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'What's the harm' Charlie thought to himself making up his mind to let this guy carry him through the early game, this guy seemed harmless enough although he was rather aggressive. Charlie escaped the arm around him and walked beside him.

"Charlie, I'll come with you but hands off." He replied a bit rudely but he felt disgusted being touched by this guy.

"Neal," the man replied with a small chuckle " sure thing sweetie, whatever you want."

Charlie took in his surroundings as they walked past the beginner area's to a nearby forest. It really was astonishing how realistic the game was, the game even recreated small imperfections in nature. There was really a lack of female users though, his best guess was a ten to one ratio of men to women.

Even with the rise of esports which should provide an even playing field, guys still dominated the field. There were plenty of casual gamer girls but they were still rare, even rarer as one approached the top. Charlie was lost in thought about the best way to use this to his advantage tripping over his own feet.

"Careful," Neal caught her before she tumbled to the ground. " It can be disorienting your first time. Was just trying to help" he smirked wrapping his arm around her waste again. " Just accept my help until you get your barrings."

Charlie reluctantly accepted his help. He knew Neal was full of shit, there was no adjusting to VR he was just a bit careless. 'Wait....this body, damn.' As his attention was brought to it he really did feel sluggish in this body. 'I will have to use this experience to see if the limitations are to much or if it is possible to adjust.'

"Hey guys I found this cutie, I told her we could show her the ropes. Charlie this is Jamal and Steve," Neal introduced her to his two friends. Jamal was scrawny African american with a knife hanging on his waist, his sharp eyes checking out her body. Steve wore a hooded robe carrying a staff, shook his head. "Couldn't you have found one with bigger assets."

"She can party with me anytime," Jamal responded.

"Guys, guys settle down you are scaring her," Neal said trying to bring reason back to the conversation.

Charlie was stunned, he had not expected Neal's friends to be such animals. 'Maybe this was a bad idea,' Charlie's thoughts were cut short as Neal brought the group back to order and lead them to the hunting grounds.

Neal faced off against a wolf his large shield blocking the wolves lunge at him before backing off and a black light shaped like an arrow streaked past him into wolf. The wolf had a faint black outline indicating a debuff, it pushed past Neal charging towards steve before Jamal stabbed his knife into its skull killing it.

Charlie watched from the back in relative peace as the hunts went on. He lost count of how many times he watched the same scene before, he had to admit they were efficient. Between hunts they would try and talk and get close to her, asking her about herself. Charlie had to make up details about his life, keeping his answers simple and short which led them to think she was shy.

As Charlie learned more about them he discovered Neal was a Dark knight, Jamal a theif, and Steve a warlock. The arrow from before was called curse arrow, the amount of damage dealt depended on how long it was charged and would lower the defense of the target.

Steve being a ranged fighter would be closer to Charlie during the battles and would occasionally flirt with her. Charlie saw his comments as closer to sexual harassment then flirting and ignored him not wanting to cause conflict and lose his free experience.

Charlie wasn't idle during battles. He couldn't participate in them but he was constantly moving his body. Running,jumping, rolling, exaggerated dodging from side to side. He had to adapt to this body and he could tell his movements were getting smoother and more natural.

The sun started setting and Charlie checked his status.

Charlie Level 10 Class: Beginner Gender: female Str: 15 Agi: 15 Int: 15 Wis: 15 Con: 15

Inventory: 10x wolf pelt

The group gathered around exausted. It felt like their muscles were burning after a long day of work. The working theory was the game took mental exhaustion into consideration to replicate these feelings of fatigue. At level ten a player could pick a class after returning to the city. The group encouraged her to play a priest, the group needed a healer and said her pure and innocent face would be a perfect match to the class.

When they reached town Charlie added them as friends before they logged out and thought about his decision. He would often play a healing class, but he would also feel a bit defenseless as a priest. 'Hmm what about a paladin. I could also put off picking a class.'

AI world had a system that allowed users to experiment. Before picking a class a user could try out different abilities to see what suited them, but their stat growth rate would be locked into balanced distribution.