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Abby walked home on a brisk fall afternoon, her mind feeling depleted after another boring day of

college classes. “Should have skipped the last two” she thought to herself as she rounded the sidewalk

to her house. She caught her reflection in one of her neighbor’s window. For a 22-year- old, busty

brunette, she’d always had felt pretty good about her body. She was the one out of her friend group

everyone always said looked the prettiest. She smiled to herself as she bounded up the steps to her

suburban home. She turned the knob and pushed open the door to a rush of warm air, and sweet-

smelling food.

“Hey Honey!” Her mom echoed from the kitchen as she kicked off her shoes.

“Hey mom, smells great.” She said, immediately heading up to her room. It’d been too long of day to

have any kind of conversation with her mom.

She threw all her stuff onto her bed, and immediately switched on her computer. Gamer girl. That’s one

of the best ways to describe Abby. She knew it wasn’t so much of a “girly” trait to have, but god did she

fucking love zoning out for an entire evening and shooting everyone she saw in her path.

“BOOM! Head shot! Fuck you!” She yelled into her mic. People in her headphones clamored about how

much she sucked. She shot a look over at her clock. “Fuck 11:40 already? Damn, I gotta get ready for

bed.”

She hit escape to exit out of the game. Her mouse hovered over the quit button, when a message from

steam caught her eye. “Hmm? Who’s AB VR?” She thought to herself, she moved her mouse over and

clicked on the message.

“Hello Abby_pwns_2! We’ve reviewed your gamer profile, and you’ve been chosen to personally test

our new VR product! This is of course a paid position, just click the link below to get the details.”

“Fucking scammers” She thought to herself. “How the hell do these people fall for this stuff? I mean,

isn’t it totally obvious they’re just trying to get money out of you?” She chuckled to herself, and decided

to click the link just for kicks.

Instantly a bright pink webpage came up, the words “Altered Brain Virtual Reality” in pastel block letters

was written across the top of the page. A video of a swirling pink background starting playing, and soft

harp music started playing in Abby’s ears. “The hell? What is… Wha… dis…” Her vision started to blur

around the edges, the swirl was locked into her sight. The world turned black around her just as she fell

asleep. She noticed the harp music turning into a soft man’s voice just as she fell asleep.

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“BEEP BEEP BEEP” The sound of her alarm started blaring as her head shot up from her chair. Her

headphones falling right off from the sudden movement “Uhh… What the hell happened? Did I fall

asleep at the screen again?” She thought to herself. She looked down, the top of her shirt had a wet

stain on it. She moved her hand up to feel it. “Wet? Why’s my shirt wet?” She lifted the damp cotton off

of her skin to confirm. “Damn, did I spill or something?” It was then she noticed her chin was also

soaked. “Oh god, I haven’t drooled in my sleep in forever” She thought as she wiped her face with her

wrist. “Ah I should have known better. 11:00 is typically my limit anyways” She muttered to herself. She

placed her hands in her face to focus herself, but suddenly recoiled at the cold moist feeling on her

cheek. “What the fuck? My thumb too? Why the hell is that wet!” She immediately got up in disgust.

Ripping her clothes off and throwing them in her accumulating laundry pile. Her face contorted into

revolt as she dried her thumb off on one of the dirty towels on the ground. She caught another glance of

the clock. “Fuck I’m gonna be late” she thought, running around her room to suddenly get ready for

school.

“MOM!” She yelled as she bounded down the stairs, “I’m gonna need a ride to school!” She said as she

jumped down the last couple of stairs. She could hear the TV lightly playing as she passed the living

room.

“That’s fine Love!” She said from the kitchen, “I heard you up late, here I made you some eggs. You

wanna take that with you and head out now?” Abby gave a loving smile as she grabbed the plate.

“That’d be great mom, we got to leave pretty much now though.” She said as she readjusted the

backpack on her shoulder. Her mother nodded as she threw the used pan in the sink. “I’m right behind

you!” She said grabbing her purse on the counter.

The two of them walked across the living room to the door when they instantly stopped in their tracks.

“Today’s games are just so fast paced, aren’t they?” The man said, Abby instantly recognized the voice.

Pictures of nurseries and diapers flashed across the screen. “What if we told you the best game of the

year was one where you didn’t have to do anything?” The two of them were staring blankly at the

screen, drool beginning to slowly drip down their chins. “From AB Visual Reality we’re introducing our

revolutionary VR technology. The user doesn’t just feel like they’re there, but their mind does as well!

Purchase your AB VR at your local gaming store today!” The man on the screen disappeared as images

of adults toddling around in diapers, and sucking on oversized pacifiers slowly moved across the screen.

Abby felt like she stood there for ages, her mind floating in a warm stasis, when suddenly the boring

man behind the table started talking about the news again. She blinked and shook her head, she felt

specs of drool on her chin flew off from the motion. For some reason though, she didn’t nearly as care

as much as when she had woke up.

“What were we doing again?” Abby said, her mom shaking her head as well.

“We were uh… uh….. we were going to get that game?.... Right?” Her mom said, as she tilted her head in

thought.

“Yeah.. That was… that was it right?” Abby said. “Yeah, I came downstairs, told you we had to buy that

game, and now we’re here.” The two looked at each other quizzically. The moment hung, then her

mouther started laughing.

“Yes! Duh! Hahah, brain farts for both of us!” Her mom said, breaking the odd tension in the room. Abby

couldn’t help but giggle a little bit to the fact her mom just said “farts”. “Come on, let’s hurry before

they run out!” Her mom said, Abby grabbed her mom’s hand as they walked out the door.

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