- “Evicted? Wonderful…”
- >You are Anonymous
- >And right now, things could be going a lot better
- >You look at the paper in your hand with an impassive expression
- >After a typical shitty day at your dead end job, coming home to your small apartment to see this was less than welcome
- >You sigh, 5 days to get your ass out
- >Whatver, you can do it in one
- >You want to get out of this shit hole anyhow…
- >You walk into the slightly dilapidated kitchen to get something to eat
- >Ramen, ramen, ramen, pizza rolls, old frozen burrito, and day old Chinese
- >A spread fit for a king
- >Grumbling, you grab the Chinese, a beer and head back into the front room
- >While searching for the TV remote your eyes fall to the corner of the room
- >It stark contrast to the rest of your home is an advanced looking computer sitting there
- >On a beat up desk sits 5 desk top towers stacked on one another width wise, giveing it the look of an old supercomputer
- >Sitting infront of that is a large HD monitor that looked like it cost more than the apartment it resides in
- >To be fair, it does
- >You smile, the one thing in your life you did right, your computer
- >Abandoning your search for the annoyingly well-hidden remote you walk over and situate yourself on the old, but comfy office chair infront of the computer
- >Starting up the powerful device, you lose yourself in thought
- >If there was one thing that kept you going throughout the day then it was the thought of coming home and getting on this weapon of web-mayhem
- >Fully booted up, a Gurren Lagann wallpaper dotted with icons greets you
- >Clicking on an orange and black globe icon titled “The World” you fish a pair of VR goggles and a custom made controller out of a desk drawer as you wait for it to load
- Name _______
- Password_______
- >You fill both in with freakish typing speed gained from sitting at a computer for hours on end
- >At the main screen you scroll through your myriad of characters before finding the one you want
- >He’s rather nondescript looking, sporting a plain black leather armor top with no sleeves, dark blue baggy pants with steel knee guards, steel covered boots, black leather bracers, and a beige cape with a large collar
- >He is also without the face paint that so many like and lacking a crazy animu hairstyle
- >All in all, very unassuming compared to others who had mirror polished plate armor, wings, or some other attention attracting item
- >Very unassuming indeed…
- >Until you notice that he’s level 250
- >When the game came out the max level was only 100
- >Then it was 150 a few months later
- >Finally it was raised to 250
- >CC Corp had been raising the level cap and giving away EXP boosters to try and stop a type of player called PKers, or Player Killers
- >A program that let players bypass the no PvP rule had been leaked some years ago, and due to how well it was coded, anyone who had it could kill others without reproach
- >You maliciously smile and open another icon on the desktop called “PvP Unblocker”
- >This is the reason you love this game so much
- >Here, no one was greater than you
- >You can do what you want when you want
- >And there isn’t a damn thing anyone could do to stop you
- >It’s going to be a bad day for everyone online
- >You spawn in the town called Mac Anu and walk casually to the center to see a bunch of players trying to hawk “Rare” items for ludicrous prices
- >Right as you get there you equip your weapon
- >It’s a beautiful thing, a large ornate scythe, one of a kind for a yearly event, you simply stalked the players trying to get it, waiting until they defeated the boss holding it, then swooped down and killed them before claiming it as your own
- >Ahhh, fond memories…
- >The instant you have it in your hands conversation around you dies
- >”PLAYER KIL-
- >WOOSH
- >One slash drains all of the poor players HP
- >Let the bloodbath begin…
- ~~15 seconds later~~
- >Disappointment
- >No one could fathom the disappointment you felt right now
- >Not one tried to fight back
- >Some tried to run but some magic stopped them dead
- >Keyword dead
- >You sigh and go to pull the goggles off your head
- >Only to realize that they are stuck
- “What the hell?”
- >You pull harder
- >Nope
- >Suddenly, the game freezes, then the image is replaced by static
- >Flashing static
- >NOPENOPENOPENOPENOPE
- >NO COMA TODAY
- >You desperately pull at the goggles
- >Oh god, your arms are going numb
- >You couldn’t be more terrified right now
- >So many people went into comas playing this game a few months ago
- “Please god, not me too!”
- >You feel a scream tear out your throat, but hear nothing
- >White…
- ~~~~~~~
- >Ever so slowly, you come to
- >What happened?
- >Wait…
- >No
- >No!
- >NO!
- >YOU WERE IN A CO…ma?
- >…What?
- >Instead of being a hospital room in the year 2060 like you expected you were outside lying in the grass
- >You get to your feet and look around
- >All around you are trees towering above you, covered in vines and moss
- >It’s also dark out, to the point that seeing beyond 10 feet or so is impossible
- >Welp, might want to start mov-
- *Clink*
- >Thud!
