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Prologue
"You got the Nerve Gear Helmet?!" the two eldest
siblings in the Drake family cried out their shock in unison, as their parents
pulled the large box out of its bag. The two younger children heard that and in
curiosity, moved closer to see as well. Together they almost blocked the box
from view and started knocking over the youngest children while doing
so. They quickly froze and apologized though, seeing the look the eldest shot
at them.
"Yep! Since you kids have been doing so well lately, both in
your school work and house work," the father said smiling; though if it
was from the scene he just saw or the happiness his kids showed it was hard to
tell. "Your mother and I decided to buy everyone a gift. But
that'd cost too much so we bought this."
The kids laughed and giggled and the mother, from her
place on the couch next to the box, then spoke. "This is just like with
the Wii 3. You all take turns and if we hear any fighting it is turned off. The
usual rules." she said. The kids all nodded and said they understood while
the oldest out of the bunch, Gabrielle Drake, was looking over the box.
The mom stood up and headed for the stairs, the dad following.
"We're going to bed. You kids figure out who goes first on your
own."
“Quietly.” The dad added.
As the parents disappeared up the steps to their bedroom
the Drake kids all started talking at once. Each of the older kids wanted to
play with the helmet first but since that's impossible they had to
pick who to go first.
Gabrielle watched as her siblings bickered and just rolled her
eyes. While she was happy her family now has THE newest in gaming, she didn't
really care if she went first or last. But the fighting was
getting annoying so Gabrielle cleared her throat loudly.
"Hey!"
Once all 6 of her siblings turned to her and zipped it,
she smirked. "I know how we can choose who goes first. Rock,
Paper, Scissors Off. Whoever wins then gets to go first."
There was a short pause then everyone agreed. Gabrielle paired
everyone up and, with herself included, started the game that has stood the
passing of time. The game only took up about 4 minutes of their day but the
winner was surprised. "Well what do you know? I guess if you don't want to
go first you end up first." Gabrielle said with a smile while her siblings
pouted. She stood and picked up the box.
"I'm going to set it up in our room," Gabrielle
said referring to her shared room with her four sisters. "Laura,
please keep them under control and I'll be down in about an hour,
hour and a half, two hours, eh."
"You better not be up there for two hours!" Laura said
though the smirk on her face showed she wasn't as serious as
she sounded. "If you do, I get to go for two hours next."
Gabrielle shrugged and turned to the steps. "Sure,
whatever." she said with a wave of her hand. She walked up the stairs
hearing her sister turn on the TV. Once she reached the top she
turned into her room and after slipping the box inside she gently kicked the
door closed. She put the box down on the carpet and opened the box.
"Hmm, cool." Gabrielle muttered to herself as she pulled
out the helmet. After looking it over she put it on her bunk and reached into
the box again and pulled out the instructions.
"OK, first I plug the helmet in. Duh."
Gabrielle pulled the cord and plugged it into the wall
outlet.
"Now I install the game." Gabrielle slipped in the game
and started to turn when a loud ding hit her ears. "Already? Wow, that's
some scary-fast installment. OK, now I just have to put the thing on
and 'configure my body specs into the game to insure total accuracy and
flawless movement.'"
Gabrille slipped on the helmet and for the next half hour followed
the instructions. From moving her arms up and down, to her legs, to
bending and touching her middle. She also had to do quite a bit of finger and
toes moment. To the point she started wondering if she should do some Tutting
and see what'd happen. The last thing she saw made her
wonder jokingly if the helmet was reading her mind.
"'Can you dance? If so; please do a quick 2 minute dance to
finalize the configurations. If not, just slip the helmet off.'" Gabrielle
read and she sighed. "What am I gonna be doing in this game?
Yeesh..." After thinking about it, Gabrielle figured ‘what the hey’ and after
clearing a space turned on her music player and did some Hip-Hop dancing. When
the time was up she smiled panting a little and slipped off the helmet.
