VR Kingdoms - Prologue: Character creation
I stretch my limbs, in the embrace of my VR chair. Week end is finally here and my chores are done, which means that I can finally indulge myself into some Kingdoms of Lust.
I set up the machine, by placing the electrodes all over my body. Having repeated the motions countless times, I know instinctively which electrode goes where. I put my junk into the flexible, protective sleeve. It will keep my body, and more importantly my $2,000 worth VR setup, clean if an "accident" happens. The cushion of the seat is made for the contact of skin, and my naked body felt comfortable. Eventually, I put on the heavy, full face helmet. The moment that I put it on, the outside world disappeared from my radar. The interior of the helmet was pitch black, except for a small, glowing icon on the visor screen, and the noises from the street below were blocked by the thick gear. I relaxed on the chair, on the base of which everything was hooked, and I switched on the VR, by pressing on a button placed near the right armrest.
My breath became short for a moment, until the breather of the helmet brought fresh, odorless air to my lungs. The electrodes sent signals to my brain, and after a few seconds, I felt myself floating in the air. In the visor, the glowing icon turned green, and a message appeared underneath: Initializing VR Space 12/28/2052 - 13:45
Little by little, a white light filled my vision, like a soft light being turned in a big room. The helmet shifted my inner ear, so that I felt as if I stood up in this white room, if the concept could apply to a disembodied presence. A little jingle rang in the virtual room, signaling that the initialization process has been completed successfully. Icons flew towards me in the blank cyberspace. I headed, or rather, I thought about heading, towards the one with the Kingdoms of Lust logo, and "touched" it. The icon sent around blue waves, and tuned into a login screen.
"You are connected, Kern. Welcome back to Kingdoms of Lust", the screen said. My surroundings turned dark once more, and after some loading, the light came back upon a bucolic landscape, with a hilltop view of a medieval countryside. I turned around. Several paths went deep into the forest behind me, standing up for the main menu. Each path had a sign indicating where it lead: "New character", "Character list", "Options", "Help", etc.
I felt like starting a new character. The ones I have reached the end-game content, and I felt it would feel nice to try new things, and maybe help someone start the game at the same time. I walked down the "New character" path. A parchment-looking window popped-up as I walked, asking me if, as a veteran player, I was interest in tutoring newcomers. Having fond memories of my own mentor, I "checked" the affirmative answer. "Keep advancing. Searching for apprentice", the system asked in a new parchment-like pop-up, which floated next to me for a few moments, before fading away. I obeyed, enjoying my walk through the life-like wood, until I see, in front of me, a blue sphere fly in my direction. Blue sphere represented players without avatars, which meant... "Apprentice found (Melchior). You are now in a party", the game informed me.
"Nice to meet you", the disembodied ball said in a generic male voice. "My nick is Melchior, but you can call me Mel. I'm 18, male." "Nice to meet you too", I answered, the VR system conveying my thoughts into the same generic voice. "I guess that it was your birthday not long ago, and that you want to try this game, now that you can? Kern; 30, male, by the way." "Well guessed, ha ha," Mel admitted. "I heard a lot of things about this game, and I could not wait to try it. Stupid age recognition system." "Better late than never, right?" I teased Mel. "Do you know what the game is about, exactly?" "It's a MMORPG, but with sex...?" Mel proposed, as the two resumed their way towards a big cabin, waiting for them at the end of the path. "That's the general idea, but as you will see things are more complex than that," I began to explain.
"First thing to know," I said, as I stopped the impatient Mel from entering the cabin, "is that the only limits in this game are the ones that you fixed. As a new player, you must have filled a form. We would not have been paired together if we did not have the same settings, but I should check, just in case. May I see your settings, Mel?" "As you wish," the newbie agreed. "Hmm... How do I do it?" "Just think about the word 'Settings' or 'Game settings'", I explained, after chuckling a little. "If you're not used to it, you can just shout the word out loud, and it will work, even though it will be kind of awkward." Mel focused and, after a couple of tries, a parchment appeared before his luminous blue sphere. "I think I got the hang of it," he said, as he navigated to the 'Kinks and limits' page.
I read the page, checking if his information are the same as mine. "No blocked genders, pansexual content... Okay... 'Character starting age' 12... Good, that's the one I wanted to check in priority... 'PVE non-consensual' activated, 'PVP non-consensual' activated, 'Realistic physics' deactivated... Ok, we're good." "Was that really necessary?" Mel asked with a sigh. He really wanted to start playing. "Yes. I would not want a monster or another player trussing you up, if you did not agree to it at first. Everyone is here to enjoy itself, and I know that a lot of players prefer to play on purely consensual servers for instance," I justified. "Know that you can change these settings at any moment. If you ban a content, the system checks it out for everyone else in the party. But I digress. Let's get more appropriate forms, shall we?"
