All characters, places, and events in Virtual Reality are fictional. Any similarities with real life people, places, and events is purely coincidental.
A couple hours later Dan woke up. He was the only person outside. Everyone else must’ve gone home.
He got up went inside of his home and straight to his bedroom where he plunged into his bed. He then pulled out his phone from his underwear and his VR headset and suit from beneath his bed.
“Let’s see if anyone’s on.” He said will slipping into his VR suit.
He closed his eyes, put on the headset, and opened his eyes.
He was now right in front Sarah and Tess’s house and in his avatar form.
“So that’s what it looks like when someone logs on.” Said a familiar voice behind Dan.
Dan spun around and swung his fist into Devin’s face knocking him down to the ground with a thud.
“Ow!” Devin shouted.
“I am so sorry. You jumped me which made me do that.” Dan barked.
“It’s alright.” Devin replied while getting up.
Devin looked just like how he was in real life with the exception of the nosebleed that Dan’s punch created. Devin also wore the same clothes he wore when Dan met him at the airport.
“Devin can you hand me your in-game phone?” Dan queried.
“Sure but why?” Devin replied.
“You’ll see.” Dan said while Devin pulled out his phone and handed it to Dan.
Dan snatched the phone from Devin and starting tapping around. After ten seconds later he handed the phone back and said “You now have admin perms.”
“Oh nice!” Devin replied.
“Yeah! It gives you access to the important world building tools. You also have other stuff on that phone too such as Revolt to talk to us when we aren’t near to each other, Spotify to listen to music (Yes I have Premium enabled so you don’t have to be forced to listen to Eyelash mumbling for an hour when you’d want to listen to System of a Down instead), and YouTube for video entertainment. I plan on making my own music streaming service as well as my own video entertainment platform eventually to suit the town.”
“Did I hear someone say System of a Down?” said another familiar voice.
Devin spun in a circle with a fist held out slamming Dan in the snout making him ragdoll to the ground. Devin then looked to below him and saw Tess was standing right there.
“You missed me by about three feet.” Tess said.
Dan got up and then said “Hi Tess! Don’t mind Devin who definitely busted my snoot. I totally deserved that. Holy shit that hurts.” in a very nasally voice.
Tess looked at Devin and then ecstatically said, “Hey, like that metalhead vibe you have! I can also instantly tell you like SOAD and Avenged Sevenfold (epic bands by the way!) from that hair style and beard and the aviators!”
“I get that alot. Dan literally said pretty much the same exact thing. And you are correct I do like SOAD and A7X.” Devin said with a smirk.
“So how are you and Sarah holding up?” Dan queried to Tess.
“Alright. Kindof a bit empty here and there’s no Internet or any radio station signals here. Mum seems to not mind and she’s been switching between reading Sense and Sensibility and writing a book called The Serial Killer Windmill Mouse from Douchini Murdering Teens on a Steamboat.” Tess replied.
Devin snickered.
“I can change those up. They are on my to-do list.” Dan replied, “Also that is a very good name for a book. Lemme guess mum utilizing the public domain?”
Tess nodded.
“Not going to lie making this place look less empty looks like it’d take forever.” Devin said.
“Naw.” Dan replied.
He then snapped the tips of his fingers and the large empty space suddenly had trees, flowers, rocks, and patches of grass.
Devin and Tess both looked around in circles.
“How the hell did you do that?” Tess queried.
“I am a master of the magical arts!” Dan replied.
“Okay so it’s not the stuff I puffed that kicked in meaning I’m not high.” Devin said.
“No haha.” Dan laughed, “Either way, that’s one thing down. Internet and radio signals will take a bit. But… you wanna know something even better while still having music? A stage for people to perform live!”
“Ooo! That would be awesome!” Tess replied, “You know of any musicians that can play on the stage?”
Dan raised his index finger on his right hand, magically pulled out the same red guitar he had in real life from his pocket with the same hand and raised the guitar in the air.
“Here’s a cover of The Song of the Wielders I did under the pseudonym of The Elite Vigo.” Dan replied while he lowered the guitar and started playing the guitar.
After Dan finished playing the song Tess exclaimed “Holy crap that is really good!”
“Thanks! Been practicing guitar for years. I personally want to start a new band at some point.” Dan replied.
“Nice!” Tess said.
“I’m here what did I miss?” said a familiar voice.
Both Dan and Devin spun around and swung their fists punching Nia on both sides of her face and knocking her to the ground.
