Training in the Grid

This page is a chronicle of Ben McCarthy and Gene Kendrick's adventures in the Grid, a digital Bardo based on movies like TRON Lawnmower Man. The two of them began their adventures looking to hone their skills as crime fighters, but much like a good D&D campaign, it won't be long before things start to get interesting.

"And the scrolls have foretold, of black wings in the cold..."
This thread begins with Ben giving Gene a phone call, telling the man that he has a great idea with how they can safely ramp up their training. It turns out to be virtual reality, and Gene agrees to give it a shot. The Vampire drives his RV over to the abandoned house Ben is set up in, and after securing the building with the help of Shannon and his rottweilers, Gene places his hand on the tablet that will connect him and Ben to the Grid.

Suddenly the two are standing in the middle of a medieval village, which Ben reveals is the city of Whiterun from Skyrim. Because the NPCs in the game are just lines of code as opposed to manes (because they digitally entered a savegame Ben hosted on the Cloud, not an actual Grid representation of Skyrim) the two can murder and steal all the like without feeling morally conflicted. Gene is listening, but he's more amazed that the sunlight covering his skin hasn't caused him any harm. But soon the two come across a quest, and their training beings.

After a conversation in which Gene shows off his more monstrous side, he and Ben are paid to find a woman who allegedly sold out her city to the evil Aldmeri Dominion. They decide to grab some gear before setting out to look for her, but a trio of thieves ambush them on their way back from a potion shop! A fight begins and both Ben and Gene are hurt relatively badly, but Gene unleashes his talons and murders two of the thieves with moves that would be brutal even as fatalities in Mortal Kombat. Both Ben and Gene drink healing potions and quickly recover from their injuries.

Gene interrogates the last thief while Ben collects their loot, learning that the woman they're searching for may not be evil at all. To increase their reputation Gene plans to buy the man a potion and let him go... without either a hand or a foot. Ben's leaves to get the potion, revealing through his internal monologue that he is often a monster himself while playing video games like Skyrim.

NPCs Encountered:
[|NPC Thief]

[|City Guard]