<em>When the email first came to all those that had been playing the original and the second revision of the massively popular MMORPG, The World, for the newest edition, there was understandably a measure of trepidation considering Cyber Connect's past issues, but that fear and hesitation was very short lived due to the awesome following the company had garnered.  Since then, three years has passed since the last version of The World went offline and was rebooted with major tweaks and upgrades to the system, with much more customization than ever before and many more Root Towns and far more dungeons as well.  With the ability to actually 'feel' everything your character does now with the full interface capability that had been released two years ago, games like The World are now more played than ever before.  Still, with new tech comes new problems, but so far there hasn't been many to worry about yet.  It's just another day in The World for some, powering up, gaining new items and treasures, making friends, and fighting for what they believe in.  Others it's far more personal and so our story begins for several such Players within the game world....<br/><br/>As a former Steam Gunner said to a legendary Adept Rogue before his adventure truly began.  "Welcome....to The World."</em><br/><br/>(http://fan-tas-tic.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/Steampunk-City-840x630.jpg)<br/><br/><strong>Omega Server.  Steam City Gilead D'Barrison.  Recommended Level 100-150.</strong><br/><br/>Buying supplies from the vendors, some run by guilds much like the famous Canaard, the Newb Support Guild that rose to such heights unheard of before during the AIDA incident, Himura Kenshin89, a custom class called a Battousia, knew he was being followed by PKers as he idly let his blue eyes wander over his right shoulder as he walked the streets of Gilead D'Barrison in the Omega Server.  He didn't let on he knew they were back there, twenty altogether, he just simply wandered over to the Chaos Gate that was located in the Dome to the North of the main square.  They were his level perhaps, but they weren't strong in heart or spirit as he was, that much was clear from the way they pushed through the massive crowd that was a common occurrence in this game that had a following in the hundreds of millions of people.  His interface allowed him to feel the cobblestone under his feet, the computer generated wind that blew through the enormous city, and smell the axle grease and oil used to lubricate the moving gears that marked this place as a Steampunk type of city, let alone 'feel' the smoke in the air as he 'breathed' it in.  He knew already that a sword strike or a spell aimed his way would also hurt but it would be dampened down considerably to protect his real life body sitting in the setup that he had around him.  It was the weekend and he had nothing to do that was pressing, so The World seemed like a good idea at the time.<br/><br/><em>20 against one though?  I feel bad for them.</em>Kenshin thought to himself, feeling the comfortable weight of his currently equipped weapon on his right hip.  They didn't know what he was, or they wouldn't have been so eager to face him most likely.  Two Steam Gunners, five Adept Rogues, Blade Brandiers, and several other class of PKers followed close behind him.  It was the steam gunners that looked the strongest to the assassin's eyes, and so they would be the first to fall to his blade if he could manage to get that close of course.  Reaching the blue portal a few minutes later after passing through the metal doors that slid open with a hiss of smoke and a small screeching noise that grated on the ears, Himura saw the group was closer and were just going to make the doors as he slipped through.  "If you want a fight, come to Hidden Forbidden Holy Ground."  He called aloud, stopping them all in their tracks as he entered the keywords and disappeared, not bothering to save his data since even if he lost Himura didn't feel it affected him much one way or the other.  They were fools for being PKers, and slaying even one of them would be enough for him.<br/><br/><strong>Gate Transfer.  Destination.  Delta, Hidden Forbidden Holy Ground.  Forbidden Ground.  Hulle Granz Cathedral.</strong><br/><br/>(http://dothackers.net/rebirthscreens/Lost%20Ground%20Hulle%20Granz%20Cathedral.jpg)<br/><br/>((I'll post more after a few people do as well.  I posted where I started out at and all, but you don't have to do that but it's preferred in my opinion anyway.  The Level Cap all together I think should be 500 myself, but if you feel that's too high we can bump it down to 300 at the least.))