Get Krafty
This is a new kind of story, done as a commission, it features two friends playing a game together that goes a bit awry.
"So this is a what? A crafting game?"
"Yeah bro, it's one of the most advanced games out there, plugs right into your cerebral chip and it's got one of the highest time dilations out there. One second in real life is one minute in game, I've already played a couple hours bro. Plus it's only in beta and it's awesome, they're always adding new stuff, the character creator is awesome too."
"Whatever bro I'll hop on tonight, you better not be joking about how good it is"
"Alright bro, don't judge me too hard I was messing around the whole time"
Despite being in beta I loaded up the game. Before I was prompted to insert the cerebral interface it asked me how long I'd like to play. I figure 30 real life minutes couldn't hurt. I felt my eyes roll back as the program ran. Character creators were always an eerie feeling, usually it was a traditional video game screen, with selections on one side and your loincloth clad character in the middle. But you could feel the body on screen. He was right, it had a plethora of options to choose from, some hidden behind paywall, but I wasn't open to putting any more money into this beta. I kept the face mostly like the original, which was a recreation of me. I moved a few things around, strengthened my jaw a little, changed my eyes from brown to a nearly inhuman icy blue. I darkened my hair to a jet black, styling it long, down to my shoulders, pulled back in a simple hair tie. I gave myself a scruffy beard. I of course adjusted the height, maxing it out at 6ft without paying for the premium features. I packed on as much muscle as I could, chuckling to myself before backing it off significantly. I made myself maybe slightly above average, but very normal. I had no idea what kind of game this would be and one of the other games I played with Sawyer your body shape affected your stats. Curiously, a few of the body modifiers were locked behind paywalls, as well as two entire sections of the character creator.
I entered the game, the camera jarringly shifting to enter my character's point of view. The screen went white for a second and before the world loaded in around me. I was alone in the forest, tall trees stretching way up into the sky and soft moss beneath my feet. Looking down I was still only in a loincloth, which like any teenage boy would try, I pulled to the side, seeing a very normal looking cock and balls. Most games you weren't able to do that, curiously I hesitantly pulled up the back of my loin cloth, grabbing my own ass, I could feel my tight little pucker back there. Weird game.
I thought I'd be cold in just a loin cloth, or the ground would be uncomfortable under my feet, but I was shockingly comfortable. I walked a bit. Maybe this was like that old game my grandpa showed me, I punched the nearest tree. There was a twinge of pain, unrealistically little really, and the tree was unchanged. I hit it again and again, with no change.
"What are you doing bro?" I heard Sawyer's voice behind me, a bit higher pitch in game than he was in real life. I turned, expecting to see him, instead was a smaller elven looking archer, maybe 4 feet tall, and even more androgynous. He was slim, dressed in what looked like handspun clothing, leather boots, a cloak, with a bow slung over his shoulder, and a quiver of arrows on his back
"Uuuuhh, trying to get wood, did you pay for the premium options?"
He rolled his eyes, shifting weight onto his hip, a little sassier in game than he was it life, "no dude, this is all available in game, cmon I'll show you" I followed him, quickly finding a small rustic cabin, "of course you decided to make yourself as big as possible, now we gotta rebuild the hut,"
I had to duck through the door, my head nearly against the ceiling in his small abode. He opened the chest beside his bed, small nick nacks neatly placed inside. He grabbed a few metallic blocks and some scraps of wood, throwing them on the workbench before arranging them into what seemed a specific shape before picking up a small wooden mallet and smacking the blocks once. There was a flash of light and before him on the workbench was a longsword, maybe 5 feet long.
"Here bro, take this, we're gonna go hunt for some consumables"
I tentatively took the blade off the table, "I didn't think this was a fighting game Sawyer..."
He shrugged, "It's more about adventuring right now, but there are enemies and animals and shit. Supposedly they are adding NPCs and questing later on. Oh, and a creature taming mechanic." He tossed a few things from his pockets into the chest and swung the door open, "cmon, I'm already DPS so I need a tank, let's get you beefed up, then we can get some stuff for a shield or something"
"You don't have stuff to make me some clothes or something?"
"Clothes don't grow with you bro, when you make them they'll fit you right at the time, after you get tanked up I'll show you how to make clothes"
I followed him for a bit, we eventually came to a grove of grasses and small plants.
Sawyer used his bow to move the leaves and branches around, looking for something. He eventually found what he wanted, plucking some, "this is hairy herb, it's cosmetic only so take some if you want" I took the herbs from him and stuck a bit in my mouth. It tasted a lot like dill, perfectly ripe and delectable.
I swallowed as we walked further. My skin started to feel a little odd, hot even. I noticed the hairs on my previously hairless body growing and darkening to match my hair. I looked down at my chest, a splash of chest fur has grown in as well.
"Uh sawyer? Is this supposed to happen?"
He looked over his shoulder, "nice bro! Finally got some hair on your chest. Yeah bro almost all of the consumables do something to change your body, most have stat modifiers as well, hairy herb just makes your hairier... look here's another one." It was a squat tomato plant with huge tomatoes drooping off of the stems, he took one and handed it to me, "you may want to sit for this one... it's gonna make you grow a bit, it's a beefsteak tomato"
I sat and took the tomato, again, perfectly ripe and delectable, he handed me another as soon as I finished the first, and then a third. No sooner had I finished the third I began to feel it, my heart pounded, shuttling blood to my muscles. I could feel them throb, growing to the beat of my own heart. It became more and more intense, I leaned back. It was like I just had an amazing work out, my muscles pumped with blood but also starting to become sore. I squeezed my eyes shut, a moan escaped my lips as the sensations wracked my body. The sensation went on for what felt like hours, when my eyes fluttered back open. Sawyer was stood there staring. His hip popped, arms crossed and a smirk on his face, same sassy attitude as before.
"Yeah Sawyer, that was pretty intense... Why did I need to do that again?" I
murmured still getting my bearings.
"Well stud, I assumed you wanted to play tank as usual, but you didn't beef yourself up like I thought, cmon... there should be some beanstalks around here too"
I rubbed my eyes, shaking off the last bits of the growing feeling, "don't you usually play DPS too? And a girl?"
