July 8th 2455, 11:00 am
Location - O'Sirus Estate
As Dourian walks through the rouge halls of the Estate adorned with murals of archaic myths from the past.
"Prometheus...The lightbringer."
He says as he runs his hands over the plaque. This is his favourite mural, maybe because it lines the hall between his and Austin's rooms and he sees it every day or maybe because it was installed the day he moved in, who knows...
"Master Pax, do you have any orders for your morning meal?" The Butler Malco asks akin to a script.
"Just the usual Malco." He says in a response
"Of course Master Pax, shall I bring it to the Young Masters room?" Malco asks respectfully.
"Yeah extra chocolate chips please?"
"Right away sir." Malco says as he turns to the kitchen.
Malco the type G service synth has been with the O'Sirus clan since before the AI War; strangely he didn't defect with Ouran the self proclaimed Synthlord...
"Aus open up." Knock knock
"Took you long enough."
The door parts standing there, a bathrobe and pink boxers, auburn hair that somehow is always perfectly curled, skin like egg shells and freckles to match lo and behold the casanova himself Austin O'Sirus.
"Gods Aus do you ever wear clothes?!?" Dourian asks as he shields his eyes
"You know me Pax. I only wear them to take them off." Austin replies laughing.
"Jeez at least close the robe man." Dourian says through gritted teeth
"And forsake my endowments?!?! Austin scoffs "For shame Dourian...for shame...Now come inside so we can prepare for Great World. It goes live in 1 hour and I will not miss a single minute." Austin ushers him into the room with an arm.
"Here catch!"
He tosses Dourian a tightly wrapped brownie that he can smell before he sees it.
"Damn dude how much did you put in this?" "Dourian sniffs the mummified brownie before unwrapping it as an earthy smell perpetuates through the room.
Austin laughs "Enough to sedate one adult elephant why?"
Dourian takes a nibble off the corner of the brownie; the earthy and chocolate taste smears his taste buds.
"Just wondering how much I should eat, also Malco is bringing breakfast up."
"Great im fucking STARVING what's on the menu?" Austin's stomach grumbles in response
"The usual.."
"Can't go wrong with a triple stack of Chocolate chip pancakes and bacon can you?"
"Exactly." Dourian says as he snaps his fingers.
At that time there's another knock at the door
"Come in!!" Austin says.
As the door parts there's Malco with breakfast for the two young men
"Breakfast is served Young Masters, just how you like it." He says with a bow holding out a bronze platter that has never missed a days polishing
The boys thank him and take time to eat their fill before handing the spotless dishes back to him.
"Malco do not disturb for a bit Great World is going live and I don't want to be interrupted." Austin says in a serious tone
"As you wish, Young Master." Malco nods
July 8th 11:45
Location - O'Sirus Estate (Austin's Room)
"Where's mom and dad Aus?" Asks Dourian
Austin sighs.
"Well mom is in Neo Tokyo on a business meeting trying to get the go ahead to build a new branch, and dad is busy saving orphans on the upper crust." He says with a hint of melancholy
"Alriche O'Sirus the man who has it all but can't help but give it all away, how much does he spend on the upper crust a year?" Dourian pats Austin on the shoulder.
"Pax my man if I told you, you'd wonder how we aren't bankrupt yet.." Austin says proudly.
"Is the Upper Crust that bad?" Dourian pauses before taking another bite of his brownie, passing it back.
"However bad you think it is, it's a million times worse. The crime rate hasn't dropped below 85% since the war. Things have been haywire up there." Austin responds by taking a big bite of the brownie before continuing.
The World Government's solution for the overpopulation problem, deemed a second moon, where all they do is exploit those poor bastards trying to make ends meet.
Now enough of that depressing shit Pax hop into the cabin...ITS GAME TIME!!!"A half-smile clouding his face as he tries in vain to ignore what goes on up there.
A wall in the room slides open revealing Austin's game room, retro game cabinets line the walls Ps5's, Xbox One's, you name it he has it and in the middle are two pristine new VR cabins courtesy of the developers of Great World Online, no one knows who they are but it seems everyone who signed up got one shipped the next day...
"Are these them? They look sick dude."
Dourian says as he runs his hands over the opaque glass cabin. Reflecting back at him are golden eyes, and shaggy brown hair with greyed ends draping over his toned face.
"Yep these are them, sucks that they don't work for other games though. I tried to hop in and I only got the countdown for Great World, WHICH IS IN THREE MINS SO STOP OGLING AND GET IN!!" Austin shoves Dourian towards his pod.
He jumps inside the sound the sound of rushing air blowing past Dourian, as the cabin sealed like an airlock.
"See you on the other side Aus." Dourian says before the door to the cabin closes and his vision fades only to brighten up with the countdown.
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END OF CHAPTER 1-2: BEGINNINGS II
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Great World Online
FantasíaA war, A great disappearance, A game. The year is 2455 a great deal of events have happened in quick succession leading to many unanswered questions, Where did the 1.5 billion people go? Exactly how many classes are in this game & why are people get...
