Saturday Story 2024 – Week 34 (The Black Queen: Legend – Part 10)
This unique take on the world of The Black Queen continues today on my Patreon. This tale plays with the ideas of the original stories and turns them upside down in unexpected ways. It will be a long multi-parter with plenty of surprises along the way. Synopsis below:
When Jeremy is tasked with writing a piece about an erotic urban legend, he discovers some truths are better left buried.
In today’s installment, Laura discovers there’s something fishy going on at Tempest Studios, but what does that have to do with the stories about the Black Queen?
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A small excerpt is available below:
https://www.patreon.com/posts/110725708
“Ah, there you are!” Laura, smiling to herself. After a lot of work to be as efficient as possible, she had got past the encryption barrier and access the files hidden behind it. There was a lot to unpack there, from beta reports to concepts that had never made it to the final product. The room around her seemed to fade away as she delved deeper into the digital depths of DarkSands’ hidden secrets.
Rows upon rows of code scrolled across the screen, each line a piece of the puzzle she needed to solve. Her heart raced with excitement and trepidation as she uncovered file after file, each one more cryptic than the last.
But then, amidst the sea of data, a folder caught her eye. It glowed like an ember amidst ashes, calling out to her with a magnetic pull. With trembling hands, she clicked on it, revealing treasure a trove of information.
The main file detailed a new VR mode to be added with the latest expansion of the game. It described the general interface, the sensory inputs, and how the player’s experience would change depending on which class they were using and the quest selected. Everything was written in dry, technical language that didn’t sound very exciting at all. Interspersed with the jargon, there were a handful of schematics and other diagrams. She skimmed through most of them until she reached the last couple of pages of the file, and then her jaw dropped.
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