Nomic II

[Aikanaro]

Noela walked into her room and dumped her bag on the floor. Carelessly she flicked the door closed, which due to one of those many mainly pointless wonders of modern technology, didn't make a sound as it slammed. With practiced precision she changed out of her school uniform and dropped that over her bag, putting on a far more comfortable pair of jeans and loose top - nothing flashy, she didn't intend to be seen by anyone except as a virtual avatar for the rest of the day.

She jumped onto her bed, facing up and closed her eyes, activating the implant with a mental command: Activate Virtunet.

The transition was swift, and she soon found herself in a white void - her loading area where she could prepare her virtual avatar and choose her destination. She left her avatar as her own body, which would be fine amoung friends (or at least, people she intended to make friends. She did not know them all well yet). However, she decided that this occasion deserved something ... regal in the way of clothing. Create this {Data}

A glorified medieval dress appeared on her, maybe not historically accurate, but splendid nevertheless. Her mind must have expected it to be uncomfortable however, when the chip trawled it to get the exact specifications, and it was far too tight. Delete discomfort. Make clothing feel like this {Data}

There, that was better. Noela surveyed herself in the third person to get a proper view, then - when satisfied - gave the command to leave the loading screen: Create area {Data}

Instantly there was a new and nearly identical scene before her: the same dull white emptiness, the only difference here being that it was on the Virtunet where others could access it. She was expecting a few people to come, those who'd wanted to create a virtual hangout together. Though it had been decided that they wouldn't start until they had all arrived, the lack of a real standing area was disconcerting. Create ground {Data}

She smiled, finding herself on a solid, grassy, and quite featureless plain which continued on to infinity. Though she had not allowed her avatar to feel weary, she sat down to await the others, and wondered what their virtual creation would look like in the end.

[Coral]

And so, in conclusion, the Segway 8B can be rendered obsolete with a simple addition:
BAM! The third wheel! This will ultimately, reduce the cost by thousands of dollars, and the Segway will no longer have to be turned on to balance itself. It will also be more efficient.

Coral finished up typing his homework on his AMD-1605 5 gigahertz computer. He moved on to something else. That would be trying out the new Virtunet! He opened up the VN01 browser (pre-implant) and saw the loading screen. Hmmm... Who do I want to be? he thought. Suddenly an idea came to mind! [Create REC;PARAM 40004000 FBLK].

Onscreen, his avatar turned from a small red dot to a large, black rectangle. [Create CIR;FAC4;PARAM 3.14, PNK]. A mouth appeared on the rectangle. [COPPAS #2 X2 EXC WIT OUT BLK INN]. Two cartoonish eyes appeared on the rectangle.

[RANSITE] And Coral's avatar magically teleported to Noela's Virtusite.

'H-I' he typed, and sure enough black letters popped above Snake)Ling's head (Snake)Ling would be Coral's avatar) that said "Hi".

[Aikanaro]

"Snake)Ling! Good you're here!" Noela said from her position on the ground, smiling at the wonderfully primitive looking avatar. She quickly retrieved his information with a command: Whois Snake)Ling

"Still using a clunk are you? When're you going to get yourself a chip? How can you stand looking at a screen, anyway?"

She stood up, it felt strange to be sitting on the ground, despite that it was totally simulated and there was really nothing else to do but stand awkwardly ... maybe a chair wouldn't violate the 'wait for everyone else before doing stuff' idea...
Create this: {Image/Data}

A deckchair appeared, and she sat down. Then, as an afterthought, created one for Snake)Ling.

[Jalathas]

Nicholas slipped into his closet, then through the trap door hidden in his floor. He headed out through a tunnel to a small glade near his house, where he could sit in peace, away from nagging parents and obnoxious siblings. He mentally activated his implant, and, like Noela, was in a white void. He manifested himself as a tall figure, cloaked, caped, and hooded entirely in black, with intricate white detailing. He was suprised to find ground already there, and focused to translocate himself to the location of the one who made it. He found a young girl in medieval dress speaking to a bizzare rectangular avatar. "It looks like I'm a bit late to the party. Already two of you here." Creating a seat for himself that seemed to flow out of the ground, he sat and introduced himself. "I'm Knoll. I see you're Snake)Ling and Noela."
((If Noela's not your screen name, please tell me.))

