Rune Universe: A Virtual Reality novel (The RUNE UNIVERSE trilogy Book 1) by Hugo Huesca

Author:Hugo Huesca [Huesca, Hugo]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2016-12-08T00:00:00+00:00

Congratulations! You have started a new quest: Raising from the Ashes (Build a new ship from scratch). This quest is a part of Discover the Mystery behind Rune Universe, good job on your advancement!

“The game thinks we’re on a good track,” I said as I accepted the new quest.

“I think it cares more about us thinking we are on a good track,” Rylena said. She did the same with her own quest, identical to mine. Somewhere in the cabin, we heard the distinct “quest accepted!” ping from Beard, too.

“Well, I think we’d make more progress if a legendary spacesuit fell right in front of me, out of nowhere,” I said. I pretended to wait around for the spacesuit, but nothing dropped from the ceiling.

“Good try. I don’t think it works that way, though.”

“Funny, when I first started, Rune’s idea of a tutorial was to send me to the forest to kill some mutants,” I said. It was only a couple of days ago, really, but they felt like a lifetime. Before and after. “Now, the game is tailor-making quests for us.”

“My first quest ever was to solve a murder with two Terran Federation high-ranking officers,” said Rylena. “If I chose the wrong one, a part of the Federation might have splintered.”

“That’s favoritism,” I said, “you get the cool tutorial quest and I go kill rats in a cellar?”

Rylena laughed, but then she stopped to think. I could see something was bothering her. “You said you only played old MMOs before, didn’t you?”

“Yes, my ‘computer’ used to be my phone connected to an old tv screen. I preferred simulators to the MMOs, though. The quests always made me feel like an unimportant NPC. Go to the blacksmith and deliver this package. ‘Congratulations, a hero is you! Have four copper coins.’”

Rylena said nothing. She just scratched her chin and stared at me.

“My eyes are up here, girl,” I said with an exaggerated sway. “You’re thinking of hiring me as errand boy? Because I have experience on that. Probably could start with a hundred skill points in package-delivering.”

“No, no,” Rylena said absent-mindedly, “I was just thinking, before coming to Rune, I loved fast-paced real-time-strategy games. The ones where you build armies and order them around? Must’ve played a dozen before Rune.”

I felt like somehow I was missing the point. “What made you change genres?”

She smiled again and shrugged. “This game always felt like home. Like… coming back to your childhood house? A place you don’t even remember, but it makes you feel all warm and fuzzy inside.”

“Even when blowing up Posse of Iron mooks?”

“Especially when blowing up mooks,” she said.

Funny. Last couple of times we’ve met Rylena was mostly an annoying know-it-all. I’d seen her in real life only once before and she was pretty. Elegant, in her own way, which wouldn’t work with many girls I knew. Then she opened her mouth and loved to remind you how smarter than you she was, which took most of the charm away.

But… the way

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