I was on my third day since I started my quest to become a pretty girl. And my progress so far has been...
"ZERO!" I shouted while kicking the creature called Weasemin, killing it in one hit.
As you can see, I was not in a good mood.
*
It all started after I left the fashion shop. My next objective was to buy makeup, but the set cost 1000 gold, remember?
With only 300 gold in my pocket, I left the store.
Fashion could wait—I was starving.
Unus Town was full of food vendors and restaurants, so filling your belly was easy enough. Unfortunately, the food was average. Better than nothing, I guess.
Night fell before I could think of what to do next. While walking through the downtown area, I found this enormous inn called Moonlight Dream, which rented a room for 30 gold a night.
You should have seen the faces of those who had spent all of their starting money buying gear and now were forced to sleep on the street.
"You have to eat and sleep in this game? Are you kidding me?" A guy said to his friend as I passed them by.
"It would be weirder if we didn't, don't you think?"
He had a point, I guess. Whatever. I went to my room and jumped straight to bed.
"Who knew that slaughtering weak mobs could be so exhausting?"
After taking a shower, a private message notification made my heart skip a beat.
From Steve Riggs: 'I got 100 more gold. Can I see you again?'
What, right now?!
I was dead tired after a day of stomping virtual creatures, but the thought of having him in my room for the night was too tempting to pass up.
Taylor:I'm at the Moonlight Dream, room 34. Would you like to pay me a visit?
Steve:I'll be there!
"Fuck! He'll be here at any minute and I still… look the same!"
I should have bought something from the beauty shop—anything! I knew I was saving for the Makeup Set, but I couldn't spend another day looking like a total mess!
I put back my 'New Beginning Dress' and rushed outside. It took me two minutes to reach the shop, and to my surprise, it was still fortunately open.
"To celebrate The Novus inauguration, this shop will remain open 24 hours-a-day for the next week," the NPC said to me when I dashed inside.
"What are the cheapest clothes available?!" I cried to her. "Please, I'm in a rush!"
"Sorting items by price," the NPC said, rearranging the clothes in each rack automatically.
"Just like magic," I muttered before shaking my head. "Let's see! No. Nope. Definitely not! Eww, who would even try this on?!"
A new problem had arisen. The plaid miniskirt I liked cost 200 gold, and a pair of high heels that gazed at me from a corner, 350 gold.
"I need something alluring and cheap now, please!"
"You could also customize the Beginner's Dress you're wearing without losing its stats," the NPC said to me, incessantly grinning.
"Would it cost me?"
"50 gold to change its color and customize its design."
I opened my User Interface and glanced at my gold balance. After paying for lunch and the inn's room, I had 260 gold left.
"Could you change it to a red, off-shoulder dress?"
"Right away, sir. Or would you rather be called 'miss'?'"
So the NPC knew, huh?
"Miss, please."
"Please step over this mirror and tap on the correct configuration you'd like for your dress."
I did as told, and a system window appeared in front of me. Once I tapped the red color, my dress changed in the blink of an eye. "Cool."
After adjusting the design and hitting confirm, 50 gold vanished from my account. 210 gold left now.
"Something's missing," I said to myself while the NPC made the drawer in front of me change its contents.
"Here is a selection of accessories, Miss Taylor."
* *
Remember those guys bickering in the inn's lobby? Well, when I passed by them earlier, they completely ignored me, but this time? When I peered back at them before walking up the stairs… their faces… Let's just say they looked like hungry wolves.
Not only did my dress look completely different--more appealing--but I'd also bought a black velvet choker with a heart on it, and a secret weapon...
Something I knew would drive any man crazy: Stockings.
Choker: 20 gold.
Black Thigh-high Stockings: 30 gold.
160 gold remaining.
Their gaze. Their lewd smile. Their expressions.
That was all I was looking for.
Totally priceless.