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
***[Mission Hub!][Available missions: 2]…[You have received a system mission: Capture a HD quality picture of a Wall Gecko hunting a fly, in the process of devouring it!][Click for mission details!][Mission Reward: 150,000 NUS Coins!]…[You have received a system mission: You are in a period of celebration with your family and your employees, the rats are sure to join in the celebrations.][System Mission: Capture a HD quality picture of a Rat grooving to the tune and vibe of the celebrations, taking part in the all-night feast.][Click for mission details!][Mission Reward: 250,000 NUS Coins!]***Due to how busy he was since today started, preparing for his trip back to the United States of Nuspearia from France, George forgot one of his core rituals since getting the visafone, checking the visafone for new system missions.Today morning was the first morning in a long time that he failed to check his mission hub, but the day did not finish before George remembered.It was ri
Today was a Thursday, and in the schedule of George’s Jungle Museum, today was the more than discovery experience day.{X-Facebook!}{Account Name: George Churchill!}…{Reminder! Reminder! Reminder!}{Good day fans, remember that tomorrow is the last day when we’ll be using the old house to host a museum session.}{After tomorrow, it’s a wait of 2 months till the permanent site and building of our headquarters is completed.}{Well, apart from that, tomorrow shall be a special Thursday, a special More than Discovery Experience Thursday!}{Special Thursday: More than Discovery Experience}>On Thursdays, the museum will be open from 9:00am in the morning till 4:00pm, where all the normal pictures and the masterpiece pictures will be available to be viewed in scheduled tours under the guidance of our tour guides<{Special Bonus for Special Thursday: A newly framed picture!}{Special bonus picture quality: Semi-masterpiece!}John posted this message on his best friend’s social media platf