while strolling through the street. he happened to stumble upon an old fashion eatery. like those ramen shops from old comics. he still had a bit over 200₩ on him. what's the harm. he had stock up on energy bars, mostly beef flavored and eggs and low grade rice too and some low grade energy drinks... he had planned everything so properly. except to quit is job. he made plans after the games came online, tonight, he will make his decision after he enter the game first. so he decided to spend, and walked into the small restuarant by the corner of the street. there was only 4 people in the restuarant, an old man but still looked strong and energetic and 3 men discussing something over a plate of ramen noodles. he walked in, directly picked a sit close to the counter and asked " old man good morning can I get a ramen and how much " he dropped his tvi pack on the table expecting a reply but no reply. he made same request again but still no reply. he looked up only to see the old man day dreaming in the morning. how can you be day dreaming sir. he gently tapped the man. as the old man open his eye. it felt as if he was infront of an ancient lake. the feeling lasted only 1 second before disappearing.. he was confused but just took it like that. maybe it was one of those days. was he day dreaming too much, maybe it's that, maybe. anyways he looked at the old man, smiling back at him "boy sorry about that. I must have dozed off. what did you say you want?", long said " I want a ramen noodles too like those they are having and how much " "that would be 230₩" "what!!! old man are you running a scam shop?" "hey do not be disrespectful to your elders. look at me do I look like a scam " "old man it is not about age or looks. this just prove you are looking to scam me" "ok ok pay 140₩" "no I will pay 50₩" "Are you planning to eat for free here " "is that possible?" " haaa the generation is getting shameless, they cannot even allow the elderly gain on them" "haaa the old are becoming to materialistic they cannot allow the youth eat for free from them" the two continued bickering back and forth and until the old man gave in." ok 20₩ for a plate, am making 5 plate. that is all and you are not allowed to waste them" for some reason long could not refute the old man. he just nodded waiting for the man to serve the dish. the old man didnt take long before 5 servings of ramen noodles hot and steaming were placed in his front. he couldn't hold back and started digging "slurp... old man.... slurppping... you know how to cook... slurp... old man what did you put in this... " like this. 4 serving were finished in a sitting.. and young long was bloated. he could only stare at the last serving regretfully.. "how can I not have space for this am just going to wait. until their is space". before he could finish thinking the old man sat infront of him, took out some old chopsticks and started eating. "whatttttt!" "that is not yours.. I paid for it". the old man replied "i cooked it and am helping you. you have no place to put it again.. or you want me to shove it up your brain too, atleast that skull of yours will no longer be empty". in less than 3 minutes the old man devoured the ramen. long could only look and do nothing. after the old man was done, he relaxed on the chair and drifted off again. they both were like that close to an hour. given the remoteness of the store. the old man hardly gets customers. and In this generation where most people rather eat energy bars or visit highly sophisticated restaurants. stores like this were in rapid decline. "old man wake up, give me back my 20₩" long could final afford to move a bit. he sat up and looked at the old man. he looked asleep again. long didnt want to disturb the old man, as the food was truelly worth more than he had paid. he got up and took his package and turned to leave the small shop, on his way out the old man woke up mildly and said to him "I see you, you want to play Orbis pioneer.. a piece of advice... see through your heart, feel through your body and ear with your mind.." he went back to sleep after saying that. long didnt know how to respond. what kind of advice was that.. "I thought he was going to give me a location for a legendary weapon or class or something" he noted the man words.. shoved it to a side of his mind, noting the location of the store and face of the old man, then walked to the closest hover train station, heading home. after highlighting from the train. he was welcomed by his street and the nature park close by. the air here was good because of the park. he walked to his little cubicle of a home. after getting in. he lyed on his bed and drifted off. he was not exhausted. he just thought since their is still time before the launch of the game he can sleep a little to get himself into the best state he can be.
By the time long got up, it was already few minutes past 8pm,"how did I sleep so much" he thought to himself, "I am forgetting something important" he thought to him self. after getting up. and getting something to drink. he sat down. with an energy bar in his hand for dinner. switched on the holographic interface to see what on. only to be hit by a quick news saying "3 hours into orbis pioneer......" what!!! "I missed the lunch by 3 hours how did I sleep so much" he quickly adjusted him self and decided to log in but before that. since he has missed the lunch time by 3 hours. he could browse through blogs and forums to see what the game is all about. but disappointment comes in big waves. because their was literally nothing yet. most people are still experiencing the game to come out to give reviews and comments. "I guess I have to do this myself" he took his time, took a slow shower... ate up the energy bar and drank a energy drink. he prepared slowly and stably. he got on to the bed, put on the tvi headset, turn on the TVI headset. A mechanic voice sounded in his ear.
Registering brainwave....
brainwave registered...
scanning bio data .....
bio data registered..
connecting to Atlas a.i..
connected
linking up
dive in
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