Chapter 1: Invitation

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Ayyy lets goooo

"Did we win yet?" Aech asked tiredly as she shot another avatar.

"We've got the artifact! Why are we still killing them?" Shoto groaned.

"Fine, fine! Regroup at the warehouse," Parzival sighed. The five left Planet Doom promptly and materialized in the warehouse.

"How am I getting bored from an artifact hunt?!" Aech yelled. "This is not right!"

"Might I propose something?" Daito asked. Everyone spun to face him.

"Our whole lives were geared towards Hallidays contest and winning the OASIS. And now that it's over-"

"We're bored." Art3mis finished for him.

Parzival sighed. "I hate to admit it, but, running the OASIS is boring. We need something new, exciting."

"Okay, but what?" Art3mis sat down at the workbench. "We can have whatever we want, basically."

Parzival was silent, staring at his email. "I found it," he whispered.

"What?" Everyone crowded around him.

"It's an invitation for us to join the Toxic Arrow," he said excitedly, nearly leaping out of his seat in real life.

"The Toxic Arrow? Wouldn't all the clans have disbanded at the end of the hunt?" said Daito.

"It's not a clan," Shoto scoffed. "It's a gang of the most feared mercenaries in the OASIS, led by Toxicious and HawkHood. That reminds me, who sent the invitation?"

"Toxicious," Parzival said. Everyone gasped.

"It's impossible to warrant an invitation from her!" said Aech.

"This is it! This is what we've been looking for!" Shoto said excitedly, jumping up and down.

"Should we do it?" Art3mis asked.

Parzival looked up from the invite. "Oh hell yes we should."

Ahh that fresh new chapter smell...

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