In a grand castle on a different realm were 5 dark figures sitting at a table. They were plotting their game of human souls because they hated how the Living God favored them. They sat down and argued how to achieve their plan. "We can't take their bodies or snatch them without intervention, " said one. He was holding a staff on his right hand while pounding the table with his fist. A female with horns and armor said, "there's technology we can use. They're not going to be taken from earth, but transport their minds and souls to trap them." She gave a wicked laugh. One with a crown asked, "How will they go unnoticed?" Silence was throughout the room for a moment. Then one with a viking helmet and large body said, "It won't go unnoticed. We can have our minions to temporarily cover for them. Only very few will recognize the change and notice the imposters.""and their bodies?" asked the crowned one after. The female spoke again "That can be arranged. They still believe in aliens. We can tell our devoted worshipers to call it an alien abduction or attack. Better yet, we can have them collect the bodies and disguise it as if it's their government helping to find a solution to a problem." Then the one with long white hair spoke, "We should use the so-called abominations that refused to side with us because of fear. We still have them in different realms, some managed to hide, but the prisoners can be used for our entertainment. Getting tortured by the race they didn't want to wage war with because of fear of divine judgement." The female laughed maniacly. The one with the staff said, "The lingering magic by thoughts can be collected and we can bring to life the tales written by man. To add more diversity to our fun" The crowned one snorted and said, "the only souls that I want to trap are the human ones, but I'll allow the excess use of power and energy to make this game come to life." The female gasped in excitement and said, "Let the games begin!." On the table laid a large map of the world they were planning on using. Before they got up to leave, the crowned one said, "three rules, the humans cannot die in the game unless their physical body perishes. Second, you cannot intercede and carry off your own wishes. Three, once you establish your rules you must follow them or there will be a penalty. The rest looked outraged, "why must you set boundaries to the game we want to create?" asked the female as she scowled. The crowned one said, "I am the game master."
Peter was sitting on his bed watching a movie but not paying attention. He worked as Security Supervisor at a nearby hospital. He was busy thinking about his day and how to turn it into a training drill. He then took a deep breath, and said to himself, "maybe I'm too focused on this job and that's why I can't seem to finish my Batchelors. I need a distraction, something that will pull me out of this world and into a different one."
Just then, he got a notification on his phone.It was his social media notification. Peter frowned and tapped on his phone.
What the heck? he thought to himself. "I always turn these notifications off on all the apps because I don't like to be bothered. When did I turn this on? Did I do it by mistake while it was in my pocket? I'll need a new phone cover then," he groaned " what a pain.
He opened the app and went to settings to turn off the notifications. Then he got a pop up ad on his phone when he was checking his social media. It was an advertisement for a kingdom with dragons. There was a knight on a horse charging with a sword. The woman was standing pulling out both his blades from his back waiting for him as a dragon flew over them to burn the army behind the man. The ad stated it was a strategy game. "Maybe a bit of gaming might help put me on chill mode," Peter thought as he tapped on the ad. It first asked, name your kingdom before going to select your avatar.
"Well, I don't want to be boring and use my real name as a username and it said kingdom, but I don't want it to be weird. So I think I'm just going to use my town's name." thought Peter and he chuckled as he typed in Saint Michael. He then selected an avatar with full armor and two swords on his hands. The screen switched to a page that said, travel to your city with an enter button in the middle of the lower half. Peter pressed it. Then notice the screen said, traveling to your kingdom now and clouds started forming on his screen. Peter smiled and said "Cool, I want to see everything then." Slowly the screen was filled with clouds before smoke started emerging and pouring into the room. Peter dropped the phone on the bed and then kicked it away. "Oh snap, my phone is setting on fire. It's smoking. Must have been a virus in that," thought Peter as he rushed to the closet in his bathroom and grabbed a fire extinguisher he kept under the sink. Then he ran back into his room to see that the room was filled with fog. He looked around for his phone on the ground and before he could pull the pin on the extinguisher he felt as if he was levitating in the room. The room no longer had a floor anymore and only smoke filled his vision. Panic then started to sneak inside Peter's heart. He had no idea what was going on. He looked around and began to start focusing on his breathing. "Think Peter", he said to himself, "all you have on you is the clothes you're wearing and this stupid fire extinguisher. Well, I guess this isn't the worst way to die if I passed out from the smoke, but how is it possible for all that smoke to be created by one phone? I was sure I reacted quickly and I wasn't coughing." Seconds later he feels his feet touch the ground and falls on his behind.
Peter was looking up when he noticed the clear blue sky and the sun shining bright above him. He saw he was in a grassy area. There were hills from afar with a hint of snow over them. Some trees in the area near him, but not many. He then sat up and felt a little heavy. When he looked down at himself, he noticed he was wearing armor. It was made in silver and fitting. The armor was flexible in the areas he needed to maneuver. He got up and looked at his boots, they were made of leather with a one inch heel. He looked over to the right where he heard a horse call to him. It walked over to him and nudged his arm. The horse was trying to urge him to get up. It was wearing a saddle and a helmet. The horse was black with a diamond shaped white patch of fur on its forehead. Peter got up and rubbed his hands together to get rid of the dirt from the ground. He took a deep breath and said, "Okay, so I have a horse that knows me, I'm in armor and let me check my skin, yep I'm still brown at least. I don't have a mirror, but I hope I still look good."A robotic voice said, "You may select the race of your guide." Peter looked around to see who said that. There was no sign of anyone. "Oh dear God, did I lose it too?" he said as he looked up at the sky. "Your guide is responsible to ask any questions you have regarding game rules and some functions" continued the voice and a pop up screen appeared in front of Peter. Like a menu it showed the different types of races, fairies, demons, elfs, giants and so on.