This is a story that I’ve submitted to a Matrix fiction writing contest. The contest is to tell the backstory, or a significant event in the backstory, of a secondary character from the first Matrix film. With a limit of 1,000 words, this is a heavily truncated version of the story I intended to tell. The “director’s cut” will come at a later date. Enjoy.

The girl. All the good stories start with a girl, don’t they? We met not long after I came here. She was beautiful. The inviting eyes. Those jaw-dropping curves. And a smile seething with mischief. She was absolutely irresistible. She nearly got me killed.

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The following is my first bit of “EVE fiction”, set in the universe of EVE Online.  It was inspired for a player-run contest, promoting the upcoming “Tyrannis” expansion to introduce Planetary Interaction.  Enjoy.

I was only a boy, fifteen, when my parents sold me away to these bastards. The Gallente claim to be the pioneers of democracy in this god forsaken universe. Those damn militants didn’t seem too concerned about my rights as they dragged me away from my weeping mother. All they wanted was their big payday, and they agreed to cut my father a nice percentage. Take one goddamn guess if I ever saw a cent.

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This was only supposed to be a month-long hiatus, I assure you.

A lot has happened since I last posted.  I’ve committed to a new way of life, and I still find myself making mental notes on how to deal with it.  The inside of my skull is plastered with figurative sticky notes.  When I was younger I was convinced that I was the only person on the planet who upon birth was not bestowed the “Encyclopedia On What the Fuck to Do In Every Conceivable Situation”.  Somewhere between then and now I’ve learned that nobody has any more of a clue than I do.  Some are just better at faking it than others.

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I dreamed that I flew to the edge of space.  I passed many people along the way.  We all flew such strange ships.  Some shaped like eggs, some like great eagles, others like Tetris blocks.

I couldn’t tell how long I’d been flying.  You fly for so long and time becomes meaningless.

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On Friday, July 31st, The Matrix Online will shut down for good. After a decent five year run. It’s both saddening and comforting at the same time. The game had such promise and potential, but it always was and always would be a niche game. The sequels of the trilogy divided people so strongly that the game was probably destined for this.

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