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disappeared as fast as it had appeared.  Then more
text appeared, but this time it lingered.
     
    Personalization in progress...
     
    Sam heard Milner’s quiet voice all around him then the man
was slowly digitized into existence right in front of him.  Virtual Milner was
a tall and absurdly thin man with short black hair that seemed to fly in every
direction.  It was cut shorter on the sides, but each strand seemed to have a
mind of its own up top.  It was like he tried to take care of his appearance,
but didn’t follow through.  There was dark stubble all around his chin, but the
hair growing atop his upper lip was a little fuller.  He had bags under his
thin dark eyes and a blank tired look as he seemed to stare right through Sam. 
Sam had no idea why the man was wearing an unbuttoned white lab coat with
rolled up sleeves either.
    “Welcome to the personalization process, alpha.  This is a prerecording
of my voice.  I’ll be feeding you instructions that will allow the Miyabi Full
Dive technology to perfectly sync with your movements.  Follow my simple
instructions for the best results.”
    Milner disappeared after his message and left Sam with control
of his head, but he could only move it left and right.
    “I want you to look at the clouds.”
    Sam looked around at the various white clouds.
    “Good.  Now look at that red cloud behind you.”
    Sam quickly turned his head and spotted the bright red
cloud.
    “Good.  Now I want you to find the dark blue cloud.”
    Sam could see part of the cloud already.  It was above him,
but he couldn’t lift his head.
    “Can’t look up at it, can you?  Sorry about that.  I’ll need
you to ask for my permission to look at it.”
    That annoyed the hell out of Sam.
    “You’ve got some nerve, asshole!”
    He heard himself speak for the first time and it astonished
him.
    “Good, you can talk.  But I still need you to ask for my
permission to look up, to complete this trial.”
    “Fine, jerk bag.”
    Sam was amusing himself, but he hoped that this creepy man
couldn’t hear him.
    “Will you please let me move my head like a normal person,
Mr. Full-tan?”
    “Yes, I will happily comply with your request, but my system
detects heavy sarcasm.  No need for such an attitude,” said the seemingly
omniscient designer.
    Sam decided to keep any further smart aleck comments to
himself and hoped that the system couldn’t read minds as well.  Still, that was
impressive.  For a game to be able to detect emotions in someone’s tone of
voice was pretty advanced.  This was stuff that developers had promised ten
years ago and were still struggling with today.  He complied with Milner’s
request and looked up at the blue cloud above him.
    “Good, now find the yellow cloud.”
    That one was below and to his left.
    “Perfect.  Your system now fits you like a glove.  Movement
here should feel as natural as it did in the real world, at least when it comes
to the camera control.  Personalization complete.”
    The screen went black again, then some words formed in thin
white mist in the middle of the screen.
    Project_DH

2 Create-A-Character
    The title faded to black, then the screen showed a panoramic
view of a thickly canopied forest that was mostly shrouded in shadows, but had
some open paths bathed in beautiful moonlight.  The trees were various shades
of grey, with leaves ranging from dark green to deep purple.  It all looked
both enchanting and deadly.  Sam tried to take in every detail of the forest as
he waited for the next phase of the game.  The camera stopped in a small
clearing, visible by moonlight.  A single empty textbox dropped down, asking
for the player’s name.  A two-dimensional, nearly-transparent keyboard appeared
in front of Sam and he wondered how the heck he was supposed to use the thing. 
He didn’t seem to have hands at this point.  Fulton’s voice seemed to come from
the very shadows.
    “You can summon and dismiss a keyboard with a