[center][h1]Advent Imminent[/h1][/center]

While more and more people disappeared as they bade their final farewells to a game that they loved, or in rare cases hated, especially if they were pked a lot, HideYourMen was busy flirting around with random men.  His character had already managed to make a few player characters leave prematurely just to get away from the excessive flirting his female character was giving.  Then there were those who responded in character which made it even more hilarious.

HideYourMen [i]sneaked[/i] up upon a rather robust looking Tiger demi-human character and placed her hands on his shoulders.  [color=fff79a]"Such a powerful looking beast, I bet your prowess is known throughout your people.  How about we get to know each other better."[/color]

The Tiger man turned around slowly, allowing HideYourMen's hands to slip over to the front without trouble.  "I hear many compliments from beautiful women but I have yet to see such a lovely creature as yourself."

[color=fff79a]"Oh you are just too kind, now how about we get a little closer."[/color]  As the two seemed to be getting into an intimate moment, it was rather funny to watch since of course the mouths didn't move which made the whole exchange look rather comical.  The Tiger-man's eyes glowed as he activated a reveal status spell and in pure roleplay acting fashion, recoiled from the snake's touch upon learning her racial identity.

"Foul, heathen bred snake!  Away with you and your devilish species!"  The Tiger-man did a loud snarl emoji, which was unique to demi-human races, and stomped away in anger.  It was all quite hilarious but such roleplaying days would soon be gone, as David had no plans on joining another MMO after this one, it did prevent him from being the best he could at his job, plus playing as a female in a somewhat realistic environment was perhaps not the best thing for him mentally.

HideYourMen did the [i]/shrug[/i], command and walked over to a dark skinned servant, a low-level NPC that was one of a few who he had brought over for the end.  The NPC was tall, dressed like a high-ranking Egyptian official with white robes and various gold and jewel laded accessories.  Of particular interest was a gold and ruby fitted collar around his neck which was a symbol of this NPC belonging to HideYourMen.  Basically his story was that he was one of his character's man slaves that she kept around, but aside from a little restriction of freedom he really had nothing to complain about while in the service of a Goddess.

[color=fff79a]"You'll always stay by my side my wonderful servant."[/color]

[color=fdc68a]"You are my life Mistress."[/color]  Came the NPC's response along with a dignified bow as a show of respect to his owner.

[color=fff79a]"Yes, all would have infinite pleasure if they but bowed down and worshiped me, but alas it looks like my time on this plane of existence is done."[/color]  A large clock had been installed at the back of the guild hall, the two hands were but a tick away from finding their place on the twelve mark.  [i]Fireworks[/i] had already started by this point as the few remaining people left counted down the final moments.  Deciding to make as big a scene as possible, HideYourMen stood up on the most heavy laden table she could find, knocked over a bunch of random items in the process, and lifted up a golden goblet to the sky as if to praise the sun with its bright liquid.

[color=fff79a]"I thank all of you who decided to celebrate tonight and have stayed for these final moments!  May the times we spent her never be forgotten!  May our legends live on and our craziness never cease!  Behold!  The Apocalypse has come!"[/color]  HideYourMen pointed with her goblet toward the clock as the hands clicked into place on the twelve, then something strange occurred.

While everyone expected their screens to go black as the game came to a close, instead a strange ringing could be heard in their ears and the world appeared fuzzy.  David could feel his head start to tingle with a strange sensation as the annoying sound assaulted his senses, he certainly hadn't expected the end to be like this.  Thankfully after about 4 seconds, the ringing stopped and the world came back into focus.

David blinked a few times in confusion, brought the goblet down to eye level and saw the red liquid swirl around at the bottom.  This was puzzling as he could not recall Yggdrasil having such a realistic reaction for a liquid in a cup.  He then realized quite few things, he could smell the sweetness of the drink, the clock was no longer on twelve but appeared to point to 6:47, also why in the world did he feel like he had two weights on his chest?

David Lording took a sip, he could feel the refreshing coolness of the drink as it slid down his throat, this was not something the game system should be capable of.  Confused he dropped the drink which smashed onto the table and proceeded to douse its contents onto the food there.  There was a lot more interaction with the environment from a simple goblet with raspberry wine than should have been possible.

The dark-skinned servant looked troubled as he retrieved the goblet and presented it back to his avatar while saying, [color=fdc68a]"Is something the matter my mistress?  Please tell me if there is anything I can do with my meager abilities to make you feel better?  Perhaps you wish for me to give your divine grace a message?"[/color]

David looked over at the suddenly talking servant, saying all sorts of things he had never programmed into the NPC, and even more strange was the fact his lips, [i]moved[/i].  [color=fff79a]"Errm, just shut up for a minute and let my brain process what's happening."[/color]  All joy from before had vanished as David tried to figure out just what was going on.  Had the end of the server somehow caused the system to malfunction and started to give him hallucinations?  It seemed like it had to be some kind of dream but...everything felt so real, and he could acutely feel a certain lack of clothing on his body which should not be a thing considering it was just his avatar.

What in the world was happening?

[center][h2]New World Start[/h2][/center]