[center][h2]Lao Jaximas[/h2][/center]

November 5th, the day in which every child, teen, or adult, was at some store in order to buy the newest and coolest game, SAO.

Despite that fact, Lao had no idea what the hell was going on. He had heard of the NerveGear, he even had one. But he never played it. The system was a gift from his mother, probably hoping to get rid of his depression, or that's what she thought it was. Lao lay in his bed, simply waiting for the day to go by. He had a fairly large room with mahogany walls, a feather soft queen sized bed, and a TV lateral to the bed, mounted to the wall, but that was rarely on anyway. 

This was how most of Laos' days were spent, laying in bed, eating, sleeping, thinking. He had been doing this for about a month, and he was actually getting bored of it. Unfortunately, things like this, habits like that, we're hard to break. He wished his father was here this autumn morning. But that's not how things worked, how he wished that he could walk his way to his father. Unfortunately, he lost his will, his happiness when his father left, and he continued on. He would continue through the year, sitting on his bed, watching the flowers dance in the spring breeze, watching the sun rise in the summer horizon, watching the moon during th autumn's chill, and waiting in the cold winds of winter. He was just all around to depressing, he just breathed sadness, which was actually not like him at all.

A knock on his door through him out of his sad thoughts. His mother entered the room, carrying a small package. Lao stood up and greeted his mother out of respect. [i]"Here, take, this is for you."[/i] she said with a bright smile, hopefulness was literally bursting out from her eyes. Lao took the box and opened it, inside was a copy of SAO. Lao chuckled to himself, and his mothers smile wavered a bit. He was here at home, doing nothing, while kids were waiting for 3 days to get this same game, yet his got it without as much as lifting a finger. He really did not want to play the game, but his mother must if went through a lot to get it, or a butler did, either way. It must have proved difficult.

[i]"I thank you mother, I will certainly play this game, I am greatful."[/i] he said bowing slightly to his mother. She patted him in the head and walked out of his room. Lao sighed and through the game on the floor next to him, he had changed his mind, he was not gonna play that game.

[center][b]November 6th[/b][/center]
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Lao woke up the same way he always did, lazy, tired, and depressed. It was a routine he had grown all to used to. Despite him knowing this, he could not break the habit, why, he did not care to no. It was the same cycle, day after day, even him thinking about this was a cycle, he was pretty sure he thought about this yesterday. Lao had to change this, it was starting to get to him. He sat up and glanced be down at the game SAO, he had the ability, no, the opportunity to do something else. To escape into a virtual world, were he did not have to worry of the changing seasons, the time he would have to live without his father. Lao raked his hand through his hair, the game started in a few minutes, might as well join in. 

Lao set up the game, and lay in bed with the Gear in his head. The game would start in a few second, this was his last chance to back out, before he became addicted to a fake world. 

3....
He would not choose to back out!

2....
This was a place were he could be himself again, or more.

1... 
A place, were he did not need his father. 

[i]"Link Start!"[/i] Lao proclaimed, suddenly, he was he was thrown into another world. He was given the ability to create his avatar. Lao simply made him look similar, maybe his virtual character was a bit more muscular that his Real Life self, but it was close enough. 

Lao found himself in a place called 'The Town of Beginnings', which was a pretty unique name by his standards. He was greeted by a merchant who gave him a guide book, which was convenient for a person like him, he was playing the game for the first time. He found a bench and took his time studying the book, slowly accumulating knowledge on the game.

Before Lao knew it, he was fighting beasts in the forest with a curved blade. Spinning, dodging, and cutting up any enemy who walked his way. For once since his father death, he was having fun, he was happy, excited, glad, free, for once, he wished this would go on forever. Unfortunately, he got his wish, when he went to open the interface, there was no logout button like was said to be in the Guidebook. Something was not right, the developers would have sent out a waring to all the players, at least that would have been common sense, unless that's what they were playing at. 

Suddenly he was teleported to a large courtyard were hundreds of other players were stationed also. They were told by the developer that they were stuck, and that they could not leave until they finished all 100 floors. Defiantly not a way that it was going to be done quickly. Lao sighed, but his wish had come true, but in...a manner that was too... he did not have a word to describe it.

Some were yelling, screaming, and other changing? Before Lao could comprehend what was happening, he was given a mirror, and in a flash of light, he became what he really looked like, less muscular. It was not much of a change in his book. But anger bubbled up in his chest, this man, had toyed with them, took their trust, he was a horrible man, and leader, one that Lao disspised. 

He noticed on girl who felt the same way he did. She was screaming at the top of her lungs at the ghost that was air. Lao walked up to her and patted her on the shoulder, doing his best to calm her down. [i]"Yelling will do us all no good. We should probably do our best to end the game, so we can get out as fast as possible."[/i] He said with a genuine smile on his face. Despite what he said, he really did not want to leave this game, but he was not gonna stay in a shell for the rest of this game, he was already staring to get back to his old self.