CHAPTER FIFTEEN
I swipe with my sword, cutting off one of the scalpel-wielding legs. The clown’s eyes shoot fire at me. I tilt to the side, dodging the projectile.
I’ve got to hand it to the cameras and the primitive headset: My real-world motions are copied pretty well in VR.
Just to see how well the physics work, I hurl my sword at the creature’s head. It flies in a very realistic arc and slices at the mask. The mask falls, revealing a clown face that seems vaguely familiar underneath all that white makeup.
Did they model it on a celebrity?
The creature yelps in anger, and a little cloud appears above me. Above it, a text box proclaims, “DREAM POWER.”
I activate the cloud, and a new sword grows inside my hand, but it’s too late.
The monster’s head rushes toward me, and its fangs r
