The TV is On, the Light's are Off, and the Airconditioner is in it's coldest temperature. I am at my house' living room lying at the sofa, watching TV while eating chips, around me is a bunch of wraps and cans, of soda and chips. So many trash again, i need to call for a cleaning service later.
It's been a year since the accident. Because we are all mesmerized by the sight of the sunrise, my father did not notice that we are on a crossing road.
I am the only one who survived, the part of our car that was hit was the front where my parents are sitting. My sister is also at the back with me, but because she doesn't put on the seat belt that time, the injury that she got was the same as my parents.
After the accident, i holed up in the house, i watch TV, eat chips or pizza, drinks soda, sleep, and then repeat. Everytime the house becomes full of trash, i always call for a cleaning service, i only takes bath everytime my body becomes itchy. Everytime my hair grows long, i only cut it with our scissor.
And today, the house becomes full of trash again, i need to call for a cleaning service. When i reach for my phone that was on the table, the soda can beside it was hit by my hands and the soda inside it spilled onto the phone. D*mn, i thought it was empty.
When i look at my phone, it won't turn on. It looks like it was now broken. Well, it can't be helped, i'll just buy a new one. I inherited all my parent's money, so it's fine.
I take a bath and then head to the mall where the devices like phones and computers are sold.
When i arrived at the store, there are so many people lining up, i wonder why. But i don't have energy to ask anyone why, i just came here to buy a phone, that's all.
Hmm, this phone looks nice, but this other one is more advance, i wonder what should i chose. I am now looking at two phone.
The first one has a very nice black luster color, which got my attention, it's so thin, and the size is just right for my hand.
The other is a phone with two camera at the back, and has an advanced specs, but i don't like it's simple color which is red. And the size is too big for my hand.
Well, i don't really mind the specs, i have no plans on using it to play games. And even if i plan on using it for games, it won't be fun.
After that accident, all the happiness in me has gone in a blink of an eye. No matter what i do, no matter what game i play, no matter what program i watch on tv, i can't be happy.
So it doesn't matter. My parents who gave me everything, and my sister who is my everything. Now that they are gone, the happiness in was also gone.
I choose the first phone, it is the one with a nice black luster color, a thin frame, and a right size for my hand. I call the saleslady and told her that i want that phone.
(Miss, i want this one, and here's my card.) Me
(Okay, please wait a minute.) Saleslady
After a while, the transaction was completed. But i didn't leave because i'm still turning "on" the phone, and change it's settings to my preffered style. I changed it's brightness, it's wallpaper, and font style, and etc.
While i am working on my new phone, sometimes change my attention to the store with so many people lining up. The saleslady looks like she has something to ask on me, so i tilt my head in wonder.
(O-oh, I-im sorry, it's nothing) saleslady
(But you look like you have something to say. What is it?) Me
(Umm, you are continuosly looking at that store, so are you perhaps waiting so that you can buy a full dive VRMMORPG gear on that store? Because if you do, i advise you to line up there because their stocks would eventually run out later.) Saleslady
Wait, what did she say? Full dive VRMMORPG? Isn't that the ones in manga and anime? Where if you play it, it feels like you are in another world. No, that's impossible, i know the technology this days is advanced, but i'm sure full dive VR is just impossible. Maybe i heared her wrong.
(Etto, i'm sorry miss, but it looks like i heared you wrong. Did you say FULL DIVE VR?) Me
I emphasized the "full dive" So that i can confirm it.
(Yes, it's really a full dive VR. If you use it, it feels like you are in another world.) Saleslady
(Etto, are you joking on me? That's just impossible, even technology these days is advance, a full dive is just impossible.) Me
(No, no sir. I'm not joking. If you want, you can try asking the saleslady on that store, or the customers that was lining up.) Saleslady
Certainly, i can just confirm it with the people lining up. I want to comfirm it, so i ask one of them.
(Annno, im sorry, but may i know what is this line for? I'm just curious.) Me
(Huh? You didn't know? This line is for the full dive VR gear, it's on the news since last month, and now it's finally released.) Man
So the saleslady earlier is not lying. I want to try it, so thanked the man and lined up.
The line is still long, in front of me are 26 people lining up. It would take me a while, but it's okay. For the time being, i registered my phone.
It takes me a few minutes, and when i'm done on registering my phone, the people in my front is now only 15 people, almost half of the number earlier. Now i just need to call for a cleaning service.
The phone of the other side ringed, and in just a few seconds, my call was immediately answered.
[Hello, thankyou for calling. This is the cleaning service agency, how may i help you?] Agent
(I want to book for a cleaning service.) Me
[Okay. Can i please know your name and address? And how big the place that needs to be cleaned?] Agent
I give my name and address, and told them that the place that needs to be cleaned is the a whole house. I also told them that it has a lot of trash so that they will send 2 or 3 people.
After the call, there's now only 10 people lining up. So i just wait here, i'm starting to get bored, but i can't turn back now. I really changed, i get bored easily, i now hate being around people. Unlike before, i can wait for a long time, no matter how long is it, especially if i'm with my sister.
After waiting for almost a decade lining up. It's now my turn. First i ask the saleslady about this gear. And it turns out that it's really the Full dive VR i see in manga and anime. Apparently, it's really very sudden, even the scientist and technologists around the world was also shocked.
