It's Sunday night and as usual Noah sitting on his gaming setup all day switching games one by one.
"Man these new games are so boring, I should not have completed my old gems in a hurry" Noah says while putting the controller on the table in front of him.
He dugs his hand deep inside a pile of old games DVD and trying to find something good
"I have a collection of many games DVDs but I can't find any good one. Actually I have played every game over here and I don't think so any left to play." Noah says while giving a disappointed sigh
His hand caught a dirty old looking DVD, it looks like no one have touched it since years. Noah picks it and reads the title " Escape The Matrix : The Game of Life"
"This seems something new, never seen it in my collection tho lets give it a try"
He got up whistling a lullaby and inserted the DVD in the game console.
Noah excitedly at on the sofa
"please don't be a boring game like others" says noah while picking the controller from the table.
SHHEEEEEEZZ
"What's with that sound man is that DVD corrupting my console" worriedly says having regret in his eyes.
Suddenly the sound stops.
"what's wrong is the DVD really corrupted….." interrupted by the alarm clock ring signaling for the sleep time.
"ohh man it's getting late I should sleep for the university tomorrow" says and jumped from the sofa in a hurry to go to the bed and completely forgets to turn off the console
Another Day At University...
"Ohh man I am so late today, haven't slept properly because of late night gaming I have to work on my bad habits." says while entering the classroom
A student dressed in proper school uniform having glasses and nerdy hairstlyle comes up to Noah and says "Hey Noah Wolfe what's up".
Noah replies fixing his tie with a smile on his face " Hey Evan, I am good and you don't have to use my full name each time man".
"sorry bro and did you forgot what you said to me a week ago to do something on a special day, It is today dude" Evan asked, scanning his facial expression in search for an answer.
" Do you think I will forget the birthday of my crush, and yh I remember I will propose her today as promised" softly whispers in Evan's ears quiet enough that no one can hear him.
"Make sure to get flowers too man impress her with all you got" says with a laughter while hitting Noah's shoulder with his elbow softly teasing him.
"yh yh you don't have to remind me, I am expert in this look at me go in the lunch break" says Noah
AT AFTERNOON...
"Ok class that's it for today's lecture is over don't forget to revise once at home. If anyone have any doubts don't be shy just ask me now or message me your doubts later" Says the teacher while packing the books in her bag.
"No doubts ma'am you have explained very well" says a student while packing his bag
The sound of footsteps of students leaving the classroom filled the courtyard everyone was out for lunch break.
Noah started searching for Emily hiding rose stem behind his back.
Suddenly speakers started to crackle and a loud voice started coming
"Good Afternoon Everyone, This is Sports In charge speaking. Everyone this is the announcement for next week's Event, it will be a interclass competition, where every team will compete against each other and medals and performance will effect points. Various kind of games with physical and mental skills will be held. If anyone caught cheating or go against the rules whole team will suffer the consequences, Good Luck" a loud announcement filled entire university.
"Man as always I don't like these competitions, every time class 1a and 2a gets all the medals." Started thinking with sadness in his face.
Noise began to fill whole college as each group started talking about the competition.
Few girls near Noah started talking as well. He can hear them standing behind the huge mango tree in the lawn area.
"As always our team will loose because of these losers" one girl in university dress white shirt with coat and grey skirt said
"yeah and because of these biggest losers Noah and Evan. They always comes last and our class points get deducted like crazy, I don't even wanna see there face look at Diablo he always gets medals for the team and he is handsome too." Noah got shocked as this voice recognized as Emily back bitching about him and his best friend Evan
Tears suddenly started filling his eyes , the rose stem fall from his hand fell on the ground with large sound of pain inside his heart.
He can feel every second a strong pain like a knife stabbed his heart. He cant breathe and he started realizing the crush he was going to propose will never accept his proposal after that and would have laughed instead in front of everyone.
Noah started going back to his home leaving all the remaining lectures, and fading away in the darkness
CLICK CLICK the door lock opens
Door opens with a soft sound, Noah enters and started taking off his shoes silently, Tears gathered in his eyes and began to fall, tracing quiet paths down his cheeks.
He sank into the sofa, burying his face in his hands, the weight of sorrow pressing down on him like a storm.
