Author's Note

A new virtual reality videogame promises open-world exploration over five vastly different realms. To further hype it up for the crowds, the producers launch a reality show, inviting the general public to form teams of four, which will then compete in a trek full of devious missions all the way through the game world.

Except the game world isn't all that friendly, the producers have agendas of their own, and the contestants soon realize that what they thought was just a game may end up being something much more sinister.