Age of Gods - A VRMMO Story

After walking for a bit Thomas started to notice more and more shops selling various things. Though he was curious he didn't step into any of them, there was no point in window shopping when he had things to do and no money to spend. As he was walking Thomas spotted a group of kids laughing and playing around a low circular table. It seemed like they were playing with a toy of some kind. Curious about what they were doing Thomas squinted his eyes to try and get a better look as he walked towards them.

After staring for a few moments his vision suddenly magnified. It was like he was suddenly standing right next to the kids and watching them from up close. The sudden change in perspective was extremely disorienting causing Thomas to stumble and nearly fall. He came to a stop and closed his eyes while kneeling over with his hands on his knees. Walking while looking so far ahead had made him feel extremely nauseous. After taking a few deep breaths to calm his roiling stomach Thomas slowly opened his eyes. His vision had returned to normal.

Curious about what happened, and attributing it to his 'All Seeing Eyes', he moved over to the side of the road and gripped a support beam for a small canopy of a storefront to make sure he could hold himself up if he got dizzy again. Once he was sure he could hold himself up he once more focused on the kids playing. Again his vision zoomed in on the children like an excellent pair of binoculars. There was nothing special about the kids. They were all young, probably between six and twelve with clothing similar to his own only spotted with dirt.

After looking over the kids he shifted his attention to the toy they were playing with. It was a top that looked interesting, it had no crown. The part that was gripped to make the top spin. Instead, it was simply made of the shoulder, body, and tip. On the very top, inset in the shoulder was a small clear green crystal. Whenever the top would stop spinning one of the children would hold it up by placing their finger on the green crystal, it would glow for a few seconds and when they released it the top would start spinning on its own.

It took Thomas a minute to realize that the toy was powered by mana and that the kids were feeding mana into it to make it spin. How it worked was completely beyond him, but he was pretty sure every one of those kids had more magic than he did at the moment. As soon as he realized that he started to feel light headed. He was forced to stop zooming his sight in on the children and grip the support beam in his hand tightly to keep himself from falling over as his head spun. He once again closed his eyes and focused on his breathing while he waited for the spinning sensation to slowly fade away.

After the sensation finally faded Thomas still felt a little weak and tired, but not like he would fall over if he tried to take a step. He straightened up and looked over at the kids still playing with the magical toy. He was extremely curious about it, he'd never seen magical toys before. Magical weapons and devices meant to deal damage were commonplace, but not something like a top powered by mana. He was still concerned about his dizzy spell though. So before heading over to the kids, he opened his character sheet to take a look.