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Chapter 8: Surreal Experience
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2024-10-29 19:42:56"The surreal is but reality that has not been connected from its mystery."
-Rene Hagritte-
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The devices slowly moved from the side and they attached themselves to her body. Then, her vision was blocked by a virtual reality helm which is similar to the ones people would find in the market.
“Program started, welcome to Xtopia.” She could hear a robotic voice speaking directly to her ears. Her surrounding darkened and she saw an opening menu asking her to select a name for herself along with her identity.
She decided to name her character Freya over her favorite character in Norse mythology and then select a female human.
Then, she saw a screen that would allow her to customize her character’s appearance, from the body shape, skin tone, eye and hair color as well basic clothing options for her to choose from.
She customized Freya to be completely different from herself. She was a brunette an
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