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Veelox has a minion!

LifeLight the Happy Thought

Veelox
Legacy Name: Veelox

The

Custom Blacklight Jollin
Owner:

pisces

Age: 13 years, 5 months, 4 weeks

Born: November 8th, 2010

Adopted: 13 years, 5 months, 4 weeks ago

Adopted: November 8th, 2010

Statistics

Level: 5
Strength: 12
Defense: 10
Speed: 12
Health: 11
HP: 0/11
Intelligence: 42
Books Read: 42
Food Eaten: 0
Job: Unemployed

"Floating before them was the image of a girl. Actually, it was a girl's head. Just the head. It was bigger than life, but definitely a girl. She had blond hair pulled back in a ponytail and wore small, yellow tinted glasses........'Aja Killian,' whispered Bobby.
'Who?' Gunny asked.
'The Traveller from Veelox.'
'Where have you been?' the floating head demanded angrily. 'I've been trying to contact you for ages!'"

~

"Aja was shorter than I was, and I'm guessing a little bit older. She wore a dark blue jumpsuit that fit her pretty well. She was kinda cute, with big blue eyes behind those yellow-tinted glasses. The only thing non-Second Earth about her was a gizmo that she had strapped to her right forearm. It was a wide, silver bracelet with lots of buttons that looked like a high-tech calculator.
And she was cute, too. Did I say that?
'Hi,' I said, being all sorts of charming.
I held out my hand to shake. She didn't take it. Aja snapped angrily, 'What took you so long to get here?'"

- D.J. MacHale, The Reality Bug

"Don't worry Pendragon. Everything is under control."

Greetings. You must be from Second Earth. Did Pendragon send you? What?Then what are you doing here?! Only Travelers are supposed to use the flumes! What's Pendragon playing at? He ignores my messages, and now this?! Why do I want Pendragon? He's supposed to come here and stop a great calamity from befalling Veelox. We're on the brink of demise. Not that I really need him, I've got it all under control. Everything is going to be fine. It's just that he's head Traveler and......You don't believe me? Well what do you know? You're an ignorant Second Earth person.

Me? I'm Aja Killian. Phader and Traveler from Veelox. Veelox is the name of this planet, as well as the Territory. Like your Territory is Second Earth. This is Rubic City, a very important city on Veelox. Yes, it is rather like Second Earth. It used to be more so. -sigh- That's the problem.

See that huge black pyramid building? That's the Lifelight building. That's what's sapping the life from my people. It's also where I work. And where everyone in Rubic City is.

Lifelight is a program invented by a man called Dr. Zetlin. It's a virtual reality program that allows "Jumpers" to live their fantasies. Not exactly. The laws of the universe, like gravity, still apply in the jump. But you can be a sports star, travel the world, eliminate all your problems, even speak with dead loved ones. And it feels completely real. That's the problem. Lifelight is highly addictive. The scenes are so authentic, you forget that you're in a fantasy. Even when reminded, Jumpers usually don't want to leave. "Just twenty more minutes," can easily become twenty days.

All the people have abandoned Veelox in favor of Lifelight. Nobody runs the shops, or cleans the streets anymore. The houses are empty. Entire industries have shut down. There's little real food anymore because the farmers and manufacturers have forgotten their jobs. Unless you're really rich, you eat gloid. Sure, it's not the best, but it's cheap and easy to manufacture, and it will keep you alive. It even comes in different colors! Not that many people are around to enjoy them. They can eat anything they want in Lifelight.

Oh...Myself? Yes, I contributed to this. As I said, I'm a Phader. Every Lifelight building has Phaders and Vedders. Vedders are in charge of taking care of Jummpers physical needs, so they don't starve to death. You know gloid? As well as being cheap to make, it has a special property; it can be converted into a different from and absorbed through the skin. Vedders are in charge of pumping it into the tubes, and removing Jumpers' wastes. That way, you can stay in Lifelight for years. Dr.Zetlin himself disappeared into Lifelight years ago, and hasn't been seen since.That's the Vedders. Phaders like myself are in charge of programming. We monitor Jumps, correct errors, and time Jumps for those who want to be reminded to leave. Also, we have the ability to override fantasies, and eject users from them, in case they go bad. ....Hmm? Sometimes, unwanted things appear in fantasies. Sometimes, people die in Lifelight. Not of old age, or sickness, they just die. It's been happening a lot lately. I suspect that Saint Dane is active here.

But everything will be okay, because I have a plan! Look at this disk! I spent ages developing it, making sure it was perfect. It is my most important accomplishment. The Reality Bug.

-Sigh- Well, I suppose that makes sense. Basically, when I put this inside Lifelight, it will infect the program. When Jumpers travel into their fantasies, they'll be upsetting instead of perfect. Nothing really bad, just more realistic than they are used to. If Lifelight stops being great, nobody will want to go back. Everyone will go back to reality, striving to make their own lives better. And Veelox will be saved! Ingenious, no?

No, I don't want to hear any doubts of yours. It will work. It has to.

~
Time for you to go now! I'm not! Anyways, you're not even allowed to be here! How could Pendragon....idiot like that.....Lead Traveler.....

Hurry up! Yes. Well I'm sorry we don't have that kind of food here, what do you think I'm doing all this for? No! No! You absolutely cannot try Lifelight one more time! You are like a toddler.I swear if I left you for five minutes, you'd never want to come out again. Oh look, the flume, what a surprise. Here, I'll activate it for you. Second Earth! Enjoy. And if you see Pendragon, tell him to get over here! Now, I'm off to stop Saint Dane. Wish me luck!

*****
"In my heart, I know this was not the way it was meant to be."
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