Age of Gods - A VRMMO Story

When Thomas awoke the following morning his entire body ached from the tip of his hair to his toes. With a loud groan caused by the pain and pleasure of stretching his sore muscles, Thomas sat up in the bed and began to examine himself. He had no idea why the game would be designed to cause the players so much pain, but the sight of his own body shocked that thought clean out of his mind.

When he'd set his attributes all to ten he had been physically fit and at the peak of humanity according to the AI that helped him get started. Now, however... His body had become something foreign to him. His entire body had become thicker, his muscles swelling in size and power. He looked like he had been pumping iron while gorging on steroids. His muscles seemed to be at least three times thicker than they were yesterday.

Thomas couldn't help but frown deeply, a massive wall of muscle was not a look he wanted to have. The only thing he was thankful for at the moment was that clothing automatically resized to fit people. If clothing didn't have that function he would likely be stark naked from ripping through the linen outfit he slept in and nothing he owned at the moment would fit him.

Moving felt unfamiliar as he'd never had a body like this before, he did not enjoy the 'muscleman' look in the least and was already wondering how he could change it back. After getting dressed, Thomas retrieved his cleaned clothing from Maggie. For her part, Maggie just gave Thomas a once over, but didn't say anything or seem to see anything strange. Confused by that Thomas headed down to the dining room for his breakfast where Martha gave him a similar once over but said nothing odd. Almost like what had happened to Thomas wasn't even worth mentioning.

After leaving The Swans Nest, Thomas pulled up the quest he'd been spending the last in-game week on to double check his remaining time. Today was the last day and he only had a few hundred experience points remaining to get to rank 25 in Blacksmithing.