Ona Level 8 Loaf pulled me into the game before I could remove the equipment. “I’m leveling up Bromme! The Source Aura is a great in-game resource. Where did you find her?” “She found you,” I said. The connection flickered and the screen blurred with a loud static crackle. I pounded the desk in theContinue reading “Ona: The Girl – Level 8”
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Ona: The Girl – Level 7
Ona Level 7 The Crystal Breakers legacy was a handful of completed rooms in side passages along the main pathway. The cavern was empty of monsters and memorable features. The walls looked the same, the turns and twists and drops deeper into the mountain were unremarkable. “Was the game world completed?” I said to the redContinue reading “Ona: The Girl – Level 7”
Ona: The Girl – Level 6
Ona Level 6 The red knight called out, “The door to the caverns is sealed when all five harvest moons rise. Otherwise, the game requires us to wait until morning. The tower has a spare room, and the fairies stocked the pantry with food.” “A room in the tower…to stay overnight? We need to reachContinue reading “Ona: The Girl – Level 6”
Ona: The Girl – Level 5
Ona Level 5 Ona thanked her friends. She reached out to pluck a feather out of the dress worn by the queen of the forest fairies, the last in a long parade of strange little creatures. “I have many great memories of this world. I feel…happy about Loaf and his adventures. He is the lastContinue reading “Ona: The Girl – Level 5”
Ona: The Girl – Level 4
Ona Level 4 The large wood paneled doors opened with the screech of rusted iron hinges. “I’ll wait here, you need the practice,” I said to Loaf as pondered exploring deeper into the cave. The Source Aura grumbled about taking too long to decide, then pulled him into the dark cavern beyond the doors. InContinue reading “Ona: The Girl – Level 4”
Ona: The Girl – Level 3
Ona Level 3 I watched Ona run deeper into the forest toward the highest peak. Loaf said, “The girl Ona, who is she?” I said, “The adventure games I played in 2D, 3D, retro and VR have one common theme. The story goal. I think the Ona needs a hero to rescue the world.” LoafContinue reading “Ona: The Girl – Level 3”
Ona: The Girl – Level 2
Ona Level 2 Ona moved fast, guiding me through the dense underbrush of the forest, walking in a straight line toward a mountain peak in the distance. I said, “Where are we going?” Ona said nothing. The forest had no sounds, and I was starting to think the audio failed on the equipment when aContinue reading “Ona: The Girl – Level 2”
Ona: The Girl – Level 1
Ona Level 1 The game menu opened with a short animated introduction. The narrator said, “Welcome to the world of Ona.” “No no no no no!” said Loaf. “Not good!” I said to Loaf in the virtual reality game. “Restart the tutorial level.” The world of Ona was a fantasy themed virtual reality game. AContinue reading “Ona: The Girl – Level 1”
Ona: The Girl – Short Story
Ona The names, characters and events are created from the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental. Concentrikey © 2024
The Boglanders
The Boglanders Tamm stood alone in a field of dead Bleak plants. He was an old man, remembering the day he opened a book and read about his future adventures. “I wrote a memoir.” The water rushed in and the marsh was reborn. He climbed a hill and sat at his desk. The loud humContinue reading “The Boglanders”