When the MMORPG Elder Tale becomes reality, ten friends find themselves trapped in a world that's both familiar and not. What at first seems like a dream come true quickly becomes something else entirely: a land of power-hungry guilds, the politics of the People of the Land, intelligent monsters, and food that tastes like soggy bread.

What if, when the Angels are killed, they become literal Shoulder Angels and haunt the pilots? Surely only good things would come of it, right? Maybe?