***[Mission Hub!][Available missions: 2]…[You have received a system mission: Go to the United Arab Emirates, and capture a HD quality picture of the specially bred Golden Goose.][Click for mission details!]>Goose is a large waterbird with a long neck, short legs, webbed feet, and a short broad bill. Generally, Geese are larger than ducks and have longer necks and shorter billsThe Golden Goose is the national symbol of the new United Arab Emirates. During the third world war, scientists artificially induced the birth of the first Golden Goose, highly intelligent birds, who acted as military operativesWith the Golden Geese, the United Arab Emirates won the war to become new UAE and every year, on the eve of their celebrated victory day, which is tomorrow, the Golden Geese are released<[System Mission: Capture a HD quality picture of a Golden Goose.][Mission Reward: 500,000 NUS Coins!]…[You have received a system mission: Capture an underwater HD quality picture of a sin
Flying the Golden Goose, it was a solemn ritual in the United Arab Emirates.It was the symbol of their independence after the 3rd world war.It was a symbol of freedom to the people here, and this was the reason why they held it so sacredly, especially those who lived through the war.George and John were outside, at an open square when it started.Having paid a lot of money to get tickets, they managed to enter inside the building where the scientifically raised Golden Geese were to be released.And of course, before the release, there was to be some entertainment.3 extremely popular singers from the United Arab Emirates were present, 1 of them being a native of Dubai here. All 3 were to perform today.They started this sacred event with a nice song from one of the singers.Taking the stage, George took the liberty of taking a picture of this famous singer with his iPhone 17 pro max.This did not feel like work at all, it felt more like a vacation.As soon as he took the picture, G
The next day in Dubai, John woke up very early.Before his best friend could wake up, he already did as he took his bath, got set early before making the bookings online.Like he did when coming to Dubai, he easily booked an online ticket to Paris, the Capital of the United States of France.After the 3rd world war, France was one of those few superpower countries that managed to survive, retaining their independence under the world government and becoming the new United States of France.By the time George finally woke up, it was already 8:00am.“Go take your bath, we’re already straying behind schedule”.“You don’t want us to miss our flight to Paris, right?”Yawning, George looked at the time to confirm. Before standing up though, he did his early morning ritual like usual.***[Mission Hub!][Available missions: 0]***Like he expected, there were no new missions in his visafone.Not feeling discouraged by that, George soon found himself in the luxurious bathroom of this state-of-
“God damn you George, you made me f*cking panic!”“What happened my ass!”“How on earth did you pass out?”“So, did you get it?”“Another masterpiece?”Silence.George just stared blankly at his friend, his eyes glazed over with no focus, then he mumbled. “I don’t know”.Silence.John stared blankly back at his friend, unable to believe what he just heard. “It was not a masterpiece?” He was shocked. “For real?”At first, John thought his best friend was bluffing but seeing the confused and unfocused look on his best friend’s face, he could tell immediately that something was not right.The next moment, despite the many doubts and questions that swirled through his mind, he calmed down, becoming sympathetic for his friend.His tone lowered as he looked at his best friend. “Despite passing out, going to such lengths, even in that state of extreme focus, you were still unable to create a masterpiece picture? What happened?”George just kept on staring into space. “It’s not that”.“So wha
“What?!” “You created an entirely new realm in pictography?” As soon as they booked a hotel in Paris where they returned to after their little stunt in the Atlantic, George finally told his best friend the truth. And as soon as John heard it, he reacted like he was listening to a ghost. He could barely believe the words that he just heard from his friend. If not for the evidence in the form of the notifications of the system in the visafone, he would have never believed because it sounded just like that, too impossible to be true. His best friend, a pioneer?! They really said a prophet was not recognized in his own home, and at this moment, it was a similar syndrome that was affecting John. But he was a flexible man, it took some time but he finally accepted it. And with the acceptance came awe and immense respect. Having grown up alongside George, despite the fact that George was always foolish and took rash decisions, he was still like George’s sidekick. The reason for thi
***[System Perk: Picture Frame][Congratulations! You have exceeded the realm of hyperrealism to create a masterpiece 6 times!][Congratulations! You have tamed 7 beasts!][Tamed Beasts: Black Panther; Adult Tiger; Adult Lion; Bald Eagle; Western Ratsnake; Humpback Whale; Rainbow Snail!]>With the soul essence of your tamed beasts, your picture frames will have the supreme ability of touching the soul of anyone who views it, invoking a feeling like they are standing before a real moving beast that you already tamedThis is why it is called beast taming<…[Congratulations! You have exceeded the realm of beast taming with your camera 1 times!][You have entered an entirely new realm of pictography with the picture: The Moving Humpback Whale!][As the pioneer of this new realm of pictography, please give it a name!]…And again, George was confronted with it.This time around, after celebrating through the night in the hotel room, when he accessed his system again in the morning, his
Before taking the airplane back to the United States of Nuspearia though, there was one last thing that John had in his mind to do. Having taken a picture of each of the corners of the new picture frames that George newly created, right there at the airport, he did it. {X-F******k!} {Account Name: George Churchill} {Location: Crack Town, United States of Nuspearia} {Following: 32} {Followers: 744k} {Well-known personalities following you: 22} … Opening the f******k account, George’s eyes widened in shock. “The last time I checked it was still 650k+ followers!” He exclaimed. “What?” George peeked into his best friend’s iPhone 17 pro max and not understanding why he exclaimed, he looked at his face for explanation. John looked at his friend. “I think something happened that we didn’t catch on yet, it’s not normal to gain over 50k followers within just a day”. “At the moment, we’re not trending, so how?” Then, his eyes widened again. “Or, are we trending again?” “How?” He l
“Rita, take us home”.To George, where was home?To him, home was where family was.A few years back, when life was still normal and they were yet to enter the university, to George, he didn’t have 1 home but rather, he had 2 homes.His first home was that of his biological family, his parents.And his second home was that of his fate-given family, his best friend’s family.Growing up, the Lenox and the Churchill family were so close that they did everything together. And since both families had only one kid, they were extra close like siblings, or more like twins.This was why the both of them grew up with the notion of 2 homes.Today was no longer the past though, it was now the present, a gift.In the past, Mr. and Mrs. Churchill were still alive but, in the present, they were dead. It was a tragedy, but even in that, George found strength.He found the strength to appreciate his second home more.When John left home to go support him at Crack Town, he didn’t explain much to his pa