In all of my life, I have never forgotten what happened those two years that I was gone. I had enough advenrures to last me a lifetime. But I will never forget the atrocities committed by the creator of that death game!
Let me start from the beginning. I am Paul, my friends call me JP. I lived in the town of Jacksoville, Alabama with my friend Sam. Some would have even called us brothers. We were very close. We were roommates. When we had learned that a new game was coming out, there was just no resisting the urge to buy it. It was the first full dive game to be released after the Nerve Gear went world wide. Of course we jumped on that peice of hardware as soon as it came on the market here in the states. This new game came out called Tails of the Fallen Kingdom. We were going to go buy our copies. I come into the living room of our small two bedroom, one bath apartment I yell for Sam, "Hey, bro. If we want our chance to snag two copies of the game, we need to leave now."
He yells back, "Yeah, yeah. I'm ready. Let's go." We get into my 1967 Chevy Impala and head to the Quintard Mall in Oxford, the only place near us with a Gamestop. We go into the mall and head straight to the Gamestop. There was a crowd of nerds that have already flocked to the store in anticipation of the launch of the game. Sam says, "Aw, fuck. The damn store is surrounded already." I put my hand up to silence him as i raise my phone to my ear to call someone.
The person at the other end answers. I say, "Hey Joseph. You said you could get us in. Where are you?"
Joseph says to me from the other end of the phone, "I'm in the store. Come around back so i can let you in." I lead Sam around the store into a corridor that leads to a door that says, employees only. I knock on the door and a man with a thick beard and has his hair done up in a man-bun opens it. He says, "Ok guys, it took some time and effort, but I got you guys two copies. Now get the fuck out before someone sees."
I say, "I can't thank you enough buddy. Are you getting a copy?"
He says, "Are you fucking kidding me? I went to hell and back to get you those copies. Of course I fucking got one. See you in there." Me and Sam wave buy to him and we hide our games so that the nerds don't see.
We leave the mall and get in my car. We go home. As we walk into our home, we look at each other and nod. He goes to his room and I go to mine. I hook up my Nerve Gear and put in the game. I put on the headset and lay in my bed. I press a button on the side of the headset before my mind is shut down and transported into the game.
I find myself in a menu sequence. I chose what I look like, and what my name is. My username is Band_G33k.
I see colors flash before my eyes and I find myself surrounded by light until everything materializes around me.
TO BE CONTINUED...
