Can a game be a dream come true? Jorah has found a world where he can be Megan Proxy, exploring his own gender identity even while exploring a cyberpunk world that is more than it seems. Something in the world isn't working quite right, but is that a product of the game, or of the fact that the game is using his brain as a mainframe for its processing? Will he be able to enjoy living as a woman, or will he be too busy trying to avoid getting killed for the things that he finds while he takes on the role of Megan? Will the secrets that she uncovers be enough to keep her alive, or will he have to process the loss of his female self so soon after finding a way to finally indulge her?
Playing by Proxy is created by Joe Weinberg, an eGlobal Creative Publishing signed author.

Playing by Proxy

QUEST: The Redacted chip, part four. Determine the purpose of the redacted chip, and who has the authority to redact information. Reward: special.


QUEST: Setting up base. Find a safe location to call your own outside of the sight of Codex Biomedical. Reward: 25,000 XP, 3 Talent points.


She had no idea where to go for the redacted chip, but it could hold. Quests didn’t have expiration dates. She’d have to go searching, but before she did, she’d need somewhere safe to search from. Hence the other quest.


She walked out of the café and into the new city zone. It was a new experience for her.


That’s the thing about this kind of world; hypercapitalism has gone so far that it’s wrapped back around and become insular again. People live and work within the fold of the corporation; most of the money that they make ends up back in the pockets of the company. It wasn’t quite to the point where they had their own currency, but it wasn’t terribly far from that, either.


Chapter 17: A Basic Base of Operations