*sounds of Holovision playing faintly what could be the news*
"...its the year 2055, technology in the field of virtual reality, augmented reality, and artificial intelligence have advance leaps and bounds since the early 2010s. many virtual reality companies that involved gaming, relaxation, work, and fetishes started appearing all over the world. It's another revolution in a sense. Everyone wants to get in on the virtual Tech boom! Lots have tried, many have failed, but those who didn't have pushed the technology to its limits, and now we are nearing a new era for virtual reality faster than ever! companies li-"
*click*
After turning off the holovision I slump down on the couch, and sigh.
"Haah..."
Its been almost a month since my dad got shot and killed. My mother is away being taken care of in the hospital because she had a stroke at my dad's funeral. So, currently its just my sister Nicole and I alone. I've been constantly searching for a job, and trying to stay out of trouble... Lord knows that's the last thing my mom needs to deal with right now. But so far I haven't had any real luck with a job... I knew it was going to be hard because I do have a small time record, but shit I thought I was going to be able to get something basic at least! A McDonalds' wont even look at my application, its pretty damn sad. In the back of my mind I can already feel bad ideas forming on how to make quick cash, but I know the moment I start going down that path again there ain't no turning back. Not knowing what to do I sigh once again and take out my phone and browse the internet. Thankfully in this point in time WIFI is free and so is Telephone usage, so now people only pay for the tech and not the service which is probably the only good thing in my life right now. Although I was still using something medieval compared to some of the devices they have now.
While browsing the internet on my phone, I noticed that I had a missed called from my best friend that I went to school with a couple of years ago. Surprised who by who it was I quickly listened to the message and my frown quickly turned into a smile.
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"Hey David, Is Lane! I'm really sorry to hear about your dad, I learned about it not to long ago. Sincerely bro, I feel for you and your family. I know your struggling right now looking for work, and I think I can help you. How does becoming a Closed beta Tester for this new 'Project' the company I am working for is currently developing? If you haven't heard of the company, we are called 'Realistik Inc'. you can research us on your free time, but for now i want you to listened to everything I am going to tell you. We here at Realistik Inc wanted to go beyond developing another "virtual reality game". We wanted to create a whole new world, and we are close to hitting that nail right on the head. We are currently gathering hundreds of thousands of people to travel to our facility and immerse themselves in this new world for 3 months 24/7, which will be almost 6 months of this new worlds time, days are 2.5x faster in game so don't worry you wont miss too much in the real world. Also during this whole time your family will be paid quite a bit of money, which is I know a deal closer for you once you hear how much we are willing to pay you for testing. We are willing to pay each tester 300 thousand dollars for this virtual play test. If you accept this offer We will send for you immediately. Any questions you have will be answered afterwards. Please contact me ASAP!"
"HOLY SHIT!" I couldn't help but yell!
300 grand? just for testing some stupid game? Wow I could never even hope to have a virtual reality game system or whatever, and there's so many out there now its honestly overwhelming. But that doesn't mean I'm not curious either. for them to pay 300 grand to hundreds of thousands of people this must be literally like, super important... right? Anyway without hesitation I called my friend and left a voice message for him.
"Hell yeah man! Thank you so much for this opportunity man...This is why even after high school your still my best friend, thank you so, so much Lane!" Sent.
Not a minute after sending the voice message the front door to our apartment swings open, and my beautiful younger sister walked in with a smile on her face. Not too long after she walked in, so did the devil himself.
"Hey bro, look who came to see us!" she said with a huge smile plastered over her face.
It was Lane.