His mind kept repeating the words he heard, and each time it felt like millions of pointed arrows getting deep inside his heart.
DING DING...
Suddenly a sound rang inside his ears, he wiped his tears and looked on the console from where it was coming.
He saw a blue screen with white dialog box on the screen.
Do you want to play escape the matrix?
(Select "YES" to continue to the game and "NO" to exit)
"what's with this nonsense, I don't feel like doing anything but let's give it a try so that I can forget what happened today" says with trembled voice, tears are flooding down his cheeks."
He picks up the controller and rolls his joystick to yes and selects it.
Welcome in Escaping The Matrix : The Game of Life. You can go in "how to play?" section to check out to play. "Rules" keep getting updated each time you reach some level of experience. Good Luck!
"sigh, what a start of the game they telling me there are rules just like university damm". Says in disappointment and uses his controller to select "how to play?"
HOW TO PLAY?
Its pretty simple you just have to complete quests which you get. There are rarity of quests the higher the rarity the tougher the task and more the reward. Higher rarity quests are like a gamble as they don't show the quest until you start them and if you don't able to complete they give penalty also.
Each quest you complete you get some points which you can use to unlock skills or buy stuff from the shop section.
What happens if you don't complete the quest on time?
Your points will get deducted from your balance. And if it goes in negative you have to pay the debt before buying or doing anything.
Negative points gives you more difficult less rewarding quests because it lowers your game reputation which is known as MMR its hidden.
"This game looks fun, lets see what it gives me" says while wiping out the tears.
CLICK
Presses the continue button
Joining reward!
Thanks for joining The Matrix here is your joining bonus. Claim your 20 points and try buying something on skill section to see how all this works. Good Luck!
CLICKS
He clicks claim button in excitement of checking how it works.
Reward!
You got a reward of 20 points!
[balance] = 20 pts
In eager anticipation he thinks "how will the skills work will it provide weapons or something for the main character? Lets check it out maybe it's a modern game with guns in it. The Game haven't started yet let's see how it is."
CLICK....
He clicks the shop button. A new tab flashes open in front of him with 2 separate columns
SHOP
[skills] [marketplace]
2 skills are available to buy for one time use only. Epic skills are hidden and given for less value for beginner bonus.
"its surprising how it is making me buy something I don't know lets buy anything" says noah widely opening his eyes and eagerly waiting for what happens next.
New Skill Unlocked!
Skill
"how I can know what someone is thinking when I never saw the main character till now or anyone else. Maybe they introduce when I use it and the game may start then." Thinks with disappointment in his mind.
CLICK....
The screen turned black, looked like it crashed after selecting use button. Noah kept sitting staring at the black screen. Started getting in depression thinking about what happened today.
"man a game with no fps just crashed, how is that possible my system is high end. Whatever I should sleep forgetting everything the best thing is I didn't proposed her or else she would have insulted me in front of everyone. I should improve and show her what she missed" says with sparkle of revenge in his eyes .
Another day at university.
"Good Morning everyone I am Miss Clara as miss Elena is not able to join us today I will be teaching you all." Says a young and gorgeous lady wearing a dress which seemed like a dress code of some professional company. White shirt with black coat and tie , black pants with black polished shoes.
"she looks like secretary of some company haha"
" well maybe she is not strict and class will go as usual"
"who is she?, never saw her in university before"
Whispering noise broke the silence of the class. As students started discussing who was she.
Teacher stood silently writing something on board. While saying loudly "no studies today, you all will prepare for the event next week, i will give you all necessary information."
Noah silently sat in the corner seat while thinking whats next, he rested his cheeks against his hand. Observing every movement of the class.
He suddenly saw from the side the evil smile of the teacher looked like hiding something dark inside her.
Noah thinks in surprise "what a evil smile I wonder what's she thinking, is she hiding something , or is she just evil looking sometimes."
His view got shrinked everything looked red for a while his all focus suddenly increased. Some letters started building up above the teacher's head.
Noah saw a sentence above her head. His eyes got widen up, his face started sweating up, A dry gulp slipped past his throat, betraying the tension in his chest. His hand suddenly dropped on the table.
In sudden wave of dread all over him he said "what is going on? It can't be like this, why am I seeing this.... is she for real…..? "
Skill used!