Chapter 21 - Into The Fire
The next day didn't come too soon for Ren. He wolfed down his breakfast and he breezed through his physical therapy exercises, much to the shock of the therapist. Only the day before he seemed to struggle to do the simplest things, but today he had so much energy that they had finished early. He had practially power-walked through the whole 100 metres of track!
Ren was coated in sweat and completely exausted; but, he was still in a good mood. Today was the day! He got cleaned up as best as he could, and Lucy helped with the rest. She blushed the whole time and it made Ren wonder, once again, why she was reacting this way. He didn't do or say anything to change her attitude towards him, did he? Ren didn't think so.
He used the bathroom again because he knew that 4 hours was going to be almost a full day in game (which is 6 hours) and he didn't want to take a break at any time in the middle of his time limit. He finished cleaning up and got back into bed. Lucy passed him his VR headset (she'd hooked everything up while he was in the bathroom). He put it on, thanked her, and layed down.
“Flow Login Start”
Ren fell into the familiar void of the transition phase from login to the virtual world. His body floated there in complete darkness for a moment, and just when he would have passed through, he heard a whirring noise from the headset that he'd not heard before. A popup appeared.
| System Warning! | |||
| Incomplete Login A variance in the registered user's brainwave activity has been detected. Recalibration required to continue. Recalibrate: Yes/No
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