his phone.

"…"

"I fucking knew it."

(I thought last time I was imagining it, but it really does feels familiar.)

(Completely alien… Yet very bit familiar.)

(But where?)

(Where I felt this familiarity?) – thought the man as he started thinking about different people he had met in his life.

"…"

(Nothing is coming up….)

(But I know I've felt it before.)

"…"

"…"

(Should I…. Should I just jump in?)

(There seems be some sort of time limit to this thing….)

(But…. At the same time, I don't want to risk.)

(HELL! THAT WHOLE PRESENCE IS STRAIGHT UP SCARING ME!)

(I'm not bloody imagining this thing, since this is the second time I'm feeling this thing!)

(What is this?!)

(And why do I have "familiar" feeling to it?)

(This feels like some sort of trap!)

"…"

(But again…. What if that thing never happens?)

(Honestly, I hold off researching it on the net just in case, but I did looked up if the capsule ever had any issues before.)

(There were some issues when some idiots made mistakes, like had their kid spill entire 2-liter bottle of soda on the entire thing…. Which then turns out to be because the father in question was abusing son of a bitch that later got arrested.)

(Anyway, there was never any big form of incident, which was caused by the capsule alone.)

(It was never the trigger.)

(I've even asked her last time if her capsule was on, but she said that it was still off.)

"…"

"AAAAAAA!"

"What the fuck am I doing?!" – said the man as he approached the capsule and opened it.

The man slowly gets inside of the capsule and then started turning on the settings.

(Stupid! Stupid! Stupid!)

(Why the hell am I doing something as stupid as this?!)

(This is completely out of character for me!)

(Logically speaking from all the viewpoints, this is beyond stupid or realistic.)

"…"

(And yet… I'm here… Doing this willingly.) – thought the man as he put down the top of the capsule, sealing himself inside as the device turned on.

"!"

(It is really working?!) – thought the surprised man as log in process started.

(But the servers should be frozen!) – thought the man as his conscious started entering the game.

(What the hell is going on here?!)

"…"

"…"

[Welcome back to Avriones]

[Player ClownFrog]

"!"

(I really logged in?!) – thought the man who was now in his ClownFrog humanoid form.

"?!"

(WAIT A BLOODY SECOND!) – thought the man as he realized that the entire space was somewhat "fluffy" and covered in plushies.

(Isn't this place-)

"Ah, looks who decided to show up." – said the female young voice behind ClownFrog, which instantly put the man on the high alert.

"…"

"What is the meaning of this?" – asked ClownFrog as he turned around.

"Sloth?" – said the lich dragon as he was now facing the little girl with short dark blue hair and golden eyes that had beastly pupils alongside two snake tails emerging from her rear. The girl herself was wearing a boyish clothing, a very simple and normal looking ones.

[True Sin Of Sloth]

"What is up with this hostility mate?" – said the girl with smug look on her face.

"Don't worry, there is no trick or anything involved…. It is complicated and not complicated matter at the same time."

"Just… Relax." – said the girl as she turned around, only to be then instantly met with ClownFrog's own hook tail end being put right next to her throat.

"Do you really think this will hurt me?" – asked the sloth.

"No. It won't." – said ClownFrog as he retracted his tail.

"But what I want to know is what."

"What the hell is going on here?! Sloth!?"

(Now that I think about it, didn't something weird happened when I've met her face to face for the very first time?!) – thought the man.

(The first time I've met her was when I've logged off!)

(Or at least tried to!)

(When I logged off, she somehow made me go to her instead of logging off!)

(But later on, each time we met, she gave me an invite in order to have a meeting.)

(But this?)

(This is the second time where she directly affected the system…. No.)

(The entire game itself.)

(What did she done?)

"…"

"I know you have a lot of questions and everything, but unfortunately there is a quiet annoying time limit." – said the little girl.

"So, I can't really give you answers…. Just yet, that is."

"However, what I can give you is something that will benefit you and me."

"I can't exactly tell what is it yet… Since, restrictions that are placed on me."

"So, yeah…."

"Are you willing to listen?"

"…"

"I don't know…. This seems extremely shady…." – said ClownFrog.

"However, I'm willing to talk."

"And I'm not talking about benefits."

"I'm talking here about finding out what the hell is going on."

"Well, sorry, but if you want to find something, you need to fallow my requests."

"So, here are my 3 requests."

"First request."

"Destroy the 'benefactor'."

"Second request."

"Conquer Forgotten Fragments. Be it many or some powerful ones."

"And third request."

"Continue developing the power of the sin or virtue. Either is fine, but you need to power up one of them enough."

"Simple, isn't it?"

"…"

"Fuck you. There is connection between all 3, isn't there?" – said the man as he then suddenly felt gazes, fangs, claws, tongues and all sort of weird parts of body surrounding him.

"!?"

(What was that?!) – thought ClownFrog as he looked around.

"Ah, I guess time is up?" – said sloth as she then snapped her fingers.

"Well then, you know what to do mate." – said sloth as the man started experiencing the log out effect.

"!"

"WAIT! I STILL HAVE-"

[You have logged off.]

"-QUSTION!"

"!"

"…"

(Did…. Did she kicked me out of the game?) – thought the man with the scar as the capsule opponent itself.

"…"

The man reached for his phone on the table right next to the capsule and checked the time.

"…"

(It wasn't speed up…. It was barely few minutes in there.)

(But the time flow was clearly the same as the real world.)

[Time before entering the game: 12 : 36]

[Time after leaving the game: 12 : 39]

(3 minutes passed in game…. That should be just 1 minute in real world!)

(So why the hell 3 minutes passed in the real world as well?!)

(The world wasn't slowed down?!)

"…"

(And what was that presence just now?) – thought the terrified man as he got up from his capsule.

(Was I being watched? No… That wasn't it! The hell was that?!)

(What ever that was…. I know if that "thing" were to even see me…. Even "feel" me… What would happened?)

(What the hell is this "fear"?!) – thought the terrified man as the image of him melting like a liquid appeared in his head.

"…"

"What ever that was, the sloth didn't wanted me to get caught by it."

(She also said about time limit… Was she referring to it?)

"…"

(No wait… There is still lot of things!)

(First thing first!)

(She did not contacted me for how freaking long and I can't blame her! Since all I've had been doing was ruling my empire!)

(Nothing "heroic" or "mighty" about this!)

(Just doing my job!)

(…)

(Was it…. Was it all her doing?)

(I mean, it was!)

(The first time she invited me, it was forcefully!)

(But what she just did was straight up fucked up!)

(Did she affected the real world?!)

(Did she just do something to my capsule!?)

(What sort of bullshit is this?!)

(….)

(And it wasn't just once…)

(She did that TWICE!)

(FUCKING TWICE!)

"…"

"…"

"Hey." – said the man.

"…"

(No reaction….)

(But something is definitely off.)

(The device was turned on each time I came back.)

(This can't be just a weird timing.)

(Nah…. She knew when I would go back home!?)

(Oh fuck me!)

(Does that mean she can somehow see me?)

"…"

(Does that mean that capsule can "see" me?!)

(That is the only logical explanation!)

(But if that is the case, that means she can not only affect the real world, but can as well as SEE it?!)

"…"

"…"

(Oh what in the actual fuck is going on here?)