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Ponov woke up Brick, they were both surprised and delighted to see Pho.
“How’d you get here, and who gave you a card?” they asked.
“It’s a story, I’ll tell you, but let me sit down first, I’m in a lot of pain, a person in my condition should not be moving around much at all”, she said.
Pho sat down, her head was spinning. The past few hours had been an adventure, not so much fun at the time, but a nice one to tell.
Brick brought her a cup of water in a crystal goblet. The water was sparkling clear, it looked like the cleanest water Pho had ever seen.
“There are cubes of ice in it, there’s an ice dispenser on the door of the cooling machine.” Brick told her.
“An ice making machine?” exclaimed Pho, “After I’m rested, we’re going to have a look around this weird huge ship, can’t wait to discover more of these mind boggling creations.”
Ponov and Brick sat down, enjoying the resplendent cushioned furniture.
Pho twirled her hair. Then she began to speak.
“After you guys left me in the box, I was squashed in there, the air was hot and the crate was stuffy. I fell asleep, only to be awakened some time later, when a crate near me was being moved by two trolls.
Lucky me, a few minutes later, they grabbed my box, and started moving towards the ship.
It was getting very hot in there, the air was becoming almost impossible to breathe; the few airholes were lifesavers. The lack of air bothered me the most, even more than the pains I had in my chest.
They had to wait on a line, because one crewman’s cargo was being checked. “Just Dense’s luck to get stopped” said one troll to the other. “I hate the security teams here, they make you clean up after they mess your boxes. They love making us feel like they own the place and we’re lucky to have a job”.
The Trolls advanced, and as they were passing the guards they were stopped.
My heart pounded, a slight chill went down my spine, if they found me I could be thrown overboard, killed, or who knows what. FAST doesn’t have a record of being nice, the letter I received was intimidating. Yet, I still decided to attend; just like everybody else, the endless possibilities of the unknown draw people in.
“How’re you doing today, Coal”, a guard asked one of the Trolls. I was sure the next thing that they would do is ask to open the box.
“Great”, Coal answered.
“Will I see you soon in the cafeteria for a game of Scaboo”? The Guard asked.
“Sure, I’m finishing my shift in ten minutes, see you then”, answered Coal.
To my relief the Trolls weren’t stopped again, until they set me down a few floors below the entrance.
“Let’s head to the cafeteria” they announced as they left.
I couldn’t take the heat any longer, so I risked it, and knocked on the box until the lid came off. I was surrounded by boxes, the room was pretty big and there were only a few spaces that boxes weren’t occupying. I quickly closed the box, and moved through the room. It wasn’t long till I found the door.
I looked outside with a quick glimpse, and after being sure the hallway was empty I stepped outside. It was a very long corridor; there weren’t nearly as many doors as there are on this floor. There was no place to hide, and my wounds were aching. Luckily most of them are hidden.
I walked until I reached an opening, two people had just gotten out; they were heading the other way and didn’t seem to notice me.
I walked in and I was surrounded by mirrors, there was no pathway through. Before I could decide what to do next, the doors closed. I wanted to walk back out, but the room started to ascend. I had no idea what to do, helpless I waited. The doors opened up, and it looked like I’d made it to the main deck. I stepped out; amazed by my surroundings, things I’ve never seen were staring back at me.
I walked towards the receptionist, a tall figured lady, who was standing behind the desk. “What’s your name and from what town are you”, she asked me.
I gave her my details, and after a minute of looking, she found my info. “It says here that you were accepted, but there’s no record of your boarding. Stay here for a moment, while I go yell at some idiots”. Five minutes later she was back, some guard walking like a scolded child behind her.
“Where did you go” Asked the guard, his eyes begging me not to betray him. “I was about to take you to a counselor and you just walk away? When I say follow, I mean until I tell you to stop”.
“Ok, sorry”, I said, “I just got a bit lost and walked here”.
“It better not happen again”, the lady told him. Then she turned to me.
“When you’re done with the counselor, come back to me”, she said.
The guard led me to some door. After he made sure that nobody could hear, he said to me. “I’m sure you didn’t board this ship during my shift. If they find out I lied, I don’t know what they’ll do to me. It’s nice to meet you, however you got on. My name’s Vasc”.
He walked into the room and after a few moments told me to go in.
