Maybe I don't open the door. I touched it and it didn't open. I think: . Nope. I turn the object nameplates back on. I see [door], [door knob], [Hinge], [Hinge]. I touch the door knob. That didn't do it either. I pull on the door knob. Same result. Maybe a spell would work. Doors in my world aren't this complicated. Normally I'd just touch the door and activate it. I inspect the door knob.

>inspect door

This is an interior wooden door. Attached to the door is a door knob.

>inspect door knob

This is a door knob. It has a chrome finish. It does not have a locking mechanism.

When a door knob is rotated, the latch bolt in the door knob assembly disengages from the strike plate embedded in the door frame.

Hmm, that sounds like some sort of gnomish device. Sounds simple enough.

Ok then. I put my hand on the door knob, rotate it, and the door pulls towards me slightly. I think this is a design flaw and overly complex but I now have and open door. Outside is a hallway with a few doors and pictures on the wall. It looks like there are some stairs down the hall.looking at the floor I see some [carpet]. I'm starting to feel better again about my adventure in the player's world.

Downstairs I see a room with couches and a large black panel [LCD TV]. I've left the name plates on but they are quite distracting. I also see another door [exterior door]. I wonder if I should be drawing a map of this in case I lose my way. My timer reads 1:19:49. Out the [exterior door] I go. [System Achievement: First time leaving spawn point. operate mechanical devices +1, +50 xp]

After I walked out of the building, I just stop. I'm having trouble taking in what I'm seeing. The resolution and model detail are mind-boggling. Looking down I see [grass]. After I reached down to touch it, I had to sit down on the [concrete walkway] to run my hands through the grass. I can feel that the ground is bumpy and rough. This is amazing. Sure I've never touch/felt anything before today. Looking around I can see [street], [sidewalk], [car], [park], [tree], [swing set], [human child]. So many things to see and they aren't like their counterparts in my world at all.

"Hey, Zach."

I look up and see a human woman standing near me. Then I look around to see who she is talking to. Looking at her again, she seems to be studying me.

I say "Hi" to her.

She grimaces a bit and then made some sort of mystical gesture at me with one hand. Perhaps she's casting a dispel spell at me. I never practiced magic so I don't know.

"Who are you?" She asks.

I quickly bring up my character sheet and tell her. "Zachery Russell." That's my character name here. I hadn't checked on that since arriving and it wasn't available when I was making my character.

"Please come back in the house with me, I made some fresh coffee." She points at the house I just left. I think she's talking about wake-me-up.

"Sure, that sounds great!" I get up and follow her into the house. She leads me through the house. She gets me a cup of coffee and leads me into a room with a [dining table] and 4 [chair]s. I sit down with my coffee and she sits across from me.

"I'm Kithera Rusell, Zachery Russell's wife." I was still feeling pretty good after seeing the outside here. I think I lost my smile. Kithera is looking pretty intense now. She fooled me with the pleasant get some coffee thing.

"I'm going to ask again. Don't make me ask you a third time. Who are you? You, walking around in my husband's body."

Now she's seeming pretty fierce. Uh Oh. I really don't see any way around this.

"I'm Hashi. Actually, I'm Hashi's away character. I'm glad to meet you Kithera. Thank you for the coffee. I think your house looks nice."

[System: Smooth talker, charisma +1]

[System: Your quest to explore RWO without revealing yourself failed. Good luck. Hope there aren't any men in black suits around.]

I'm pretty sure Kithera wasn't expecting that. She seems to be at a loss for words. I am a bit curious who she thought was occupying her husband's body.

Since I already gave it away, I follow up with: "As far as I know, he's still playing the game at the moment. He's not scheduled to log out for another hour."

"Hashi, how do you know when he's scheduled to log out?"

"That's easy, there's a counter on my HUD."

"Right." A long pause and then she said, "So you are playing a game. Correct?"

"Yes, Doktor Urmind set me up with a character. He said it would help me understand my situation." I'm enjoying this conversation. The coffee tastes pretty good too. Coffee in my world doesn't really have a taste.

"Hashi, I'm going to contact my husband in the game. I think we are going to have to finish your play session a little early." Kithera opens up a [laptop computer] and starts pushing some [key]s on a [keyboard]. "Did you have some instructions on how to end your session?"

"I'm supposed to put my player's body back where I found it so that none notices. I guess that means I need to go lie down where I woke up." I really like answering her questions. It's a similar feeling to the one I have when I complete a lot of the items on my to-do list.

"Would you please go do that now?" Kithera asks. "Hashi, I really did enjoy meeting you and look forward to seeing you again." She's still typing, but she did look up at me when she was talking to me.

"Sure. Well, it was nice meeting you as well Kithera. Thanks for the coffee and conversation. Bye!" I waved at her and walked up the stairs. I followed her instructions. I went back in the room, took off the shoes, and laid down on the bed the way I was when I arrived.

"Logoff"

[System: You've completed your first session of Real World Online. Hope you had fun. See your notifications for announcements.]