An Overwhelming Beauty
Slowly and calmly, a youth was walking through a large crowd of people at the flea market. He emitted a very ethereal aura, his dazzling beauty displayed out to all those around him. There were many couples where the man would cover the eyes of his girlfriend/wife to prevent them from seeing such a beautiful youth. He approached a neat looking shop in the middle of the high traffic area.
"Oi! Granny Smith! I've brought lunch. Take a break for a minute and come eat with me." He spoke with a loud voice, to overcome the chatter of the flea market.
"Oh... Ralph, get your beautiful ass in here and give me this damn food. This Granny hasn't caught a break all day!" She said hurriedly as she moved to the back of her shop.
Ralph gave off a dazzling smile and a light chuckle, before he moved to the back of the shop. Once he was in the room with Granny Smith, he quickly set the table, before revealing what he brought with him. "Alright Granny, I've brought chicken stir-fry made with a light spice, along with some fresh squeezed juice. All made by yours truly."
Granny Smith gave off a nice smile, before rapidly gobbling down the food like a starving animal, making Ralph laugh a little bit. They continued to eat for about 15 minutes, before Granny decided to ask a question, "What are you going to do now Ralph? Your time in High School ended a few weeks ago, have you thought of going to College?"
"Haha~, Granny..... I decided I was going to try that game called Utopia."
"PFFFFFFT! Ralph, you better not blow all your money on these damn games. I know it's cool, but it's totally a money trap." She quickly exclaimed.
"Don't worry Granny, I have a plan."
"Haaahhh, you totally are gonna kill me with your crazy ideas. If you're going waste your time, stop bringing me food or else you'll go broke."
"How could I not bring you food? It's the least I can do as a form of respect for your hard work."
Their conversation quickly came to a halt. Followed by an awkward silence. Feeling the weird atmosphere Ralph utilized his incredible charisma to redirect the topic to another subject. "Granny Smith, it's been almost 20 minutes. I'm going to pack up the food and get going, so you can get back to work."
"Hurry up and get out of here already, you gamer brat." She said with a heavy HMPH!
"Alright, Alright!" Ralph quickly shoved the dishes back into the bag he brought with him. He knew Granny wasn't going to change his mind, so he quickly stormed out of the area where they ate lunch.
As he was walking out he heard Granny Smith yell, "If your gaming career falls to shit, you can always come work for this old bag of bones!" She gave a quick wave before waddling back to her work station to sell her wares. He gave off a small smile before leaving for home.
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*CLICK*
Ralph unlocked the door to his home. He entered through the door, and walked down the hall to the kitchen, to place the leftover lunch bag on the counter. His house is an average sized apartment, but what makes it stand out compared to other college students is his place is very clean. It has a nice simple modern layout. It's a 1 bedroom, 1 bathroom apartment, that perfectly accommodates his stay here.
Ralph cracked open the bag containing the left-over lunch, before putting it in the garbage, and washing the dishes. He quickly dried off his hands, before excitedly rushing towards his bedroom.
He logged onto his computer, before loading up the delivery service's website and typing in his order code.
[Your delivery will arrive in 3 hours]
He quickly became giddy. He was very excited to start playing Utopia, he could finally start making friends instead of suitors. In Utopia, it was ruled with power. If you were strong, you were revered and looked up to. If you were weak, you'd be stepped on like stairs. He was also secretly hoping that even if the players fawned over his appearance, the NPCs would not bother with it. He just wanted to be treated normally for once. It's a curse and a blessing at the same time.
He quickly calmed down, and time began to fly by quickly. He wasn't sure what to do while he waited, but time felt like it was getting slower and slower the closer it was to that 3 hour mark. It felt kind of suffocating for him to just sit here and wait, so he decided to get out of the house and take a walk around the block. The stress was starting to get to him.
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He arrived at the bottom of his apartment complex, looked up towards his room window, before turning around to leave. It was quite nice out, there were many vibrant colors as he walked. Bright blue and green buildings. Red and yellow flowers, bustling streets full of cars and people. It was a nice environment. Ralph decided to wear a hoodie to cover his dazzling looks. He took a deep breath before beginning his march to calm down.
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*DING* *DING*
He peeked at his phone.
[Your package has arrived]
Ralph gave a wide smile as he looked at his phone. Honestly, he looked pretty creepy. He shoved his phone back into his pocket, before scurrying back to his apartment, to start his adventure in the world of Utopia.
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As Ralph was walking down the hallway to reach his apartment, he saw that there was no package infront of his door.
'Shit!' He thought, He was away for 15 minutes since the package arrived and he already got robbed? But to his surprise, when he opened the door to his apartment, the package was already in there. 'Since when could packages get through walls?' He quickly got over that thought when the excitement kicked in.
He ripped open the box to find the human sized capsule fully assembled ready for action. He wheeled it into his bedroom before plugging it in. At this point it was roughly 5 PM, he had nothing left to do until tomorrow, so he put on some PJs before taking his place inside of the capsule. He took a deep breath, then he shouted.
"Utopia start!"
*SWOOSH*