- “Ohhh.”
- >And of course, the first thing you do is faceplant like a pro
- ‘Hope nobody saw that…’
- >Rising and dusting yourself off you look at what tripped you
- >It’s…
- >Your World character’s scythe?
- >Picking the weapon up, you idly note that it weighs less than it should
- >Taller than you are and looking razor sharp, not a single detail out of place
- >Then you notice your attire
- >The same as your World character’s…
- >Without any warning, a sudden surge of autism overtakes you
- >Pointing your hand at a bush you shout the first this that comes to mind
- “Vak Kruz!”
- >Many basketball sized fireballs form around the hapless bush, before converging on it and exploding with the force of a crate full of grenades
- >The only thing you can do is stare dumbfounded
- >That had actually worked?
- >Just what the fuck is going on here?
- >Looking at the scythe in your hand you began to wonder…
- >You swing the weapon around into a nearby tree and watch as it cuts through the thick trunk with little effort
- >…
- >This couldn’t be a dream, could it?
- >A few more test spells and some destroyed landscape dash that thought
- >You find the volume of your voice controls the intensity of the spells
- >No, this is all too real
- >What about your physical power?
- >You walk up to a tree and grip its rough trunk
- >Ever so slowly, you apply more pressure to your grip
- >You watch in sick fascination as your fingers sink into the groaning wood with little resistance, fracturing bark and sending little splinters raining to the ground
- >You pull your hand free and look at it
- >Not a scratch
- >Is all this power?
- >Yours?
- >You can’t help it, you smile as a dry chuckle escapes you
- >The smile gets bigger and a few more chuckles are let out
- >Then, you have a grin, full laughs being released
- >Your grin gets so big that it hurts, your laughter growing loud with an unsettling tone creeping into it
- >This is perfect
- >No one could stop you
- >No more picking on Anon
- >No more shitty hands from life
- >Oh yes…
- >You are Anonymous, a gamer turned to force of nature
- >And you do whatever the hell you want
- >Calming down, you realize something
- >You have no idea where you are
- >Your mood killed abit by that fact, you grumble and pick a random direction before setting off at a leisurely pace
- ~~~~~~
- >It’s a normal night in P0nyville
- >The small amount of night life heading to clubs and bars
- >Some young fillies and colts out catching fireflies
- >And the remainder venturing home, to settle down for the night
- >So very peaceful
- >Twilight sighs in contentment from her spot on her balcony, yep, these are the nights she lives for
- >The unicorn turns back to her telescope
- >”Tonights so clear, a perfect time for some stargazing!”
- >Smiling to herself, Twilight turns her telescope to view a star cluster just right of the moon
- >She stops short however when she feels some rather powerful pulses of magic coming from the Everfree Forest
- >”What could that be?” she says with a frown
- >The pulses were too strong to be some random wildlife
- >Without warning an animalistic roar ripped through P0nyville
- >It was deep, guttural, and oh so loud
- >Twilight felt her heart begin to race
- >The only time she had heard something like that was when the Ursa Minor attacked town
- >That could only mean…
- >Oh Celestia no!
- >An Ursa Major!
- >Without even thinking she teleported down to the floor level of the library and raced out the door, leaving a very confused Spike sorting books
- >With speed she didn’t know she had, Twilight raced around town, assisted by teleports and gathered up her friends
- >”Darling, why are we out here in the middle of the night?” Rarity asked rather irritably, magicing her hair curlers out of her mane as she talked
- >”Yeah, did it have to do with that roar?” Rainbow Dash questioned, fluttering in place
- >”Exactly Rainbow, girls, I think we may have an Ursa Major on our hooves”
- >Everyone of them schooled their features into serious expressions sans Fluttershy who looked like she wanted anything to be away from here
- >”B-but Twilight! What if we get hurt?” Fluttershy asked, her voice quivering and no higher than a loud whisper
- >”No need to worry, the Princess said that if something like this were to ever happen she would send-“
- >A large carriage flies overhead, pulled by a team of bat-winged pegasi
- >It lands smoothly several yards away
- >Almost immediately a team of night guards bursts out of the carriage and into formation
- >A night pegasis leads the team to the Elements
- >”Officer Sunshine Smiles reporting” says the lead guard, giving the group a smart salute
- >”Hello Officer, you know why you were sent right?” questions Twilight
- >”Yes, a lar-!!!”
