It’s getting dark .A guy is sitting on a log in the park. There are others around him. But he doesn’t notice them staring at him or he doesn’t care.He is busy in listening to his favorite song in his Walkman. Eyes closed. Singing .Not a magnificent voice.But it’s okay.Its dark so his face is not clearly been seen. He sings an unfamiliar song. “ Hello sir, are you Streak? ” says a small voice. Well, to be clear, she is a teeny tiny girl.
Our guy continues singing. Maybe he didn’t hear her. Well, people around him notice him because he is not even looking at the girl who called him. “Huh.. Freak jerk” grumbles a man who is one of those people watching him.
The guy continues singing. You know what, let’s continue with calling the ‘guy’ a streak.
Now the girl realises he didn’t hear her. And she notices his earplugs. Now she touches his arm and says, “Are you ‘the streak’ ? “
Now streak notices someone is touching him and he opens his eyes. He turns and sees a blonde girl. The kid looks like she is from a commercial for baby products. She is so damn cute. Now streak smiles and says, “Hey, kiddo, what are you doing here ? Where are your parents? “.Looking at her favorite hero smiling at her, she giggles and says, “ My mommy and daddy are sitting on that bench with Ben . “ And she points her hand towards a bench. There sitting on it are 3 people. A man roughly around 30,a woman around 25-29 maybe, and a kid barely a year old in the woman’s hands. When the man or the kid’s dad feels someone is staring at his back. He turns around and sees streak. It is dark where streak is sitting. His face could not be seen. But his costume made everyone realise that he indeed was ‘The Streak’.The man waves towards him. The woman with him is confused. She turns back. Then her mouth forms an ‘ O ‘. And she waves enthusiastically. Streak waves back awkwardly.Yeah, not his strong suit. Now those kid’s parents get up from the bench and start walking towards him.
“Can you tell me the story about you and The Magician ? “ asks the kid. Streak looks towards the kid and says, “Well..... Sure. “
Now the kid’s parent reaches there and the dad of the kid says, “Sorry sir, I know you are busy. I’m sorry about Lily. She is your number one fan. She has those big posters of yours in the house. The ones in which you are fighting. ..” Streak interjects him by saying, “ Nah.. it’s alright. When I was a kid. I was the same. “ Streak ruffles the kid’s hair. To which she again giggles. Now more parents and their kids come to see him. Maybe they became courageous. Or they might have heard the kid asking Streak about the magician. So everyone knows he will tell the story.
“Ok... I guess. “ said Streak.
Everyone formed a semicircle around him and sat on the ground. Streak took lily in his arms and she sat on his lap. He starts.
“Well, it starts when I was 20 . After my birthday in a city called New York City on a place called Earth. “
“So what are you up to today, Mike” said an angelic voice from beside me. The owner of the voice was Alice McFly. Well, she is my best friend. Our parents have known each other for over 15 years. So by proxy we ended up playing together since we were kids. I turn towards her. She is a beauty. I like her. I guess more than a friend. But I also know that she likes me but as a friend, nothing more than that. And if I ever admitted that, I love her. I might lose her. So I never tried. I felt it for the first time on the prom night. Well, it turned out that she was going with James Carter. He is everything a girl might want, I guess. He was good looking, rich.It’s not that I’m poor. My mom and dad formed CARSON ENTERPRISES. It’s a software industry. One of the top 20 in the world. It’s not that I’m not good looking. But compared to Carter.....yeah.“What are you looking at, jerk ? “ Al
Well, everything is running smoothly. It’s been 2 months since the day Alice and I kissed.We are still a thing. Yeah. James still tries to belittle me and Alice in front of our classmates.But everyone knows he is a sore loser. And a bitchy person. Well, good news.. No One Cares..Oh..And my company has released a new game . It’s called NEXUS ONLINE.AUTHOR’S NOTE: NEXUS ONLINE MENTIONED HERE IS BASICALLY A VR GAME . THIS GAME IS MAINLY FOR THE USERS TO EXPERIENCE A GAME PLAY IN FANTASY AND MEDIEVAL TIME PERIOD. STRICTLY SPEAKING, IF YOU DON’T LIKE FANTASY GENRE THIS IS NOT FOR YOU. AND IF YOU LIKE, THEN READ WELL.I don’t know about games. Coz I’m not a gaming fan. So yeah. But not Alice. She loves gaming, and she was the one who made me buy the pod. She said, “You should also play with me. What will happen to me? If you are not with me. &
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||PLAYER NAME REQUIRED, FOR SUCCESSFUL ACCOUNT CREATION|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||I ENTERED, “PLAYER ONE”You know, the advantages of playing such games before anyone else, has a benefit. It is the benefit of giving my character any name I want to. If this game was already released, then my name would have flagged an error. Because usernames are case sensitive. And no two users can have same usernames.It was like; I was dropped in a ravine, and my speed increased with every passing second. My body felt like it was going to be torn into shreds.Soon, the pain left my body. Not that intense, but yeah, you could still feel hurt.I opened my eyes. My world exploded in a variety of colours. Damn, so real.I touched my body. My hands
I opened the door of the room and exited the testing area. I saw Alice. She was sitting on a bench near the testing area. Seeing that I was out of the testing area, she stood up and smiled while walking towards me. Although I don’t want to kill you single dogs. Yeah, I am talking to you. What can I say? Obviously, I have an ability to break out of the fourth dimension. I will see you now. I looked at Alice’s smile. Damn, while I saw her, I thanked myself. It was the best decision to take the chance or else I would have missed the chance to be with this beautiful, talented, and sweet girl. I hugged her. Obviously, she hugged me back. I asked her, while hugging her, “You haven’t tested the game yet, have you? “ She shook her head and continued resting her head on my chest. I looked at her. She was acting kinda weird. This made me feel weird. So I asked, “What’s wrong Alie? “ She sighed and said, &ldqu
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The hackers in Genesis have their own group specialised for them, with the highest grade systems. I stood at the center of the room. Surrounding me were the cabins of our hackers, in a circle. When I stood at the center, their attention was directly on me. These people were grateful to me and would remain loyal, because if they betrayed me, they would break their own rule. I said in a loud voice, “Our rival companies are trying to replicate the game we all have worked hard for. “ Obviously, even the hackers are important for game creation. I won’t go further into the details.Our Hackers started their attack on the U. S. share values. We have power to eliminate a company by reducing the value of its share. But I won’t do that, since I don’t want to be caught by the government. But I can afford to deal with Carter’s. Because I can cover up my actions easier than playing with the entire share market. Price
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