The Dark Herbalist IV
Finding a Body
by Michael Atamanov
Release - December 27, 2018
Pre-order here - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07KKCLVCT
Second Thoughts
My game session abruptly
ended with a message that my character had been suspended. The screen went
black and I was unceremoniously ejected from Boundless Realm.
No real surprise
though. It was an easily predictable and even inevitable consequence of
breaking clear instructions from the President of the corporation and warning
Taisha the NPC Thief to run away. But what would happen to me next? Lying in
the darkness of the virtual reality capsule, I was counting the seconds before
it would unlock and trying to anticipate the consequences of my disobedience. I
had probably already been fired from the Boundless Realm Corporation and that,
most likely, would not be the end of it. Nevertheless, I was deeply ambivalent
to anything they might do to me. Reprimands, dressing down, firing or even a permanent
ban from the game didn’t seem that bad. I had just learned I was dead!!! There
was no other way to interpret the video of the funeral I'd just seen. So in
comparison with my death in the real world, every other issue seemed utterly
miniscule and didn't even merit attention.
