Wow, we made it to the first chapter. Now some things to lay down. First off this color of text is author text and will not be used for anything but such. Next off for you the few who have found this so far. While sharing is nice I would much prefer if we keep this story under wraps till about chapter 5 (which has as of this edit been reach so you may now spread this story far and wide). Purely selfish on my part really. I have noticed that unless there is a few chapters or equivalent behind a story I tend to toss it in a ‘check it later’ bin which is what I renamed my trash bin. Finally, I am an Immortal Dragon *rawr*

“talking aloud”

thinking

*actions*

person doing it ~ what they do

Today, I, Jason am turning 18. It isn’t particularly important for most things. Not like I plan to start smoking or what have you. I will however finally count as an adult. More specifically as per government regulations I now ‘have a stable enough hold on one's own sanity to not lose themselves within a fully immersive VR experience’. All in all, I can now play NeoRealm like the 83% of all those 18 and up on this planet. It is amazing how far it has come in about 3ish years since the game’s debut.

voice ~ ”Breakfasts ready, come on down birthday boy! You can monologue another time.”

“Coming down Mother”

Mother ~ “Eggs in the pan, bacon on the paper towel, and the installers will be here to put your coffin VR capsule in your room at noon.”

*sigh* Not like getting the capsule installed sooner would do any good. Damn government keeping track of the exact time of birth. Might as well finish breakfast and do a last minute check of the web.

--- ~Noonish ---

*waves* “Thanks for being quick!”

Well lets take a look at how it looks then.

Huh, I guess mom wasn’t wrong all those times calling it a coffin. I guess that is what you get when you for the cheap style. Least the thing doesn’t have a cross on it or something like that. Course its silver because not going to pay for a paint job. Also it looks like a piece of paper is stuck on it let's check it. Can’t think it would be instructions. The capsule is supposed to put apple products to shame on ease of use. Just jump in and then talk to the empty white room.

~NeoRealm~

the most realistic VR game to date. A cunning mix of Sci-Fi and the Supernatural spread across a galaxies worth of planets just waiting for you to dive in. Want to experience the mysteries of psionic powers? Become one of the Talented and work to improve your rating all the way up to 1 and move moons. Do you just desire to wield sheer power? Join one of the main factions and work your way up so you can be the one who with the press of a button can wipe a planet off the face of the universe. Or maybe you just want to know what its like to be a cat person. We have those too. Come on in and join us at 5x the speed of boring old reality (you heard us right, not your average everyday 4x time compression!).

Oh I guess they don’t even bother checking if you already ordered the game. They stick the ad right on the VR cabin. Probably even if you get the personalized NeoRealm skin for the thing. I don’t get why people dress their capsules up as you’re supposed to be in it. That is about the only thing I upgraded on the whole thing. I went with the EltroMuscle Toner upgrade so I don’t have to worry about becoming a wimp. Well lets jump in then.

*Psssht lid opens and a black flat surface extends out*

Huh, I thought it would be more contoured…

Ah never mind the material is like memory foam.

*As I finish laying down the surface retracts me into the guts of the machine. The lid goes down and before I can worry that the top starts to smother me the area around the mouth retracts providing a space to breathe and then WHITE*

SYSTEM ~ “Welcome first time user. Your identity has been confirmed and registered as the main user. Would you like to customize your room, name me, or open any existing items though do be warned. You are still 7 minute, 13 seconds, and 34 milliseconds till you will be 18 and thus cannot play any VR games right now.”

So this is what they mean by white room. I think it's a square but it is completely white. Literally completely white. Let’s fix that first.

“System, I am gonna name you Avatre and you are to use a female voice. Next color the walls in a nice aqua. Same for the ceiling but with clouds being animated. Also make the ground a warm shade of green with a variance so it doesn’t look flat.”

AVATRE ~ “Yes sir, all things you mention are possible though if you want realistic cloud animations that needs to be bought in the store for $5. Your account is linked to a bank account so so you confirm your desire to buy now.”

“No thank you. Avatre, show existing items.”

*After a moment in front of me a rotating icon for NeoRealm appears. It looks like a planet half dense jungle and half heavy city with a stylized banner stating the name in front of it looking like a group of space stations*

Nice, I can see giant flying creatures over the jungle area sometimes getting shot down if they stray into the city area. It also looks like both the sides are trying to overtake each other like a couple of amoebas fighting each other.

*I reach forward and grab the icon and throw it against the wall. Upon hitting it splashes across the wall and drips down leaving a glowing portal behind*

Well that looks cool, wasn’t expecting it to do that. Might as well step through and start character creation. Oh yeah

“Avatre, is my waiting room real time or what?”

AVATRE ~ “The room is set to real time though you can set it up to 2 times. This can be further improved in the shop up to 4 times speed in increments of .25. Also as a note since you have installed NeoRealm I am happy to inform you that the in-game currency can be used in the shop. Though we cannot replicate the 5 times speed.”

“Okay set it to 2 times speed for now.”

I will have to check what the exchange rate is because you never know when 4 times speed would be useful. Anyway time to go through the door.

Oh yeah, I would appreciate any criticism. Though mind you my response will be equal to how good your criticism is. Being a negative nancy for no real good reason or at least without stating why helps no one.