“Ow!” Nia barked.
“I am so sorry about that!” Dan said.
“Wow you were sneaky! I didn’t even hear you coming!” Tess exclaimed.
Nia stood up and replied “Yeah.”
Dan snapped his fingers again and a stage and a bunch of camping chairs appeared across the road from Tess’s house.
“Ah, I see we aren’t hiding stuff like that.” Nia barked.
“My town, I can do magic whenever I want to. If people want to use or learn magic I ain’t restricting it as long as it’s not used for torturing, controlling what people do, or murdering people, or other illegal shit.” Dan replied.
“What about emotion control?” Tess queried.
“I consider that as trolling in most cases, but it does have actual good uses too outside of trolling. It can cheer someone up easily if they ain’t doing too well.” Dan replied.
“True!” Tess said.
Sarah came out of her house holding a copy of Sense and Sensibility, a notebook, and a pen.
She looked around and then queried “How did a large forest grow all over the place in under an hour?”
“Dan’s a wizard!” Tess replied.
“Oh?” Sarah said.
Dan suddenly levitated two feet into the air.
“Yep that’s definitely something wizards can do.” Sarah said.
Dan stopped levitating and landed on the ground smoothly.
“Yep. I am a master of the magical arts. Speaking of the forest I should go in there to see if I generated everything right, and also start working on a radio tower. Maybe make a campsite too?” Dan said.
“Ooo! I like camping! Can I tag along?” Tess replied ecstatically.
“Of course friend! Everyone is free to come along.” Dan replied.
Dan started walking through the forest and everyone followed alongside him.
“What kind of stuff would the radio tower be playing?” Nia queried.
“Oh rock, metal, pop, country. The good stuff.” Dan said.
“So rap’s off the table.” Nia replied.
“Naw, it just depends on the artist. I’d allow Juice WRLD, NF, and Kendrick Lamar for example. I would not allow artists that are windmill enthusiasts and the artists that are insensitive to horrendous real life events.” Dan said.
“OK so no Mister Pro-Shootings Guy.” Nia replied.
“Yes that is one of the no no artists. That guy should be banned from having access to guns if he flat up starts a song with how he’d want to murder innocent people and throws racial slurs around like candy.” Dan barked.
After about five minutes of walking through the woods they all saw what looked like a small purple and black rift with glitch effects.
“The heck is that?” Tess queried while she pointed to the rift.
They all started to get closer to the rift.
“Be very careful. Don’t touch that thing. Could be deadly.” Dan barked.
Dan touched the rift then he started glitching like the rift was.
“Fuck-fuck-fuck-fuck-fuck-fuck-fuck-fuck-fuck!” Dan shouted in a glitchy voice.
Nia pulled Dan away from the rift and he stopped glitching. He was now covered in bloody cuts all over his body.
“Ugh! I knew that thing was bad.” Dan barked.
“What is that?” Nia queried.
“It’s a glitch in the terrain generation.” Dan replied.
He pulled out his phone, aimed the phone camera to the rift, and pressed a button. All of a sudden the rift disappeared.
“That should fix it.” Dan said, “I think this is also a good camp spot. It’s not too far and it’s not too near.”
Dan started floating into the air. He then started deleting trees in a circular area. Then placed a lit campfire, logs around the campfire, a tent, a sleeping bag, and a portable radio on the ground. Then he stopped floating and landed on his feet.
“I’m going to head further into the forest to find a good spot for a radio tower. Once it’s set up that radio should start playing music as long as I set a signal for Key 1 FM. You all stay here.” Dan said as he started walking further into the forest.
“Alright.” Nia replied.
Nia, Devin, Tess and Sarah all sat down on the logs around the campfire.
Devin pulled out a phone from his pants.
“What’cha doing?” Nia queried.
“Reading.” Devin replied, “I have a couple books downloaded on here.”
“What’cha reading?” Nia asked.
“Don’t be Jane Austen, don’t be Jane Austen, don’t be Jane Austen.” Tess muttered.
Devin looked at Tess and then queried “How old is Tess?”.
“I’ll give you a list of music artists and bands that I’ve listened a decent amount of and I will let you guess from there.” Tess replied.
“Alright, hit me.” Devin barked.
“Slipknot, Megadeth, Cannibal Corpse, Mauled By Kittens, Mortician, Satan’s Almighty Penis, XavlegbmaofffassssitimiwoamndutroabcwapwaeiippohfffX, and Katy Perry.” Tess rapidly fired.
