SAFETY FIRST
COLIN LOCKE vs. MUGEN
BETTAVERSE
The camera pans around a large modern structure with a hint of Roman Greco art design. This attraction is a stark contrast to the fantastical and bright veneer of Hootsney World. There are no long lines or rampaging children. No overbearing advertisements or bodacious marketing.
As the large sign implies, this attraction was created from the mind of Tiberius Octavian Dupree and the talented technicians and engineers at TOLMC.
BettaVerse, a virtual experience of a lifetime. Reservation Only.
Inside the building we see various state of the art virtual reality stations separated into different sections. Each section is being monitored by an onsite control room at the apex of the building. Inside that control room, an overseer spots an altercation on one of the monitors.
An oversized man in a faded Lotus: Adapt or Die t-shirt slams his VR headset down and frantically tries to unhook himself. He immediately starts screaming at the security camera.
Patron #1: What is this shit?!
Patron #1: I didn’t pay 300 bucks to have some pompous twit turn me into a “mediogre”.
As he does physical air quotes security tackles him to the ground and drags him out the building by force. The overseer monitors another station, this one seems to be malfunctioning.
He immediately presses a button on his dashboard, and a group of technicians rush the room. They unhook the man from the VR headset and contraption, the man talks incoherently.
Patron #2: I don’t have his summer…i told him..i don’t…i don’t have it.
While the mumbling man is also getting dragged out the building. The man of the hour himself, Tiberius Dupree appears in the control room.
Dupree: How’s everything going?
Overseer #1: You know just the usual, station 7 is on the fritz again. Not sure if it’s safe for another session.
Dupree: Safety is our number one priority. So just give it a reboot, restart or whatever it is you people do.
Overseer #2: You people?!
Tibby stares at the overseer incredulously, he then snaps his fingers. 3 TOLMC security guards rush the control room, tackle the overseer and drag him out the building. The other overseer fidgets in his seat in utter fear.
Overseer #1: I’ll get the station back online ASAP sir.
Dupree nods and leaves the control room in annoyance as the camera fades to black.
BATTLE FOR RESPECT
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