The Metaverse: Virtual Life-Real Death by William Kurth

Author:William Kurth [Kurth, William]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-04-12T05:00:00+00:00

New Polis, Metaverse

MD woke to a beeping noise, followed by a soft female voice telling him that his hydration levels were low before the beeping resumed followed by the same earlier message. MD looked at the clock on the nightstand. 8:40 am. The beeping and voice continued. His head ached. He vaguely remembered being at the midtown brownstone and what he did there with the two lovely T-2’s.

MD sat up, fully awake now and verbally told the hydration alarm to pause. It would only stay paused for a short period unless he took in some fluids. He pushed the intercom button on the bed stand clock.

“Good morning, sir. How may I be of assistance?”

“Derek, bring me some mineral water and Tylenol.”

“Certainly, sir.”

MD laid back down. He remembered leaving the brownstone and talking with Alex about an email release or something as Derek drove him back to the penthouse in the limo. MD sat back up. The latest video message and demands were out now, what was going on in the Real world?

The large screen monitor dropped down from the ceiling above the foot of his king-sized bed by MD’s verbal command which likewise split the screen into four screens—all 24/7 news channels, including one that exclusively covered the Metaverse. All of them had live coverage of the latest deaths and how someone from inside of the Metaverse was taking credit for them.

MD was ecstatic. This is what he hoped for. Wall-to-wall coverage of the latest demonstration of his power. The video had been a work of art. Shocking to be sure but more importantly was the message that it conveyed. Anyone in-world right now had to be nervous about their safety and would pay the fee or leave.

MD knew most would not leave. Too much of their lives if not their careers and even their relationships were here.

Then there was the economics of being in-world. Here even someone with a modest income could live very well. Nothing like that was possible in the real world. The Metaverse offered a rich cultural and social existence far more than what that same salary could buy in the real world. No, they wouldn’t leave. Many would still resist paying of course, but their numbers would decrease as the demonstrations continued. Demonstrations. That’s a cute word for murders. MD thought more a flash of humor about it than morality.

Derek entered the room carrying a silver tray which contained a bottle of mineral water, a crystal ice bucket with silver tongs, an elegant crystal glass and a small china saucer with two white pills on it.

“Ice, sir?”

“Yes,” MD said, staring at the pills. Does the synthesizer create that or is it manually put into the pod? MD was wondering about how the Tylenol would get into his system at the H-Pod rental facility where his physical body resided.

MD drank the water and took the pills. Almost immediately he felt refreshed. He knew that it was more than just water. It was a precise hydration solution tailored to meet his body’s current needs.

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