1 week to launch (USO)
Sunlight shined through the windows of the school dormitory announcing the dawn of the morning,the trio got ready for their classes, had their baths and break fast prepping for their sightseeing plans.
They had breakfast at the cafeteria and headed out,the trio visited several popular and non-popular places in the school area,watched ball games and did other things that piqued their interests. when it was nearing dusk the trio decided to end their sightseeing by having dinner at a restaurant not far from school.
"Today was fun"- Justin smiled as he took his seat with Caleb and Drake.
"Yeah,it was, the school also have a lot of facilities which I'm really interested in"- Caleb chimed in as he picked up the menu to order. He was in the engineering department but he also loved computers.
"The college is also pretty big, remember we almost got lost, thanks to the cute sis who gave us directions else we'd still be roaming around the school" Drake added.
"Yeah you're right"Justin agreed.As he put his hand on his chin lost in thought.
"Plus the girls are really pretty too" Justin added seriously,Which had them chuckling.
"What would you guys like" Caleb asked showing them the menu.
"Anything you order is fine"Drake replied smilingly as he relaxed in his chair.
"Okay then" Caleb called the waiter and placed his order,the food arrived and they ate their fill,after paying the bills,Drake suggested to walk back since it was not far from school.
On the way back to college, a billboard countdown on the launch of USO was on display, apparently only 1 week was left.
Justin who saw it first was excited then turned to Caleb,and asked:
"Did you bring your game capsule with you"he asked gingerly.
"Of course how would I forget that"- Caleb rolled his eyes at the obvious question .
"What about you Drake" Justin asked
"Umm"- Drake scratched his head , "I don't have one"-he replied awkwardly.
"What !'Justin exclaimed surprised looking at him like he wasn't from earth.
"How come you don't have one, aren't you interested in the game, Justin asked.
"Well,I'm not sure about that"Drake shrugged
-really then you have to get one now, let's go, then Justin pulled Drake along to a game shop that wasn't that far and persuaded him to buy the game capsule.
Drake ended up using the gift money his dad gave him to get the game capsule.
After the purchase they headed back to the dorm.
The next day,lectures began, and they each went for their various lectures since they were in different departments, They made new friends especially Justin since he was a handsome and social kind, in short, everything was going well and smoothly.
On the third day of lectures, their last roommate finally came, his name was Max and he was a quiet type, he was also a little nerdy but he got along well with the other guys.
Apart from school problems popping at times since they were newbies, things were basically doing alright.
Drake was thinking about another problem though,the weird machine that got stuck to him had a setup countdown and it was ending in a day time which made him nervous but he was also expectant of what would happen, fantasizing if it would be like those systems in novels.
Time passed and the day of the system countdown approached steadily,a day before the countdown Drake had trouble sleeping at the thought of it . His room mates noticed his unusual behavior and also asked why he wasn't getting sleep but he insisted he was fine so they just let him be.
The next morning Drake opened his eyes he couldn't fall asleep but thinking of his classes he left the room to get ready, after the day's lectures and dinner it was already dark, Drake headed for the dorm as he dragged his tired body to his bed. Since he didn't have any sleep the previous day and was busy all day he quickly fell asleep. During his sleep, the system that was giving him sleepiness night finally finished its countdown, then a screen lit up
[System set-up complete.....]
[Initializing...]
since he was still asleep the screen closed, waiting for Drake to see when he woke up. This was the start and beginning of the changes that was about to unfold and shake the earth.
"❤️❤️"