Inside the virtual world, at the entrance to a copy of the Calan Empire.
The players who were sitting on the starship waiting for the start of the game completely ignored the NPC sitting next to them as they began to chat amongst themselves.
A player wearing a silver helmet suddenly raised his head and talked about real-life news.
"Have you guys heard? John Griffin's painting exhibition!"
Sitting opposite the player with the silver helmet, a player who was wearing power armor touched the back of his head and spoke.
"The painter who claims to be a surrealist artist? The anarchist Martian?"
"What do you mean by 'claims'? He is a recognized tycoon in the art world, ok? As for his political views, I don't care, I only heard that he seems to be wandering around on Mars."
"I don't know, I don't understand art, so what happened?"