My peaceful morning started with...

CONGRATULATIONS! YOU HAVE BEEN CHOSEN TO BE ONE OF THE BETA TESTERS OF FIFTEEN OVER A THOUSAND FAVORED INDIVIDUALS, YOU'RE GIVEN A CHANCE TO EXPERIENCE OUR NEW VRMM INVICTUS FIRSTHAND FOR A LIMITED TIME OF 1 MONTH IN-GAME AND A SECRET SPECIAL PRIVILEGE GIVEN TO THE FIFTEEN BETA TESTERS AT THE END OF THE TRIAL, LASTLY A FREE LUCID POD WITH PERMANENT SUBSCRIPTION WILL BE SENT TO YOUR ADDRESS WITHIN A WEEK, I ADVISE TO IMMEDIATELY LOG-IN UPON ARRIVAL TO EXPLORE AND GATHER AS MUCH INFO ABOUT MY UNCONQUERED REALM.

WISHING YOU LUCK, THE DEVELOPER

TO THE WINNER, LEOTH MUCU

FOR ANY COMPLAINTS OR PRAISES CALL: ###-1853

I stared blankly at the probably useless letter and package that was dropped off at my doorstep and carried into my room without my consent by some hunky ripped-out dudes that immediately left and gone with the wind.

I was kinda pissed thinking the developer just randomly picked me and the other individuals by means of a huge dartboard with a huge list of people stuck on it, whoever's name was pierced with a dart was automatically sent a copy of their game, and letting their employees barge-in and leave without so much as a word should at least be sent to jail for breaking and entering, they didn't even ask for a signature, well at least that's what I think.

Now I know all of you are probably thinking: Why are you such an asshole over such an awesome thing!

It's not that I don't think it's cool but I have this "condition" that renders me incompatible with virtual reality games that usually rely on analyzing our brain and registering our persona's blueprint so that other people can't hack or mess up our account, my condition is having split personalities, and the problem per se is that the program registers my persona then detects another and rejects my other self, therefore blocking the game from me until my other self is out of the way.

The LUCID PODS were made for only one person and one registration, after imprinting your genetic make-up into the program, the pod then answers to only the one recorded and will exempt any other transactions from unknown genes, it was because of this feature that gamers could play without worrying about someone hacking into their account or parents from tampering with their pods.

I know i was suppose to be excited and jumping for joy, but this was just a waste to be giving all this to someone who can't even use it, I was about to call the number printed on the letter when something on the pod caught my eye, another envelope that was carefully placed inside the glass cover of the pod with the words [READ ME] stamped on it in 'Magneto' font.

The pod opened with air released as the double door fashioned glass cover welcomed me with open arms, btw the airlock is automatically removed after it is first opened, airlock is only used for when it's in factory storage so the pod's interior won't deteriorate and be covered with dust.

The letter in the second envelope contains as follows:

Leoth Mucu,

You were not chosen randomly but chosen because of your adept skills known and recorded by your government in the Philippines, the same is with the other candidates from all over the world, and of course we've taken into account your split personality, as such we've added a little extra in the game so your other self could be registered as a personal guide/partner that would probably be added at the grand opening of the game, viewed as a mercenary that would help unlucky players to get back on track, of course for them it's only for a limited time, so what I'm asking is please try to finish the beta-testing phase first before you return both pod and game, call me after reading this to confirm wether or not you'll follow this old man's request

PS. Your 'friend' was the reason as to why I became interested in how you fare in my little game

I was both shocked and excited, my face was torn on which emotion would it display until it was saved and showed fear as I realized what the developer's letter meant by friend, it was the same person that vowed to create a VR that took me into account just so I wouldn't miss what she was always excited for. Yup it was a SHE, and someone who never broke a single promise, what made me afraid was that within a span of 3 years she somehow managed to manipulate the developer into investing an extra hundred thousand more money on that mere feature just so I could play.

Which meant 4 things.

She's fulfilled our promise.

She found a way to bypass my problem.

She's a GM

and last that made my skin crawl:

She's coming for me soon IRL or in game...

SHIT

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