Objectors! ～VRMMO Development Tragedy～

The «VRMMO Development Tragedy» (VRMMO開発悲話) is a side story written by Kawahara Reki while Sword Art Online was still a web novel. The story was also included in Dengeki Bunko Magazine Volume 41.

Plot
Okano Kouji and Fujita Shin who were part-time freelance object makers until one day they received a massive order from a mid-scale VRMMO game for pretty female models. As the order was too large for them to handle while also having part-time jobs, the two decided to quit their jobs to become full time object makers and use invest the advance payment into a new office and a professional machine for their job.

However, when Fujita Shin went to the bank and withdrew the money from an ATM, he was tricked by an old man who snatched all of the money that Shin withdrew. While they were wondering what to do, Koiji remembered that he had seen an in-game terminal in a VRMMO game, called LUNASCAPE, that was linked to an actual computer that had the «Solid Organizer» program installed.

The duo decided to rent a small room and spent ten days in the game to finish the order. However, at that point, the two realised that they had no way of saving their data and bringing it back to the real world.

Trivia

 * None of the main characters of the series take part in this story.