The VirtuFighter system's Deluxe Edition shipped with only one cartridge, a meaty affair to rival the SNES.  Its holographic cover depicted a twilight sea with an elegant sweeping coastline, and a tropical island just off the shore.  The un-subtly named "FantaSea" was a marketing gimmick.  It had been codenamed VERAV, as anyone following the extensive pre-release coverage had seen.<br/><br/>Full 3D ride-alongs behind the eyes of prominent streamers had filled the market with excitement.  Gamers everywhere nearly rioted when it was delayed by an entire six months.  The pre-orders were sold out months in advance but select copies had been stored for physical locations and packaging.<br/><br/>Now, one woman had received her system and cartridge.  All that remained as to plug it into her TV and put on her diodes.  The 7D TV was already rigged up with surround-space projection, standard for about four years now, and the diodes were just little silver nodules that adhered easily to the temples.<br/><br/>As she did so she was transported deep into the digital world, everything collapsing and swirling around her into a turbulent whirring of grided lines that melded into a soft sea of static.<br/><br/>She could almost feel a strong breeze on her cheeks, a smell like salt water teasing her nostrils.  But before her appeared the log-in screen!  Before she could begin her adventure she'd need to put in her username...<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Pools &amp; Skills</div><div class="spoiler_body"><strong>Characters </strong>are divided into three <strong>Pools</strong>.  Mind, Body, and Soul.<br/><br/><strong>Skills </strong>are categorized by Pool, and determine how many dice are rolled to attempt performing an action related to that skill.<br/><br/><strong>Mind</strong><br/>-:Knowledge: Used to learn and remember important things like spells.<br/>-:Deception: Used to lie, cheat, steal, and come up with clever plans.<br/>-:Charm: Used for seduction, persuasion, and distraction.<br/><br/><strong>Body</strong><br/>-:Power: Ability to break things and resist pain.<br/>-:Speed: Ability to run fast and shoot things.<br/>-:Physique: The natural sex appeal of the inhabited body.<br/><br/><strong>Soul</strong><br/>-:Force: Using magick to attack.<br/>-:Defense: Defense against magick.<br/>-:Sense: Detecting magick.<br/></div></div><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Rolls &amp; Successes</div><div class="spoiler_body">Rolls are xd6, where x is the relevant skill.  By default, only a roll of 6 counts as a <strong>Success</strong>.  Before rolling the character decides how many points to spend from their Pool.  Each point spent reduces the target number for a <strong>Success </strong>by one.  <br/><br/>Rolls of a 1 may never be <strong>Successes</strong>.<br/><br/>When any Pool reaches 0, characters become <strong>Helpless </strong>to defend themselves along that axis.  0 Body characters may be physically preyed upon, 0 Mind characters will be manipulated without effort, and 0 Soul characters will be open to a <em>different </em>sort of danger...<br/></div></div><br/><strong>Hello, guest_user!  Please insert your information below:</strong><br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Character Creation</div><div class="spoiler_body"><strong>Real Name</strong>: _real_name_here<br/><strong>Handle</strong>: _username_here<br/><br/><strong>Pain Profile</strong>: Sadist | Masochist | Sadomasochist | Neutral (Choose 1)<br/><strong>Fetish Profile</strong>: (list major fetishes your <em>character </em>begins play with here)<br/><br/><strong>Infections</strong>: Clean<br/><strong>Soul Integrity</strong>: 100%<br/><br/><strong>Equipment</strong>: ~<br/><br/><strong>Soul</strong>: 5/5 (add 3 points between the below skills)<br/>-:Force: 1 <br/>-:Defense: 1<br/>-:Sense: 1<br/></div></div><br/>