Virtual

𝓥𝓲𝓻𝓽𝓾𝓪𝓵. 𝓛𝓲𝓴𝓮 𝓥𝓲𝓻𝓽𝓾𝓪𝓵 𝓡𝓮𝓪𝓵𝓲𝓽𝔂. 𝓤𝓷𝓯𝓸𝓻𝓽𝓾𝓷𝓪𝓽𝓮𝓵𝔂, 𝓮𝓿𝓮𝓻𝔂𝓽𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓯𝓪𝓭𝓮𝓼 𝓪𝔀𝓪𝔂 𝓮𝓿𝓮𝓷𝓽𝓾𝓪𝓵𝓵𝔂.

Warning: A little naughty.

Don't Turn The Page
"I'm following you."

Lily tore through the bushes, struggling to find her way out of the leafy jungle. There was no way that she would let herself get kidnapped. As soon as the wolf fell on the branch, she knew it was over.

The snarling creature stopped, hovering above her, deciding if she was worth it. Letting a gust of foul breath blow into Lily's face, the creature dug its claws into her flesh, ripping her apart with its teeth. It was never one to be merciful. He'd hunted all day, and this was his first meal besides the tiniest deer alive.

Blood squirted in his mouth and fell onto the leaves as he ate. He watched the sunset, chewing extra hard when he got to the middle of the body. Ew! What just came out?

Finally, he finished, when-

"Dang it!" Lily slammed her controller down on the table. "Stupid wolf." She muttered to herself.

* ~*

Lily was not merciful, much like the creature, so since the game had hovered above her dying wolf, she had some rights, did she not?

She was playing Animal Jam 20 years from now. Yup, she was in 2039, soon to be in 2040. And boy, she was not ready to lose or give anything up anytime soon. Now, the creators of Animal Jam had been hacked already and a few renegade teens had made up a new way to play.

In the world which they nicknamed (from Jamaa) Guts, mostly to scare off little kids, they'd also 'improved' the chat. You could now use major slurs or insult people, or even take online dating a little bit too far.

So, yes, mostly teenagers enjoyed this experience. Except for the fact that Lily was a 9 year old, sitting up in bed, angry because her animal had been torn apart. Yeah; that's right; she didn't actually care. All that mattered to her was rares. That was partly why she scammed the teen idiots, but it was harder now, without little kids falling for it.

Here's what she did:

Now, this should've been impossible. But it wasn't. Because some little kid didn't want teenagers saying bad words in-game.

And Lily was going to find out who it was.

The Vandal
Of course, it was all the rage the next day at school. Students were buzzing about it, swearing under their breath and out loud before class started. (Those went to the principal's office).

But, what could they expect? Lily's entire life had been based off of the one game where she could play dirty, say dirty things, and act older than she was. She could make real scenes she played in her head happen, she could take things too far, and she could find freedom. And some insecure kid was trying to stop all of that?

AJHQ was on the next day. Finally, Lily was back from her suspension. Lily's wolf slipped in right before the last person did. It was full of mad teenagers protesting and cussing about this new arrangement.

"What the - is happening?"

"Why can't we talk like that anymore?"

Lily partook in the shut down of the players that were AJHQ, but they did nothing to resolve the situation. They just assured everyone that everything was fine, and they banned the kid. But Lily didn't stop there. She must've been the first one to send a JAG, because they replied. For once.

"Buddy me" was all they said. And they sent her a buddy request. She accepted it- she still thought they should change those symbols to something naughty too.

After that, she was the only one left and she used her mouth to say the words and her fingers to type them. She waited for an answer. The last question she'd asked had been, "I want their address. I need to find them."

After a while they responded telling her it took a while to find out but eventually they managed to blackmail the person into it. And Lily believed them. What could she say? Even if they called the cops, she could defend herself. With what? She wasn't sure yet. Whatever.

Suddenly, she had a thirst to get revenge. She'd do the entire server a favor. So she took the information and formed a route using AJHQ's directions. Eventually, they arranged to meet up every afternoon. She obliged, and started taking the short way to get to this person's house. When she arrived, she didn't bother to knock. She stormed right in like she owned the place. Well, didn't storm. Stealthily crept in.

She picked up a knife. Nobody seemed to be downstairs, but the lights were on in the basement. She peered upstairs. Ooh, was the kid home alone?

She opened the door. It made a loud squeak. A moment later, a traumatized kid stood at the bottom of the stairs. Then he sprinted away, only to collide with the back wall. Lily didn't take her time. She lunged, pulling the kid down. They plugged their ears after Lily started to scream words that he shouldn't know at his age.

Lily pulled his hands from his ears so he'd be forced to listen to it. She made it into a quiet song as she worked.

"Virtual, virtual, virtual reality, I'm the beast coming for you, in your sleep. Virtual, virtual, virtual reality.."

She continued to sing gleefully. "Where to start?" She asked after a while, looking into the horrified face. A flashback of her meeting details and times flashed in her head, but she shook it off. Then she had an idea. She slit the kid's throat effortlessly to get him to shut up and relaxed, thinking. Smiling, she texted her boyfriend excitedly.

"Wanna hang out?" -Lily

"Sure, when?" -Him

"Right now. I'm coming." -Lily

"Uh... okay." - Him

Silent Murder
She slowly walked over to him and hugged him tight. "I missed you." She whispered. Then she spoke loudly. "Wanna watch a movie or something?"

"Sure, we haven't got together in forever."

"I'll sit behind. There's a better view." Lily giggled. It was working!

"Sure."

After they were about halfway through, she noticed that the person in front of her was sleeping. She smiled, chopped his head with finality, and logged onto his computer. Luckily, he hadn't signed out. In a quick movement, she'd transferred all of his items to Lily's main account.

"That's what I'm talking about." She whispered.

She moved about her way, killing and taking items until she was the rarest account. All the while, she was singing to herself, "Virtual, virtual, virtual reality, I'm the beast coming for you, in your sleep..."