I put on that familiar school uniform of mine which I had seen for so long and headed out, going to the familiar same place. School for most kids was a pain in the ass. However, with the BOTs, I actually looked forward to going to school everyday.

I reached the school slightly earlier on the first day of school to allow myself some time to get ready and take up the usual seats occupied by us which was the back corner of the class where we would best be able to be up to our crazy antics. However, when I walked into the class....

“JINXXXXXXXXXX!”

And it wasn't my usual BOTs giving me the greeting. The whole class greeted me.

“What in the flying fuck is going on?” I wondered a little bit too loud and it actually came out of my mouth.

“We saw the XZ special broadcast! It was aired about 2 months ago and how could we not recognise you? Your in game name is the same as your real life nickname and you didn't change your features in the game!” The class monitress said.

Oh yeah I forgot that XZ company was actually a real media giant for broadcasting RR.

“Wait when did all of you play RR? I hardly hear any RR discussions from any of you?”

“Come on Jinx. Who wouldn't play RR in this day and age? Of course we do but we don't really talk about it to you and your BOTs! You know you all are so busy screwing around having fun everyday we thought you guys were the ones who wouldn't be playing RR.”

It was a valid point. We stayed in school from 8 in the morning till 6 at night just to be with each other and have fun so it seemed like we didn't have much time for RR. We really just started quite literally too. However best not to tell them that. They would be jealous that 4 people who played the game for only a month could get one whole city to their names.

At that point in time, Zack entered the class.

“Beathovennnn!” The whole class went ohhhhhhhhhh.

He had the same look of shock on his face. It was like someone surprised buttsexed him. There really is no other way to describe the face. It was like you got caught red handed doing something stupid and embarrassing, like a deer who suddenly got caught in headlights from a hidden, stationery car. Surprise buttsex look it is.

Anthony walked in immediately behind.

“What are you freezing up for?? Our new form teacher that pretty?”

“BREADDDDTALKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK!!!!!!”

Surprise buttsex too for him and it was by far the loudest one yet. It looked like he was the fan favourite. He was already well liked in class for his jokes which never failed to make anyone laugh but it seemed like he was even more popular for his RR achievements which also made people laugh.

Suddenly, screams could be heard from the corridoor itself.

“AHHHH! SOUPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP!”

Joe ran into the class like a mad dog was chasing him and our class was no difference.

“SOUUUUUUUUPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP!”

The visual of our group looks to be as popular as ever. The four of us just stared at the class who had all their eyes on us. We expected some of them to recognise us because we didn't change our looks and my name was still the same but this was still wayyyyyy too overboard. The whole class played RR and we didn't even know because we were just too busy screwing around.

“So... How many of you know about Carnival?” Beathoven carefully asked.

“ME!” every single person answered.

If only we had the whisper function in real life we would know how to communicate and get out of this extremely awkward situation. It's like a zoo and we are the animals.

As if reading my thoughts, Anthony caught my eye and let out a small “woof.”

“Beathoven, Zack i mean sorry. Would you mind letting us join Carnival as residents? Pleaseeeee.”

Carnival was becoming so popular that everyone wanted to try to affilate themselves to the city one way or another. Being a shopkeeper, guild master, resident of Carnival was a title sought after by many. However because places were limited we couldn't just invite anybody to be a member. One residence could only fit one player anyway. The penis buildings were allocated one each to the masters of the house which then allowed them to rent out the rooms seperately or to live in with their family be it their family in RR or real life. It was a tricky question. One wrong answer and we would be condemned by our own class.

Beathoven quickly weighed the odds.

“I'm afraid you have to understand that Carnival is now a hot topic and very popular destination of choice for noobs and pros alike. Our residences also will be increasing in rent shortly in order to further facilitate the growth of Carnival. If you all really wish to be part of this city, I need to make all of you stay in the castle where there are our soldier barracks inside. It will be cheap, food will be provided, but then you would be obliged to follow any instructions we have for our army. You all will be part time mercenaries. This is already a form of goodwill by us so please decide if you want to accept it.”

“Alright. We will.” the class monitress said.

