Jon clicked the skip button and waited until the box faded and the screen brightened again. He then clicked the 'Start A New Adventure' button. Trumpets blared from the speakers after he clicked said button and the screen zoomed in on the map, closing in on a small village called Summermoor.
The layout of the village was small and not a lot of the buildings were lit up; in fact the only building lit up was the Silver Vixen Meadhall. Jon started to slide the pointer toward the Meadhall when, again, the screen dulled and another box popped up. This box was asking for Jon to fill in his information so he could set up his profile. Jon quickly entered his Email address, name, birth date, and password, then clicked the submit button and waited for the game to approve him.
After waiting for a few seconds the box flashed and the words changed, congratulating him on joining the game; but as it did so, Jon, shivered as he felt a strange tingling sensation go through him. He quickly shook it off and focussed back on the screen, he then clicked on the tavern and the screen zoomed in again and faded to black. The screen then faded back, showing the main room of the tavern; a fire roared in the massive stone fireplace, a few people were sitting at four circular tables, talking and drinking, the bartender stood behind the bar, washing a tankard behind the bar and two barmaids wearing skimpy dresses walked around serving drinks.
Jon was amazed by the games graphics, everything was so detailed that it looked almost realistic and not the usual cartoony look. Jon tapped his arrow keys, spinning the screen to view the whole room. He then decided to try moving forward, but as soon as he 'took a step', the bartender looked up from his work and waved him over. The Screen moved over to the man who set down the tankard and crossed his arms over his chest.
"Welcome Adventurer, to the Silver Vixen! Might I ask who you are?" the man asked and the screen blurred as a box filled the screen, with the words 'Character Creator' at the top.
"Oh, yeah! I was wondering when I was going to get to do this," Jon said to himself as he browsed through the lists of choices; such as Gender, Age, Race, Class, Clothing, Appearance and of course, Name. There was also another option that asked if he wanted to play the game alone or have a group. Jon decided to get back to that later, right now he wanted to make his character. He then began entering and choosing his spec's. When he reached the Gender option, he paused.
"I usually play as a male character, so why don't I try something different," he selected Female and changed his name. After a few seconds, he was done and the screen displayed his character's info:
NAME: Joan
GENDER: Female
AGE: 20
RACE: Human
CLASS: Thief
CLOTHING: Black, skin-tight, midriff-baring cotton shirt, black leather leggings, leather knee-high, open-toed boots, black face mask, grey-green hooded cloak, grey mid-thigh length skirt, and leather belt and pouches.
WEAPONS: Steel short sword, wrist dart launcher, 2 steel daggers, 5 throwing knives, 6 sleeping darts and 6 poison darts.
APPEARANCE: Short, athletic and slender build, high-cheekboned face, golden-brown skin, long wavy brown hair, and black eyes.
Satisfied with his character Jon went to click done when he remembered the option of having a group or not. Jon decided to check it out, so he clicked yes and a text box appeared:
You have decided to have a group join your adventure, please enter your character's personality and RUNE QUEST will match three characters to join your group.
'That's strange, I didn't have to give her any personality traits before?' thought Jon, he shrugged it off and entered Joan's new personality.
PERSONALITY: Joan is a cunning young woman and is very skilled in her line of work. She is kind and helpful to those in need, but if she or anyone she knows is threatened, she will become a silent and lethal killer. She hardly shows any emotion and when she does its either a small smile or a burning glare. She one day wants a family, but really wants to have a daughter.
Jon then clicked done and waited for the game to select Joan's three companions. Jon jumped when the trumpet's sounded once more and three pictures of three people appeared on the screen with their information.
NAME: Meesae
GENDER: Female
AGE: l20 physical age: 25
RACE: Naga
CLASS: Sorceress
CLOTHING:Sleeveless, midriff-baring brown leather tunic, grey animal skin skirt, a black hooded cloak, gold necklace with a large sparkling emerald and a cloth sash.
WEAPONS: Jewel tipped wooden staff, enchanted steel sword.
APPEARANCE: Tall, with a slight build, nearly white skin, a small-featured face, long wavy black hair and amber eyes. Tail is covered in Dark and light green scales in a diamond pattern and she has short pointy ears.
NAME: Ysatia
GENDER: Female
AGE: 2000 physical age: 20
RACE: Elf
CLASS: Ranger/Huntress
CLOTHING: Sleeveless, skin-tight, forest green cotton tunic, tan legging's, leather knee-high boots, dark green hooded cloak, leather belt and leather arrow quiver.
WEAPONS: Long bow, mithril sword, 2 long bladed iron daggers, 4 throwing knives, and 100 steel tipped arrows.
APPEARANCE: Tall with a slim, but slight build, very dark, almost black skin, long straight platinum hair, grey-green eyes and long pointy ears.
NAME: Lilly
GENDER: Female
AGE: 17
RACE: Human
CLASS: Healer
CLOTHING: Tight, long-sleeved, white shirt, tight brown leather bodice, long knee length grey skirt, white legging's, leather belt, leather boots and healer's satchel.
WEAPONS: Steel short sword and an iron dagger
APPEARANCE: Petite with a slender build, a young pretty face, long dark brown hair and grey eyes.
After looking at the three character's Jon scrolled down the screen and spotted a new message and quickly read it.
Do you accept these as your companions? If so, click done and you will be brought into the game.
Jon clicked done and waiting to be brought back to the game when he felt a tingling sensation.
"What is going on? Why am I suddenly tingling? And why do I feel like I am being... pulled... toward... the screen..." he trailed off as he went over the last few words of the message:
You will be brought into the game.
Suddenly Jon was pulled from his chair and flew towards the screen, when there was a brilliant flash of light and everything went black.
