Resurgence: The Rise of Resurgence Book 1 Read Online Free
Author: Joshua W. Nelson
programmed to make certain faces and will look a certain way. But what I was seeing in front of me were my teammates and they were all telling each other to make faces. This alone could make AltCon a fortune. It was good luck that Victoria arrived soon after because two of the guys kept pinching each other all over their bodies and asking, “Seriously, you can feel that right?”
“Ok ladies and gentlemen, please calm down. I know it is a lot to take in the first time, but soon this will all be second nature, much like your own skin. Take a little time to move around the space and interact with each other. Please don’t touch another person without asking them first. In five minutes we will move on to the next part of the Orientation.”
Everyone flitted from one person to another, smiling, frowning, making funny faces and touching each other on the arms and hands. It was all so different from the usual VR setting and after five minutes in this environment I knew none of us would be turning this opportunity down. Victoria called a halt to everyone’s fun and began to give instructions for the next part of the orientation.
“There are eight people in this team. You are going to be broken up into two sub teams based on our calculations. I know we have six men and two women in this group, but we will not be splitting the ladies up between the men. We have in other cases, but our data has led us to make the following two sub teams, which we believe have the greatest hopes for success. The first sub team with our two esteemed ladies will be Gary, Timothy, Kaitlin, and Jennifer. That leaves, Alexander, Daniel, Jason, and Wayne for the other team. Split up and meet your teammates.”
We all walked around until we met our counterparts and began introducing ourselves. I learned that Daniel was Dan like I was Alex. Dan was the most laid back of the group. He seemed more like a pot head than a pod-head with a healthy dose of surfer, although we were hundreds of miles from an ocean. When I made the joke about Alexander being the guy from Macedonia, Dan’s only response was “Fuckin’ A man.” Wayne had a hint of crazy behind his eyes. Not bad crazy, but the kind of crazy you want if you ever think getting into a bar fight is a good idea and you only have one friend with you. That look in Wayne’s eyes is that kind of guy. Our final team member, Jason, was stoic. He just kept looking around and saying there was way too much grey, and that there needed to be something to offset it. I don’t know what the others thought of me, but I knew I had to question the “data” that thought putting the four of us together was a good idea.
After the meet and greets we took virtual seats and continued with the orientation. Victoria, still in her high-elf avatar, explained the time line before Beta would start. The company needed another six months to calibrate all of the RACs for each individual and set up each person’s home to receive the merchandise. AltCon also agreed to pay the extra electricity bill that would come from having the RAC and the cooling system installed. The rest of the orientation was mindless drivel, that didn’t have anything to do with the game itself. We learned about the different physical exams we would need to go through to make sure we were all healthy enough, but Victoria assured us this was to detect things like heart murmurs, not if someone didn’t exercise enough. There was a collective sigh around the room. Pod-heads aren’t known for getting out and hitting the weights. I was no exception.
Victoria also informed us that we would continue to meet up with our sub team regularly, and our eight-person team less so. All of us found this a bit odd, but Victoria assured us again this would make more sense once we entered the Beta and began getting assignments to help with the testing. Each meeting, scheduled by AltCon, would be compensated for monetarily. There was no reason to argue except that none of
“Ok ladies and gentlemen, please calm down. I know it is a lot to take in the first time, but soon this will all be second nature, much like your own skin. Take a little time to move around the space and interact with each other. Please don’t touch another person without asking them first. In five minutes we will move on to the next part of the Orientation.”
Everyone flitted from one person to another, smiling, frowning, making funny faces and touching each other on the arms and hands. It was all so different from the usual VR setting and after five minutes in this environment I knew none of us would be turning this opportunity down. Victoria called a halt to everyone’s fun and began to give instructions for the next part of the orientation.
“There are eight people in this team. You are going to be broken up into two sub teams based on our calculations. I know we have six men and two women in this group, but we will not be splitting the ladies up between the men. We have in other cases, but our data has led us to make the following two sub teams, which we believe have the greatest hopes for success. The first sub team with our two esteemed ladies will be Gary, Timothy, Kaitlin, and Jennifer. That leaves, Alexander, Daniel, Jason, and Wayne for the other team. Split up and meet your teammates.”
We all walked around until we met our counterparts and began introducing ourselves. I learned that Daniel was Dan like I was Alex. Dan was the most laid back of the group. He seemed more like a pot head than a pod-head with a healthy dose of surfer, although we were hundreds of miles from an ocean. When I made the joke about Alexander being the guy from Macedonia, Dan’s only response was “Fuckin’ A man.” Wayne had a hint of crazy behind his eyes. Not bad crazy, but the kind of crazy you want if you ever think getting into a bar fight is a good idea and you only have one friend with you. That look in Wayne’s eyes is that kind of guy. Our final team member, Jason, was stoic. He just kept looking around and saying there was way too much grey, and that there needed to be something to offset it. I don’t know what the others thought of me, but I knew I had to question the “data” that thought putting the four of us together was a good idea.
After the meet and greets we took virtual seats and continued with the orientation. Victoria, still in her high-elf avatar, explained the time line before Beta would start. The company needed another six months to calibrate all of the RACs for each individual and set up each person’s home to receive the merchandise. AltCon also agreed to pay the extra electricity bill that would come from having the RAC and the cooling system installed. The rest of the orientation was mindless drivel, that didn’t have anything to do with the game itself. We learned about the different physical exams we would need to go through to make sure we were all healthy enough, but Victoria assured us this was to detect things like heart murmurs, not if someone didn’t exercise enough. There was a collective sigh around the room. Pod-heads aren’t known for getting out and hitting the weights. I was no exception.
Victoria also informed us that we would continue to meet up with our sub team regularly, and our eight-person team less so. All of us found this a bit odd, but Victoria assured us again this would make more sense once we entered the Beta and began getting assignments to help with the testing. Each meeting, scheduled by AltCon, would be compensated for monetarily. There was no reason to argue except that none of
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