“Aw, man! Come on!” Messiah shouted without thinking as the bolt whizzed by the little green goblin-looking creature’s head. He quickly retrieved another bolt from his ammunition pouch and set to work reloading. He quickly pulled the string back behind the stopper, and slid the bolt into place in front of the stopper. It took five seconds, just as the weapon’s description had said it would when Yeshua chose it during character creation. It felt...unnatural, yet natural at the same time. If Yeshua had been reloading a crossbow in real life, it would have taken him ten or twenty minutes just to get the bolt into place. It was as if Messiah’s hands had a mind of their own; and yet, Yeshua knew for sure that he had been the one guiding them to reload the crossbow. Virtual Reality was confusing that way. Yeshua would never get used to it.

Messiah watched, feeling panic rise within his chest as Elik was slashed up. He would be fine: he was a tank, after all. But watching someone else get stabbed was never something Yeshua would get used to. He was about to bring the crossbow to his shoulder and look down the sights of the weapon, to aim at the swordsman. However, he thought the better of it as he watched Mushi. The mage was already in the proximity of Elik, so he was in a better position to help than Messiah was. The panic quickly left Messiah, and the thrill of virtual combat returned. [i] Man, video games are so much fun. Why doesn't everyone play these things?! [/i]