《Despacito • Marcus Armstrong》Marcus, I have a surprise for you
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"Wow, this place is amazing!" Tita said, checking her new house, just 10 minutes away by foot from the Formula 1 centre. After settling in, she called and texted everyone to let them know she was alright. She left Cate and Marcus for the end.
- This is a dream, Cate! - she showed her around, while facetiming her.
- It sure looks like it is. By the way, you and Marcus, when are you going to be together again?
- Oh, I thought about it on the trip. Since he is always planning surprises, I decided to surprise him too. I'll tell you everything!
Tita explained her plan to Catalina, since she thought 2 months was too much. After that, she called Marcus, and the two talked for a while, before the girl had to go.
1 month later
Tita was already working, receiving training before the season beginning. She was loving the job and her co-workers, getting along with most of them, and was excited yet scared for her first race weekend. However, while leaving the centre, on Friday, her thoughts were somewhere else.
- Hey, Callum. - she answered her phone.
- Hey! I just want you to know that I'm not forgetting about you today.
- I sure hope!
A few hours after talking to Tita, Callum was ready to leave home, but Marcus interrupted him before he could do it.
- Where are you going?
- You won't believe it, Tony just texted me saying she was here, I'm on my way to pick her up at the airport. - he improvised
- Lucky, man - Marcus tried to sound happy for Callum - I can only wish. But, I mean, it's impossible for us. She is working, I'm working as well. So I guess, only in March.
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- I'm sorry, Marcus. I wish I could do anything. - Callum reacted to his friend response.
- It's alright. At least, I'll get to see her more often than if she was back home.
After a few hours, Callum was already arriving home. The girl by his side seemed nervous, but at the same time, excited.
- Are you ready? - he asked, opening the car door for her
- Yes!
- Marcus, I have a surprise for you. - Callum screamed, opening the front door.
- W-What... - he was speechless
- I thought it was my time to surprise you. - Tita smiled, still waiting for Marcus to say something.
The boy finally reacted hugging her and Callum left them on their own, but not without first receiving a big thank you from the other driver.
N.A.: This story is almost ending, I'm still writting it but I think maybe more 4 or 5 chapters until the end.
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George of the Dungeon
George is having a really rough day. He was in his room, and then he wasn't. Where he is now, he doesn't know, but it's cold and damp and probably underground and there's a bunch of spiders and stuff that want to kill him. Or not. And all he has is a mostly empty book. Yeah, George is having the time of his life.
8 140A Virtual Invasion
An invasion from another dimension is shut down by an Empire's traitor and the world has a scant few decades to build the strength to resist a multidimensional Empire. How will the world fair when no one even knows its doom is one barred gate away? Fortunately, the traitor has a plan. Maybe with a bit of luck and planning, he can build a force to defend the world without anyone realizing it. Author's Thoughts: What is litRPG (From wikipedia) - LitRPG, short for Literary Role Playing Game, is a literary genre combining the conventions of MMORPGs with science-fiction fantasy novels.[1] LitRPG is a literary genre where games or game-like challenges form an essential part of the story. A LitRPG work simultaneously narrates the story of characters inside and outside of the game-world. At least some of the characters in a LitRPG novel therefore understand that they are playing a game: they are 'meta-aware'. So, while Tolkien's Lord of the Rings is a fantasy novel, a book about people creating avatars and interacting in a Lord of the Rings MMORPG would be a LitRPG novel.Why do I read them? You know, I am not too sure. I love MMOs. I played them, quit them, joined up and repeated the cycle. They are fun! They are a massive waste of time but so are most games. Do I want to read about someone else playing them? Sort of?The advent of VR and the possibility of VR someday becoming so immersive that you can't tell them from reality sets the imagination on fire. What if this could be life? But most stories fall short. At the end of the day the protagonist hangs up his VR helmet and goes to have dinner with his mom and dad or other family and it becomes meaningless. It's like the story that ends because the main character woke up and nothing you read matters.There have been some books that explore the concept of the intersection of reality and total immersion VR. Enders Game is a classic. There were a few others that escape me but they exist, however, the cross between the game and reality is weak.So what if the game was real? The technology needed for total immersion VR is so advanced that by the time we reach that goal technology should have naturally evolved to include several items. You must have direct neural input. You simply can't have a total immersion (all senses and perfect presence) experience without this basic prerequisite. If you have direct neural access, you can probably do neat things like feed knowledge and skills directly to that person. You can undoubtedly do many horrible things as well. Muscles are controlled by the brain. If you control the brain why would you let the body just sit there and rot? A person that sits unmoving for 24 hours a day will have their body whither away just like a coma patient. However, if you control the brain you could control the muscles. On a basic level, this would be isometric impulses, working muscle group against muscle group to avoid atrophy. Taken to its logical conclusion you would be able to gain muscle mass and program muscle memory. The flip side is that you could remote control their body... but let's not go there. So what would people do if it were real? Well, they would probably limit and regulate it since the drawbacks are very obvious. Even if you look at the basic aspects of this you can see some negative possibilities. Look at the Sword Art Online anime. Personally, I think they missed the boat by putting a bomb in the VR helmet. Do you really need a bomb when you have direct access to the brain?So what kind of events would you need to have a situation where the obvious drawbacks haven't been explored? Maybe a society where the advancement of technology has so far outstripped the explorations of its applications that ignorance was truly bliss? Okay, so I had to put in an alien invasion to kickstart the premise, but that was just one of the possibilities.
8 126Road to Calamity
Life is not easy for a child in the Districts of Rhea where the worthless, a class of people considered to be beneath even slaves, try to live their life. Between the petty crimes and the mass beatings administrated by the cult of Order to keep the masses subdued, surviving is all one can do and nobody has time or money to spare for a starving girl. So when Nina is thrown out of the brothel in which her mother works by its displeased owner, she quickly comes to understand that simple truth: she's alone and no one will help her. And so, as hunger and necessity come knocking, she takes her first step on her road to Calamity. Cover image does not belong to me and I have no clue who made it, here is the source where I found it. One of these days I'll commision a more appropriate one but it's quite fine for now.
8 105A Magical Journey
This is a story about princesses and princes. Magic and dragon. Fighters and bookworms.Follow Maya, Lee, Lou and Vi in their journey to find theirselves and save a chivalrous prince!
8 358Carnivore Girl: Jurassic Park
Jennifer (Jenny) Hammond is the eldest granddaughter of John Hammond. The owner of InGen and the man who created Jurassic Park. This story is about Jenny's role in the first trilogy of Jurassic Park. She is only sixteen in the first movie. Jennifer loves reptiles, which is why she loves dinosaurs. John even allowed her to see some of the births of the dinosaurs in Jurassic Park including their T-rex that she called Rexy. The reason being Jenny's parents died when she was little and John became her primary guardian. Picture of Jenny on cover.
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