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games.”
    “Well, there actually
isn’t an overly lot of games, after its initial launch 5 years ago not many
game developers branched into it.”
    “Yeah, I remember back
then, the hype and expectations were far too high to be sustained by the lack
of software, resulting in a massive amount of negative public
opinion.”
    “Indeed. However, it was
just 3 weeks ago that one developer released a role playing game that is
turning around that opinion and building up a significant amount of traffic on
the internet. Considering your... well... situation,” he
momentarily glances down from my face to the wheelchair, at least he
was trying to be polite, “ it would give you the chance
to explore an incredible world. It was odd though, they didn’t
release any information on the game itself, just about getting started and
everything before logging in, but after that, nothing. All they said was
for you play your way.”
    It definitely seems
interesting. I used to play the role playing games on my computer when I was
younger so I shouldn’t have too much trouble adapting. More than anything
though I really want to use my legs again, I feel like I have these ghost limbs
that are itching to move.
    “You have my interest!
Well, I would like to get it, how much?”
    “The game itself costs
$130,” Ouch, that’s considerably expensive, “And there is a subscription cost
of $30 per month, however we do have a deal at the moment for the game and a
three month subscription pre-paid for $200. We will also provide the required
full body scan and storage card free as well. Everything you need to
play the game.”
    Well, it was definitely a
great deal, but there was a lot to just play the game.
    “Okay, I was sold already
anyway, but why are you required to have a full body scan to play the game?”
    “You actually need it for
the V-Link itself, there was a big issue in its production that controlling a
body of different proportions to your own took some time to adjust to the
differences, and once you were, you would have the same difficulty controlling
your own body after leaving virtual space. Now this made some extreme health
and safety issues, you can imagine if you were to go driving in a body you’re
even little uncomfortable controlling the risk of a fatal accident raises
exponentially. That’s just one example, and now you need a scan not older
than 6 months to even use the device.”
    I never even considered
the possibility of such a thing, but it makes perfect sense once I thought
about it a little.
    “Also, with this game you
are actually forced to play a character extremely similar to your own, there
are some minor modifications you can make, but how you look in the game is
exactly how you are now. Plus, whatever equipment in the game
that you wear. There has been rumours of being
able to play as an elf or other species, but no one has ever seen it.” He seems
to be finished explaining it all, but something still seems to be on the tip of
my tongue that I just can’t seem to think of.
    “Oh yes, it completely
slipped my mind, but what is this game called?” That was it, this entire time
he hasn’t told me the name of this game yet.
    “But of course, the name
of the game is,” He had grabbed a small box off a shelf and held it in front of
me, surely that was it, and it was called, “End Online.” The box was rather
simple, it appeared to just be a black hole with light emanating from deep within
it and the title printed across the middle.
    “Allow me to put this
through for you, and the storage card for your scan of course” Running the box
across the counter and another small case where you could see a tiny card about
the size of my thumbnail through the clear plastic on top, “So that will be
$200 all up, are you planning to pay with cash or electronically?”
    “Electronically,” I
replied, tapping my phone against the money receiver.
    “Okay now, next is to
get you into the body scanner.”