Real Life Upgrade

Reblog from Tumblr by captainmalewriter

ft. @ramonbarista

Hey. I'm a gamer. Out of all video games, I think VR games are my favorite. VR technology is amazing these days. I remember how cool it was to actually step inside a virtual world through VR goggles. At the time when VR tech first came out, it was really buggy and didn't really feel real. But the idea was there and I'm so glad it's improved over the years. Now, PNP, the leading development company, has released its latest model. The V-Rift. Critics say it's the very best VR technology has to offer.

An immersive experience like no other, you'll question how it's not real!

I just had to get my hands on a V-Rift headset. My gaming collection would be incomplete without it! That, and I couldn't wait to get a taste of HD graphics in a VR game.

I stayed up until 3 AM on my laptop on the day the V-Rift was set to release for sale. I had my computer, my phone, and my tablet all on PNP's website ready for its release. I had my wristwatch handy too so I could hit refresh the very second it became 3 AM.

When the clock struck 3, I hit refresh on all my devices. The website crashed. A pop up said that the website was experiencing extremely high traffic and wouldn't be able to load.

"Fuck that," I said to myself as I kept hitting refresh on all my devices. I don't know how many times I refreshed. I was growing more and more desperate with each passing minute. I could feel the V-Rift getting out of my reach.

Then, at 3:05:35 AM, I managed to get into the website through my tablet. I grabbed my tablet and hurried to the products tab. I hit PAY NOW, and felt my heart drop. They were gone. All of them. Within 5 minutes and 35 seconds, all the headsets were already claimed by other people.

I sat there, staring at the tablet screen. I was in utter shock that I somehow wasn't fast enough to claim a V-Rift for myself. I even had plans to buy two headsets, yet I couldn't even get one.

The frustration kicked in. I threw my tablet at the wall and grabbed my laptop. I closed the PNP website and opened a new tab. The sound of my furious typing filled my bedroom.

V-RIFT FOR RESALE EBAY CRAIGSLIST WISH

I typed each letter as quickly as I could and hit search. Unsurprisingly, nothing came up. I scrolled down, skimming through all the results. I then hit the next page of results and skimmed through those too. I repeated this process until I was well into the fifth results page. It was at the bottom of that fifth page that I found something interesting. I found a forum post advertising a V-Rift for resale.

"Yes!!" I shouted. I finally found a scalper reselling a V-Rift!

In my panic, I didn't bother reading the rest of the forum post and immediately bought it before someone else could claim it first. In retrospect, I probably should have read it first.

The "V-Rift" I bought from that scalper came in a week later. It wasn't exactly what I was expecting...

It looked similar to a V-Rift, but this one was a little smaller than how it was described on the website. That, and this one felt cheaply made too. I held it in my hand, and wondered if one fall to the ground was enough to shatter the goggles.

Regret filled me as I held the scalped headset. There was a feeling inside my gut that said this wasn't right. But it was too late to do anything about it now. I went back and checked the original post and saw in smaller print "no refunds." There wasn't a return address on the package it came in either. I was stuck with this headset whether I liked it or not.

I sighed as I turned it on. PNP announced that they won't be making any more headsets for a couple of months. I couldn't wait that long, so I settled for the "V-Rift" I got.

I already had a game ready to play. It was called Legendary Hero, and it's exactly as it sounds. You play as a peasant who steps up to save the princess from the evil wizard. You go on an epic adventure fighting monsters with your sword and get stronger for the final boss fight to save the princess. Cliche, I know, but it was the only game I had for the V-Rift. I popped the game disc into the console and booted it up. I strapped on the goggles, attached the body wires onto my body, and braced myself for total immersion.

I stood there, waiting for the game to start. But it never did. In my frustration, I took off the goggles and threw them down to the ground. The sound of shattering glass was harsh against my ears but music to my soul. I was satisfied, having broken the fake headset, but then I noticed a faint glow coming from the underside of the goggles. I flipped it over with my foot and gasped when I saw it had turned on.

I hesitated, but ultimately decided to pick the headset back up and put it on. And it was amazing.

I was in a forest with a flashing “START” sign right in front of me. There were giant trees all around me, and I could see the lines on each tree trunk. There was a gentle breeze that made the leaves sway and rustle. I looked down and saw my flannel shirt had changed to a dirty burlap shirt with pants to match. True to form, I could even see the individual stitching in my new clothes. I was amazed by the crisp, hyper realistic graphics. I took a minute to take it all in, and got ready for a virtual adventure.