“Katy Perry, damn. Going by that you are probably at least 18 and there is also a high chance you are a lesbian.” Devin said.
“I may have gave too much by saying Katy Perry, but yes both are correct.” Tess replied.
“We’re not going to say anything about Satan or strokes? Also how did you get she was a lesbian from with Katy Perry?” Nia queried.
“Satan’s a cool guy and where’d you get the idea of strokes from? I'm reading horny fanfics and shit. And…” Devin replied.
Devin cleared his throat, sang the entirety of I Kissed a Girl by Katy Perry in a high pitched voice, and in his normal voice barked “Yeah I suck at pop. I’m better at doing metal and rock vocals.”
“Yeah don’t do pop music. How you did that sounded like shit.” Nia barked.
“I don’t think it was that bad.” Tess replied.
There was a loud static noise emitting from the radio which caused Devin to become startled.
“I think I got it working.” blared Dan’s voice through the radio, “You are listening to Key 1 FM where all your rock and metal bangers blast out of! Special news for residents of Canada, ya’ll now have music and Internet! Just got to modify pre-existing phones so that they can be improved with new apps and the she-bang. Now once I press this button there it should automatically play a non-stop amount of music with little to no ads and best of all since there is no radio police here, I can say and play whatever shit I want. Let’s start the music off with a Limp Bizkit banger!”
My Way by Limp Bizkit started playing on the radio.
About halfway through the song Dan came back.
“The town is evolving baby!” Dan shouted.
There was a loud howl in the distance.
“Is that a wolf?” Nia queried.
“Yeah, I added wildlife here too.” Dan replied, “How about we all rest now after all of that?”
“I’ll take the sleeping bag!” Tess barked.
“Everyone else can take the tent and I’m going to just sit by the fire.” Dan said as he sat down on one of the logs by the campfire.
Tess sat down on the sleeping bag while Nia, Devin, and Sarah went into the tent.
Nightmare by Avenged Sevenfold started playing on the radio.
“Oh hey there’s a wolfie!” Tess said after about three minutes later.
Dan looked to where he came back from and standing at the edge of the forest was a large grey wolf.
Dan stood up and walked over to the wolf.
“Well hello there big guy.” Dan said while slowly extending his arm to try to pat the wolf.
The wolf started growling.
“I don’t think the wolfie wants pets.” Tess said.
The wolf suddenly bit Dan’s hand and made him fall to the ground. The wolf suddenly started violently clawing and biting Dan.
“AGH!” Dan shouted.
There was a loud click, then a sharp pain in Dan’s nose, then a large burst of red cloud puffed out of nowhere making the wolf flee.
Dan stood up holding his right hand to his stomach. His clothes were now torn and he was covered in blood and cuts, and his face was burned up from the red cloud.
Dan looked to wear the loud click came from and saw Corey holding a red flare gun.
“Thank you.” Dan said. weakly.
“No problem. Anything or anyone who dares fuck with my friends is fucking with me too.” Corey barked.
Dan fell to the ground unconscious exposing a gory cut that needed immediate attention.
Corey crouched to the ground beside Dan, pulled out a small box of medical supplies, and started patching Dan up.
“I won’t let you die like this.” Corey barked.
“Oh god I’m going to look away because I don’t want to see his guts. Stuff like that in real life makes me want to faint.” Tess barked.
“I don’t blame you. I know of plenty of people who have hemophobia and thanatophobia. Everyone has a burst of thanatophobia at some point in their life, unless your my girlfriend Haddie. I can assure you Dan’ll be okay.” Corey replied.
“Yep I have both of those. Your girlfriend sounds like a bad ass.” Tess said.
“A very sarcastic bad ass.” Corey replied.
“Is it safe to look now?” Tess queried.
“Yeah, I just got to wake Dan up.” Corey replied.
Tess looked back to Corey and Dan.
Corey put his face on Dan’s face and put his hands on Dan’s stomach. He then started blowing noisily into Dan’s mouth while pushing up and down on Dan’s stomach.
Dan jolted up in a sitting position breathing heavily while Corey stood back up.
Dan looked at Corey’s face and then said, “You want to be the town medic? I did not know you knew how to fix up something like this….”
“Sure.” Corey replied.
“I’d say we made good progress today.” Dan said.
“Yep.” Corey replied.
“I’m going to head out for today.” Dan continued.
He then walked off the way they all entered.