Park Dae-sung rubbed his neck awkwardly as the installers installed the virtual reality capsule in his room. He probably could have installed it himself, but thought that it would be more convenient to just pay the installation fee. He watched carefully as the men carefully screwed the wires into place onto the capsule, connecting it to the house's electricity grid.
He's heard a lot about how people have been making money from playing in virtual reality, and scrounged up enough of his saving to purchase the capsule and a basic subscription to the game. If anything, it should serve as a entertaining distraction from the cesspool he called his life.
He flipped open his bankbook and groaned pitifully at the miniscule balance. He could probably make it last. Probably. Royal Road was nothing if not popular. Back when he was attending college, it was all the upperclassmen would talk about, not that he had any interest in listening. Oh how he regretted it now.
Well, he thought to himself, this is always how he played video games. He always did prefer to know nothing about the games he would play. It give you a more unadulterated experience that is aligned to the vision of the author of the work.
The handymen quickly made short work of the remaining installation as they nodded on the way out of his home. It was his first time playing VR so he took some time to take care of his human needs before opening the futuristic device and crawling inside. He licked his lips as the machine span to life. The game quickly started as it began asking for his information.
He chose the name "Grim", it definitely was on the edgy side, but he chose it as his handle when he was twelve and somehow it stuck until now. The game quickly asked him to customize a character, he needed to decide quick or he might just get stuck on this for the next hour without making any progress.

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