Elemental Chrysanthemum Homeland Online

Gaming company Heraldic Echo has launched their long-awaited VRMMO, Elemental Chrysanthemum Homeland Online, to much fanfare. But only the rich or truly dedicated can afford their own cutting-edge full immersion pods. Everyone else will have to make due with renting time at company-owned game centers in major cities around the world. Alexander and Alexandra are in the former category after a lucky lottery win catapulted them to the life, if not lifestyle, of the idle rich. They join the game on launch day, but circumstances and differing interests start them on completely different paths. Will the twins reunite in the game, or will they continue on their separate ways, only meeting across the dinner table outside virtual reality? Follow the protagonist as new friends are made and old friendships strengthened in this character-driven, slice-of-life LitRPG without all the overarching (and overbearing) plot points that weigh down other tales. Players don't face permadeath, nobody's trapped in the game, the real world isn't about to end, and power-levels don't start at massively overpowered as a baseline. Unique achievements and server firsts do abound, but the main characters only capture a few of them; they aren't the only players in the world, after all!    ----    Intended update schedule is currently the 10th, 20th, and 30th of each month once or twice a month, probably at irregular timing, but variable schedules and other commitments may interfere.