"I'm gonna get some water. Then play this game."
Gabrielle left the helmet on her bunk and quickly run to
the kitchen. Once there she found Laura making herself a snack. "Huh?
What are you doing here?" she asked when she saw Roxie come in.
"I'm not old enough to leave yet; you know that, silly."
Gabrielle joked as she got a small cup from a previous Friday’s trip
and filled it with water.
"Hardy-har-har. You know what I mean, goof." Laura said
with a roll of her eyes and a smirk. Gabrielle chuckled and took a big sip of
the water. She told her she just spent the last plus half-hour just getting set
up. "What? Wow, now I'm not too interested in going next. Not saying I
don't want to, but a half hour?" she said a bit incredulously.
Gabrielle shrugged and chuckled again. "Well, that just gives
me a better chance to play longer. So if ma and pa ask, I only just started
playing, OK? See ya'."
Gabrielle went up the stairs with pep in her step, and humming under
her breath. As she closed the door she her phone suddenly vibrated. "Hmm?"
Gabrielle pulled out her phone and pulled up the text app. Her face quickly lit
up and after fixing up her hair a little and checking her face Gabrielle pushed
the Call button. After a moment a males'
face appeared on the screen.
"Hello Gabrielle! Siblings leaving you alone for once?"
he asked smiling. This fine male specimen was very good looking, even with that
kind of silly beard he had started growing. He had white skin which was a
little tanned from all the outdoor sports he does, and dark brown hair that was as
close as Ryotaro Tsuchiuras' hair as humanly possible. He was tall for his age
which was mostly thanks to his mother. And he is Gabrielles' best guy friend.
"Yep! And guess why?" Gabrielle smiled back as she
climbed on her bunk on top of the bunk-beds she and Laura
shared.
"Why? What happened?" he asked curious. Gabrielle
put the phone down and after a drum-roll held up the helmet.
"Whoa! Are you serious? You have a Nerve Gear Helmet?"
"Yep! Ma and pa just got it today. Isn't that
great?" Gabrielle said sounding proud.
"It's more than great, its' perfect! I was texting you to
tell you that my parents bought one too!"
"What, really!? That's awesome! Now we can meet up
in the game." Gabrielle said feeling excited now. "Although,
if it puts us in different servers we won’t be able too."
"Aw don't be so negative." he joked and laughed at Gabrielles'
'hey!’ "Look, I just finished setting this thing to my
body movements. Have you?"
"Yep, just did like eight minutes ago. I
was thirsty."
"Well then how about we go in at the same time? That way we
have a better chance of meeting up."
"That might work." Gabrielle said rubbing her chin with the
smile slightly teasing. "When did you get so game-smart?"
"Ha-ha. Oh, and have you picked out your avatar?"
"No, not yet.”
“Tell me when you do. Give me some details and when we go inside
the game I’ll try to find you.”
“Good idea, though you do know there’s bound to be loads of other
girls using the avatar I pick.”
“Hmm, true. Then how about this; I’ll ask you a secret phrase. First
I’ll ask your name, and then I’ll ask the phrase. If you respond then you’ll
know it’s me. Sound good?”
Gabrielle nodded smiling impressed. “Great idea, Mr. Karate
master. Ok, the name I choose is Roxie. One minute as I put this…thing on,” she
said as she slipped the helmet on her head and started it up. First she made
her account and then went to the avatar list. Thankfully it wasn’t full of set
avatars like one online site said and Gabrielle enjoyed picking out her new
look; even adding a few inches to her height. Afterword’s she told her buddy
and then after he made his own the two picked a phrase. It was:
“I have something important to tell you.”
“Ok, ready?” Gabrielle said as she fixed the bed to make herself
comfortable.
“Ready! See you in the game, Gabrielle.”
“See you Ethan.” Gabrielle hung up the phone, slipped on the
helmet, and entered the world,
Of Sword Art Online.
