Caught in the Game Act

When a person is using a simutronics unit, there are a variety of positions one can program themselves to be in while playing the game. Sitting, lying down, attentive, uninterested, focused, and countless others. The new models included fitness regimes, putting your body on auto-pilot for jogging or aerobics while you yourself enjoyed the luxuries of whatever simulated environment you chose to engross in at that moment. It was not currently possible, however, to elicit a responsive reaction from the person in this state. The new models were claiming to have over 12 responses to questions if asked while a person was using the unit, but most people had failed to see that as much of an improvement. Kaylee had been gone longer than we’d planned. The goblins were closing in with their fire bombs and arrows, forming a perimeter around the two of us. “Baby, if you could get done with that filing and get back here to help me…” I said through clenched teeth. I’d spent months leveling this character and there was no way I was going to lo- ATTENTION EMPLOYEE DITHERS! You are in blatant violation of reprimand #244634, for which you received compensational violence and abuse to a supervisor. You are to report immediately to the Master Office. A fire bomb rolled to my feet, blasting me to bits. I was dead in the game now. Dithers unplugged. He turned around and saw the supervisor droid standing over him. Swearing under his breath, Dithers punched the tattling robot in the face.