Chp. 1 headset

I Love MMORPG's, Well I don't like most of it but I do like farming for resources, because I know at some point it'll help me. I play on computer. I love being a healer, or for gaming terms, a support. I never really liked the VR experience because I would always have high nausea when playing with the headsets so I never stayed up to date on the VR games until it was right in my face…

(Mc) They're shutting down the game servers!? Why would they do that? 

(Phone) Bro they're going bankrupt, it's common these days, VR is the new trend so if companies don't start switching over then it's over.

(MC) I've put so much work into this game, now you're telling me I have to quit, that's bull, man. I think i'll just stop playing video games, I don't have enough money for a Vr System…

1 Day Later

(MC) Since I was going to quit, I wanted to spend the rest of the day on the servers before they closed. I was able to make it the top 1 in the world leaderboard, just by farming. Some games are easier than others. The servers are going to end in 3 hours. I'll head outside and go to the store to buy some food while I figure out what I'm going to do for the rest of my life. 

*Door Closed*

*Static* 

(Landlord) Hey, Mike don"t forget to get my money for rent

(Mike) Don't worry my Mom should be sending you the money in a few, tell me if she doesn't, i'll call her.

I walked to the convenience store to buy some food on my way, I started to notice a lot of things I didn't notice before, mainly the huge holographic Game capsule. 

(Mike) Hey I don't remember there being a huge Holographic Game Capsule outside.

(Cashier) they're not that new, they've been out for about 2 years now.

(Mike) What is a Game Capsule? I read the words on the Hologram but I don't know what it means.

(Cashier) How do you not know what is, you've been coming to this store for a year now. A game capsule is a vr that lets you sleep instead of having you stand up, removes the main reason why people hated vr, which was motion sickness.

(Mike) That's cool, I'll just get this ramen cup, and this strawberry banana soda.

(Cashier) That'll be 739 yen.

(Mike) Alright, Here

On my walk home I tried to think of how I haven't even heard of this game capsule before, either way it's probably way out my price range. When I walked into the apartment complex, my landlord wasn't in her usual spot. I walked up the stairs, and started to hear banging on a door. 

(Landlord) Hey, *Knock Knock* open up i've had some complaints *Knock Knock*. Open Up.

I feel sorry for who she's yelling at, wait this is my floor.

(Landlord) Open Up Mike! *Bang Bang*

(Mike) What's going on Ms. Peggie

(Peggie) Well your getting a bunch of sound complaints, wait if your out here, who's in there

(Mike) I'll unlock it here.

(Peggie) Thanks, I need to start making second keys for this building. 

When we walked in there was nothing out of place, I went to my room and didn't see any…. Where is my Computer!!!

I looked everywhere, but everything was gone, my monitor, my computer, my keyboard, even my mouse and mouse pad, it's all gone. 

(Mike) Ms. Peggie you guys have cameras right.

(Peggie) Yes, do you need something?

(Mike) Yeah my computer was stolen.

We went to check the cameras and there was no one who walked in, or walked out of my room.

(Mike) Maybe this is a sign to stop playing video games.

(Peggie) Oh yeah, your Mom hasnt sent me the money. 

(Mike) ok let me call her.

(Peggie) oh don't worry you have 5 days till it becomes a problem don't worry.

*Rings* *Rings* *Picks up*

(Mike) Hey mom you haven't sent the money to the landlord.

(Mom) You still need money, it's been 5 years go get a job *Ends Call* 

I'm 23, you're the one that told me you would support me. Now I have to think of a way of getting the money for the landlord. I went back to my room. 

*Ring* Ring* 

(Phone) Hey Mike, I saw you got to the top of the world leaderboard before the servers shut down.

(Mike) I still don't understand why they would shut down the servers.

(Phone) Mike you do know that there's only about 200,000 people still playing on the computer.

(Mike) Yeah, Yeah everyones on VR now. My Computer was just stolen, I can't even sell it to buy a capsule for it.

(Phone) You do know that the Capsule isn't the only VR thing that is a full dive right? They had Vr Headset that you can fully dive with, they came out 5 years ago. They are not as good as the capsules, because they can't read your whole body so you have to set what you are in the headset. They're pretty cheap, only 100,000 Yen.

(Mike) That's cheap for people who have jobs, I'm jobless.

(Phone) How about this, there's this game that has been out for about 5 years, it came out with the release of the headsets, the game is still the most popular game in the world, it has its own currency, you pay me back by playing the game.

(Mike) I don't know, I was just thinking of quitting, I don't even know why you still even talk to me anymore Hana?

(Hana) aren't we friends?

(Mike) Yeah we've known each other for a while haven't we.

(Hana) One other condition is that you have to add me as a friend and play with me.

(Mike) Sure, not like I have anything to lose.

(Hana) I'll send it in 2 days. *Hangs up*

Bye I guess, I went lay down, because today is already so tiring, and Then I noticed something in the corner of my eye. It's a helmet on the ground