“RIIIIIIIIINNNNNGGGGGGGGGGGGG!” the familiar school bell rang and then the 4 of us sprung into battle stance subconsciously. I put my hand to the nonexistent katana sheath. Beathoven had his hands in lute playing position. Soup shouted at the top of his longs and accidentally went out of tune. Breadtalk slammed the door on all 3 of us and we flew backwards to get his Loki's Entourage buff.

But then we realised.

“FUCK YOU BEAT WHY DID YOU USE THE SCHOOL BELL AS THE SIGNAL FOR THE START OF CARNIVAL WARS!”

“MORON!”

“FUCKFACE!”

“SHUT UP I ALSO WENT INTO BATTLE MODE!”

And this is what 4 continuous months of Carnival Wars did to you. The whole class was clearly entertained and much like the Carnival War spectators, cheered loduly. Looks like they would be able to fit into Carnival just fine though they were pretty okay people. Most of them legitly enjoyed our retarded antics except for a few who found us noisy. Those few can rot in hell for all I care but it was a nice class with nice teachers who could take jokes and I was fortunate to be in this.

Classes begun as per usual and even the teachers when they came in, shot us a knowing smile but knew better to avoid the topic as once you start, it would probably take a good 10-15 minutes to end the discussion. RR was popular with adults too and the XZ company broadcast really made us famous. No wonder it seemed like I got a few more looks and stares on my way to school.

After about 2 hours of lessons came our first break. Every single person from our class said they would agree to stay in the castle as part time mercenaries for Carnival. Even the people who found us noisy.

You all shall get the shittiest jobs for always yelling at us to shut up and looking at us with contempt and disgust. :P MUAHAHAHA. Hey I could be evil too it was just that I was nice all the time. Sometime's we have to be bad right.

One of them about 150cm tall once even looked at me, which required her to tilt her head up about 45 degrees which was quite a degree of elevation and said with a tone full of hate and disgust : “Grow up Jinx.”

I was the one who was 176cm and she was the one at 150cm. Well looks like someone was going to be the one who was answerable to me now YESSSS.

The four of us then went to the canteen to order some drinks and sit down to talk about how the class could contribute to Carnival. However it seemed like this temporary hype was bigger than we thought. When we were at the canteen, I could feel almost all the eyes there from 200 over students on us. A few who knew us like friends from the same club or neighbouring classes even came up to us to greet and congratulate us. That was not the end though. It seemed that everyone really really wanted to be part of Carnival REALLY badly. They asked if they could join in as well. We told them we would get back to them.

“Alright Jinx how now brown cow? Every mother's son and daughter here wants in!!” Joe asked.

“How the hell would I know. I was still having the time of my life till yesterday I didn't know a city based on the idea of pure fun would be this popular?!” I replied. “Zack you're the one in charge of these type of decisions. Any ideas?”

“.... Part time mercenaries?...” He said.

“I'm Anthony and even I know its rubbish. We gonna get what 1000 mercenaries? How are we going to pay for them and what are we even going to use them for? Sure the castle could fit in that many but then it would become extremely crowded and less desirable to live in this town already.” Anthony said.

All of us looked at Anthony.

“Zack, there's no other way to say this. You just got talked to and informed logically by Anthony because your idea was too stupid. You should probably commit suicide now to save yourself some face.” I said.

“You're right omg. Tell my mum I love her.” Zack continued.

“You guys mind moving over a little so I can join in??” Some random voice came from behind me.

Sounds familiar but yet not quite who is it?

I turned my head.

Long black hair, rather big eyes, a small but defined nose, perfectly shaped lips with an icy stare coming out of those eyes that gave her an aura of haughtiness.

“HORSE?!” We all said.

“Got a problem? And I actually have a real name okay can you all not call me Horse here. It's Suzy.”

“Sooozeeee. Sounds nicer if you drag it out.” Anthony said. Then he proceeded to do Soooooooozeeeeeeeeeee and Soooooooooooooooooooooooozeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee's.

“I see all of you really are like that both in game and out. She shook her head while sitting down beside me.”