The lady in there was cold like an icicle; I figured I’d be best off keeping my mouth shut for now. After she finished her speech about how things are, will be, and how much they really care about any of us, she let me go.
I walked back to the receptionist and said hi. She stood up, gave me a booklet and a card, which she said would open my room. She leaned close and said to me in a voice so low that I could barely hear her, “I know that you didn’t get on the normal way; there are eyes everywhere, if you want to stay safe and make it to FAST, do what you’re told and don’t ask too many questions. Trust me, I’m a friend; if you need anything just ask for Filos, and I’ll get to you as soon as I can”.
I said thank you and I walked to the Mirror room to get upstairs. I figured if it got me to this floor, it can get me to the deck I needed.
There was this annoying Honibee at the elevator. That’s the name he gave for it, annoyed that the new students keep asking questions about how it works. As I was waiting, I heard many crazy ideas. The room has magic wings; Trolls pull strings up and down, and many more suggestions. I just waited silently, not wanting to draw attention to myself.
Finally I got in and arrived at this floor. After walking for a bit I made it here.”
“Well, all’s well that ends well”, said Brick.
“I honestly thought your wounds were far worse”, said Ponov.
“My body is hurting”, she replied, “but like my mother used to tell me, for the amount of trouble you get yourself into, Pho, you’re lucky you heal fast. If I didn’t heal fast, I’d probably be dead by now”.
“Let me see your bandages”, Ponov said. “We’ll see how you’re doing”.
After a brief inspection, he cleaned the wounds with Ik tree oil and wrapped them with clean bandages.
“You only have some small lacerations left, nothing major to be worried about. I’d still advise you to rest, before we check out this ship”.
“You don’t have to convince me, I’m going to sleep, don’t bother waking me up, when I do, we’ll take a stroll”.
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About the game:
USA as a world power? In E-Sim it is possible!
In E-Sim we have a huge, living world, which is a mirror copy of the Earth. Well, maybe not completely mirrored, because the balance of power in this virtual world looks a bit different than in real life. In E-Sim, USA does not have to be a world superpower, It can be efficiently managed as a much smaller country that has entrepreneurial citizens that support it's foundation. Everything depends on the players themselves and how they decide to shape the political map of the game.
Work for the good of your country and see it rise to an empire.
Activities in this game are divided into several modules. First is the economy as a citizen in a country of your choice you must work to earn money, which you will get to spend for example, on food or purchase of weapons which are critical for your progress as a fighter. You will work in either private companies which are owned by players or government companies which are owned by the state. After progressing in the game you will finally get the opportunity to set up your own business and hire other players. If it prospers, we can even change it into a joint-stock company and enter the stock market and get even more money in this way.
In E-Sim, international wars are nothing out of the ordinary.
Become an influential politician.
The second module is a politics. Just like in real life politics in E-Sim are an extremely powerful tool that can be used for your own purposes. From time to time there are elections in the game in which you will not only vote, but also have the ability to run for the head of the party you're in. You can also apply for congress, where once elected you will be given the right to vote on laws proposed by your fellow congress members or your president and propose laws yourself. Voting on laws is important for your country as it can shape the lives of those around you. You can also try to become the head of a given party, and even take part in presidential elections and decide on the shape of the foreign policy of a given state (for example, who to declare war on). Career in politics is obviously not easy and in order to succeed in it, you have to have a good plan and compete for the votes of voters.
You can go bankrupt or become a rich man while playing the stock market.
The international war.
The last and probably the most important module is military. In E-Sim, countries are constantly fighting each other for control over territories which in return grant them access to more valuable raw materials. For this purpose, they form alliances, they fight international wars, but they also have to deal with, for example, uprisings in conquered countries or civil wars, which may explode on their territory. You can also take part in these clashes, although you are also given the opportunity to lead a life as a pacifist who focuses on other activities in the game (for example, running a successful newspaper or selling products).
At the auction you can sell or buy your dream inventory.
E-Sim is a unique browser game. It's creators ensured realistic representation of the mechanisms present in the real world and gave all power to the players who shape the image of the virtual Earth according to their own. So come and join them and help your country achieve its full potential.
Invest, produce and sell - be an entrepreneur in E-Sim.
Take part in numerous events for the E-Sim community.
