Reality Bytes
Chapter 1
"Pwned by Neo"
29th Day of Running,Y8
(March 29th of 2006)
I am a zombie. My eyes no longer close. My brain no longer thinks. I am currently employed in a dead-end job and I waste my nights staring at a screen. I like to type but my wrist no longer loves me. The tower is on the floor, the keyboard is on my lap and the monitor is on my kitchen table (I couldn't fit the fridge into my bedroom, so I suppose that is why I moved my bedroom into my kitchen). Convenience suits me.
And so my night begins. As usual, it is uneventful and without purpose. Hours passed quickly. I snapped out of my daze. How long has it been buzzing? I didn't notice it at first but now there was no denying it. An extra page had been opened. I had so many things running that I must have missed it. Fine, let's see what kind of popup this is.
Welcome to Neopets. What? Please create an account to join. Okay, I'll play. Now what? Do you wish to enter? Sure.
"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh!" I cried out.
My skin was burning. Was I really melting? As this began to happen, the pool of flesh that I now was began to flood the computer screen. I was now in the game. I began to descend. Come to think of it, I had been warned. Did I wish to enter? Who would have imagined that they had meant that literally? I was fucked.
I lay on the floor. I had just begun to regain consciousness, when I heard a voice. "Get out of my way, noob." What's happening? I had fallen flat on my face and the bits of gravel were giving me a hard time. I sat up and held my head. "This has got to be the worst hangover…" I found myself standing in the middle of a street. When I looked up into the night sky I saw that there were two moons. "Where am I?" Was this double vision or insanity? "Neopia Central." I heard someone reply.