“Just 7 more days” the young man though. “7 more days until the capsule arrives and perhaps then I will be able to find what I am missing”Even he was not sure what he was searching for. All he wanted was to find something that would fill the emptiness, to find the missing pieces of the puzzle that was his heart. “Alter Life”: a new beginning, a brand new world, a second chance at life. A different world brought about by the wonderful new technology of virtual reality. A world where the blind can see, the deaf can hear and the cripples can walk, a world where the poor can be wealthy and the cowards can be brave. That at least was what all the advertisements were saying. The first virtual game to ever be released, promised a fully immersive environment and had the whole gaming world drooling.The young man expected only to be disappointed, but a tiny flicker of hope was born in his heart, something that was never there before.