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Towards the mid 21st century, the technology has advanced to the point where the development speed was absolutely astounding.

Neural interfaces that connected the host's consciousness to a virtual world was one of the most iconic technologies during the mid 21st century, this was thanks to the new universal quantum computers. This sent Virtual Reality to a whole new level, allowing people to enter and explore worlds that are artificially created inside a false reality, in other words: simulations. However there was one factor that wouldn't allow everyone to have this new technology since it came out, and that was the fact that it was quite expensive, and therefore only the rich could Purchase the technology.

One of the first companies to buy this piece of technology named themselves 'Virtual Arts' otherwise known as 'VA' for short. VA was a successful company, and it is still one of the most prosperous companies in the 22nd century, as a matter of fact, this company is still holding the crown, meaning that it is still currently leading first place in regard to developing virtual games, simulations, and the technology in itself. Currently the company's latest and best virtual reality headset is called the 'Dream console'.

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27 minutes before the release of the new game, 'Cosmos', a game created by Virtual Arts.

Danny, a 17 year old adolescent who enjoys reading many kinds of books and games.

He generally liked games that tested his mind or innovation, such as puzzle games, strategy games, building games, crafting games, management games, etc. He had an above-average lifestyle, a group of friends, he wasn't too handsome nor ugly, he has a fashionable mustache though, and he is generally known to be the the one with the highest building skills within the group.

Since he was one of the builders of the group, he would usually stay behind and let the others, who usually went to go out and fight enemies when playing virtual games together. However, whenever it did come down to a battle within his range, he would always deploy traps beforehand, that is unless he were to run out of traps or turn out to be unnecessary in the first place, he was quite observant in different situations, but in terms of pure fighting skill he wasn't the best in the group.

"Alrighty then, it seems to be all set up now..." Danny happily said without showing it on his face. He had been setting up his brand new Dream console that he has just unpacked today, he took a long time waiting for it to be delivered by a delivery bot.

After putting down his helmet, he sat down in front of his quantum computer and went to VA's website about Cosmos to check for information, after all, he is not the one to enter a game clueless.

"Forums... Account management... Support... Introduction..." He clicked on the 'Introduction' option which brought him to a introductory video.

The video started with the logo of Cosmos. Then a robotic female voice started talking in the background:"Cosmos is an MMO sandbox game that has realistic physics and graphics. The game starts you off with two classes, there are many to choose from. There are many factions and nations in the game, but you will start off with the 'neutral' faction." The video continued with basic instructions on how to see your character stats, inventory, and tips on how to rank up based on the classes you choose, etc...

He glanced at the clock, that is located at the top right corner of the website he's on, it says 3:56 PM. only 4 minutes left until Virtual Arts releases their new game: Cosmos.

Danny got up from his seat, walked up to his personal sleeping pod. He put on his dream console. After putting it on, he laid down in his sleeping pod, which he then quickly but orderly switched it on by pressing a button.

After a short moment, he opened his eyes, where a white light enclosed his vision. Danny subconsciously closed his eyes due to the brightness and opened his eyes again a few seconds later. He wasn't in his room nor was he laying down in his pod anymore. It is bright all around,it seemed like he was put into a white room.

"Thank you for purchasing the Dream console." a feminine sounding voice was heard from seemingly out of nowhere.

Danny's expression, which is still looking the same as usual, "No problem."

"Your DNA registration is now complete."

"User registered, Danny Dingly."

"Welcome to Virtual Library, please select your type of entertainment."

As soon as the voice said that, a menu opened in front of Danny that looked like a computer program, an interface of sorts. There were different kinds of options, which went from: kid movies, adult movies, media, old VR games and even a Virtual Reality chess! He quickly browsed through the selections and found what he was looking for, Cosmos.

He lightly tapped his finger on the transparent screen to confirm his selection.

"Selection has been confirmed."

"Loading Cosmos..."

"Cosmos loaded, please type in a username, it does not have to be real." As the voice said that the room turned black with white dots, seemingly stars, the Cosmos logo appears out of nowhere as well.

"Danny." He decided to go with his name as usual, because he felt that being called something else would confuse him between reality and the false reality.

"Username confirmed, please customize the looks of your avatar."

Danny decided to keep his mustache, but also make his face seemingly more handsome. As for his body shape, he went for a more Arnold Schwarzenegger body style, he also made his body 1.95 meters tall. The reason for this decision is because he found out that the way you model your avatar can also affect your stats. Danny then clicked the 'next' button, which the voice replied with:

"Please select your two classes."