I wrestled for a moment and then decided that I would first invite Zeke to my party and then nock on the door. Pulling up the player roster I found his username and sent an invite. I walked lightly to the door, and before knocking I stuffed the knife I found in the other room into my boot. This way it wasn’t technically on my inventory in case someone tried to search me. I had read that there were things like that throughout the game that made game play a bit more realistic. I just hoped it wasn’t a hoax.

My heart started to race at the thought of interaction, but I shoved the anxiety down. This wasn’t real life, and I needed to make sure I had a good foundation before trying to conquer this game. I could do this, I told mysel...

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