We entered the cabin, an invisible force pushing the door open. "It goes like this: choose your options in one room, then go to the next. First room is species selection." In front of us, two mannequins stood ready. One had a label marked 'Kern' stuck on the head, the other had a label marked 'Mel', in the same spot. A table stood next to each human-sized figure, and on the table was a box filled with labels of various species, both animal and fantastic. "Choose the one that you want, then stick it to the mannequin, like a sticker," I explained. "There's so much choice..." my new friend mused. "Choose one that you like," I advised. As an example, I took one that said 'Monkey' and stuck it to the mannequin. Instantly, the blank silhouette morphed into an anthropomorphic primate, complete with prehensile feet and a long, thin tail. "Mmm... Then..." Mel decided. He put the sticker on his own mannequin, which turned into an humanoid cat. "... What? I like cats!" Mel said, blushing, after a small beat. I laughed with him. "Okay, then let's go to the next room."
We passed the door, and stepped into the exact same room, except that, this time, it had five mannequins. Each of them had realistic genitals, and each of them had a different set. There was respectively a male, a female, a shemale with penis, testicles and breasts, a 'cuntboy' with only a vagina, and a hermaphrodite combining every male and female genitalia. "Touch the corresponding mannequin to choose your gender, and get ready for a surprise." Mel pondered what to choose, and eventually decided... On the cuntboy mannequin. "Okay, so what's the surpr..." he began to say, but he was cut as the game warped him to the next room, as it prepared his character's body. I actually never played a intersex character. I know from experience that shemales and cuntboys take longer to orgasm, but these are more intense; while herms reach climax faster, but can endure more of them. Should I choose a cuntboy too? Then again, I prefer to have male bits for a start. I reached a decision, and picked a hermaphrodite character.
My surroundings faded in a blur of colors as it loaded the next stage. I saw something pop into existence under me and I looked down, to see a generic monkey-herm body. The cabin reformed, as the layout of the room changed, this time to show two big mirrors, where I could see and edit my avatar. "Talk about a surprise," I heard Mel say. I turned my head, and saw that Mel already finished editing his character. I was looking at a feminine-looking cat 'boy', with a soft, ink-like black fur, which contrasted heavily with his light pink paw-pads on his hands and feet. No doubt that the interior of his feminine endowment had the same light red pigmentation. I wasted no time molding my character to fit my desire. An androgyn monkey, for a light-brown, almost copper fur, which left my head, hands, feet and chest bare. I arranged my hair into a shoulder-length mane which flowed on the back of my head. "I was thinking about taking an intersex character too, so that's a good choice, but why a cuntboy?" I asked, curious, while I was getting used to my unconventional feet and my agile tail. "I have always been curious, you know? About what sex felt for a girl," Mel offered as an explanation. He tried to pass a hand on his new sex, and made a soft gasp at the sensation. I tested the waters too, reaching behind my male package for my own hermaphroditic vagina. It was definitely a new sensation, but... "We will have time to explore ourselves in a moment. For now, let's finish the creation," I said, interrupting Mel's exploration of his body. "Oh... Oh!" he said, suddenly blushing. "I'm sorry, I mean." I chuckled at his embarrassment. "Don't worry, about it. We're all here for the same thing," I said, closing the distance. "Let's choose our class and start this game."
Choosing a class was fast. Mel chose to play as a close-range, fist-fighting Monk, while I picked an Engineer, a class which fights using traps and long-range weapons. Smiling and excited, we pushed together the final door to launch the game. We left the cabin for a warm and quiet clearing. "What now?..." Mel asked. "The server is setting up a campaign for us," I answered. "We will start in our 12 year old bodies, in a tutorial instance, but we have a few minutes to spare..." I closed the distance between me and Mel, and touched his soft, black-furred body, "... To test our new bodies."
We both reached at the same time for a kiss, and our mouths locked, tongues swirling against each other. A general feeling of pleasure diffused into my brain. The sensation of being in a virtual environment faded for a moment, as I made out with Mel. Our naked furry avatars cuddled each other. I could feel my penis begin to harden, stuck against the cat's feminine body. My hands went down to his crotch, and my fingers began to explore his intersex labia and pleasure button, while he was doing the same on my own body, fondling my ballsack and reaching for the female genitals underneath.
The now familiar fading arrived, interrupting our making-out session much too soon. The game was starting. "See you on the other side," I said, after breaking the kiss. "See you," Mel whispered softly. "Entering Springvale village zone - lvl 1-5 - PVP-free zone" was the last thing my eyes saw as everything turned black.