Chapter 9: Potels? That’s a new word
Aric soon reached a pod hotel. Apparently, in interstellar civilizations, there were three kinds of hotels: ones like AirBnb, normal grand hotels, and the other was the pod hotels, popularly known as "potels."
These potels were not like the ones in Japan where one could only get enough space to lie down and slide through the whole space. The potels were made for every species, and thus there was enough room to move, as instead of a small space, there was just enough space for every species to move.
Imagine a minimalist room, and that would be a potel. These potels only had cleaning services and no managers, as they didn’t need one, and guests would follow the rules in these places.
Apis, after confirmation, paid for 6 hours. After getting confirmation, Aric ended up inside one, and the room was exactly what he had seen in the holographic video where they showed the minimalist room. He had only been at the hospital before, but the room was completely different.
It had all the things Aric had imagined and more. The ceiling was like a live television, and one could use their communicator to change to sceneries or channels they would like. One would think that in the future, everything would change to 3D, but Apis told him that people still loved 2D rather than indulging in 3D. 3D was used more for convenience rather than for enjoyment for most purposes.
There was a cool air in the room, and though the temperature outside was quite pleasing, Aric could tell the air inside had a difference that made him relax.
There was also a VR chamber beside the king-sized bed, which was also adjustable. Though the room was pretty small, Aric fell in love with it. This room was better than the one on lease in Mumbai which used to poke a hole in his pockets. And this room only cost him 20 Sora credits. So he felt it was quite cheap.
After looking around and asking Apis to check if there was any surveillance, he sat on the bed and heaved a sigh. He hadn’t had time to understand what was happening all this time. Now that he had taken everything in, he needed to execute his plan.
He bought two communicators for two reasons. One was because he needed the help of Apis in one, and the other one should be devoid of AI support so that he could use the communicator in his world.