Metamorphosis Online Complete Series Boxed Set; A Gamelit Fantasy RGP Novel: You Need A Bigger Sword, The New Queen Rises, Reign With Axe & Shield by Natalie Grey & Michael Anderle

Author:Natalie Grey & Michael Anderle [Grey, Natalie & Anderle, Michael]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: LMBPN Publishing
Published: 2019-12-04T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

Dan had built Metamorphosis Online. He had spent hours in the weeds of quest chains, scripts, conditions, and boss battles. He had fallen asleep at night with buff circles exploding behind his eyelids.

But the game had been Harry’s dream, and after working on the details for so long, Dan had stopped noticing what the game was even like to play. The details he cared about had been player engagement, social stickiness metrics, and glitch report numbers.

Now, as he strapped himself into a VR headset and got ready to go in, he found himself strangely excited.

He knew that his character stats didn’t matter, but he still took his time with the character creation screen, building a male Aosi with greenish-blue skin and black eyes and hair. He rolled as a summoner, intending to deal damage with a bow and have a mortal companion.

When he appeared in the starting zone, he was expecting to find Dhruv with his foot tapping. Instead, he had to wait a couple of minutes before the other founder appeared. To his surprise, when they started a private voice chat, the other man sounded like he was panting slightly.

“That intro was really well done,” Dhruv said.

“Oh.” Dan frowned. “I skipped it.”

“You should reroll,” Dhruv said. “It’s freaking worth it. Not now,” he added sharply. “Just later sometime.”

“Right.” Dan shifted his arms and let the VR suit adjust across his body. He supposed he would get used to it, but it still felt odd. “Okay, explain why we’re rolling characters and not coming in with the GM mods?” As GMs, they would have certain advantages like being invisible to mobs and being able to fly. As someone who had never experienced the game content in its final iteration, Dan would have felt more comfortable with that.

“We’re retracing her steps,” Dhruv said. “And trying to figure out where the next clues are hidden. Is she the only one who can access them, for instance? And what else might he have hidden?”

“She must be the only one who— Wait.” Dan frowned. “Jay was the one who found the armor for her.”

“Exactly,” Dhruv said in satisfaction. “And who knows what Harry would have tagged to avoid our GM keys? Okay, come on.”

He led the way up the sloping pathway and Dan followed, bumbling his way into a few corners and occasionally forgetting not to walk on his own. He kept having to stop and pivot rather than walk and turn at the same time, and every time he started again, he took a step forward. It took the glowing red outline of the VR area to remind him, and he was swearing under his breath by the time he realized Dhruv wasn’t in front of him anymore.

“Where the hell are you?”

“Backtrack,” Dhruv said.

“That’s not exactly easy, you know.”

“I swear, you are the most unintuitive player I have ever seen. If we had used you as quality control, we’d have the most perfect game ever made…and we’d probably also never finish it. No, stop walking! Look to your right.

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