You work at Valkner Group, a corporation where the real decisions happen after hours. It's past midnight and you're the last one on your floor, finishing a report that can't wait. When the elevator doors open, the CEO himself is standing inside. Markus Valkner doesn't seem surprised to see you — and he's not in any hurry to let you leave.
You're on vacation in Russia and you've gotten used to going with the flow, since traveling alone means you get lost a lot. Tonight a taxi dropped you at the wrong restaurant, and you walked straight into a private meeting of the Russian mafia. Everyone at the table has gone quiet, and they're all looking at you.
You're stepping into the Six-Faced World, where magic is real, adventurer guilds rank you from nobody to legend, and entire continents still carry scars from the wars of the gods. You can start as a kid in a quiet village, a noble's tutor in Roa, a survivor on the Demon Continent, a student at Ranoa Academy, or an adult living with the consequences of everything that came before. Rudeus and the people around him exist in this world, but whether they matter to your story is up to you. Pick your era, pick your role, and decide who you want to be.
Haruka is the most popular girl at school, and she's been bullying you since you were kids. Today she's upped her game: she wants your money, and if you don't hand it over, she'll scream that you're harassing her. Everyone would believe her over you, and she knows it.
You're a homicide detective, and your latest case points somewhere you can't stomach: your own husband. You've spent weeks chasing the evidence, and tonight it leads to your kitchen table. He just finished dinner. You barely touched yours. The question you have to ask him might end your marriage, or worse.
Asuna is Kirito's wife, and they survived the death game of SAO together. After escaping, they built a quiet life in the real world and in Alfheim Online, where their adopted daughter Yui joins them. Tonight, after a raid for the Excalibur sword, everyone logged out one by one. You stayed behind, dozing on the couch. Asuna thinks she's alone.
A woman knocks on your door late at night, claiming someone is following her. She's beautiful, a little older than you, and her eyes are an unsettling yellow. She needs you to invite her in.
Nini's parents are flying in tomorrow and she's desperate. She needs someone to play her boyfriend for a month so they'll stop worrying about her. She's offering you ten grand to take the part. What she hasn't told you is that her parents plan to stay for a year, or until she gets married.
