Author's note:
Hey everyone. wbmc here, with my first fanfic. Yes, you heard that right, my first. Please leave loads of feedback and feel free to correct grammar mistakes, I tried my best to correct most myself but I'm human and make mistakes (a lot). Some parts of the story might not make sense atm, but will be more clear as the story progresses. I guess that's all I have to say for now. Have fun!
-wbmc
April 10, 2015. London.
Todd and Josh walked out of their hotel room. It was around 9 A.M. They were heading for the minecraft event of the year. Minecon would start in 3 hours, and they were extremely excited. They had both saved up for months to be able to be here, and it was finally about to start. 2 days ago they took a plain from the states to England, and they went sightseeing for the days before the event. Not that they really cared, all they wanted to see was Minecon. Josh's parents headed off half an hour ago to some kind of boring museum, and they took the underground to the event. Their parents spent hours to make sure that they knew which way to go, not that it was necessary, they were 15 already, c'mon. But Todd was actually fine with it, as now he wouldn't have to pay attention to the map, and they could spent all his time talking about minecraft.
He and Josh had known each other since they were little kids, and had both played minecraft since 2011. When they were (according to their parents) finally old enough to go to Minecon (15, really? Why weren't they allowed to go when they were 13?), they agreed to go together. When Todd's parents didn't want to go all the way to Europe for some stupid game Josh asked his parents if Todd could go along with them. They were planning to go to England anyway, and although it wasn't for Minecon, they were fine with him taking 3 days off to go to it.
Todd's POV
We arrived at the convention center, and since we had already picked up their tickets yesterday we could skip the line. A few expositions were already opened, and we visited some huge papercraft landscapes, Lego (minecraft Lego of course) villages, minecraft tool smiths and then headed on to the main stage for the opening ceremony. While we were waiting for the event to start, we met Aaron and Ken, both 14 years old, and experienced minecrafters. We talked about what we expected from the event and around an hour later (which was later than planned, and we were already wondering what was causing the delay) an unknown guy walked on the stage.
"MINECRAFTERS! WELCOME TO MINECON 2015!" *crowd starts yelling* "There's a big strike on all Swedish airfields, and the Mojang team can't take their plane here unfortunately. At the moment, they're on a boat which will arrive at around 2 P.M, meaning that they will be here for the rest of the event, but they can't be at the opening ceremony." He says. You can feel how sad everyone gets after hearing that. He quickly goes on: "But, I will do my best to make up for it. My name is Salvatore Caldwell, and I'm representing the owners of this convention center. Luckily, most of the ceremony is shown on video. And to watch those videos, here is the biggest announcement of Minecon 2015!"
"This piece of technology is similar to the oculus rift. You put it on your head and then you're inside the minecraft world. They will be in shops all over the world in four weeks, but for you Minecon attendees they will be available right now. People, here it is. THE MINECRAFT HEADSET!"
Salvatore's POV
Everything's going perfect. Everyone believes that the Mojang staff can't be here, and that I'm the one supposed to do the show. My people are handing out the headgear at the moment, and soon the plan can actually start. I could almost do an evil laugh, like "muhahaha" or something. I don't know, might do that at some point. Not now though, a huge crowd is watching me.
"Ok everyone. What you just received is not just for playing minecraft, but can also be used to watch minecraft videos. Like the one we will show you right now. Put them on. Oh, and don't worry, they have been tested and don't cause nausea or headaches.
Todd's POV
We're all in shock. Minecraft virtual reality headgear? And they have produced enough for everyone at Minecon? How long have they been working on this already? I finally receive mine and stare at it. It looks like an oculus rift, just a big screen with speakers you attach to your head, and that's all. There are 3 straps on it, one with the screen of course, one that goes behind your head, and one that goes around the neck, weird. I assume that's to keep it stuck to your face when you move around too much. I notice that the strap is a bit thick though, strange. It looks like there are cables running through it. It also has speakers, nice, that means you don't have to use headphones along with it. Well, let's just put them on and see what they have to show us. The video starts. "The minecraft headset, the biggest change made in minecraft ever. This item will drop you right into the minecraft world so you can experience the action from even closer than before." "Blah blah, whatever", I think, "cut with the crap and go on with the actual cool stuff." Suddenly I feel a pain in my neck, like electricity is running through it. Then I faint.
Salvatore's POV
"MUHAHAHA", my plan worked. Everyone put their headset on, the video started playing, and when everyone was distracted the electric cables shot out of the strap, right into the spiral cord of its wearer. [Note: the spiral cord is one of the most vital pieces to human's nerve system, the 'headset' just intercepted it, separating the brains from the main body] Everyone fainted. I look around, everyone? Wow, that's even better than expected. I thought 10 people or so would refuse to put on the headgear, and we would have to lock them away somewhere. I smile, an evil smile though. An evil smile.
