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‘ ‘ denotes thoughts or the main character breaking the 4th wall
No marks means actions
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‘Well hello, I almost didn't notice you sitting behind that fourth wall there. You are probably wondering how I know about you, but that plot twist comes later so don't worry yet. Guess I should tell you about the world I'm from. It's the year 2XXX A.D. when our story begins. Sorry I don't quite remember the year since we don't use A.D. anymore and it’s been such a long time since then. Sorry about getting distracted like that, old habit from my past life. Well the Ghost Tec Company was getting close to completing and releasing the first virtual reality game known as Grand Frontier. Want to know the cool part? I'm one of the lead programmers for the game. I was also working very closely with the head designer and artist since they are my parents. Coolest Parents EVER right? Now I know what you’re thinking "he got the job because of his parents", wrong! I had a degree in Computer Science and information security and I worked my ass off to get to where I was at that point in my life.
Well my story starts the day of my 25th birthday as I was leaving work.’
‘Oh I almost forgot to introduce myself; my name is Chris Ghost, the nephew to the owner of the company I work at.’
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Chris: "5:30 p.m., time for me to go to my date, but let me let dad know I'm heading out for tonight."
I touched the communication button on my comp terminal (we call modern computers comps now) and the image of a handsome blonde man appeared on the screen. It was Robert Ghost my father.
Robert:"So you’re heading out for the day, is the random player stand shopper NPC A.I. done?"
Chris:"Yeah dad just sent the code to your comp for review. If you'll excuse me I girlfriend that needs to get a nice dinner and proposed to tonight."
I then showed my dad the ring I had bought for my (hopefully) new fiancée Veronica who was a graphic designer working at Ghost Tec on Grand Frontier.
Robert: "Since you've been seeing each other for a year and what I've seen she will say yes. So good luck son."
Chris:"Thanks dad, if she says yes I'll stop by the house after dinner to visit and let mom know. Thanks for keeping it secret from mom too. Well bye"
Robert: "Later Chris"
I ended the connection and then turned off my comp and headed to the bathroom to check myself in the mirror before I left. A well built 6ft tall man with black hair that contained naturally occurring crimson highlights started back. I had learned many different ways of fighting and combat growing up and the training I still did showed its effects.
‘I should probably let you know two things, one is that a few generations ago designer genes for things like hair and eye color has added some new naturally occurring colors. It’s cool; I like my girlfriend’s short blue hair. Second is that I was adopted at the age of 2 by Linda and Robert Ghost who I like to call Mom and Dad. I lost my parents when I was a kid in a very unfortunate shower sex related accident. Don’t do it in a tub shower combo with no anti-slip pads or a mat. It won’t end well, trust me.’
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I headed down to the parking garage that currently held the few cars of everyone who was working late on the VR pod and game.
‘Looking back on it now I probably should have been more careful, but I was too damn excited and crime didn't happen much in this area.’
As I was nearing my car I heard the sound of a person’s footstep close to me, and before I could react I felt something hit me on the back of the head. I was swallowed up in a sea of darkness before I even hit the ground.
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???: “Is it done?”
??? : “Yes sir. Just the way you wanted.”
???: ”Excellent, you can expect your payment by the end of the week.”
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People in the upscale restaurant were starting to give the blue haired woman sitting alone at a table for two pitying looks as if she had been stood up. The 5ft 6in tall woman with C cups had short blue hair except for the length of hair that was currently obscuring her left eye. The hair cut would have been called “emo” in an earlier time period. When the waiter came by the fourth time to ask if she wanted to order before the other person arrived but she motioned that she would wait for the other person.
Veronica was starting to get very worried since it was 7:30 P.M. and Chris should have been there 30 minutes ago and Chris was always either early or about 5 minutes late, especially when it involved her.
‘You know what I’m going to try his cell to make sure he is ok and see if he got stuck in traffic or if the code took longer to finish than he thought’
As she was reaching for her cell-phone to call her boyfriend, it suddenly started to ring. She grabbed it quickly and was surprised to see her boss’s number on the caller ID.
Veronica:”Hello Mrs. Ghost, what’s going on?”
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Veronica: “Wait what?!?”
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Veronica:”Oh god no!”
The cell-phone slipped out of Veronica’s hand and landed on the table as she started to start sobbing. She quickly got enough of a hold on herself to gather her things and leave the restaurant. She continued to shed tears as she got in her car and headed for the hospital.
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Authors note: This is my first FF so let me know what y’all think. And it will be a reincarnation type story, just with my own spin on what reincarnation can mean. Also did this in word so I hope it comes out ok.