Controlling The Apocolypse

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Summary

What doesn't kill you...kills someone else, and leads you down an ethical rabbit hole. In the near future, paying users can rent the "virtual experiences" of other people. These "feeders" sublet their own bodies, at the risk of their own lives, so that customers can safely enjoy extreme, potentially self-destructive vices, like binge eating, cliff diving,

Status
Ongoing
Chapters
1
Rating
n/a
Age Rating
18+

Chapter 1

Of course you remember.


You were driving. Francesca was playing holo games in the back–she must have been around four at the time–and Veronica was sleeping in the passenger seat. You were coming home from your father-in-law's place two towns away. This was back when he was still healthy enough to live on his own. Back when the three of you were still a family.


The sky was dark and heavy with rain, but nothing prepared you for what followed.


The storm hit your car like a wall. Veronica was startled awake. Your daughter let her holo drop and burst out crying.


Visibility was zero.


For a moment, you didn't know where you were.


Who you were.


Did you have a splitting headache that day too, or is your mind starting to make things up, back-projecting your memories, like a faulty holo?


How did you get your family through this?