"Ved?"
Cloe pokes her head in the door, looking around into the room. She sees him adjusting a metal headset. He's alone. She creeps up behind him and throws her arms around his shoulders, laughing.
"Cloe!" Ved says, aggravated, over his shoulder. Cloe removes her arms and steps back, sighing. Apparently they weren;t friends that day.
Ved finishes tinkering with the metal and turns around. "What?" he asks just as annoyed.
Cloe looks offended and scoffs. "I just came to ask you about someone"
Ved stares at her as if he is waiting for her to finish. "Well?"
It was Cloe's turn to be annoyed; he was practically jumping down her throat for saying absolutely nothing.
"Do you know what happens to new captives here?"
Ved sighs, his anger leaving him. "Well, they won't be tested on," he offers, "we pretty much have everything down pat"
Cloe looks down, discouraged. 'If only Ved was more cooperating...'
"But," he says softly, she looks up, "We're having trouble getting Vert-um, people, getting used to this new idea we have..."
He's off the subject and he knows it, luckily for him, Cloe is just interested in whatever he has to say. "What is it?" she asks, curious. Ved smiles and looks behind him, leaning on the machinery.
"We're trying to get this new Reality Space thing up and running in the city, but unfortunately the kids aren't too open to try it out and get into the system..."
Cloe nods and frowns.
"You see, once you're in the system, you can play games and compete with others in the city" he says, Cloe looks hopeful, "But like I said, kids aren't to exited to do it just yet"
She'll do almost anything to get Ved back. "Anything I can do to help?" she asks, holding her breath.
Ved smiles. This is exactly what he wanted.
"Actually," he says slowly, "If you did it, you could set an example- "
He hasn't finished when she agrees to it. "Okay!"
Ved smiles again. "Okay, just step up here," he motions to a platform. Cloe steps up onto it and stands up taller. Ved reaches up and brings the headset down around her forehead. Ved goes over to the computer and pushes a few buttons.
"Is it going to hurt?" she asks suddenly.
Ved smiles and says, "Not really". But he truly doesn't know. Cloe's actually the first person he's ever sent into this new Reality Space program he has created. With a few more buttons pushed and a switch flipped, Ved has sent Cloe into Reality Space. But not even he knows for how long...
Cloe pokes her head in the door, looking around into the room. She sees him adjusting a metal headset. He's alone. She creeps up behind him and throws her arms around his shoulders, laughing.
"Cloe!" Ved says, aggravated, over his shoulder. Cloe removes her arms and steps back, sighing. Apparently they weren;t friends that day.
Ved finishes tinkering with the metal and turns around. "What?" he asks just as annoyed.
Cloe looks offended and scoffs. "I just came to ask you about someone"
Ved stares at her as if he is waiting for her to finish. "Well?"
It was Cloe's turn to be annoyed; he was practically jumping down her throat for saying absolutely nothing.
"Do you know what happens to new captives here?"
Ved sighs, his anger leaving him. "Well, they won't be tested on," he offers, "we pretty much have everything down pat"
Cloe looks down, discouraged. 'If only Ved was more cooperating...'
"But," he says softly, she looks up, "We're having trouble getting Vert-um, people, getting used to this new idea we have..."
He's off the subject and he knows it, luckily for him, Cloe is just interested in whatever he has to say. "What is it?" she asks, curious. Ved smiles and looks behind him, leaning on the machinery.
"We're trying to get this new Reality Space thing up and running in the city, but unfortunately the kids aren't too open to try it out and get into the system..."
Cloe nods and frowns.
"You see, once you're in the system, you can play games and compete with others in the city" he says, Cloe looks hopeful, "But like I said, kids aren't to exited to do it just yet"
She'll do almost anything to get Ved back. "Anything I can do to help?" she asks, holding her breath.
Ved smiles. This is exactly what he wanted.
"Actually," he says slowly, "If you did it, you could set an example- "
He hasn't finished when she agrees to it. "Okay!"
Ved smiles again. "Okay, just step up here," he motions to a platform. Cloe steps up onto it and stands up taller. Ved reaches up and brings the headset down around her forehead. Ved goes over to the computer and pushes a few buttons.
"Is it going to hurt?" she asks suddenly.
Ved smiles and says, "Not really". But he truly doesn't know. Cloe's actually the first person he's ever sent into this new Reality Space program he has created. With a few more buttons pushed and a switch flipped, Ved has sent Cloe into Reality Space. But not even he knows for how long...
