Damien is on his way home after leaving the nightclub. When he arrives at the rundown apartment. He wonders what he can do to make his family's life better. [ I might need to take up another job so mom can relax a little. She's been working too hard lately]
Damien thinks about how tired his mother has been coming home lately. Exhausted after working 10 hour shifts at the bank and then coming home just to leave soon after to work the 6 hour night shift at the diner. Before getting home at 2am and crashing on the couch because she gave the only two rooms the apartment has to him and his sister. She then will get a couple hours of sleep before getting up at 7am to take Lilith to school downtown the go work her day job at the bank.
He steps out of the car and thanks the driver for the lift before heading into the building and heading up the seven flights of stairs When he opens the door to his apartment it is pitch black inside. [ Looks like Lilith is already in bed. ] He says to himself before closing and locking the door.
He doesn't turn on the lights to try to lessen the light bill. Damien then kicks his shoes off and proceeds to shuffle his way over to his room as quietly as he can to not wake up his sister who's room is right next to his only separated by a thin wall.
He enters his room and takes the laptop from his bed and starts to look at the latest forums online about Rulers Online. He starts to read what people are thinking about the release of the game in a few days and who has the game already preordered. While he is scrolling he sees post after post about the loans people are planning on taking so they can play.
[ Loans? Why would someone take on a loan to play a game. ] Damien keeps scrolling and sees countless people saying they are going to get or borrow money one way or another. All so they can play this game. As he continues to scroll he sees one post that leaves him shocked.
LORD-OF-DONGS : Did you see the announcement earlier from #HermesGaming? They said that Rulers Online is going to have the first ever money exchange system. When we play the game we can exchange in game currency for hard cash in our accounts and vis versa.
When Damien say this he was baffled. [ What? Theirs no way this is true can it. ] Damien then goes to Metube and looks up the video the lord was talking about. What he sees makes him smile. [ Mabey I actually found that other job. I wonder if playing a few hours a week will be enough to make some extra cash. ]
Damien messages Kai about him coming over in on Friday when he's is off. It just so happens he is off the day the game is officially released. [ Lets check the game out first before making any rash decisions. ] He thinks to himself. A wave of tiredness flows over him as he shuts the laptop down and lets slumber take hold of him.
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When Maya gets home after working at the diner she notices Damien shoes by the door where he kicks them off. "Oh looks like he's home I hoped he had fun with his friend he's been working too hard lately. "
She then proceeds to think about how much her son has sacrificed just to help her and his sister. She makes her way to the bathroom and turns on the light. As it flickers on she looks at herself in the mirror and starts to tear up. " I am such a terrible mother. I can't even provide well enough for my children that my son has taken such a burden onto himself for our sake. " She weeps quietly.
She then splashes water on her face and Brushes her teeth before bed. As she walks out of the bathroom she wishes that one day soon she can let her son be a kid again and have fun like he used to. " He was always so much happier before he decided to start working to help the family out." She says to herself before laying down on the couch and falling asleep do to exhaustion.
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When Damien finally wakes up it's already 9am. As he groggily gets out of bed he shuffle his way to the bathroom to take a quick shower. Then he goes and eats some cereal while watching some tv before he goes to work at 12pm and is their till 10pm.
While eating he gets a call from Kai and answers. [ Hey Kai what's up. ] He asks.
" Hey Damien morning. Hey I sent one of my guys over with your bike. They got it all fixed up for you so it should be good to go."
[ That's great thanks by the way. I appreciate it.]
" Don't sweat it it's not a big deal. Hey by the way you messaged about coming over tomorrow right so you changed your mind that fast huh."
[ Ya I saw you can make some money off of the game so I thought I could make a little bit of cash on my days off. Is the offer still available? ]
" Ya of course. You can just let me know when your on your way over I will get the pods all set up for us."
[ Will do. Thanks for letting me game again I have missed it to be honest. ]
" Oh trust me man you have never gamed like this before, I cant wait for you to see how awesome this game is. I got to go can't wait till tomorrow. "
[ Me either. Thanks again Kai it means a lot. ]
" It's fine don't mention it see you tomorrow." Kai says
[Later.] Damien then hangs up the phone and continues eating his cereal which has started going soggy. After he's done eating. The intercom buzzes and the man that Kai sent over with his bike showed up. Damien thanks the man and the man leaves.
Damien finishes getting ready for work and then he heads over to his job at Jungle Town on his bike. [Wow its working better than ever. The bike feels brand new. Its not slipping or catching. What did they do? This cant be the same old bike I have had since I was 14. ] He looks in wander trying to find on speck of rust to prove its his bike but the more he looked he couldn't find anything.
The day passes by slowly but 10 o'clock finally roles around and he gets off work and rides his bike back home