Interlude-Brandon (The Game is Life) by Schott Terry

Author:Schott, Terry [Schott, Terry]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Terry Schott
Published: 2013-05-04T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 40

Tony and Easton were the final team members to arrive. Kay opened the door to Brandon’s room and let them in. It wasn’t possible to lock the door — that would never be allowed in the Centre — but with Tony leaning against it, no one would suddenly burst in on them.

Brandon sat down on his bed and looked at them with a pleased smile. “We’ve finally got enough points,” he announced.

“For all of us?” Alan asked.

“That was the deal,” Brandon nodded. “No one buys the perk until we can all afford it.”

Easton whistled slowly. “Is there another crew out there who all have it?”

“Not a single one,” Brandon said. “The perk is so expensive, no one else has done it yet.”

When the Sim had reached its first year anniversary, Thorn had announced a new point system. From that day forward, players earned points by playing games that could be spent to acquire a myriad of things inside the Sim. A staggering number of perks were added to the Sim, and players immediately began to make purchases from a list of abilities, skills, and power ups that could be equipped and used. Examples of simple and low cost perks included cosmetic things such as changing an avatar’s eye colour or gaining the ability to make its hair glow for a short period of time. More expensive perks were things like adding to an avatar’s strength, growing in height by an inch or more, or gaining better lung capacity in order to be able to run for a longer period of time before tiring. The list of perks was extensive, and it continued to grow as the years passed.

Brandon and his crew had stood before the master list on that first day and scanned the entire menu. Almost in unison, their eyes had settled on one perk. Brandon had whispered, “I want that one,” while the rest murmured in agreement. They had met in Brandon’s room, which was their command centre, and unanimously agreed to work towards saving for it. The five of them had sworn to wait until everyone could buy it at the same time.

After two years of playing and saving small amounts of points from every game, they finally had enough to make their purchase.

All of them would soon be flying inside the Sim.

“How does it work, again?” Kay asked. “It’s been a while since I’ve read the perk description.”

“Here, I think I have it,” Easton said, pulling up the info on his tablet. “Flying Perk: Once activated, it can be used in special flying zones inside the Sim. Players with the flying perk will have access to brand new games and contests. Team play will be allowed in most flying games; as always, check details on each game before signing up to play.”

“It still gives us wings, right?” Tony asked.

“Oh, yeah,” Brandon said. He’d grown considerably over the past three years, which was no surprise since he was the youngest of the bunch. His face had

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