Celestial Online S1

2025.

A new age, a new era for gaming .

They did it, you could now use VR in your sleep, without having to move around, without exceptionally damaging your eyesight.

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Let me introduce Michael, (The main charracter)

He is a freshman, 15 years old.

Obsessed with gaming.

Average student, nothing in particular.

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5th May 2025.

"Today, is a big day for the gaming community," announced the TV broadcast crew, "A game which was known all over the world, which broke records in popularity, Celestial Online, is coming to VR. We have all waited long for this, an RPG MMO hit that left a mark in history, Game Developer Darrel will explain more."

"Thank you," he said, in his low-pitched voice, "Celestial Online will be available on VR, we have decided upon selling only 150,000 copies at the moment, to make sure the servers are running fine. Unfortunately, the PC version of Celestial Online is shutting down. When will the 150,000 copies hit the stores? You may ask..

Ill give you a straight answer, they are going to hit the stores tonight, they are only available in U.S.A and G.B. at the moment, but that will soon change, at exactly 12:00, they will be sold at only specific stores which are pinpointed on the app "Celestial Online Tracker," so gaming fans should queue in line quick, before others get ther-"

Micheal paused, and within a second, he was downloading the Celestial Online Tracker, he was late, already two million downloads, his hands moved in a flash, his eyes widened, this was the day, only 150,000 copies of the actual game, luckily, he lived in Britain, so he was able to see stores which sold them. Or would sell them later on tonight. Fitting his shoes on and grabbing his savings, he rushed outside, grabbing a taxi and zooming off. The closest store which would sell the game tonight was only 2 kilometers away from him, it was a game stop. He gave the money to the driver and within a second he sprinted down the busy road, he was going to get the game, he was going to get it, Micheal thought. The store came into view and so did the queue, he was late, but he was used to that. In frustration, he dashed over and joined the medium sized queue. He sighed, not in relief and not in worry. Cars pulled up behind him, footsteps rattled.

He turned around and a horde of people struggled to get in the queue, it was truly a sight.

The app was badly organized, it never mentioned exactly how many copies of the game where going to be sold in each store. The queue became longer and longer, until he could barely see the end of it, and it was only the first few minutes.

It was currently 6:47, now time for the big wait.

7:00

8:00

9:00

Not only was it pitch-black, it was starting to get chilly, the people that rushed to get the game and where first in the queue, all forgot to bring coats / any type of jacket.

It wasn't pleasant, and the crowd at the back of the line slowly dispersed.

10:00

11:00

By now, it was freezing, some people nodded off, others played on their iPhone's, Micheal had nothing, well he did bring his phone with him, but it was low on charge and he had no 4G.

You can make it through this, he thought to himself over several whimpers, his parents should be worried by now, he forgot to tell them he was going out. But he had to wait the line, he had to-

11:40

A crimson red truck drove past the line, into the back of the game stop, Micheal couldn't see the writing on it, however, he knew out of instinct that the letters read "Celestial Online," this got his hopes up and people started to slowly rise, they could feel it too.

11:50

Time passed slowly, it was as if he waited all his life for this moment, he just couldn't understand the concept of selling the game at midnight, without a beta.

12:00

The doors of the store where unlocked and everyone rushed in, it was chaos, whoever grabs the game first gets to buy it, the shop's staff tried to calm everyone down, but it was no use, people searched the store for the game, the one game they wanted to buy.

Micheal rushed in, scanning the store, and he noticed a crowd at the edge of the store, he ran towards it with instinct and I saw them, all sold in bright red cardboard, without thinking Micheal barged someone and got one of the last copies, immediately rushing to the counter, buying it, and running home, as fast as he could, checking to make sure he wasn't getting followed.

When he got home he sighed in relief,

He made it.