“And I see you still have the whole ice queen thing going on in game and out. It's good to know we're all the same in and out doesn't it? We won't have to learn about each other again. Which class are you in anyway I didn't see you around before?”

“So you're saying if I were around you would have noticed me?” She gave me a smirk.

Okay I might have found her to be okay but I'm starting to want to slap this bitch again. But she's probably right she does look good so I guess... HEY I'M A GUY RIGHT.

“This is my first year in the school. I'm one year your junior I guess from what I've heard. My class immediately recognised me and said the rest of the founders were also in this school. I really didn't want to be high profile but I guess it's just not possible.”

“Oh well. Looks like RR affected us really badly in real life as well. We felt like celebrities when we went into our class but now everyone around us are asking us for favours.” Zack added.

“Just say no? Like it's the hardest thing in the world.” Suzy replied.

The BOTs were retarded but really we were a kind bunch. Joe would always, always give his seat to an elderly on the bus. Anthony had a younger sister whom he actually looked after even though he pretends he doesn't give a shit. Zack volunteers outside. I'm a typical mummy's boy so I remember her preachings well and she always asks me to treat others how I want others to treat me so I'm usually nice. So saying no was really a hard thing for us. That's when I realised.

“Suzy can you help us be our representative in real life? We aren't good at PR in real life because quite frankly all we can do is be ourselves and enjoy all we can. We just can't say no. You already got your whole ice queen image working for you so saying no to requests like that can amp up that image even more right? Pleaseeeeeeeee.” I said.

“Oh fine. What a bunch of pussies.” she said.

“Meowwwwwww.” Anthony purred.

“Not that sort of- nevermind. You just enjoy trolling me don't you?” She said.

“Who wouldn't? You're so pretty when you're flustered its cute.” Anthony said.

It looks like Anthony really had a flair for shattering her image. She just blushed furiously again and walked off now. We too had only 5 minutes left from our break so we went back to class.

It was social studies lesson after that. Our teacher, Miss Tan, was giving back essays which we were told to submit to her online over the holidays as an assignment.

“Anthony, i'm fairly sure you did not do any research on Venice as I've instructed you. The first question was about naming three important things you could find in Venice. Boats could be argued but your second and third choices, chicken wings and the Taj Mahal needs a lot of work. Where exactly in Venice is the Taj Mahal may I know?” She asked.

“... Erm... In the centre?” Anthony replied.

“Hmm I'm pretty sure its located about a few thousand kilometers away from the center. Nevermind please write an extra essay about the Taj Mahal by the next lesson. And regarding chicken wings. Why do you say they are important to Venice?”

“Without chicken wings, Venice would never be as famous or successful as it would have been now as everyone knows, chicken wings are the cornerstones for a successful civilisation.” He said with the most serious face anyone could ask for.”

“Miss Tan let me help you with that!” Soup offered and he slapped Anthony across the cheek.

As usual the whole class erupted into laughter even though they were already laughing at the replies Anthony gave. Miss Tan just pretended she didn't see anything and proceeded on to write on the whiteboard, smiling.

School soon ended and usually we would stay to screw around. We also had club activities. I was in the volleyball team which had trainings on Wednesday and Friday afternoons, Anthony and Zack was in the Boy's Brigade which was a uniform group that has trainings on Saturday mornings. Joe was in the NCC (National Cadet Corps) which was another uniform group that had trainings on Friday afternoons. It was a monday so all of us were free though.

I looked at them and wondered if RR was worth it. I decided to ask them.

“I know it's early but... Carnival?” I asked.

“Last one to reach home will get a slap in the game.” Joe added.

All of us smiled at each other and rushed back home, running to the shiny silver capsule that has impacted our real life on a whole new level.

End of Chapter 23

Author's Note: Hello people! I realise not many fan fics have a touch of the real life aspect which I think is important as well. However I will not be concentrating on this too much. It's to give you all a feel of how RR can affect everyone in real life and since this RR's main point is fun, if our school life is fun and retarded too it's fine right? Just wanted to share a bit of a typical day for us in real life. Hope you all can appreciate it! Thanks! Back into RR next week~ Also, the class will eventually be useful for something and hopefully you all can guess what.