Location: Somewhere in Eurasia

Date: April 15, 2071

“Good morning, it Paul from your daily news at 5. It’s a new day of the year folks and it’s gonna be a hot one. The average temperature at noon is 37 degree Celsius and will drop down to 20 at night. Grab your umbrellas for it will only get hotter as Kindled: A Life Forgotten is going to be sold at local game stores near you. People have already camped out the night at stores only to get copies of this very game. Tourists from all over the world are also there to buy first hand copies of this bad boy. Andrea is here for more details”

“Yes Paul I’m here at the local game center and I’m telling you it’s crammed in here. Tourists and locals are camping out the night only to get limited copies of this game. At 6 am the store doors will be open and copies of the game will just fly out of the shelves in no time… Kindled: A Life Forgotten is an indie game produced by a small group of programmers in 2069 and boy, do the game go through a lot. It first started as a school project but was quickly recognized by many. This led them to develop it into a real game that can change the way people see at gaming… Let’s ask some early birds on what they feel about the release.”

“You sir, what do you think about Kindled.”

“Kindled is a great game produced by great guys. Everything about it is great, I never seen a game that thrilled this many people in years.”

“You have anything else to add?”

“Nope, just wanna say hi to the programmers of the game. You guys rock! Just do more and be more! Rock on Dudes! Can you sign my butt? ”

“Sir, t-thanks for your beautiful answer.”

“Ma’am, what is your reason of camping this early for a game?”

“It is a great present for my boy Tommy. I just hope that they’ll make more games for everyone. If only this store had a VIP room…”

“Thanks you ma’am”

“As you can see, this game has attained fame and fortune in a small amount of time. Back to you on studio Paul”

“Thanks A-“

That’s enough news for today. It was also getting boring faster and faster as they was all talking about is the game. I just wanted some daily news not this crap.

sigh “Equinox, get me my coffee. I will be off to work, I’ll be back in a month.”

“Sire, maybe you could just lay down for a bit, you are stressing too much”

“I wish it could be like that but work is really tiring, not to say the one month around the world venture today. Pack my bags then I’ll be on my way.”

“Okay sire.”

Hi! Didn’t see you there, my name is Andromeda Fushigiwa a son of a European and a Japanese. As you can see my father is from Japan, and my mother, well, she is from France. I was a gaming veteran back in the ol’ days where I am really glued to one until I finished it. The only thing is life, life follows you where ever you go. So I quit the gaming industry to have a job. My job isn’t far from gaming as I am a programmer at the age of 22.

Excuse me for I have a venture to catch.

“I’ll be back Equinox.”

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One fast month later…

“I’m back Equinox. What’s the news in the past month?”

“Well sire, they launched the game into outer space after you left. And it been hailed as one of the best games already”

“Okay, thanks. Just make me some espresso or something. I’m tired”

“Earl grey it is.”

“I’ll be up in my room”

Already! In just a freaking month! This game man, this game, I’ll just open the television to see what is up.

“Open”

“-es we are here at NASA to look at how the “Galaxy” is doing. It is now beyond the Milky Way and is now heading straight for Andromeda. We are expecting alien life in about a week or so, so be on the lookout.”

“Thank you Jill and now for the daily news”

This is just too boring…

“Close”

“Sire, here is your tea. I’ve also brought food because maybe you are hungry.”

“Thanks Equinox, I’ll sleep the day for I am really tired working my ass out in the past days.”

“Have a good night sire.”

I’ll just sleep today. My body is really tired, it just cannot move on itself as fast, maybe it only need a good night sleep…

Morning of May 17, 2071

*chirps from birds*

“Uhhhh, Equinox, get my daily coffee.”

*sound of nature*

opens eyes “Equinox?”

Where am I? Why am I here?

A walkie-talkie captured my eye

“Hello? Anyone there, this is Albert.”

“Hello, Albert. Where are we?”

“Dude, can’t you recognize this? We are in Kindled.”

“What?!? I barely know anything about the game.”

“Then I’ll fill you in, I’m the Kindled champion for fudge’s sake.”

So I am here in Kindled, how? I don’t know. Why? I don’t know either. I just need to listen to Albert and adapt. How did we turn up here?