Lost in the Game by Christopher Keene

Author:Christopher Keene [Keene, Christopher]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Future House Publishing
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 17: Tourists

Despite how long we spent sitting down, the plane rides weren’t that bad, although I put this down to the fact that we all had first class seats.

Ironically, doing nothing active for hours on end was like a muscle you had to train, and I had no idea of the amount of stamina I had received in the “do nothing department” from spending time in the Dream State. The flights were actually fun, particularly when the five of us could just escape into a game.

The layovers were a different bag of boredom altogether, as we had to keep track of time to make sure we didn’t miss our flights. The plane had two stops before we finally landed at Presidente Nicolau Lobato International Airport in Dili, Timor-Leste. We had been in and out of the air for a day straight, waiting overnight for flights while Chloe complained about David’s attempts to try out his new airplane food jokes. For once, I could concur with Chloe when she told David to shut up.

It was a stressful experience, but I knew I needed to keep my wits about me for this trip. As we finally descended onto the tarmac, I couldn’t help but reflect on the danger we were flying toward. After all, from what Windsor had told me, I couldn’t help but feel I should have taken this trip on my own.

You’ve brought your friends into this mess, too. If you ever were a true team leader, now’s the time show it.

I had asked the other members of Cipher if they wanted to come, but Dice decided to stay at the facility, saying he was only good with computer problems, and Vega said he was hired as a gamer and nothing more. It made sense considering he wasn’t going to be paid, but after we had just bonded over a dungeon, I was a little disappointed by his answer.

So much for camaraderie.

In the end, I was glad it was just my four closest friends. After all, it would prevent any risk of there being clashes between Chloe and Dice.

The plane touched down, and I heard over the intercom, “We have landed in Dili. Please retrieve your items and be ready to depart. We hope you have a wonderful day.”

The message was then echoed in Portuguese.

“Finally!” Chloe called, stretching her arms above her head.

Brock rose from his seat and began passing down carry bags to people who couldn’t reach, more so he could dig out his own bag out than to be nice. Keri woke David, who was still asleep even after the announcement. After being on and off planes for coming on two days now, I wasn’t as impatient as a lot of the other people trying to get off. From the language most of the people onboard spoke, I assumed most of them were people returning home rather than tourists.

Letting everyone get off before us, it took us at least an hour to depart, pick up our bags, and leave the airport.

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