It's June 2, 9:00 AM, in a messy apartment. This is where Gary Collins lives. It is unknown whether he is lazy or just doesn't care how dirty his surroundings are.
Suddenly, his phone beeps. Upon unlocking it, a bunch of messages from his boss appeared.
"Gary,
Are you sure you're still going to continue working in this company? You've been absent for few days. You need to report at my office or else I'll forcefully fire you." one of the messages that has appeared in his phone.
"Heh," he murmured, "Gimme a break. I'm a human and I can do anything with my own life."
He tosses his phone back to his couch and grabs a toast from his toaster.
He opens his cabinet and there are bunch of consoles and discs. He looked at it for a moment before closing it once again.
"Man, I really need to buy some new games," he thought to himself.
He went to his closet and grabs his clothes. He is about to go to shower until he heard another beep from his phone.
He reads the message which says, "Collins, you're fired! I'm sorry, but it is you who did this to yourself."
"Come on," he groaned.
He tosses his phone back to the couch once again and proceeds to go washing himself. A few moments later, he already wore his outdoor clothes and walks casually outside his apartment, not bothering to clean it once again. He walks through the streets which leads to a nearest videogame retailer around his location.
"I thought that when I was 18, I would already achieve freedom," he complained, "Boy, I was wrong. This life makes me even feel more isolated and locked. My career life is not that quite different from when I'm still studying."
He reached the retail store and began searching for a game to buy.
"I really want this Deity of Battle 6," he thought, "I guess I should by this one."
He checks his pocket and he got only 60 bucks in hand.
"Well, I have no choice," he sighed, "For me, if there's no game, there's no life."
He went to the cashier and is about to pay until the cashier brought out a box.
"Get that game, it's free along with this," the old man refused.
"Huh?" Gary asked confusedly, "This isn't something like those in creepypastas, isn't it?"
The old man chuckled, "Do you even believed in those?"
"Me? Of course not!" Gary laughed, "It's unbelievable as people saying that travelling back in time just to kill the tyrant ruler from their timeline is possible."
Gary examined the box and found a poorly written "HAV SUM FUN" above it and nothing else. He gave the cashier a suspecting stare before looking back at the box.
"Heh, I played some bootleg games," Gary smirked, "Some of them are great to be honest."
"So, are you gonna take it?" the old man asked.
"I'll take it," Gary replied, "Thank you."
"No problem," the old man replied, "You're even more investigative than the girl who brought a copy of that earlier.
"A girl?" Gary asked, "How many copies of this game do you have anyway?"
"You heard me right, young man," the old man answered, "We only have two copies of that game."
"So I got the last one, huh?" Gary mumbled.
"Precisely," the old man proudly answered.
"Alright," Gary bid farewell, "See ya after I finished the game."
The old man just nods and smiles as Gary walks away.
Later, that night. Gary has already started making progress in DOB 6. He booted out the disc and he inserted the disc of the game that the old man gave him. A few minutes later, the game was still in its loading state. He booted it out to clean it before putting it back once again. After another bunch of minutes, the result are still the same.
"Man, I'm guessing the old man just played me like a damn fiddle!" Gary groaned.
He started mashing the buttons of his controller to see if anything could do something. He did it over and over until he just gave up and drops the controller forcefully on the floor.
"I'm getting drowsy," he yawned, "I sure love playing Deity of Battle 6 but I'm tired of playing another round."
He lays down on his couch and mumbled, "I'll just boot that disc tomorrow. After that, I'll beat that cashier with that disc until he just refuses to live."
Almost instantly, he fell asleep. Suddenly, the disc booted itself out the console.
After a few moments of rest, Gary opened his eyes. Everything is blurry and bright until he completely opened his eyes. He realized that he is not sleeping in his apartment anymore but instead, he is on a road in a jungly like place.
"Where am I?" Gary wondered, "I can't recall sleeping in this jungle!"
Gary wonders around and investigates the environment that might give him lead on where he is.
"I'm not even drunk last night. I'm sure of it!" he exclaimed.
He punched a tree to see if he is dreaming. He realized he is not.
"Ow!" Gary groaned, "So I'm really in a jungle, huh?"
He walked through the path where he woke up. But even he walks as far as possible, he's still in the jungle.
"I'm lost," Gary nervously mumbled, "There's no way home."
After a few minutes and a almost a kilometer of walking, he found himself just tired and unable to get out of the jungle.
"WHAT THE FUCK?!" he shouted hopelessly.
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Dreamers: Venture Into The New World
AdventureGary Collins, a 23 year old young man who's life is just eating, playing games, and sleeping. After a few moments of his sleep, he woke up and realized he's not on his bed anymore but in a mysterious place where there is a path that leads to the for...
