"I can't connect to the gaming pod..."
"Me neither..."
In the high-rise buildings of the city, a young couple emerged from two single-person gaming pods, looking at each other in confusion. They instinctively picked up their personal information terminal (AR glasses, which track eye movements and input commands through brainwaves) placed on the small table.
The network interface remained stuck on the homepage of Skytop Company. The live broadcast space still showed only the suited commentators —
These commentators had been awkwardly chatting for over half an hour. They talked about game strategies, team honors, and the history of the tournament. The commercials had been repeated several times.
They eventually ran out of topics and, losing their minds, began chatting idly about whether sharing a multi-use guillotine might cause cross-infection.
