The Ancients World

Chapter 58: Completing the story quest III

{Mark any spelling errors, to tired to edit right now. I’ll fix them when I get some sleep.}

I make it back to the couch and stand in front of the 2. They will have fun on there first day, I can feel it. “Your pods are almost ready. In a few minutes I’ll take you guys upstairs and we’ll start the first dive alright.” They unconsciously hold each others hand, I never realized how scary technology can be for adults that have never experienced it before. “Don’t be so scared, literally billions use gaming pods everyday. They wont hurt you, I promise.” They ease up some with my words. If not for Ancients World we wouldn’t have this new life and I know that they want to tryout the thing that saved our family.

I hear footsteps come down the stairs and see Hailey gracing us with her presence. She must have been woken up by the machines putting the gaming pods together. “You look like the living dead Hailey, didn’t get enough sleep last night?” She does look rough right now. She completely ignores my question and heads into the kitchen to get some coffee. I wont bother her if she doesn’t want to be bothered. She walks over with her steaming cup of coffee and sits next to dad. Right before he speaks the machines make their way down the stairs. This is the sign that they are done, they all make it to the door and close it behind them.

I turn my head to my parents with a smile. “I just remembered that I have some errands to run today!” Mom is the first to try and get out of it, I cant help but chuckle at her attempt to get out of using the gaming pod today. Dad looks ready to do the same thing, but before he could speak mom decides to seal the deal. “I’m sure your father is excited, don’t wait up for me honey!” She gets up from the couch fast and tries to make a quick exit. I stop her and lift her off the ground so she cant go anywhere. “Let me go Cera! I have things to do today!!” Your not getting out of this and I’ll make sure that you guys try Ancients World today.

I put her down and she doesn’t try to escape. “Lets go upstairs, its time for your first dive.” I leave no room for hesitation and begin to make my way to there room with them following. I reach there door and open it, I look upon the giant and perfectly assembled ZZR-12000’s. They were even programmed to plug it in. I hold the door open for both of them to enter before me. They reluctantly enter and slowly approach the gaming pods. I close the door behind us and lock it, just to make it a little harder to leave after coming so far. “I’ll open it for you, just lay into it and relax.” I walk up to both of the gaming pods and open them up, they release with a gentle hiss and fully open. “Just lay inside and relax, the head gear will come from the compartment above your head. All it will do is scan your brain waves and gently attach.” When I said the words attach mom looked ready to run for the door and leave.

I figure this is going to be the hardest for here so I’ll start wit her. I walk up to my mom and grab her hand. I lead her over to the gaming pod and help her get in. She has nothing to worry about. I just smile at her and lay her against the comfortable padding. I close the latch and look into the little window so she doesn’t feel alone. She relaxes and closes her eyes as the gear approaches her head. “Spawn in the city of Nelmorp, in the country of Zenith. I’ll meet you and dad there in a few days alright.” She slowly nods her head and then goes completely unconscious. The red light in the pod goes from red to green signifying that she has started her first dive.

I turn around to look at dad. He seems to be more welcoming to the idea of his first dive. “Once you get to your city selection chose Nelmorp. Mom will look exactly like she does in real life so it will be easy to find her, she will most likely still be in the spawn area waiting for you.” He nods his head and slowly gets into his pod as well. He begins to relax and I close the latch, he soon closes his eyes and the gear begins to make contact. The red light goes green and dad has started his first dive too. Now since that is out of the way I can also get going as well. Mom and dad will probably get off later today to go and pick up Marcus.

Nelmorp is on the way to the capital of Zenith. I can stop there and help them with the basics of the game, but who knows maybe they will figure it out on their own. I make my way to my room and admire the ZZR-12000 in all its glory, this gaming pod revolutionized the DDVR gaming industry. Most no longer worked real jobs when these became affordable to the majority of gamers. Instead of prolonging my wait I also hop in and close the latch. In my old future I never had one of these, so this is a new experience for me. My body totally relaxes and I find my self on the edge of sleep, the head gear makes contact and a few seconds later I am fully asleep. I load into Ancients World and wake up in the same place I logged off.

This dive feels way different, it feels complete and none draining. So I really am sleeping in real life, and since the subconscious mind is so powerful it doesn’t feel any stress. “Now that mom and dad are in game and more than likely done naming there characters I can ask them next chance I get in the real world so I can send them friend requests. It will make communication in game so much easier. I have a journey ahead of me, but now I don’t need to get off anymore. As Cera is making his way to his destination for his story quest, Violet and Christian have just loaded in.

Since this is their first dive they are having a slightly hard time moving around, well more than slightly. They have the walking skills of a new toddler on their feet. After loading into the spawn area they can both see each other from opposite sides. “Honey, I’m on my way!!” Violet yells to her husband, they both start to make good progress towards each other. However, they both fall down multiple times from the lack of familiarity. They cant help themselves from laughing as they struggle to make their way to each other.

After several minutes of laughing and falling they are within arms reach of each other. They both relax and collide. “Looks like we did it….” Christian marks this as an accomplishment for the 2 of them. They just overcame their first challenge, the both spend time touch each others bodies. Not in an inappropriate way, but in a way that is to check the senses. Not long after they d begin to get a little inappropriate. However that is soon stopped.

A guard on the city walks up to them and frowns. “Public indecency is a serious offense, I’ll let you guys off easy this time around. You look like new people and have no shame by the looks of it.” Once Violet and Christian realize that they are being weird they try and get up to look decent, but they continue to fall down on each other. The guard just sighs and walks off, someone else decides to make an introduction.

A player walk up to the husband and wife, she sticks out her hand with a smile. “This must be your first dive huh?” The couple look up and smile back, they take the girls hand and are helped up. They are now standing on their own 2 feet without falling over, but they still have a balance problem. Now that the parents of Cera are playing Ancients World even more is sure to change.