Later in the evening, Dillard sits in front of his study table in his dorm room. While holding the package with both hands, he tries to find the sender's name or address. Unfortunately, none is found, just the recipient's name and address which is clearly his.
Looks like a phone
From secret admirer maybe?
Haha
No, not possible
He begins to open the package wrapping. The cutter in his hands moves slowly from edge to edge, top to bottom. A few moments later the black box emerges. It looks like a smartphone box, but no branding is visible. Just pure black.
Dillard puts the box on the table and slowly pulls the cover lid up. There is a smartphone inside. Again, no sort of branding is visible. At a glance, the device itself looks good, like any other flagship phone from some famous brand. Other than that nothing is really special, not until he decides to touch the screen with his finger. Suddenly some text appears.
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Fingerprint confirmed...
ID confirmed...
Booting up device... done
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Dillard is surprised. This smartphone does not behave like any other.
ID confirmed? It knows me?
Another group of strange texts appears
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Mobile Communicator is initialized
Connecting to Moonbase ... FAILED!!
Invalid One-Time Pass Key!
Proceed to boot from local OS
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He immediately pulls his finger from the screen. With squinted eyes, Dillard tries to read the last few words.
Moonbase?
Some kind of server name?
What server? Video game?
While holding the device in front of his face, a video call window appears. It shows a caucasian woman in her twenties wearing thin titanium glasses with long straight blond hair. Dressed in a casual pink t-shirt (the bottom is not visible), she appears to be observing Dillard through a selfie camera. Dillard himself is still confused and unable to think about what to do.
"Well hello there Mr. Dillard," she greets him warmly. Her smile is wide and genuine. "I'm Agnes, nice to finally meet you."
This is the first time Dillard meets Agnes, the woman who will turn his world upside down.
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My (Un)Real Friend
Science FictionDillard is just an ordinary student, living ordinary life. Until one day, a package arrives. Inside this package, there is mysterious smartphone in which through it he receives a special offer. An offer so interesting he could not refuse, in exchang...
