FSE

Furry search engine

formerly SoFurry search engine

A young male was looking through some bargain bins for a new type of game to buy. Various types were visible, but none of them looked to pique his interest. "Ugh… so many, why did they have to just throw them in here?" He asked in frustration. He rubbed his head, trying to find SOMETHING that stuck out or something that seemed remotely good, or even so cheesy and bad it would be a good laugh for later.

After what felt like 10 minutes of digging, he came across a case that was titled, Eraquest, the picture consisted of various warriors fighting a group of enemies. When he looked at the back, he discovered that it was torn in the middle part, so he can't read the synopsis of it. "Great, can't read the back, but it sounds like a dungeon exploring, monster slaying game." He saw the price was 5 bucks. "I guess it's interesting enough." He goes to the register to buy it. "I'd like to buy this."

"Eraquest? Lucky, that's the only copy I've seen around here."

"Sounds interesting enough. Say, do you know anything about the story. Back is torn off." He says showing the missing side.

"Mmmm, can't really say. It has been like that ever since I started working here."

"Well then, there's one try and true method: look it up via the web!" He took out his phone and looked up the game.

"Uh, you know you could do that without holding up a line, right?"

He looks and sees he does have a line behind him. "Oh right!" He quickly pays for it and heads out the store. He looked at his phone and started typing it in the search engine while heading down the street. Though oddly, there wasn't any information involving Eraquest.

"Uh oh, I hope this isn't one of those one game made because of unfinished glitches and stuff. Or maybe it's old fashioned and all the info was deleted." He stated as he went to call his friend about the game. "Or maybe it's some ultra rare and valuable hacked copy made to be ten times better than whatever the original stuff was." He stated in optimism as he waited for his friend to pick up. Ring ring ring. A phone rang before someone answered it.

"Hello?"

"Hey Justin, I just got this new game today. Wanna come and check it out if you have time?" He asked, hoping his friend was free.

"Ugh, what kind? If it's another first person shooter, I swear I'm gonna hit the wall."

"Relax. It's called Eraquest." He told him. "From the picture and title, it sounds like a dungeon crawling, monster fighting RPG."

"....alright, I'm on my way."

"Sweet. I'll get things ready." He hung up the phone just as he got home. He spent the day getting some snacks, a pair of controllers; in case it has two player mode, some drinks and waited for his friend to show up.

In no time at all the front door opened. "Yo William, I'm here."

"Hey, right on time." William places the disc into his game system and sits on one of his beanbags as he sees his friend approaching. "Got a controller set up in case it's including 2 players. Got snacks too."

"Sweet." Justin smiled as the two sat down.

The game logo appeared and vanished as usual. As the game boots with the typical new save file and various logos from developers who had involvement in making it. The game soon reaches the title screen, but…

"Huh? Eroquest?" He asked, confused at the title of the game which is different from the title on the case.

"You said it was Eraquest." Justin stated, looking just as confused as William.

That's what it said on the case." He double checked the name and the case did say Eraquest,

"Even the game disc said so."

"Ok, well someone fucked up then."

"It's probably just a typo. Someone must've forgotten to add the line to make it an a, and it ended up looking like an o." William stated, pressing start to start the game. He sees that there's even a two player mode, so he accepted it.

That's when the screen showed a long dialogue box colored pink. "Welcome great warriors, and be prepared for the quest of a lifetime! Before you begin, beware that this is a quest that will take you through numerous realms the likes of which you have never known. Realms that will test your fortitude, stamina, and mental capacity. If you wish to stop, now is the only time, choose!"

"Wow! No going back if we start." William stated, chuckling at the dialogue box attempting to be ominous. "What do you think pal. Do you think we got what it takes to brave the world?" He asked his friend, hamming it up.

"I didn't come all this way to back away now. I've dealt with so many RPGs that I'm a pro at it, which means follow me and you won't die." Justin boasted.

"Alright then, my glorious leader. Let's do it." He stated as he choose to accept the term.

His pal did the same, with the dialogue glowing before it suddenly vanished, leaving just a black screen.

A moment later, it showed a character creation screen. Showing the default character, class, stats, typical stuff. The first player chooses the paladin class with a good muscular character with a one handed sword and shield with good stats in strength and endurance. He wore a white full steel armor with red sash around his neck before finishing and allowing his friend to choose.

"Paladin? Really dude? Come on, that's obvious."

"Oh excuse me, mister spooky bard." He said in a mocking tone, seeing as Justin was choosing the bard class. "Gonna play me a funny tune with your banjo?"

"Hey! Bard's don't always play! They also rock at seducing, but mine is gonna be a bit different." his pal smirked, adjusting the species to where his bard was a goblin. "Try and see how many people can play as a goblin bard." Said goblin was wearing a button up black vest over a long sleeved puffy sleeve white shirt under it with matching pants, a leather belt, matching boots, with a flute holstered on the side.

Once they were finished with their character creation, they must now name their gaming avatars. "Hmmmm…" William thinking about a name as he started to add the letters. "I'll go with.. Magnus." He typed that name in the box before finishing. Now his friend was thinking of a name and then typed in Griblenaught.

With that, the screen asked them if they were satisfied with their choices. The two agreed and hit yes.

That's when the screen went bright pink before it turned into a swirl, confusing them, then a sudden wind came out of nowhere, making them stumble and feel it pull them.

That's when it suddenly started to glow yellow.

The two friends stared at the yellow light, curious as to how the scene will play out. "I'm getting really excited about this." William said, holding his controller with excitement.

"I'm just hoping it doesn't crash." Justin added, showing a little concern. The yellow light got brighter and brighter as it started to make the room glow. "Wh-okay, that's getting a bit bright." William said, needing to cover his eyes.

Justin did the same before a sudden wind came out of nowhere, making them stumble and felt it pull them. "What?! What the-" each of them tried to hold on to something against the pulling within the tv. Despite their efforts, they lost their grips and were dragged into the tv.

"AHHHHHHH!" Just as the two fell into the tv screen, the character names changed to match their real names instead.