Chapter 5: Playing The Part of Halotus (Part 5: A Problem Emerges)

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The security guard walked over to Rudolf and told him that the situation with the gunman had been resolved. Rudolf nodded and Aiden’s playtesting session had finally begun.

To be frank, there wasn’t anything too interesting about Aiden’s session.  The Formula gave Aiden the exact experience that he wanted. After a while Aiden started craving the desire for… female beauty. This raised a very important question: how will Rudolph and his scientists change the programing of the machine to be suitable for younger audiences?

Rudolph thanked Aiden for the hours he spent playing on the game, and Aiden replied saying that there was no need to thank him, and that he looked forward to his next visit.

Aiden went to the elevator and met up with Sasha, the two of them drove to the safehouse, where Sasha made sure that she and Aiden would sleep in separate rooms. Sasha slept on the couch while Aiden slept in the other room. Aiden, in a sad attempt at being romantic, suggested that it might be safer if they slept in the same room, in case someone broke in, Sasha quickly disregarded this suggestion, showing irritation within her refusal.

Rudolph meanwhile stayed with the scientists, who were met with an incredible challenge: creating a version of the formula that is programed to only appeal to specific human emotional receptors.  They concluded that the time it would take to make the corrections would take more time than they had available. Rudolph compensated the troublesome situation, and figured that there were two solutions: either make sure Aiden would be capable of being on his best behavior during the public playtest, or finding someone else who could. 

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