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headset off and didn’t join the chat, there’d be no reason for anyone in the guild to question me.
    The first thing I did was check my in-game mail for the daily quest. Best to get that out of the way first so I didn’t forget. I may have turned down the opportunity to go to a parallel dimension, but I certainly wasn’t going to give up my daily quest streak.
    The enormity of my lameness descended on me. What was so wonderful about my life that I’d been hesitant to give it up last night? I had no plans for the future beyond making sure I didn’t break this stupid streak. Wow, I must have descended to some subterranean level of lameness to have passed up that opportunity. It had been insane, right? I mean, no one in their right mind just up and leaves their life like that, no matter how depressing that life may be.
    Instead of the daily quest, an Aquanight gem waited for me in my mailbox. My heart rate increased and all thoughts about Alex and last night and my massive stupidity fled. I had begun to think these Aquanight gems were a myth. No one I knew had gotten one yet. Magical Games, Inc., the company that created Wizards and Fae , had a promotion where players were selected at random to receive these gems that started an epic quest line. Complete the quest line and you could win some actual real-life prizes, like a trip to the Magical Games, Inc. headquarters in Canada, convention tickets, or exclusive art. There couldn’t be a more perfect way for me to spend the day as I tried to ignore what had happened last night.
    But before getting started, I needed supplies. I got my box of toaster pastries, popped some popcorn, and grabbed a few cans of soda. That should do me for an all-day binge session. Munchies covered, I curled up in my chair and took a deep breath as I started the quest line.

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    GreyMist: Want to voice chat?
    M y eyes darted to the clock. I’d been at this more than six hours and hadn’t even realized it. I put on my headset and started a private voice chat with her. “Sorry about that. You weren’t on earlier, and I don’t want to talk with anyone else. You’re never going to believe what happened.”
    “What? Did your hot date come back over last night? Or did he never leave and you were lying to me?”
    Great, I’d successfully driven Alex from my thoughts for several hours and here she brought him right to the forefront. “No, nothing like that. I got the quest, the Aquanight gem.”
    “Oh my god, are you serious?”
    “Yep, I’ve been working on it for a little over six hours now.”
    “Do you need any help?”
    “No, it’s all in individual instances, so you can’t help.”
    “That’s brutal. How are you doing?”
    “Better than I thought. I should be able to crack this tonight.”
    “That fast?”
    “There’s not a lot of farming or grinding involved. It’s mainly just skilled battle. When you got the skills, you got the skills. What can I say?” That’s right, I was bragging that my lack of an actual life meant that I’d spent hours a day, every day, honing my skills in this game that wouldn’t serve me anywhere else in life. I may not have a career plan or any future prospects, but damn, I could one-shot more baddies and defeat more bosses than most people in-game.
    “Have you told anyone else in the guild?”
    “No, I don’t really want anyone knowing. It’s too much pressure, and I feel enough as it is.”
    “Well let me know if there’s anything I can do. I’ll leave you to it. I don’t want to distract you. You tell me the moment you finish, okay?”
    “You got it. We’ll chat later.” I took off my headset and focused my attention back on the quest. I was determined to finish tonight. Call me superstitious, but everything was lining up just right. My spells were hitting while I was dodging and keeping my armor up. Every time the game had to make a decision, it came down in my favor. Lucky streaks like this were rare, and I wouldn’t risk