It was around 3 AM in the morning when I was
woken up by the panicked voices that I can hear outside my apartment.
I wonder what's happening this time around.
Maybe it was the usual ruse of the drunkards around my area causing trouble.
They usually pick fights with people around and
it's not like this is an unusual occurrence, so I just ignored it and tried to
go back to sleep. But it really is much noisier than the usual. Compared to how
it usually is, I can also hear my neighbors being too loud.
"Seriously, can't I just have my sleep
peacefully?"
It was really annoying that other people are
interfering with my rest, but because of my work which required me to do a
36-hour coding, I still managed to fall asleep.
-----
Morning came and I can feel the sun peeking
through my window, I woke up with a satisfied feeling and a smile plastered to
my face.
"Sleep is Justice, Sleep is Freedom, Sleep
will save the world!"
It was almost noon when I woke up so I got up
from my bed and grab my coffee and opened my computer to check my fa**b**k just
to waste time.
A perfect way to waste your time is to use it on
social media. This is a place on the internet where people share their thoughts
about things you're not necessarily concerned with. So yeah, it's a waste of
time.
" 'relationship goals: that moment when you
don't care how dirty your clothes have become because he's with you' *blegghh*. Really, this 'goals' thing is really getting on my nerves"
After quite some time of browsing the internet, something caught my eye.
I noticed that there was a circular light on the
left-side corner of my vision.
"Eh? What the heck?"
I rubbed my eyes because maybe I was just seeing
things. But it did not disappear. I was bewildered but
not afraid. Maybe I should be more afraid, but the thing is
that I can't, maybe because it does look something really familiar to me?
"Is this a menu button?"
If you're going to ask for my honest opinion, It
does look like a menu button. I've been a programmer for 7 years now and this
icon is one of the most standard way of saying 'hey this is the menu
button'.
A Circular icon with horizontal lines stacked
over each other with spaces in between them. Yeah, there's no doubt this is a
menu button.
"Wait!? Is this the rumored RPG becoming
your reality kinda thing wherein I fight monsters, gain levels and become the
hero of the kingdom? I also get a harem, an OP skill and an incredibly cool
catchphrase?"
No way?! As if anybody wants that! *ahem* Except
for the harem.
Maybe I'm drawing conclusions way too fast without knowing
anything. Maybe it's just a cute menu button that would help me
become successful in life.
"As if"
Based on my experience, Things you don't really
expect coming will only bring trouble towards your way in the end.
Just like when the time that I won the lottery.
I did won quite a sum of money but misfortune struck me as if to say that I
don't deserve that money and now here I am working 70 hours a week
barely getting any sleep.
I'm getting slightly nervous as I worried if I
should mess with this button. In a few seconds I will find out if this life
will suddenly become a fantasy life. As I was about to tap the button, my phone
rang.
"*ring ring ring*"
"*hiii*. That surprised me, *exhales* This
call sure did kill the mood"
Surprised by the sudden ring of my phone I
answered it.
"Hey Mr. Tellus Dinner! Thank god you
answered, I thought you were dead"
"You're overreacting. Sure I did sleep for
like 12 hours but that doesn't mean I'm dead, you know?"
Yes, I'm Tellus Dinner. I know I know. A
Protagonist should always start with a self introduction. Not that I want to be one but because i'm the one
narrating so it's obvious that i'm the protagonist.
Oh by the way. I'm a 27-year old game developer
who's smart, rich and handsome. Is what I wish I am, but reality is not that
nice, because if that's the case then I wouldn't be losing sleep, wouldn't I?
"*sigh* Hearing you so carefree as usual
has somehow calmed me down"
"Why? What happened? *yawn*"
Seems like something happened and because I just
woke up I'm still clueless about it.
"So you just woke up huh? *sigh* It seems
like you still don't know what happened"
"Quit beating around the bushes and spill
it already"
But because this isn't a novel where the
protagonist is as stupid as a rock and can't get a hint, I somehow know that
it's something related to this menu button that I'm seeing.
"It's about Magica, It seems like there's a
major bug on the skill creation module that we developed"
"Eh?"
"Don't 'Eh?' me. I still don't know the
details as to what kind of bug it is. We're now about to have a meeting to
discuss this problem, So you better be here by the time we're done here,
understand?"
"But its my rest day!"
"I don't care if it's your rest day. You're
supposed to be the one in here, not me!"
"uggghh"
Well I was wrong, It was a work related call.
But this thing happening is too much, This is slavery!. You can't force a person to work on his rest day!
Kidding aside, there's nothing much I can do
about since it was my blunder to begin with and it's not like can just go and
quit. I would need to make a resignation letter, a 1-month notice and a get-away party for my colleagues.
I also almost forgot about this weird thing
happening to me. A menu button that doesn't seems like harmful but somehow is
making me nervous.
Do I get super powers after opening this? I
don't really know. But really? why is this only happening to me? I thought that
call would be about the world already submerged in chaos and I somehow
slept through it all. My friend calling to see if I'm alive. After that she would find me and confess her feelings that she's been hiding for a very long time.
Well, If you think about it technically it is
chaos, in the office at least. Its better if I could tone down my imagination even if its just a little.
I should really get going. Also, I think that my
mind would be more at ease if I opened this with people around me. I'm sensing
bad omen about this thing. Though i don't really feel scared, my imaginary bad
vibe sensor has been ringing non-stop since earlier.
