OverDrive #1 - Updated (OC)

Several years ago, a device called the Overdrive was released - an augmented reality device that allowed you to change the way you see the world... except that it was a VR device. Thousands of people bought the device, including a young teen named Torin Haikotso. As time went on, people started to notice things. Certain places in the game might not match up with the actual place IRL. There may be a missing tree in the game, or a hill might be oversized. And, as the players dived even deeper and began to unravel the truth... leaked information. And first blood.

Now, the hundreds of thousands of people who were wearing the device on the 7th day of the year 2073 roam the streets as mindless zombies, their consciences trapped inside a never-ending dream... except it wasn't a dream. It was their reality. Their Virtual Reality.

Fast forward several years later. Most of the people affected had been moved to hospitals. Those that weren't were either still roaming the streets or dead, either from IRL circumstances, or... in-game occurences. When a player is killed in-game, the Overdrive is programmed to explode. And, if the device is removed, it explodes. Battery life isn't a problem, either, as it runs off of light energy, which it stores a substantial amount of. Even light from a lightbulb could power it. As hospitals fill up with Russian-Roulette type terrorists, and thousands of lives at risk, what will become of the world? How will the hundreds of thousands of victims escape the VR device, fittingly named 'the DeathDrive'? And, with a new update to the game, what will be in store for those who are still alive?