- >He’s cut off as a blinding white light floods the area, originating from deep in Everfree
- >A deafening bang and a shockwave follow shortly after making the group of p0nies scream as they are lifted off their hooves and thrown several feet
- >for a few minutes nop0ny moves, still too stunned and disoriented
- >Slowly, Twilight gets to her hooves, ears still ringing, to inspect just what had happened
- >All over P0nyville windows are broken, trees missing multitudes of leaves, other stunned but thankfully unharmed p0nies, and other things broken thanks to the blast
- >She turns her eyes to Everfree to see the sky glowing an ominous red and a huge cloud of smoke and debris slowly rising into the air
- >Twilight gulped, whatever that was, it wasn’t an Ursa
- >What could have possibly done that?
- >The power of the blast was cataclysmic, even so far away and it affected P0nyville
- >The unicorn shudders to think what it would be like if the town was the target instead…
- >She turns to see the others getting unsteadily to their feet
- >”Owww, that wasn’t very fun…” complains Pinkie while nursing a growing bruise in her side
- >The others murmur in agreement, moving tenderly as well thanks to the small wounds the fall from the blast had given them
- >”…Ah think we should still see whats goin’ on in there” Applejack mutters
- >”Girls, I think this has been taken out of our hooves” Twilight says as she spots several carriages and Celestia herself race towards P0nyville
- ~~~Earler, with you~~~
- >You had been walking for awhile
- >The lack of light made it a bitch
- >You sigh and keep walking, thinking about finding somewhere to sleep the night out
- >Just as you finish the thought you arrive in a clearing leading to a gargantuan cave
- >Jackpot
- >A ground shaking roar sounds as you walk in
- >Shit
- >You look up at the towering beast that confronted you before you could go deeper into the cave
- >Its huge, 70 feet up at the shoulder at least, with sword size teeth and claws to match
- >It resembles a bear mostly, only purple and slightly translucent
- >And it looked none too happy that you just wondered onto it's cave
- "What the fuck are you looking at?"
- >The bear brings its head down to look at you better while growling
- >Without a second thought you slash it across the nose with your scythe
- >It rears back, surprised and in pain, before growling more and releasing a bone rattling roar
- >You actually feel your bones rattle
- "What? You think you can take me?"
- >A small flame flickers to life in your unoccupied hand
- "We'll see about that"
- >A maniacal look comes to your face, wide eyes, face splitting grin and all
- >You lift your hand
- "PhaVak Kruz!"
- >Multiple huge, white colored orbs of flame burst into life around the surprised bear
- >They burn so hot that just being near the cave walls is turning the rock an angry red
- >The bear, now realizing that you are more dangerous than you appear gives you a pleading look before glancing back
- >You look too
- >Near the back of the cave is a smaller, blue bear watching the proceedings fearfully
- >From its smaller size it must be a baby of child of some sort
- >So the large one must be its mother…
- >You smile and lower your open hand some
- >The pleading look turns into one of gratitude
- >Suddenly you jerk your hand back up
- “Just fucking with ya”
- >The open hand clenches shut
- >The fireballs all converge onto the purple behemoth with frightening speed and explode
- >It’s a good thing World spells can’t hit their own caster, or you would have just killed yourself
- >The blast is huge, nothing short of a bunker buster or better could have topped it
- >You have to drive your scythe into the ground to keep from being blown away
- >Once the blast is over you look in awe at what is left
- >Bits and pieces of charred flesh litter the ground, not one bigger than your fist
- >The whole cave is gone, blown to kingdom come, the floor of it isn’t even a floor now, it’s a pit of lava
- >You look at your hand and smile a very unsettling smile
- >You are Anonymous
- >And you are going to have a lot of fun with these powers
- ~~~~~
- >”So, any leads?”
- >The lieutenant sighs and looks over at the rookie officer; there had been reports of screaming in this apartment a few hours ago
- >The occupant, one Anonymous had gone missing
- >But there are no leads on where he had gone
- >A sweep of the area and a background check had brought up no clues
- >He had no enemies
- >No friends
- >Little family
- >If this was an abduction, then whoever did it must have been masterful
- >”Lieutenant! I found something!” an officer says as he emerges from the bed room
- >”What is it?”
- >The nameless officer places a small book and an empty pill bottle on the table
- >”What have you got?” asks the lieutenant, now fully alert
- >”Well sir, this book is apparently Anonymous’s diary, in it he goes on and on about that World game and about how expensive his pills are.”
- >”And those are related how?”
- >”Well sir…” the officer gulps “It says in here that with the game, he doesn’t need his pills”
- >”How?”
- >”Because sir, apparently…”
- >”Apparently?”
- >”Apparently he plays The World to satisfy his psychosis…”

