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Prologue: A chance to experience what was lost

Prologue: A chance to experience what was lost

Day 1:

  A young nurse named Jess was walking down a hall while thinking," Today is the day that I get to meet another one of my new patients."

Her thoughts fill the bill for her title as the, "Cheerful Nurse," even through darkness.

Lately, there had been quite a few incidents where children were targeted by organ harvesters.

It seems that due to the the increased popularity of Shadow Lands, there had been several people who tried to get a console.

This hype was mostly due to the monetary prize that would be given to the top rankings every week.

The worst prize is enough to live on in a ldk apartment and the biggest reason is the that the top ranking list is for 10000 players.

The console is something that any middle class citizens can have for a bit of a high price but Shadow Lands is known as the first Virtual Reality Headgear in the last decade and it could be used to make a living so there are a percentage of those who would kill for it exist.

The game also was known for the abnormal amount of classes,quests, and races at such a high amount that even after a few years, it would still be in large qualities.

Jess pass by another one of her patients so she stop to greet him.

Her patients also include those who had been attacked in the recent incidents.

Jess throught,"But even though I myself can see how impressive it is, I can not forgive those who attack children for profit and the one I am meeting today is of one such victim."

The child she was referring to was named Jake and his own mother gouged his eyes out for money, but when it was eventually discovered, she went to legal court where she was sentenced for life.

Jess smiled happily thinking,"His eyes were already gone probably in a rich kid's sockets several years ago, but luckily we were able to salvage the money and brought a copy of Shadow Lands to install the console in his room."

We were able to do all of this with his request and the hospital's approval.

So I quickly rushed to room 203 with Shadow lands and the console in my hands.

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I opened the door and saw him, Jake a boy just under 15.

He was lying in bed with blankets over most of his body.

The sun shines over his face and you can faintly see shine in where his eyes should be.

His eyelids stayed closed but he turned his head to me.

His refreshing voice tickled my ears,"Hey you're the new nurse...Jess right?."

My heart trembled while I look at him,'it is truly sad.'

She was referring to his several scars over his body and glass eyes.

His eyes were gouged out several years before but the police did not find out until his middle school year.

One day, a substitute teacher came to Jake's class and was teaching when he felt very disturbed from Jake not taking notes and in anger, he yelled at him,"Are you blind or is your hand crippled?"

Then Jake stared at the teacher, or rather where the voice was coming from, with his glass eyes.

Shortly thereafter a student punched the teacher and that student seamed at the teacher,"So what if he is blind."

All the students had been surprised because Jake had eyes that did not differ too much from theirs.

But it was all due to his mother ordering a custom eye to cover up the truth.

The teachers did not mind because they all thought Jake was mentally challenged

But Jake did not pursue the teacher on the matter because he felt the teacher does not deserve trouble for it and so teacher went back without any trouble.

In anger, the teacher does not dare to force him to admit the truth so he had a friend that was a part of the police to check.

Then when the truth came out, since then Jake had always came to school covered in blood and scars.

At first Jake's mother tried to clean him, but after a month or so the truth came out and it became more intense.

The teacher feeling regret and pain, he changed and was now known as a kind teacher while the memory of him yelling at jake became a memory that will stay with him for eternity.

That was one of many stories but that was by far the least saddening of stories involving Jake's condition.

But finally he will finally be able to see after 3 years.

Knowing all of this, I happily replied,"Are you ready to play Shadow lands?"

He excitedly nodded to my question.

Why would he not? 

A kid who lost the most important thing in life: time.

Even if he wanted to, to get to a working state is basically a impossibility even more now he can't see.

Maybe he can gain back the time he lost but too bad we can't protect him from the hate of humanity.

I just pray the world where he is going to will be much more different from this one.

I left the room and Jake in hopes that my prayers will come true.

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The new nurse, Jess, is so nice.

But I had never thought they would approve of a console like this.

Well it has been three years hasn't.

I guess it's time to try to enjoy gaming again.

I never felt a console that was so helmet-like before.

So I excitedly placed it on my head and thought over the words Shadow lands.

The game that I had wanted but could not get.

My mind felt different from the one that I originally had and I could see.

All I saw was an endless road with no end.

Whenever I turned only another road appeared.

It seems life is just tha-huh.

Then he came, a man who fell from the sky.

I tried to catch him but he stabs me.

The last thing I heard was,"Noob."

But my last thought was He must be looking for his son.

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