Currently at time Square, all across the big screens there was a certain commercial that captured everyone's attention like moths to light. Some seemed to like it so much that they decided to record the whole thing.
The commercial went something like this. There was a boy who went towards a game store, he looked around the store but nothing seemed to pique his interest, but at the corner of his eye he saw something glowing.
He looked toward the light and saw a disk with a picture of a teenage boy folding his arms across his chest as he stood over a cliff overlooking a city and on top of the disk were words in bold that read out 'EGO'.
The boy seemed intrigued and bought the game, he went home and started playing it right away as soon as he logged in he was sucked into the game.
He looked around in wonder and soon surprise as the game character walked up to him and stretched out his hand as a gesture for the boy to take it.
The character had a beautiful broad smile that everyone had to take a picture of. The screen switched to various shots of the boy and the protagonist either walking through a forest, attacking monsters, or even sky diving.
Soon the boy was pulled out of the game when he felt a tap on his shoulder, he looked around and saw that it was his mom. She pointed to the clock by his bedside which read 2:54 am
Before the screen went black and they were met with the Character looking at everyone with a smile, "Hello everyone, my name is Levi Anderson and I'll be here to help you throughout the game."
He flashed an even wider smile before he continued, "This game 'EGO'. Specializes in real-life experiences along with realistic graphics that will leave you to question reality."
He let out a chuckle before he looked straight back at the screen, " This game does not require any complicated installation or any form of payment for character design until the 4th of August. EGO, explore the possibilities."
And with that, the screen went back to a Coca-Cola commercial that was originally broadcasting before it was interrupted.
The pedestrians soon went along their way to fulfill the tasks they were supposed to do in the first place. Some adults thinking about whether or not they should get the game as a present for their children or close younger relatives. While the youths thought of buying it for trying sake.
And before you could say She sells seas shells by the sea shore, the game was #1 on trending. Mostly because of the character Hoseok but either way the game was a hit.
But some people just didn't seem to think so.
"I don't get why everyone is fussing so much over a fucking game." A girl said as he walked down the busy streets with a book bag strapped on his shoulder. Her newly hazel-colored hair bounced with every step she took.
Her frown turned deeper as she saw a poster with the cover of the video game on it. Oh, how she hated the game, she may not have played it herself but the game in itself was just so frustrating.
Everyone would not stop talking about it at school, or in cafes and she would hear it by just walking on the street and that just annoyed her to a certain level that no one could explain.
She hadn't even seen the trailer and yet he was already judging it. It came as a surprise that she hadn't seen the trailer yet even though it was the talk of the town.
She was taking a walk through town square and that was the first time she saw the trailer, he had too much of an Ego to admit that it sounded fun so she just let it be.
But that didn't stop her thoughts from lingering toward the mascot of the entire game. Levi Anderson, that name alone was enough to give her goosebumps, but surprisingly not in a bad way.
She had heard his name a couple of times from the girls at school and some of the boys but he didn't look into it too much.
The girl made her way back home so that she could start the homework she was assigned. She took a turn before going down a subway passage, where she was met with more posters of the game and Levi.
That didn't come as a surprise to her.
She had to go through a wave of people before She reached one of the subways she was taking. The ride was about 15 minutes long before she reached her street.
She walked until she saw her all too familiar house just straight ahead.