“Game on,” I said as I hit the play button on my controller. 

The game took a second to load as my surroundings changed from the lush forest into an empty gray space. It took me to the select file screen, and it was there where I saw a save file named “Captain.” Whoever owned this V-Rift had apparently played Legendary Hero before reselling it. I couldn’t blame them, I probably would’ve done the same thing if I wanted to resell it for money.

“Could’ve at least deleted your save…” I mumbled to myself. I noticed there was over 200 hours of play time on the save file. For what I imagined to be a pretty small scale game, that play time was insane! I couldn’t help my curiosity, so I loaded Captain’s save file for a quick peek. I figured I can just see a finished game before I delete it and start my own save file. 

My hunch was right. I could see that whoever Captain was had already completed the game, and at 100% completion too. I was now standing in the middle of the town square of the old medieval town. There was a big celebration going on; the townsfolk were all singing and dancing to a street jester’s song. It felt as though I was actually in the middle of some big party, despite only being in my bedroom IRL. 

I stood there observing. Then, I noticed a large body of water right in front of me. I could see the light from the festivities shining from the water’s reflection. I approached it to get a look at my avatar, but when I leaned in to look, the game graphics glitched out. All I could see was an array of bright lights and jumbled up images. I tried looking back up but the glitches spread onto the town’s graphics too. Soon enough, the graphics got so messed up that I wasn’t even sure where I was in the game world anymore. 

“C’mon! Work you stupid thing!” I wacked the goggle headset with the controller. That seemed to fix the problem. Unfortunately whatever that glitch was already did its damage. I was warped from outside out in the town square to inside some dimly lit building. Somehow, the puddle of water remained intact. I took a second attempt at looking at my avatar’s reflection. I was able to see myself this time! My avatar was hot! …Although, I guess it was technically not my avatar, but the previous owner’s. 

Captain’s avatar was pretty ripped; this man had absolute cannons for arms. I could see the sweat glistening off his swole pecs, a few drops running into the chest hair this guy had. The beard was a nice touch too, really added to the manly hero image. I fiddled with the controller and made my avatar stroke his beard. The body wires stimulated the feelings back to my IRL body, I felt like I was actually stroking my beard (even if my IRL beard was nothing compared to my avatar’s). 

I was admiring my avatar’s muscular body when the graphics started glitching out again. I sighed, and proceeded to give the headset another good whack with my controller. That fixed the problem this time too. Except this time, the puddle I was looking into had transformed into a barely dressed male harlot who was down on his knees and looking up at me, sucking off my avatar’s dick.

“Woah what the-” 

The shock of seeing my avatar’s getting blown off caught me off guard. The body wires stimulated my IRL dick too, as if I was actually getting blown too! I let go of the controller and quickly grabbed onto the headset to take it off. I accidentally grabbed onto the already broken headset too hard. It made a fizzling sound, and I could feel electric sparks spill out onto my face. I could still see into the game world, and Captain’s avatar’s head was thrown back as he moaned while face fucking the harlot. All of those feelings were coming straight to me thanks to the body stimulation wires. I moaned as I kept struggling to take off the fried headset. 

The total immersion was too much! The combination of pain and pleasure was sending waves all throughout my IRL body. I could feel my body clenching and unclenching in quick successions. My hardening dick started leaking precum. My muscles were swelling and growing from all the electrified stimulation. I could feel my face stretch out as facial hair grew out at a faster pace. My body kept changing and morphing until my IRL body matched that of Captain’s avatar. 

I strained myself to open my eyes through the waves of stimulated sensations. I caught a glimpse of my avatar just about getting close to busting a load deep inside the harlot’s throat. 

“Make… It… Stop…!!” I shouted as I kept trying to take off the headset. 

With one final burst of energy, I ripped off the goggles off my face. The very last thing I saw in the game world was my avatar’s moaning in great pleasure as he cummed. My vision returned to my boring old bedroom, although I could hardly focus on that as my IRL body was also close. The wires sent one final great wave of pure pleasure all throughout my body, causing me to fall back onto my bed as I moaned from cumming, drenching my underwear and shorts in cum. 

I laid there on my bed, gasping and trying to catch my breath from all the stimulation. The immersion was overwhelming… enough so that I didn’t even realize that my body had transformed into the Captain’s avatar until much later that same day.

ft. David Alcocer