More Elisop Oneshots

Real Life Isn't a Screen

Modern AU

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Special effects flashed on his screen as the background music passed to the boss' theme. Headset on and a bottle of soda on the side on his keyboard to stay hydrated, though the drink wasn't really the most healthy thing, his fingers smashed the keys while he moved his mouse to lead his character through the dungeon.

DeathAngel: Naib, take the aggro while I'm casting

tank4U: Yes yes, leave it to me!

Thanks to their great teamwork, it didn't take long for the party to clean the map and kill the boss rather fast. The loot was rather good too due to the difficulty level and Aesop even got the last item he needed to trade it against a limited skin.

robyogold: Ah, the new raid is open guys. Wanna try?

NotASaint: Should I log off to take my priest?

The gray-haired man scanned his computer screen for a moment to read the conversation before typing in the bar chat.

DeathAngel: Nah don't, healing is nullified in this one

tank4U: What the hell, what kinda dungeon is that, can we even finish this without a healer?

DeathAngel: There will be buffs given as we go forward

robyogold: How do you know that Aesop? I thought you never did this dungeon

DeathAngel: Indeed. Luca told me abt it, he's far more advanced than us.

NotASaint: He's your roommate right?

DeathAngel: Mhm, he's kinda annoying but he can be useful sometimes I guess.

NotASaint: Good to know.

tank4U: Whatever guys, are you still all up for tomorrow?

robyogold: Ofc

NotASaint: Yes.

Aesop froze behind his screen.

Right, they had decided to hold a real life hang-out tomorrow with the guild members. It may sound quite grandiose hearing this but it really wasn't. Their guild was only composed of the four people of the party and was named The4Musketeers, why such a lame title, it was all due to their dumb tank who was the guildmaster and thought it was cool.

Well, Aesop may be like this but he quite appreciated them in fact, even if they never met and were complete strangers (which was the reason they had decided to organize this small event).

However, the problem lay elsewhere. Not to seem unsociable or anything, though it was the truth, the art student had no friends in the real world. His roommate didn't count, that man would force his friendship over rats too. He wasn't the talkative type since he was young and always stayed in the back of the classroom to avoid attention. His whole body would sweat whenever the teacher asks him a question so how was he going to handle meeting face to face three strangers?

tank4U: Aesop u still there?

DeathAngel: Ah yes, sorry, I lagged a bit, I'll be there too.

robyogold: Nice~

They chatted a bit more until they all decided it would probably be best to go to bed so as to be full of energy for the next day. It was already three in the morning at that time. Unfortunately, after turning off his computer and landing on his bed, Aesop couldn't close his eyes. His heart was throbbing under his chest just thinking about what would happen tomorrow, what he should say when they meet, how to hold a conversation and not make it awkward instead... His head was filled with thoughts that kept him away from a good night's rest and thus he woke up with the face of a zombie once the sun rose.