"Travis S. Taylor - The Quantum Connection" - читать интересную книгу автора (Taylor Travis S)

profusely while fighting JackieZZ for the past few hours and puppies always need a bath. I tugged on the
little fellow's ear and told him he was a good boy.
I had never been defeated at any of the Realm World Competitions, especially not at the Gladiator
Sequence, ever. And damnit, this JackieZZ that I met yesterday in The Realm's Tavern had beaten me at
everything.
I stumbled over a pile of empty cereal boxes on my way to the fridge and pulled out another forty
ounces. Unfortunately, I was out of cereal, so I had to settle for corn chips. The Waiting Room door
popped on the screen and a video square with JackieZZ's computer likeness standing there smiling back
at me opened.
"Gotcha again, but man that was the longest it has ever taken me to beat a Sequencer. You're good."
She put her hands on her hips and winked while that pleasantly, if not freakishly, disproportionate body
jiggled up and down.
"Where the hell . . ." I finished off a sip of beer and belched, "did that mini black hole thing come
from?" I was comfortable speaking to such an attractive image since I knew she was seeing my six foot
two, chiseled granite washboard abs and giant muscles image. After all, I am a Sequencer. Although,
come to think of it, that belch probably wasn't cool. And of course, my own personal appearance of six
foot one and two hundred forty pounds, all fat, was well hidden behind the video display.
"You liked that did you?" JackieZZ's boobs wiggled with every movement she made. It was
distracting, a good fighting strategy, especially since she undoubtedly knew that most of her opponents
would be single and male and hard up. "I call it ZZ's Hole!" Her video likeness laughed.
"Cute, but effective. Who wrote the code and have you sold it yet?"
"I wrote the code, StevieM09. You wanna buy a copy, that'll be seventy-six hundred euros." Her
CGI likeness held out its left hand palm up and then winked at me.
"Uh, uh . . . how much is that American?" I asked.
"Oh yeah, I've been in Ramstein so long I almost speak German now. That's about one point two
times in U.S. You want it?"
"Shit, I couldn't afford it. How did you get so good?" I stroked my belly and propped the corn chip
bowl on it with my left hand while reaching for my beer with my right hand. The picture in picture news
alert icon blinked on in the bottom left-hand corner of the screen. I ignored it for now.
JackieZZ chimed back in, "Oh that; my dad works for RealmSoft Europe. I write code for them in
the summer when school is out."
"I see, uh, no, I don't see. What'd you mean, when school's out? How old are you?" I had a bad
feeling about this.
"I'm fourteen."
"How did you get in to The Realm? It's for adults only!" I thought of some of the other more adult
Worlds within The Realm, like Orgy World and it spooked me a bit. Kids just shouldn't be in there.
 "How do you think I can write the code for RealmSoft if I can't get in The Realm, stupid?" That last
was more of an insult than a question. Her video likeness stuck her tongue out at me and put her hands
on her hips. I felt bad about noticing the boob wiggles this time.
"But, you shouldn't be in here, JackieZZ," I pleaded.
"Oh pooh. You're a prude just like my mom. Don't worry, mother, I have a special access that just
lets me into the Gamer Level Worlds." Again the wiggles.
"JackieZZ, that is impossible. You know as well as I do that once you open the door to The Realm
there are no doors that can't be opened. You're in The Realm, for Christ's sake!" I shook my head then
stuffed a handful of chips in my mouth.
"Yeah I know, this is a new experimental access with a worm attached to it. If you go to certain
places the worm starts to eat you. I'm trying to figure out how to beat it for my dad. If I can't beat it, The
Realm will no longer be an adulтАФ" She stopped talking and her likeness vanished from the screen.
"JackieZZ, are you there?" No response.
"JackieZZ, Jackie are you online?" Nothing.