Fiona was honestly disappointed that this was coming to an end. But she couldn't keep this contest going and not go to college. The last challenge wasn't too exciting, everything would be placed in the Virtual World. With fifty people left, she planned on making it a Battle Royale match.
The pods were all new, she had bought them and planned on using the ones she didn't give away in something like an Internet Cafe. Her father approved it and thought she was finally gaining the will to do business. Heh, that silly man. She smiled at all of the contestants' excited looks, "Not only do you get a chance to try the new pods, but you can show the world the newest Battle Royale game our company has come out with!"
"Enter: The City!" She signaled to the intern, who started the preview. It starts off with a view of a bush, peaceful and calm, a butterfly flying pass the camera. Slowly it pulled back, until the view of the forest got bigger and bigger. Then you noticed broken buildings that towered over the trees.
The camera flew pass the trees and eventually stopped in the middle of the city, where bright, large purple pools of liquid swirled into a circle. Four people were spat out of the newly formed portals, a female mage formed grey shields around her team as they ran forward. They picked up weapons off the ground as they ran for cover. Barely missing the explosion, slowly more and more people appeared, fighting.
The end was the whole city and big steel words 'Enter: The City'.
It was originally made for four hundred people, You could play solo or teams with 2-6, the skins you choose can give you a boost in your abilities or even give you magic abilities. Cheats, pretty much. Of course, they will slowly add the skins as more people play so it can stay pretty even with the matchmaking.
Currently there are only the main six skins. Three males and three females, two sharpshooters, two 'tanks' and two magic users. There would be even more when it's time to open to the public. After all, it is only a preview of the game. A taste of the game, get them excited about it.
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Juliette had to admit that they were great, Fiona was an amazing host, beautiful and friendly. The hotel was a great choice too, they could've advertised the event more early unlike they did. Juliette guessed it didn't matter as it still blew up last night. Her smart bracelet rang crazily when she woke up, people messaging her who she hadn't heard from since she was in the military school, people she didn't even knew. She turned on the filter and watched the unknown messages slowed down until it was only listed classmates and teachers.
The ones from the teachers were concerned and worried about yesterday, she told them she was fine and all bruises are healed. Classmates were questions about staying in the hotel, wishes of good luck. Some of her classmates knew she was in the contest as it was a local one, some only found out.
When she was getting ready to go into the pods, the number of viewers reached one billion. That was the population of a small planet. She felt nervous as she made a player account for the game, looking at the skins in front of her. The male tank was a bit stronger than the female tank, while the female mage was stronger than the male and the sharpshooters were equal. There was also a custom made skin where there were no advantages. But she knew her body better the skins that were in front of her were nowhere near her body shape.
Virtual World games felt very realistic, the drawback was if you changed your avatar, your mind will take a couple seconds to adjust to the changes. If she forgot about the changes mid fight, couple inches of height can screw up her chances. She felt happy with the fact her real name was free, so she didn't have to worry about that.
Juliette picked the middle of the city as she had no doubt that it had the best weapons. When she got spat out like old gum onto the grass, she rolled up smooth. She didn't see a weapon in sight, only about thirty other people getting thrown out of their portals.
Everyone: ... What do they do now? TvT There's no weapons in sight.
Fiona, laughing, knowing that the programmers had it so the more people in an area at the beginning, the less weapons. So of course no weapons were in the open.
Juliette could only fist fight for her life with thirty other people. While 35 was struggling to pick out what weapons he wanted in the middle of a forest. The viewers were laughing at the comparison of the two omegas who seemed to be the main winners.
Juliette dodged a punch and threw someone over her shoulder, 35 was picking up a sniper rifle before throwing it down when he found a fire staff not even five feet away. Juliette got stabbed by a knife before getting run over by a motorcycle, 35 was driving towards the city in a car with jazz music on. Juliette finally picked a gun and healing herself while 35 quietly killed another player before looting. Within seconds, memes were forming and videos getting shared.
Juliette was tired and ready to end this when it finally got to the last seven people. She finally got into a car and start to drive around, throw bombs out the window and honking the horn. When someone finally came out, it was a hulk of a man who had the user name, Maximum. She stepped out of the car, only to get back in when he pulled out a rocket launcher. Nope, no, someone can deal with that.
She stepped on the gas and ran away, nearly getting blown up and crushed by a tree. She started to honk again. The next person was a small slip of a woman, who was using the mage skin with an ice staff. Juliette quickly learned not to step on the sheets of ice left by her as the spikes of ice popped out, nearly stabbing her through the feet.
The mage had great timing and planning, Juliette falling in her traps and barely getting out in time. She almost give up when her foot got frozen to a pole, but then she got notification that there was only three people. She couldn't be the third place, then she would miss the chance for the pod. She could only shoot the ice and run around with a foot in a block of ice.
She felt like a fool, the mage snort before laughing when she started to run towards her and Juliette fell on her face. Worse was the fact the fall took two HP from her. The ice melt after five seconds and Juliette started to attack her with a vengeance of all the six hundred bullets she had.
In the end, they both got killed by 35 who was hiding in a building, a familiar rocket launcher on his shoulder. Juliette was mentally crying and hoped to never see the rocket launcher again, doesn't even want to hear the name.
1st Place: 35
Tied 2nd: Juliette & Darling
3rd:...
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