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Dinner Or Death

Kwan makes a last ditch effort to regain control of his start-up company by making a deal with Helio, the guy with the Midas touch. Intending to crash his late night dinner date at Upscales, Kwan brings a few of his private stash of P-Pause to sweeten the deal.

But events turn on a dime. Rather than negotiating for help, Kwan finds that he might be the only lifeline in a game more deadly and vicious than the one they play by day in their fancy corner offices. And if Helio goes down, will Kwan go with him?

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Let's Play

After Arily's beauty blossoms again, the world's leading wellness spa makes an offer out of the blue: act as spokesperson and the face of the latest marketing campaign in exchange for a generous compensation package and free services. Desiring a low-key way to explore her strange condition, she accepts.

Her first visit and tour of the ultra-lux Le Med location leaves her shaken, particularly after the handsome medical director drops hints about some place called Game Hole and her grip on reality all but unravels. Just what is Le Med?

Plain Twain

Barby May has long been known as the princess of Reality Bytes and a master of public perception until her moves begin to fail and her life begins to crumble. Desperate to get back on track, she connects with a broker who slips up and mentions the name Temp Twin.

Quickly, Barby May ends up at the wrong end of a power-play she can't control and there may be only one person who can turn it around. But that move will rip her life in twain.

Delwyn In Wonderground

Authorities unearth Delwyn and drag him to the city for the coming disaster, claiming that his special knowledge will help them to avert the damage. He's not sure about that, but if they can't avert the expected calamity, the storied pole shift, he'll have to find his way to Wonderground.

While he loathes that place more than the city, the underworld playground provides the only route to actual safety below the surface. Or will any place offer refuge at all?

Pic	Characters
	Kwan discovers at the worst possible time that others control his billion-dollar start-up company and they no longer need him.
	Quay has seen much in his life, including prison walls from the inside. His skills are in sudden demand.
	Despite Barby's huge network, friends, and family, an increasing threat against her makes it's presence known.
	Helio plays at the top of his game, yet a thing eludes him through-out every day and some-thing haunts him every night.
	Mage just hit 49, lost everything, and no longer has patience for anyone or any-thing. But she also has a shaky plan.
	Delwyn hasn't laid his eyes on another person in years yet he suddenly finds himself in a city center against his will.
	Arily notices that she looks more beautiful each day, causing her anxiety and fear.

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Worlds

Pic	Worlds and settings
	Game Hole, merged with real life, some dream of this game world, others hope to wake from the nightmare.
	Featherweight, the land of weightless-ish where people can fly and float at will.
	Magnetic Shift, where the fated polar shift changes the known world into the unknown.
	Sovereign Self, where every individual constitutes their own nation, kingdom, and empire.
	Reality Bytes, dominated by social constructs, appearances, celebrity and fleeting fame.

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Products

Pic	Fictitious products
	Insta-Hydro, even a small crumb of one of these tablets will hydrate any place or any person.
	Temp Twin, this luxury item provides an actual twin for a short time.
	ShelterBox, a comfortable shelter to house one or two people and fits in an easy-to-carry, waterproof backpack.
	P-Pause, the pill that pauses body processes and needs for an extended period, but at a price.
	DroneZip, rapid-travel system using a weight-bearing drone and a heavy duty zipline.

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Locales

Pic	Fictitious places and backdrops
	Upscales, luxurious, fine-dining location that serves any known cuisine and by-request impossible meals for a hefty price.
	Le Med, wellness spa that many consider a fountain of youth.
	Amazins, re-upping station for food, fuel, power and many other needs.
	Digital Wonderground, world-wide theme park and entertainment expanse.
	Oasis, unexplained, possibly holographic waterhole that appears and disappears.