signlessvantaskarkat: No, but I need more about the survivors post-Sword Art Online. You can’t live...

signlessvantaskarkat:

No, but I need more about the survivors post-Sword Art Online. You can’t live in a virtual world for two years without there being side effects when you return.

Imagine it:

- When they want something, they automatically swipe the air in front of them, expecting a menu to pop up, and are surprised for a second when it doesn’t.

- If someone surprises them, they automatically reach for a weapon that’s not there.

- They’re always hungry because they wait too long to make food, forgetting that there are so many more steps to cooking in the real world.

- Even changing clothes is weird.

- Pain surprises them, not because they never felt it in the game, but because it lasts for so much longer.

- Teenage players who survived by hunkering down and making homes for themselves have trouble getting used to living with their families again and having to be dependent.

- Most people can’t wear helmets anymore without having a panic attack.

- Everyone has nightmares.

Feel free to add on. I need MORE.