Ready Player One Page #4

Why do you put up with this guy?

He is a sh*t show.

I love to kick the

both of you out.

If I catch you touching my stuff again...

Not joking, out!

Wade Watts.

My dad picked that name because it

sounded like a superhero's altered ego.

Like Peter Parker

or Bruce Banner.

But he died when I was

a kid, my mom too.

And I ended up here.

Living with aunt Alice and

her endless string of hard loving losers.

Halliday hated making rules.

Why is that line sticking in my head?

Maybe because Art3mis said

it, and she's hot.

Maybe it's because

she called me out.

Sitting in here my tiny

corner of nowhere...

protecting my small slice of nothing.

Or maybe...

Maybe it's because that

line means something.

And I missed it.

HALLIDAY JOURNALS

The day the contest

was announced...

"The Halliday Journals" appeared.

He told us to look in his brain.

This was the next big thing.

At first, it was jammed with

gunters looking for answers.

Now the once crowded halls of Halliday's

memories...

are left to people like me.

Parzival, oh joy.

And how will you eat up my

valuable such time today?

Gregarious Games, 2029

Office party.

Yes, you've only seen

it a thousand times...

Why not go back?

Each entry into Halliday's

Journals was meticulously assembled...

from personal photographs, home video

recordings, surveillance and nanny cams.

All rendered into a three

dimensional virtual experience.

Also Halliday archived every film,

game, book and TV program he ever saw.

Located on the mesony...

No weapons or mature themed avatars are

permitted within the journals.

Please enjoy your time

with us and happy gunting.

OK, Jim, I'm... I'm going.

Everything changes, Jim.

Everything evolves.

Some things are perfect just

where they are. " Asteroids ".

People don't live inside

an "Asteroids" arcade cabinet.

I know that.

Yup. People are living

inside the arcade we build.

I built.

I guess you can say

whatever you want.

I don't want to talk about this.

No, of course you don't

want to talk about it.

You are forcing me out.

Closer on Halliday.

Inventions come with responsibilities.

You didn't ask for them.

Alright? If you make something

people want or need...

then it's up to you to set the limits,

you have to make some rules.

- I won't make any more rules.

- I don't wanna make any more rules.

- A dreamer.

- I'm a dreamer.

- I build worlds.

- I build worlds.

We created something beautiful, Jim.

But it's changed.

- It's really not a game anymore.

- Are we finished?

I liked how things were

when they were.

When it was a game.

And we are back to

where we started.

But that's the point,

as in it things move forward.

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