As he laid down in his bed with his headset on and the computer on a desk right next to him, Mike waited patiently for the game to start. He was alerted that the game launched when he suddenly felt like he was falling. Considering his position when it happened, he should have landed on his back, but some unseen force straightened him up before landing. When he did, he saw a mirror in front of him

"Hello, what is your name?" An NPC showed up beside the mirror, she was sparkling in a dress with bows in her hair. "I am here to assist your character creation process."

"Um...Cid" 'Cid' replied

"Please customize your avatar's appearance now" the NPC requested

"This is fine" Cid answered. There wasn't really a need for him to change his appearance, it's not like anyone would recognize him after all

"Please choose a class"

"Mechanic" Cid said. If he was going to use the name Cid, then he had to be a mechanic

"Please choose your starting skills and equipment"

After taking a few minutes picking out what he wanted, Cid asked "ok, now what?"

"Is this character acceptable?" she asked

"Yeah, this is good" Cid replied

"Character creation complete. Welcome to haven." Right after she said that, the world around him changed into a small village filled with people. It was a little overwhelming; he had never seen so many people in one place before

"Woah" Cid flinched at the sheer number of people around him "this......is a lot of people." Not sure what he should do first, he decided to try out his skills. First, he summoned a Machine Scout; nut, bolts, and other scraps of metal converged at a single point before exploding into his new metallic minion "wow! This is amazing" he said in awe as he looked at his tobot