Trak got back to his apartment, shoved his wrist against the lock, and as soon as the door clicked open, he shoved his way through and shut it behind him, leaning against it in relief. He had it. Or rather, he had him. He reached into his pocket and pulled out the datastick, and stared at it. It had been difficult getting it, something he’d been plotting for a very long time. Some of the guys on the net had been suspicious that it was even possible–after all, security at those places was huge–after all, vacation companies kept their visitors when they were their most vulnerable–its been known since the wars a century ago that no mind was as open to manipulation as one that had been converted to ones and zeros. Hell, digitization had been outlawed for ages, until the last sweeping round of deregulation had made the underground legal–and now they were multi-trillion dollar companies offering you any trip you could possibly imagine. And since Earth was looking pretty sorry these days, most of the wealthy prefered digital vacations to going anywhere in the real world.
But Trak had done it. It had taken a lot of bribes, but he had him–well, not really him, he supposed. Just a copy–that way there was nothing suspicious at all in a few days, when he was redownloaded into his body. Trak looked closer at the stick, imagining the man inside–Perrion, his boss.
Well, really he was his boss’s boss. Or rather, he had been. Perrion had masterminded a massive round of layoffs where Trak had been working, and he’d been swept out of it and onto the streets. It had been boring, but a good gig–and he’d been scraping by ever since…but Trak had an additional grievance against him. Perrion had also been his lover. But he’d fired him and dumped him on the same day, like Trak didn’t mean a thing to him–and he probably didn’t mean anything at all, really. No one did anymore–but Perrion had meant something to Trak, and he had not taken being jilted well. Now, though, he could have a little bit of revenge, and a little piece of Perrion all to himself.
He booted up his computer, and several displays lit up in the air around him, as he slipped the datastick into the port. It was heavily encrypted, but he had the key to that–it would just take a little while to give him access. Until then, he had to decide what he was going to do to him first–because he had so many plans, but now that the time had come–he wasn’t sure where to start. All he knew, was that Perrion was going to get a very special vacation, and one that he wasn’t going to he getting away from anytime soon.
See, two things about Perrion had always frustrated Trak. First, he was so…domineering, and not even in a sexy way. Everything had to be tailored to him and his satisfaction first, no matter what, and as much as Trak had loved him, it had been difficult to deal with. Second, he was just dull. Dull as could be; dull as a corporate drone should be, he supposed. But Trak…well, Trak had some rather…deviant interests, ones he had explored quite a bit in virtual reality. He’d never been able to afford a proper digitization, but he’d made quite a bit as an author of unique experiences on the net–and he planned on opening Perrion’s mind up to a whole slew of new possibilities, and Trak would be with him every step of the way, safe out here in virtual reality, even if Perrion ended up being a bit, rewritten, in the course of Trak’s fun.
He supposed it would be best to start with a slightly tamer scenario–one that would break that dominant streak in him, and leave his ex a bit more open to suggestion, and further modification down the road. He took a look through his various scenarios, and three in particular stood out to him as possibilities. In the end, he selected his favorite, and started booting it up, the decryption of Perrion’ digital file now nearly complete, and he got ready for the games to begin.
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Here’s how this interactive is going to work. Each program is going to be a mini scenario that runs for 2-4 chunks, depending on where they go. Then, Trak will run a new program, and work on some other aspect of Perrion’s digital copy. I’m hoping this one will be a bit shorter, and a little more organized than the last one was!
So, what’s the first virtual scenario going to be?
- Space Prison Program
- Rubber Drone Program
- Alpha Service Program
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