[Coral]

"Yeah yeah... Hello Knoll, Hello Noela. I wouldn't happen to have a chip because the store downtown got bombed... again. I was lucky too get this browser using the olden Internet."

The words popped up over Snake)Ling's head.

"Besides, I can interact with the real world and the virtual world by having a screen."

Coral pressed the arrows keys on his keyboard and awkwardly floated his cubic avatar onto the chair. He typed in"=D" and the Snake)Ling smiled.

[Aikanaro]

"Oh, oops," she blushed involuntarily, which the computer had accertained by checking her mind that she should do. "Seems I forgot to change my screen name, hold on a tick." Logout to loading screen

The white space appeared about her again. Change name: Elentári

So it's a bit ... nerdish, she considered - but then, she would be amoung them - this was the screen name which she had used when getting together with these people in the first place. Then again, Joseph would be there ... but like he'd get the reference anyway. Sure, this would do. Return to cyberworld {URL}

She appeared back in her chair. "Sorry about that, I always forget to change. These thing really needs a default option already..."

She listened to Snake)Ling (her transition having taken very little time). "Bombed?! Where do you live? Sounds ... primitive."

[kiltedcrusader]

Joseph scratched at the tiny scar in his scalp, trying to feel the new implant that had just been placed there that very afternoon. He moved slowly easing himself into a seat, nervous, but excited in equal measures at testing out a new piece of gadgetry.

He had never been very good with computers, or anything technologically advanced, but he'd been haggled into giving this a try by his friend Noela. He wasn't so sure that it was such a good idea now. He'd decided a long time ago that sticking stuff in your head isn't really all that good for you. The quick tutorial he'd been dealt with after the implantation had helped him very little, except to show him how to create an 'avatar' in his own image and how to access the virtunet.

Well, he'd get Noela to show him the ropes at the first opportunity!

He settled himself in the chair and relaxed, closing his eyes and following the instructions he'd been given mentally and suddenly he was flung into a white expanse.

"Cool!" he whispered, turning a full circle trying to look into the non existant distance. He let out a long breath, unsure of what to do next. He cast glance at his own body. He looked normal, at least, decked out in the shirt and jeans he'd been wearing when he'd accessed the Virtunet. "Wasn't I supposed to do that myself?" he thought, but dismissed it, seeing as he would never figure it out. What to do next though? Noela had told him she would be creating a meeting place and he could access it using mental commands. He sat down, and closed his eyes. He realised he wasn't really closing his eyes or sitting down, but just a computer image he was controlling. "Who cares" he thought and tried to concentrate on Noela's instructions.

He saw nothing but he sensed a change. It felt like he was sitting on grass! He opened one eye and said "Hello?"

[Coral]

"Yeah the store got bombed. American fighter jets en route to Jakarta 'accidentally' hit the pickle button and dropped some bombs, which 'coincidentally' happened to bomb downtown; most of my town's commericalization. A damned shame the police office got blown up too, now there the rebels are taking the town over... which means more bombing."

[Aikanaro]

"Americans would never do that!" she replied to Snake)Ling indignantly. "We got over our 'bomb everything' phase decades ago. Maybe you shouldn't listen to the propaganda you're fed, hmm?"
Joseph had appeared halfway through her rant, and now she acknowledged him. "Joseph! You figured it out. Make yourself a chair."

[Coral]

"I didn't listen to propoganda, stupid bitch. I saw the fucking planes myself."

[kiltedcrusader]

"Not bad, eh? I'm not quite as stupid as I look." Joseph said, smiling, ignoring the rectangle nearby. The smile slowly faded, "A chair? How do I do that?"

[Coral]

"From my understanding, you merely think the words 'Create chair' and visualize what type of chair it is you want, if you have implant. With browsers, it's so much simpler. You bang your head on the keyboard."

[kiltedcrusader]

"Alright.." Joseph said and thought the words create chair, there was a change in the air and a chair sat next to him. Unlike the deck chair's the other two had created, Joseph had imagined a large leather loather lounger, a so called 'lazy boy'. "Oh yeah." he said sitting down grinning.

[Jalathas]

"Well, hello. I presume that you and Elentári know eachother? I am Knoll."

[Coral]

"Why do you people have to have stupid fantasy names like that? Its so stoopid."