Reborn Online

Off Limits

The pod blocks sounds and some of the light, it's pleasant to be in, warm, silent, soft. It allows those who usually have trouble sleeping, are light sleepers, to finally have a good night rest. It wasn't something that was planned, the game industry just wanted to make a simulation pod that wouldn't be uncomfortable, humans liked to be comfortable after all. Some of the more traditional people liked to use their PlayStations, Xboxes and PCs for playing games, while some, like Natael, had been interested in the possibilities of such platform.

Pods were expensive items, so there weren't many that had them yet, most used the VR headsets for playing Reborn! Online. But there had been a few that were given out as prizes by Fiamma, the producer of the pods. That's how Natael got his. He happened to be staring at the side of the cereal box and realised what the answers were to the questions. The rest had been sheer luck.

At the moment, Natael wasn't in his pod though. At this very moment he was trying not to fall asleep during his math class while he himself had had an allnighter previous night. He was catching up with the new Fruits Basket anime along with all the romance animes he'd never watched due to his unsure nature. The teacher was attempting to teach the class how to calculate capital budgeting and investments, his monotone voice carrying over into the ears of the already tired Natael, who at this moment decided to pull out a pad and go over the numbers of the Paravento all the while his foreigner classmate kept poking his cheeks.

While he was tapping away, he noticed that his phone went off silently. Hazel eyes narrowed at the familiar icon of Reborn! Online and so he flicked the screen alive.

»Nao
»Naonaonaonaonaonaonaonaonao
»Naoki
»I'd like to meet you irl, is it okay?
»Pls?
»You're my friend and so I figured that we could go to movies or something.
»Hang out, have fun.
»Whaddaya say?

Natael silently judged the couple first messages, he'd told his friends that he had lectures today. He'd even left a note about it on the Cork board so everyone would see. So how come nobody did? Little did he know that one of the children who lived in the HQ had decided to put up her drawings on the said board, soon covering everything that was previously put up with the masterpieces.

In the HQ, the Sun officer paced back and forth as he was unable to understand the high level of suspicion hi friend carried towards others. The answer he'd received being one to be snarky and defensive, something he hadn't expected to happen.

Of course, he was aware of his boss' withdrawn nature that didn't trust other people easily, but he had no idea that it could also turn against those who were close to him. As he kept staring into the space, a set of footsteps came to halt near him.

On the sofa, their primary Mist who called themself Nyx as a tribute to the old legends of water spirits, was leafing through the news paper, trying to see which brand would be profitable to invest in. As they kept reading the complex looking for numbers of economics, Natalia placed down their usual snack of herbal tea and sour sweets, completely ignoring the Sun Officer who was mumbling frantically to himself.

A polite cough forced the two out of their own worlds, one of growing worry to his friend, one of the complex world of numbers and companies. Natalia smiled at... Today he was called Efa it seemed, her hands straightening her uniform as she so did.
"The Don wishes to keep his other world life Off-Limits for now, and he has a perfectly good reason as to why", she said as sparkles flew around her as if she was in anime. Technically it made sense since this was a simulation game, but it honestly wasn't usual to happen. Efa stared at the woman as if he hadn't heard her. "Why is that?" Nyx asked, now intrigued as the Don was usually very open about his likes and dislikes. One could say that he was a horrible liar too. Natalia's smile stayed on her face, though it seemed like her whole person wasn't with it. If anything it seemed like she was disowning her own smile for some reason.