There were two days before it happened. His first quest. But the two day prior were still important.
The First Day
It started off quite late. It was already the afternoon when Timothy woke up that day, but he got up and opened the blinds to let in sunlight. He turned around to walk to the bathroom but he paused, turned to face the window again, and looked straight down. Down on the street, where along with the bustle of people, were their supposed names. Not only that, but a phrase at the end of their names, "LVL" and a number one or two. There was another one with three, though it semmed like those people were rare. Just from that, Tim just knew that it would be that kind of day, one full of adventure and exploration. Although, no matter how hard he tried, he never found anything out about this phenomenon. Not even when he googled it, or consulted his books. All hope seemed to be lost when he even went outdoors to try to ask people if they had a clue to what was going on. As the sun sank, so did Tim's hopes and excitement. He just concluded that he was daydreaming it all, probably due to all the MMORPGs he was playing recently. Right before he gave all hope and went to bed, he hopped on the computer, and a reminder appeared "Midnight release of Absolute War! Get it!!!!!!!!!!". Timothy had no desire to spend the night outdoors getting the new game, especially in the Absolute War series, they were so over-rated for FPS games. He would just get his pre-order tomorrow, he paid extra for the store to keep a copy for him.
The Second Day
The second day flew by. Tim tried to ignore all that had happened yesterday, including the game's release. He concluded that it was just a very expansive dream, and he'd eventually wake up. Except he didn't. At the end of the day he went to bed, sure, that something would happen tomorrow. Possibly, that he would wake up.
On the day of the first quest, Tim passed through the day, like he rode the bleak train. It was slow but nothing important happened, until of course, the quest.
Timothy was already on the way to pick up his game, when it appeared. He was taking a walk, and the notification sounded. He looked around him to see if anyone else noticed the quest, but they trudged along as if they were NPC's of a game. After accepting the quest, the hurried his way to Septemberes, where he would get the game, and wait around the game store for an hour. If no one came, he would then walk to the cyber-café a few blocks away, where he would normally see some MMORPG players play and eat snacks.
He trudged towards the entrance of the second-hand game store, first, for no reason, but upon turning the corner he noticed a tall man, in formal-wear. It was a bit odd to see someone this formally dressed up in a second-hand game store, but this person did look a bit familiar, maybe they had been in the store together before. That wasn't the oddest thing. The <The Gamer> tag was. It hadn't taken him much time, and he already found someone. He approached the person and began to say, "Hey... have you been seeing these weird name tags above peoples heads?"