World Seed: Game Start (49 page)

“
Will
do so soon, thanks.” Since he told me this much, it was
probably not something he could easily explain to me, so there wasn’t
much point in asking.

I
quickly made my way over to one of the officers, who nodded and led
me out of the room, and into an adjoining room with a single table
and two chairs. From there, he asked me various questions, such as
who I was and which ship I was on, followed by what happened to the
ship. I was in a hurry to get out of here so that I could A) get
myself a bite to eat, and B) find out what’s wrong on the
outside.

Of
course, I had a fairly good idea what was going on once I left,
because the officer said something that made me freeze in my tracks.
“Take care of yourself, and happy new year.” Once he said
that, I immediately remembered what day it was, the day that the
Seeds would be released to the world.

Suddenly,
my stomach seemed like a secondary matter as I found a bench to plant
myself on before moving Celeste to my grove and logging out. I nearly
threw the lid of my Seed off as I got up, heading to my computer
while bringing the AI bracelet back. Just as I was sitting down, a
blue window flashed into existence in front of me, with none of the
slowness it had previously shown in the real world.

A
quick search showed me that this message has already appeared for
everyone in the world, whether they have logged into the game or not.
Looks like it’s really started now…