The Gamer

Chapter 9 - Part One

Los Angeles was a warm city, it was during all the year.

There were just a few days before Christmas and it was easily reaching 20 °. I would have loved to be in a cool place at the time, like in Antarctica or Siberia, anywhere rather than there.

Wearing the purple dress that my mother had bought me, I looked more and more like a model. I hadn't felt like eating a lot in those weeks, I had also lost weight, my dress was also a bit loose.

I combed my brown hair and matched an eyeshadow to my light blue eyes. I looked like an expensive porcelain doll with a fake smile and white skin.

" Are you anxious? " my father asked, while he drove towards the faculty

" No, all right. I'm just a little tired " I replied.

My parents were elated. After all, their only daughter was graduating. I was feeling more and more depressed.

We arrived at the university and some staff members helped me put on the toga. More than the graduation speech they were going to force me to say at the party in my honor in a few days, I was preparing for the farewell speech to all my friends and rivals on Empire of Gods. I had decided to do it before the event, so as to ask for the excuse of killing the god as a farewell. It looked perfect.

I sat down with my other colleagues and waited for my turn as I listened to the rector's speech. I don't know why, perhaps out of vain hope, I picked up the phone and read the messages that had arrived on the chat in the game. Janny had written me "good luck" and several smileys and my group of girls had done the same. Chuck had written to me too, and which made my heart skip a beat, so Oz did. He wrote a very long message, compared to the ones he usually sends and left me speechless. I had to read it several times. I was too shocked to believe it.

" Here is my proposal. I hope you like it. Either way, you didn't send me the list of vibrators you wanted, but I'm sure you will do shortly. Sidereal Shadow is looking for alpha testers for some games they are developing and I would like you to join the team. Of course, I can't tell you how I got this information and you won't be able to tell what you are about to do either for reasons of commercial secrecy. In any case, I will also send you the registration form, fill it in and you will be sent the specific assignment. You will have to move to New York in the accommodation that the company will provide you and, for all outsiders, you will be classified as a consultant, so your parents will never know what you will actually do. Start at the beginning of the year. Don't be late. I can't wait to meet you ".

Fuck, he just succeeded. I breathed and read the message for the umpteenth time. I started smiling like a psychopath. My lips were also trembling like a psychopath.

I was going to be an Alpha tester, meaning I was going to be part of the game's first testing team. I would have tried a game that probably would have entered the market after several months and, above all, I would have done it for Sidereal Shadow, the company creator of Empire of Gods.

When the rector gave me the parchment, I did not cry because of the important milestone reached, I cried because Oz had found me the dream job. The hypothesis that I had really sold my soul to the devil took a back seat. It was absurdly fantastic and I felt absurdly good.

I took a picture of myself with the parchment in hand and sent it to Oz, along with an audio:

" Soul ready to be taken, tell me when. I will prepare the list shortly, I am very demanding! " f**k, I was really happy.

I sent the photo to Janny too and went to lunch with my parents.

It was a dream, whatever they said about my future, I didn't care. I was so happy to have a way out, that their plans fell on me like rain on glass. I would have kept the information for myself for the moment. Now I just had to fill out the form.

Late in the evening, I finally went home. I undressed and switched on the PC.

The form he sent me was simple to fill out. It only required personal data, the game account, any diseases or medicines in use, phobias and willingness to live confined for several weeks. The last camp was practically my routine. I often lived confined into the house to play.

I submitted the form and went to sleep. As my good mood returned, I remembered the list I had to send to Oz.

" I usually use vibrators for the clit, I often use wand massagers, so you should buy me one of these. You choose which one. Very often, I choose them because the color inspires me rather than the functions. I hope the message didn't make you too horny. Kisses " I wrote.

It couldn't be clearer than that. I fell asleep with a smile on my lips. It was done.

I woke up with a smile still on my lips. I opened the window to let the sunlight in, prepared my breakfast and logged into the game like every day. I accumulated exp for the rest of the morning and then started packing some boxes. I was so happy that I felt full of energy.

Sidereal Shadow had sent me the specifics of the job and compensation. I would work at their headquarters in New York, sleep in the living quarters with the other alpha testers, and earn over $ 4,000 a month. The duration of the job was not explained, but I didn't care much. No interview or CV required, I just had to show up on January 3 for the initial briefing and sign a confidentiality agreement. I couldn't get any better than that.

During the day I had accumulated quite a bit of exp from Destructor and for a while I could rest assured that he would not overtake me. Oz still hadn't answered me and it was good, since I was able to prepare several boxes without distracting myself. Late in the evening I was physically tired, but mentally I was still euphoric. I was already ready for tomorrow’s event where I was not supposed to make a farewell speech.

I took the PC and started doing some research on the Sidereal Shadow.

It was a multimillion-dollar company that now dealt with various fields. It was created almost more than 10 years ago by some college students and they became famous with the first video game they created. On Wikipedia there are also several anecdotes about the original team of the company. It was rumored that the CEO was some sort of computer genius with a very high IQ and that the remaining team members were some sort of holy monsters from various fields. On the internet there were several photos of the team. They looked, all of them, the classic beautiful and impossible types. Undoubtedly the figure of Mr. Reed, the CEO, who was absurdly handsome, stood out among them. So beautiful that on some forums it was defined as a real erotic dream.

Over 1 meter and 80 tall, wavy black hair that often fell over his dark blue eyes, masculine features noticeable, but extremely graceful. He looked like the classic hard f*****g guy you can't do without. On the forums there were several photos of him in a bathing suit showing his perfectly sculpted muscles. He was so handsome that it made my mouth water.

I dropped the research for that evening and went to sleep. I had a long day ahead of me the next day.