[ WP ] Reality is the escape .

`` Hello mark.'' The being that spoke was tall and lean yet seemed powerful. It glowed and had large wings expanding from its back. 
 
 `` What the hell? Were am I? Why is it so fucking bright?.'' 
 
 `` Please calm down we've had a slight error in the program, give us a minute and we'll have it fixed.'' 
 
 `` What are you talking about.'' 
 
 `` The Long Interactive Fiction Experiment.'' 
 
 `` Yeah thats not helping.'' 
 
 `` Sorry allow me to explain. Your parents signes you away at conception to be part of an experiment. The long Interactive Fiction Experiment, LIFE for short.'' 
 
 `` What the fuck are you talking about!'' This all made so little sense. `` A few minutes ago I was making coffee and now I'm in a room with some freak and a million light bulbs.'' 
 
 `` My apologies allow me to turn down tue brightness.'' She waved her hand and the light dimed until i vould make aout the room we were in. It was lined with complex electronics and large tubes. I was seated in a very plush chair and covered in a thin layer of slime. `` Ok allow me to start over. I'm Becky.'' She extended a hand to me. I took it instinctively. 
 
 `` Mark.'' 
 
 `` Ok, well Mark, your life, all of it starting at the age of one, has been fake.'' I opened my moutg to speak, but she rasied her hand and stopped me. `` Let me finish, at conception your parents signed you away to be part of the LIFE program. LIFE stands for Long Interactive Fiction Experiment. It was an attempt to simulate an entire world using computers. We've had great success and only have a few bugs left to work out.'' She smiled at me. 
 
 I sat is tunned silence for a few seconds before finally speaking. `` So my parents gave me up before even seeing me? My god how much did you pay them?'' 
 
 Her smile only wavered for a second. `` Sir you misunderstand they payed us. They wanted a better life for you.'' 
 
 `` So they stuck me in a simulation and for got about me.'' 
 
 `` No sir, they use to vist very often. They would make sure you were ok and that we were giving you the best care. They loved you very much.'' 
 
 `` Used to?'' 
 
 Finally her look turned somber. `` Sadly they died several years ago. Twenty years ago to be exact.'' 
 
 `` They died when i was ten?'' 
 
 `` Yes sir I'm very sorry.'' 
 
 `` How did they die?'' 
 
 `` Radation poisoning.'' 
 
 `` What?'' 
 
 `` Sir the world is dying. Nuclear war wiped out most life on the planet and what little remains lives underground, hiding until the surface is safe.'' 
 
 `` Oh...'' 
 
 `` Your parents did n't want that for you, so they spwnt a large sum to put you in here they loved you very much. Sadly one day they were on there way home and the got lost and ended up to close to rhe surface. They made it back down, but by then it was to late.'' 
 
 `` Oh...'' 
 
 `` The error has been fixed sir, please enter your tube and you can pickup were you left off.'' 
 
 `` Ok..: i got up from the chair, but turned around. `` Can I make a special request?'' 
 
 `` Yes sir?'' 
 
 `` Can I get a son?'' 
 
 `` Absolutely sir.'' 
 
 `` Ok.'' 
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