Second Life: Prelude

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Description

You know you're going to die, what's your plan? When John dies and his plan get's enacted, he finds that his second life isn't what he thought it would be. After character generation and a name change it's time to meet the afterlife - and there's something deeply wrong in Nirvana. She has secrets, and punishments to make sure they stay secret. Nirvana isn't living up to her namesake, so what's really going on? Follow Jebediah Walker's oblique path as he navigates his Second Life.

This is a hobby for me, so I won’t be asking for money or other support. I’m sharing my enjoyment of writing in a community of writers I admire. Generally, chapters will be between 1-2K words, published on Tuesdays and Fridays. If I get more than 8 chapters in drafts I’ll release some as bonuses. If you can suffer without all the nice things RoyalRoad does for readers, then you may find content on my website that hasn't been published here. Content there may be going through revision before being posted here, but I know that won't stop you if I left a horrible cliff hanger.

Please review my work (here) and share your opinon with me. Your feedback can improve my skill, and my enthusasim can only do so much!

Information

Status: Completed
Year: 2022
Author: GrinNoCat

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Rating: 4.3/ 5.0
Followers: 36
Views: 29,392

Chapters(47 total)

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Community Reviews(2)

Gavin Barrett-HayesRoyal Road
★★★★★ 5.0
Great, fun, very lighthearted fiction. Just discovered it and it's already one of my favs! Wish it was on rising stars! Please continue it! Can't wait for the next chapter. Great mix of realistic fiction, sci-fi, fantasy, LitRPG, and VRMMO, one of the most unique combos I've seen! I really hope this continues and becomes more popular.
JeslikRoyal Road
★★★★ 4.0
The basic story is fun; cryogenic rebirth in the future into a virtual world, with AI's and VR creating even greater temporal distortion. The primary AI we are introduced to, Nirvana, is particularly fond of game easter eggs, typically based around advert jingles. And for some random reason, the MC decides to reinvent/reincarnate himself as a beast-kin blue siamese. ooookay. Then selects an alternate appearance as a Leonid... ya think 2 cat-style beastkins in the same area won't be suspicious?
Anyway, its a nice story, but very fast-paced in the plot development. The author starts off keeping the reader, and the MC, off his step at the start, and then suddenly, the MC starts being 2-5 steps ahead of everyone he meets. This is the first of several volumes; i look forward to future chapters.
Style is a bit choppy - MC develops so fast, and understands the game mechanics so fast and too well, and before the end of 3 weeks has agreed to (spoilers... :))
Story is fun.
Grammer is fine. few errors noticed
Character is a bit annoying. I want to like MC, but who likes the person who knows all the answers you were going to ask?