We are in a large, dusty desert. We don’t know what it is, we don’t know where it is, but we are there. A large dusty desert. Empty, soulless. Just the sound of wind and despair. We find our main protagonist, Steve Watson walking in the desert. Wind blowing his whole body, his hair, his shirt, everything. He looks like he came from a large boss battle and is stressing.

‘’So…alone.’’ He mutters, His voice filled with desperation. ‘’Where am I?’’ He looks around, sand dropping from his eyes.

‘’Hello!’’ He shouts, his voice cracked. ‘’Is anyone there? Can anyone even hear me? Can anyone even see me?!’’ He shouts loudly.

‘’Did Mr. Beast finally hire me?’’ He adds, his voice, small, weak, and dumb.

Suddenly a flash of red energy passes by. Steve turns around, wiping his eyes.

’Hello?!’’ He shouts, confused.

The wind gets huge as the flash rides around, the flash is faster, faster, and Steve keeps looking. Until….

‘’AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!’’

He screams as white energy flashes him, panting heavily.

He then wakes up from his dream, panting heavily (again). He is panting heavily, clutching his chest. There Is a loud heartbeat ringing.

PRESS O TO STOP HEARTBEAT.

The heartbeat stops. Steve sighs heavily. His Hud flashes.

HUD: 70/100.

GET SOMETHING TO EAT, SKINNY!

Steve sighs, ‘’Oh it was just a dream.’’ He Is relieved. He then drops his head on the pillow, sighing again. He grabs his iPhone and switches it on, finding unread messages from the ‘’G.A. E’’ study group.

What is this world, first? Well, it’s Cointropolis. It has an RPG-style system and has video game logic, which is absurd, but you are all reading right now. There are two divided people, Gamers and Enemies. Gamers are people like the heroes, and enemies are the people like villains. Simple video game style.

Don’t worry, you’ll get it soon.

Steve puts his phone down; he then pushes the blanket and stands up.

STEVE WATSON

AGE: 19

POWERS: YELLOW ENERGY

WEAKNESSES: LACK OF CONTROL

He looks refreshed. Like a newborn-refreshed. He removes his vest and puts on his school uniform, and grabs his grey tire. He also goes to the bathroom. He brushes his teeth, rinses, and looks at himself in the mirror. He looks stunning.

‘’Wait, why are you looking at me?’’ He asks, as he Is looking at the mirror.

He then walks out, whistling. Putting hair gel on his hair. It sparkles around his body.

‘’Finally, going back to high school!’’ He shouts, ambitious and confident.

Suddenly, a warning Hud displays.

INCREASE YOUR HUD BY DRINKING COFFEE AND EATING BREAKFAST!

Steve groans, ‘’I hate this.’’

He exits the room, locking it. He walks downstairs, his full apartment. He finds Bradley flipping eggs and bacon with full precision.

‘’Hey, bro! What’s cooking?’’ He asks as he sniffs the air.

Bradley chuckles, ‘’Oh, the usual.’’, He then flips an egg. ‘’How is the search for the diamond going?’’ He asks.

Steve thinks. Options appear.

A – GOING GREAT!

B – I DIDN’T WATCH LAW AND ORDER YET. I DON’T LIKE IT.

C – I DON’T KNOW!

D – UH, CAN I JUST GET SOMETHING TO EAT?

Steve is thinking. He then selects C and shouts loudly, ‘’I have no idea!’’

Silence is in the room. Painful, awkward silence. Bradley sighs, ‘’Whatever. We will ask John Schneider for updates.’’

He grabs a coffee mug, pours coffee and puts it down on the table where Steve is sitting. He sips, refreshed.

10+ HEALTH ADDED!

HUD: 80/100

‘’Bradley. Do you ever think I will have the girl of my dreams?’ He asks, innocent. Bradley turns around, bluntly, ‘’I don’t know, Steve. Marla and Matthew are a power couple. But I won’t be surprised if they are joining the Enemies group.’’

Steve scoffs, ‘’Pfft. Enemies group? Marla is an angel. I love her so much, but I just don’t have the confidence to ask her out!’’

‘’Okay. Maybe Matthew is the one with tricks up his sleeve. But I know somewhere, Marla is not innocent.’’

Bradley says, serious.

There’s silence in the room. Steve just eats his eggs and bacon from the plate, speaking muffled, ‘’This is delicious!’’

Bradley facepalms.

10+ HEALTH ADDED!

HUD: 90/100.

Steve continues eating, Bradley breaks the ice, ‘’Steve. I am your brother. And I don’t think you will ever be a true gamer hero. You just can’t respawn.’’

‘’Pfft? Respawn. I don’t care. I think being a gamer hero is useless. What’s the point? Unless if it was a challenge posed by the Girl of My Dreams.’’

‘’Are you done eating? We are pretty late.’’ Bradley says, as he puts on his trench coat.

10+ HEALTH ADDED

HUD: 100/100

HEALTH FULL!

‘’Of course! Why wouldn’t I be?’’ Steve says, his tone more confident than ever.

Suddenly Steve’s head drops on the table and he starts glitching. Rolling around the table, jumping up and down like a ragdoll. He looks like a glitched screen-saver.

‘’I should have seen that coming.’’ Bradley says, his tone bored.