Jarrett was outside his home holding a plastic bag which contained everything he would need for the new D&D Live game. He was not as excited about the game as many of the fans who waited all night at the midnight release. The young man almost felt guilty for taking up the equipment that he was almost certain someone else wanted more than him but did not get because of his lucky place in the line next to a long time friend who WAS a major fan of the game line.<br/><br/>As he approached the door, the young man winced with anxiety anticipating getting an earful from his family for a line of numerous reasons… being out late, wasting that much money, or why he had skipped his classes that day. Jarrett quietly opened the door peeking his ear across the open space to listen to what kind of activity was going on in the house. It was his mother and father… it sounded like the two of them were at it again. The voices were pretty far away, so the young man took this opportunity to quickly slip his body through the crack and quietly close the door behind him. He leaped up the stairway being careful to avoid the steps that made a lot of noise as he had years of practice trying to figure out which parts of the staircase were the worst offenders. After reaching the top of the stairs, the young boy walked down the hallway last door on the right and once safely in the confines of his room, he locked the door behind him so no one could get in without breaking the door first.<br/><br/>Jarrett popped the disc into his console to allow the download of the game to begin and while waiting, he grabbed a nearby open bottle of whiskey and began to take rather large swallows of the liquid. He laid down onto his bed trying to get comfortable and settle into a spot before slipping the VR helmet over his head. It seemed rather comfortable compared to what he had anticipated, but the equipment had even gotten fantastic reviews all over the web from the alpha and beta testers. He was not as big of a D&D fan as his friend but he certainly was not going to blow so much money without being confident that this would have been a positive experience.<br/><br/><strong>“Well-” </strong>Jarrett trailed off for a few minutes before pressing a button behind his ear to turn the equipment to an on position,<strong>“I think it is time to give this game a try.”</strong><br/><br/>Then it was dark…<br/><br/><strong>"Greetings adventurer, welcome to Dungeons and Dragons Live. Shall we figure out what type of adventurer you are?"</strong><br/><br/>Jarrett raised his arm to protect his eyes from the sudden bright light which appeared before him. The young boy wondered whether or not there was an actual movement from his body or whether it was an in game response alone because it certainly felt like his body was actually moving.<br/><br/><strong>"Firstly, what gender are you?" </strong>The young man took a few minutes looking between his two choices.<em> ‘If I have to look at a character the entire time I am in this game, she might as well be cute,’ </em>Jarrett smirked choosing the female option before continuing forward.<br/><br/><strong>"Marvelous, next. What race are you?"</strong>Jarrett pressed the half-elf option without hesitation. With quite a bit of options for personalizing your character, the young man was impressed with the game so far. This game definitely put the elder scrolls series to shame and that game was always prided on its ability to customize your characters. I suppose in game they would not be able to customize as freely for combat but he enjoyed the D&D combat system, so this was an acceptable compromise for him.<br/><br/><strong>"Well now, don't you look sharp. Please choose your class."</strong>This could have taken a longer time to decide if Jarrett had not already previously decided that he wanted to be a fighter class. He just would not enjoy this experience as much the first time around if he weren’t swinging around a great sword making sure that everything in his path was annihilated.<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Spoiler: Click to Show/Hide</div><div class="spoiler_body">(http://i63.tinypic.com/bi4bbp.jpg)</div></div><br/><br/><strong>"Just grand, now... please input your back group and hit enter adventurer. Then we can get your adventure started." </strong>Jarrett pressed the enter option and watched as everything around him began to dematerialize. The young man began to panic somewhat on the inside but tried not to let it show on the outside as soon he would be joining many other people on their adventure through the world. The last thing he wanted to do was make a standing impression about not even being able to make it to the current content without already punking out. He closed his eyes momentarily and by the time he opened his eyes again, the new world had materialized before him.<br/><br/>He quickly inhaled surprised by how realistic and gorgeous the environment was in the game. Jarrett moved his extremities around in game trying to figure out how range and movement compared to real life.<strong>“Impressive,”</strong>the young man quietly stated to himself while somewhat in awe of the entire situation.