Phoenix Rising took the gaming industry by storm. When a group of AIs said they were bored and wanted to use excess capacity to create an online game, they were met with ridicule. What did a medical records AI, a power plant controller, and a research assistant know about gaming? And when the water treatment plant controller joined, the jokes just wouldn't stop.
Then the beta came out, and the joke was on the rest of the industry. The world was indistinguishable from an alternate reality. The creators said that you could do anything in the game. If you wanted to be king, find a kingdom and conquer it. NPCs weren't inherently special; they played by the same rules as everyone else, at least in any way that affected what you could do in game.
Yet somehow, they had made a game that let the players (or the immortals as they were called) choose their own level of immersion. Teens were welcome to play, although they would experience just a slightly different world than someone who chose to explore the deeply adult aspects of the game. The AIs promised never to cave to market pressure in terms of what content was permitted.
This is a story about a character who wants to play a whore. Join Ariel (played by David) as she jumps into a world of vulnerability and openness that she is completely unprepared to face. She thought it would be as simple as having some sex. But it's far more complex than that. There's a secret behind the Whores Guild; a reason they don't let players join. And even if they did, does she have what it takes to be that? Because prostitution in Phoenix Rising is nothing like the real world.
It's good to be back writing again. This story has been a couple years in the making. I'm around 50,000 words into the story, and suspect it will be around 80,000 words when completed. Join me and let's see where this goes!