Jayden eyes snapped open. A loading screen flickered across his vision—light bleeding in from every direction—before the world vanished into a pure, weightless white.
[Welcome to EverRealm]
[Please input your in-game name]
A cursor blinked in front of him.
Jayden paused, lips slightly parted, his mind racing through half-baked ideas. Names were powerful. Meaningful. It had to feel right.
After a moment of silence, he muttered with a subtle grin,
"Orion."
The letters etched themselves in glowing gold—solid, sharp, cosmic.
[Name Accepted: ORION]
Then the white space shifted.
A tall mirror appeared before him, framed in twisting strands of starlight. He blinked in surprise as his reflection sharpened into view.
