Will Pennington, AKA WriteBehindU, is one of the premier players of the VR battle royale game, Furlong. Placing in the top 20 at the North American Championships guarantees him a place in The Furlong House, a six month long reality tv show crossed with a video game tournament. He and his new roommates, each of them compatriots and competition both, find themselves wondering at the truth behind the game, as they start to question reality itself, and what it truly means to be alive. The Loaders is a story that takes place equally in the constant action world of Furlong, where players are known as Loaders, people who repeatedly join an ongoing world of NPCs that seem a bit too self aware to be computer programs, and in what SEEMS to be the real world of content creator fame and video game streaming. What to expect:  A first person POVConstant combat ending in graphic and painful waysA growing sense of mystery and forbodingMore questions than answersSlow Burn romanceA parody view of online gaming, pay to win, and premium cosmeticsFootnotesOccasional Romance / physical relationships What not to expect: OP MC who always winsCharacters who do the “optimal” thingHarem / Reverse Harem