So I took a quick shower, ate my late breakfast,
brushed my teeth and went to the office.
-----
I arrived at the office and the closer I get to
the meeting room the more scared I get. Is this my perception skill awakening?
is this something related to the menu button that I've been seeing since
earlier? the answer is NO.
The reason is because I can hear my boss
shouting inside the meeting room and I still can't find the timing to get
inside.
"Why is this bug in here?! Didn't you do
testings to assure there's no errors?!!!! I WANT ANSWERS!!!!!"
"Sir as I've said earlier, we did do
testings and it was really an unfortunate occurrence when we launch to global
market"
"WHAT??!!!!"
"Sir, we did tell you that it's not yet
ready to launch for global market because the game is built initially only for
local market"
"ENOUGH WITH YOUR EXCUSES!! I WANT YOU TO
FIX THIS RIGHT AWAY!!! IF YOU NEED TO LIVE HERE THEN DO THAT, I DONT CARE!!!
JUST FIX IT!!!"
Hearing that outside behind the door really made
the air out of my lungs escape. Just thinking about it makes my spine shiver as
if cold water is being poured behind my back. If I really did pull out more
hours than I usually do then I will really die. To begin with, I already work
for more than 10 hours a day. THIS IS SLAVERY! I'm not a slave, I'm a free man
and a free man needs to get his sleep!.
While standing outside having such thoughts the
door opened and my boss came out.
"YOU!! WHAT ARE YOU DOING THERE?!! GET OUT
OF THE WAY!"
"Hiii.. Yes SIR!"
"DON'T BLOCK THE WAY YOU ZOMBIE!"
This bald headed pig, and whose fault do you
think it is? really, this seven years of working has zapped a great deal of life
out of me. First of all I've lost a lot of weight ever since I've started here,
my cheeks has turned a little concave, my health had deteriorated and I've
become too reliant on energy drinks and coffee. All because of this high
demanding boss.
I miss the old days where i'm getting enough
sleep and can still live without worrying too much about life. Come to think of
it, I was also quite a looker back then, at least I think I am. I didn't look
too bad. Not handsome like Brad Pitt but good enough to the point that I'm
date-able. Yeah, let's leave it like that.
"ARRRRGGHHHHH!!!!! I QUIT!! I QUIT!! I
QUIT!!!"
"How many times have you said that
already?"
As I entered the room and sarcastically retorted
Jace's remarks, she looked at me with blood shot eyes looking like she was about
to stab somebody using her pen.
and Oh, This is Jace. She's a girl and no she's
not my childhood friend, just a colleague. Just because every protagonist has
to have a childhood friend doesn't mean that this story has one. Well, anyways
she's my junior who also acts like a superior on my behalf.
"Oi! oi! Don't hold your pen like that!
You're scaring me!"
"You!!! You're the one that's supposed to
be here getting yelled at!!!"
"But it's my rest day. So, how about
no?"
"It's my rest day as well!! You're higher
than me so you should be dealing with this!"
"Come on don't be so angry. Here take a
bite of my delicious delicious chocolate bar! *wink*"
Good thing I brought a chocolate bar. As expected of me! Tellus good job!
"Give me that!! *nom nom* that pig
*nom* really is *nom* unreasonable *nom"
*sigh* I really need to get a new job. A job
where there's a reasonable salary and good working conditions. If you try to
compare, We are no less than the laborers of some country that I don't want to
mention. Even g**gl* lets their employees get enough sleep and they're the
leading innovators of our world unlike a*pl* who just does the same thing every
year and calling it 'new'.
Now now enough getting sidetracked, It's time to
get working with this bug!
---------
I should've proposed this multi-threading
function before the start of the development because somehow my imaginary bad
vibe sensor told me that it would cause a lot of trouble in the long run. To
think that we would immediately launch to global market this fast, I could only
shake my head and sigh.
In the first place recycling a failed MMO's core
program to another is always bad news. It's bound to fail somehow in the future
mainly because it was bad coding in the first place. To think that that cheap
ass bastard wants to launch globally with this small scale of a team and rushed codes is indeed rage inducing.
"He really expects every code that we put
are perfect and without errors"
"Yeah, It's like he thinks that we are gods
when it comes to programming, hand me that chocolate bar"
"Get it yourself, and beside has there ever
been a code that runs smoothly? Even codes that run smoothly will make you have
doubts"
While having a conversation with Jace, my eyes
were pulled by the menu button. I honestly nearly forgot about the fact that
there's that weird button that I've been seeing since morning. The only
difference now is that it's blinking, sort of like when you've received a
notification. Ah! it stopped blinking.
As I've finally resolved myself to touch it,
Jace spoke to me.
"Hey Tellus! You suddenly became silent.
Something wrong?"
"Haha! Nothing's wrong. Everything's
normal!"
"Why are you so defensive?"
"Haha don't mind me!"
"Okay?"
How many more times will someone interrupt me?
AGGHHH Forget it i'm gonna tap it.
After tapping the menu button. It spread upwards
revealing other options
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Announcement[2]
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Status
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Inventory
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Skills[1]
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Party
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Friends
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Warp
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Market
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There were two notifications on the
announcements options.
Two? Why two? Did the first one appear while I
was sleeping? Better check it for answers.
I tapped the Announcement options and another
window appeared.
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Monster attack: Wave 1/10
Quest Rank:
G
Starts in:
D:150 H:23 M:30 S:20
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"HAAA?!!"
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