Chapter 86: You Can Stay As Long as You Like!

Eli lifted the headgear off, sighed as he lay back against the gently massaging cushions on the bio-cradle.

He'd only managed two quests before Buri dragged him into a drinking game the whole tavern bet on.  He didn't refuse. RP was one thing, actual interaction was another – the forums in his last life said both helped with quests.

He lost, and Buri gleefully made him pay for a mound of grilled skewers.

Apparently the tavern currently had a special on premium shotbark rabbit meat.

The dizzy drunkenness of yet another drinking night was gone the moment he logged out.

Interaction and integration. 

It was an on-going theme in Redlands, immersing a player deeper and deeper into the world. No wonder the elites of the game adjusted the fastest after the Quake.

Eli had to wonder what Orven Norge was thinking, to build Redlands as he did. Other VR games were popular without the immersion that Redlands required from their players.