"Did I break it?" Ryu asked the blackness surrounding him after trying out Second Life. "It would be just my luck to break it the first time I try to use it."
Around him, a tiled room suddenly flickered into life and a floating chair appeared in front of him with a girl dressed in a sci-fi suit sitting in it.
"So I didn't break it."
Her eyes were closed as she spoke to him. Her face was so stiff he couldn't tell if she was an NPC or a GM. "Sorry for the wait, not many people log in for the first time at this hour. Welcome to Second Life! Please stay still while the scanners render you."
Two spheres popped off her chair and Ryu held perfectly still as they hummed on either side of him. When they reattached themselves to her chair, she opened her eyes.
"You can only make one avatar, and you can't... change it..." She opened her eyes and they nearly bugged out of her head.
"Can I set my player name to be Dragon King?"
"S-sure! No changes necessary!" she squealed with hearts in her eyes, clasping her hands to her chest. "I'll just set your race to Elf and put you in Central continent! Good luck! Say hi to Prince for me if you see him. And don't forget to PM me, my name is Queenie, I'll reward you!"
Ryu's head vibrated like a gong and he felt himself sync with his avatar, falling into the blackness that he had barely left. "What the hell?"
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Dragon King of the Butterflies
Fanfic[OC-centric/insert; NOT romance; WARNING, dark themes(?)] Ryu's parents walked out on him when he was fifteen, leaving him to take care of his two-month-old baby sister Koko on his own. Now he's twenty years old and in what is- hopefully- his last y...