The Developer won't even release to the public how it is made, what's the process, and how it works. What's more shocking, is that it is very realistic, the sense of touch, the feeling, the visuals, the way you can move, and the way the things get destroyed, it's very realistic, the only thing that makes it look like a game is that it has a panel for settings, inventory, and other things that is similar to a full dive VR on anime and manga. And also the way the monsters are cut, there's no blood, the wound only looks like a red light.
They say it's really a full dive VR gear, but i'm hesitsting because what if it's just a fraud. Well, i have a lot of money, so it's fine. I'll just buy it.
(Okay miss, i'll buy one gear) me
(Okay sir, please wait a minute) saleslady
The saleslady grabs a black square box from a big cartoon box beside her. the box she grabs has a green lines similar to a circuit board that i sometimes see on pictures.
Something is written on it. The word "Full Dive" is written in small letters, and below it is a big letters "VRMMORPG". And there are even more words and names written, but it's troublesome to read because there are too many, so i just ignored it.
When i opened it, theres a black and white VR goggles, one charger, one manual, and two long wires. The one is blue, the other one is black. The blue one is a LAN wire that is used to connect to the internet router. The Black one is a wire that has a three pins on each side, i saw this before, it's the one that you use to connect from a TV to the DVD, but this time, it's used to connect the Full dive VR gear to the TV so that the other people can watch you play while you are using the VR gear.
Are? There's something missing, there's nothing for a game here. No usb, or memorycard, or aything that you can download the game. Maybe the game is downloaded directly.to the VR goggles?
I tried asking the saleslady, and it turns out that i am right. The game is downloaded directly to the VR goggles.
I completed the purchase and then go home. All right, i'll use this later. Wait, huh? Did i feel happy? No, maybe i am just excited. But thst was the same right? Well, i'll just ignore this, for now let's head home first.
When i got home, three girls dressed on a maid is standing in front of my door, one of them is knocking. They are the same girls who always come to my house everytime i call for a cleaning service.
At first, it was a different girls, but after a few months, this three discovered my story about the accident. So they volunteered to be the one who will clean my place everytime i call for cleaning service.
At first, they always tell me to try going out and move on so i can enjoy my life more. But there's no way i can do that, no matter how i try, there's omly a sadness in my heart.
Everytime i try going out to forget what happened, at the end of the days, i always end up crying until i fall asleep. The pain always hunt me.
That's why i am scared to go out. This way, if i just stay in my room, i can't feel anything, the pain won't try to hunt me, and the time can go pass by faster.
As usual, the three girls cleaned my house, they open the windows first, then they flatten the soda cans, and throw it on a separate black plastic. The plastic wrap of chips, and the cartoon of the pizza is also put on a separate plastics.
They cleaned the floor, got rid of the dust on the walls and appliances, wiped the window, and cook something for me. The cooking doesn't include the services, but they do it for me, because they said that it's not healthy to just eat pizza and chips everytime.
I'm eating junk foods everyday, it's foolish to think that those little foods they make can bring change. But i am still grateful to them for it. It's the thought that counts after all.
After a while, they have finished cleaning everything. And as usual, they prepared the plates and foods. Yes, that's right, they eat here. They say that if they don't eat here, i won't also eat the foods that they make for me.
I can't stop them even if i want to, so i just let them do what they want. We sit on the chair, and i grabbed my spoon.
(((Itadakimasu))) the Three Maid
They offered their thanks for the food, but i just ignored them, i don't have energy and time for that. I'm now hungry. The food they cook for me is a curry rice. It smells so delicious, so i eat it.
It's delicious, as expected of them, they are so used to this kind of thing. It's so delicious that i finished eating it quickly. They gave me a seconds even though i said don't, but it's delicious so i just accept it.
After the dinner, they now head off. All right, i can now finally use the Full Dive VR gear that i bought earlier. I read the manual first, apparently, if i start the game, i will be forced to sleep, and my consciousness will be transfered to the game, just how this thing works? So mysterious.
I connect the LAN wire on my internet router then read the instruction on how to use the buttons. Huh? There's only a one button on the instructions, the power switch. I looked at the goggles, and there's really only one button. I read the manual again.
Etto, "Turn on the goggles by pressing the switch". So i just need to press the switch. Ohh it turned on. I wear the goggles and there's a choices.
Is this a joke? How can i choose on that if there's no buttons to choose. I read the manual again.
"Thought control: You can choose on the choices by focusing on the option that you want to choose."
I see. I just need to focuse on the choices. So mysterious. When i focused the on the game list. A bunch of games list was lined up. There's a fishing game, a surgical game, a pet grooming game, and many other games.
But the one that caught my attention was the jet fighter pilot game. I got curious so i played it. Wait, how do i start this?
I read the manual again, etto, "Just say Game Start". Allright, let's try it.
(Game Start!) Me
{Please register your account first}
Eh? Oh, that's right, i saw one option earlier saying "Register", but i ignored it because i chose the option "Games list". Allright, let's register first.
I enter my name, email, passwords, and few other question, allright that's done. Now let's go back to the game.
(Game Start!) Me
The display changed, and the screen becomes white. And my consciousness is slowly fading.