Darkness. That is what she saw for a long time. The last thing she remembered; she was in the hospital recovering from self-afflicted wounds caused by a high drop. That absolute stain of a physical education teacher took her virginity as well as her safety. She had been in the hospital going through rehabilitation when a sudden explosive accident ravaged the clinic. Or was it an attack? She had heard of these odd figures from seemingly nowhere... it didn't matter, though. Shiho was caught in it all the same and had died that day. Or did she? With her eyes closed, she saw data lines fill her vision like an OS of some kind. Opening her eyes, she saw that she had been strapped to a workbench of some kind. Testing the restraints (she was careful not to break them in case an alarm was tripped) she found she could budge a little but not much. Oddly, she was strapped down with metal cuffs instead of leather like she would expect. Whate could that mean? Then she heard a voice. "How ar...

I am not a very social person in reality. When given the option to go to community groups or talk with people in college, I choose instead to eschew them. It is a lonely existence in the real world; but I tend to be much better about social interactions online. I met my wonderful boyfriend of a full year and I've kept in contact with a lot of my online friend and real life friends via Discord. I've been a chat bunny for as long as there have been chat programs worth a damn. I used to be very much into internet forums; even ran a couple in my time. I've mentioned, numerous times over the years, that my all-time favorite video game is Metroid Prime, and a large part of that comes down to the atmosphere. Metroid as a series is very isolating; even in titles like Fusion (which came out the same day, funny enough) that have dialogue roles for more than one character. Even in the often-regarded apex of the series, Super Metroid, there were strange creatures called Etecoons and Da...