Bacharu R.

Chapter 1- Say "OK"

                                                                         Ruth's P.O.V

         I tucked a strand of light blonde hair that had escaped it's bun, behind my ear. My blue eyes scanned the paragraphs and steps of a cook book. I picked up the book and held it in one hand, as I walked around the kitchen, checking all the cupboards and the pantry for ingredients. I felt my mouth form a frown when I saw a shelf with only a jar of peanut butter and a few crumbs. “Every time I feel like cooking happens to be the day when we completely run out of food.” I muttered to myself. “Mother must still be at work too...”

         I closed my book gently and put it with the other wide range of cooking guides. I could cook another time, when we had more money and more food. I glanced at the counter. I had put my favorite fuzzy blanket there, and a video game that I had bought at the store.

         I went over and rested my hands on my belongings before picking them up. “If I knew we were out of food again, I would've bought some sandwiches instead of this game.” I mumbled to myself, looking over it's case.

         It was stunning for a game cover. The picture showed a beautiful sunrise, or possibly a sunset, along with blades of strikingly green grass tinted orange from the sun, and a little town off in the distance. I smirked a bit. The artist had done a darn good job at making it look peaceful.

         Oh but that wasn't what the game was about at all. I did my research before I bought the game. This game was about dungeons, monsters of all kinds, quests that would have you walking through an absolutely beautiful world, epic battles, swords, bows, magic, races of all kinds, dwarves, and even elves!

         “I'm totally going to choose the elf race.” I whispered to the back of the cover. “Besides, my face would look mighty fiiiinnneee as an elf.” Yeah, another thing. The game takes a scan of your body and face, and initially puts you in the game. First person view.

         A virtual reality.

         I ran up the stairs two steps at a time, making sure to skip the very bottom step that had been broken for five years. I know, we should get it fixed. It's a health hazard. Yadda yadda yadda. We don't have the money to. It had taken me over two months of saving up money from odd jobs to buy the game the day it came out, today.

         Not to forget my dear cousin, Vernon, who gave me the system needed to run the game.

         I strolled into my room, shutting the door behind me. I popped the disk into the station part of the game system and grabbed the wireless headset.

         The headset looked almost like a helmet, except it was silver and had a bit that goes over the top half of your face. In my previous research, I learned that the helmet manipulated a person's senses and brain waves. In this way, if you ate it the game, the system would send a message to the helmet, and the helmet to your brain. It would feel as if you were actually eating something. You would feel it, smell it, taste it, hear the sounds of your eating, and of course, see it.

         “Maybe this game will be better than what would've been tonight's dinner anyways.” I said as I slipped on the helmet.

         Game Start. Loading Loading Loading. Please say “OK” when ready to begin.

         I closed my eyes, took a deep breath, and prepared myself for whatever seen would pop in front of me. “Okay.” I said, a bit unsteadily. “Okay.”

 (A.N. Sorry for the short chapter.  Inspired by SAO)