Joe 'Average' Smith saw a weird pop-up on his phone. It was an ad for some type of mobile dating simulator game. But he didn't open anything for the ad to pop up at all. His screen was still on its home page.
[ENTER THE WORLD OF SEDUCTION?]
[YES/NO]
Joe's brow furrowed. He didn't understand how this app was able to infiltrate into his phone. He had no wi-fi nor mobile data for it to connect to him.
Joe didn't care that much. He shrugged and pressed 'YES'. His bank account was negative so no scammer could steal from him.
"What's the worst that could happen?" He thought to himself.
A progress bar appeared on his phone screen. 'Synchronizing', it said and it didn't seem that it was going to finish any time soon. Joe tossed the phone on the side of the bed and went to sleep.
He had a shift at the pizza place in the afternoon but it wasn't time yet. There were still a few hours left, perfect for a power nap.
When Joe opened his eyes again, the world was already dark.
"Shit! Shit! Shit!"
The young man got straight up and ran to pick up his clothes on the floor. He tried to put them on as quickly as possible.
Joe passed by his large bedroom window, going from floor to ceiling with its curtains opened entirely.
Joe froze. Outside a red neon sign of the word 'HOTEL' was showing. The 'O' and 'T' were broken, only 'HEL' was illuminating.
His apartment didn't have any large scale windows. Nor did he have this one hell of a view overlooking a somber looking street with the giant neon sign.
Joe dropped the pants he was wearing to the floor.
[WELCOME TO THE HONEY GAME]
A semi-transparent window suddenly popped up in front of his face which caused Joe to jump back a few steps. The window followed him closely.
[NEW PLAYER REGISTERED]
[NAME: Joe Avery Smith]
[PLAYER TAB IS UNLOCKED]
[BEGINNER GIFT RECEIVED]
[OPENING GIFT…]
[HONEY COIN x200 RECEIVED]
[STARTER RESIDENCE RECEIVED]
[READ TUTORIAL?]
[YES/NO]
Pop-ups after pop-ups covered Joe's vision. Then they all disappeared, leaving only the 'yes' and 'no' remain.
Joe gulped then pressed 'YES'.
[Welcome to THE HONEY GAME]
[Your goal is to conquer as many Honey as possible]
[Honey will be chosen based on your preference]
[Detecting the player as heterosexual…]
[Honey will always be female]
[You can gain Honey Coin when doing social and sexual encounters with Honey]
[You can gain Honey Coin whenever the social stats of Honey increase]
[Honey coin can be exchanged into actual money]
[1 HONEY COIN = $100]
[More tutorials will be presented when it is relevant]
[HAVE FUN PLAYER]
"One… One hundred dollars per coin?!" Joe gasped. He pointed his hand at the windows, trying to manipulate it. But the window disappeared suddenly.
Joe tried to wave his hand and did all kinds of gestures but nothing came up.
"Wait! The phone!"
Joe looked over to the bedside counter. His old phone was still there. He jumped on the bed and grabbed the phone aggressively.
On his home screen, a new app had been installed. It was called 'The Honey Game'.
He clicked on it and the app took over the entire screen. It had a pink background with a very intuitive user interface.
The app currently had two tabs: 'PLAYER', 'HONEY'.
Joe clicked on the player tab.
[NAME]: Joe Avery Smith
[HIT POINTS]: 23/23
[DEFENSE VALUE]: 7
[ATTRIBUTES]
+ Social
• Aura: 4
• Intimidation: 3
• Persuasion: 5
+ Physical
• Dexterity: 7
• Endurance: 6
• Fitness: -1
• Senses: 5
• Stamina: 7
• Strength: 4
+ Mental
• Cool: 3
• Intelligence: 8
• Wisdom: 12
+ Temporary:
• Armor: 0 (Naked)
• Style: 0 (Naked)
[SOCIAL CRED]: NONE
[SKILL]: NONE
[EQUIPMENT]
+ Head: None
+ Torso: None
+ Legs: None
+ Feet: None
+ Accessory (A): None
+ Accessory (B): None
+ Tool/Weapon: None
[HONEY COIN]: 200(EXCHANGE)
[WARDROBE]: NONE
[OWNED RESIDENCE]
+ Apartment A7 (?): Level 0 Residence.
[OWNED CREDENTIALS]
+ 'Joe Avery Smith': Identifications of your true identity.
"Negative one for fitness?! You're gotta be kidding me." Joe's veins bulged on his forehead. There was a tall mirror in his room and he took a look at himself.
Joe wasn't fat but he was very skinny. There was no amount of muscle at all.
"Fine. You're right." Joe couldn't lie to himself anymore and accepted the truth.
Next to the Honey Coin number was an 'EXCHANGE' button. Joe clicked it.
[PLEASE ENTER THE DESIRED AMOUNT]:
"Hmm…" Joe took a look at his bank account first before trying anything.
His original mobile banking application was gone. In its place was a new app called 'Honey Wallet'.
"This game is really similar to a virus…"
Joe opened the Honey Wallet.
[Welcome to the Honey Wallet]
[All your exchanged money will be here]
[Honey Wallet can be used for any digital transactions in this world]
[You can withdraw cash at any bank or ATM in this world with the Honey Wallet]
[Honey Wallet cannot be traced digitally or physically under any circumstances]
[WALLET BALANCE]: $0
"I guess I'm not in debt anymore." Joe laughed out loud when he saw the neutral zero.
Everything was just too hard to believe. A new apartment. A completely different location. He didn't even know if he was still in the same world as before.
"Did I really transmigrate to a game world? Or is it a completely different universe?"
Joe never heard of the Honey Game so a game world was very unlikely. The app might have just pulled him to a different world.
He put those thoughts aside and tried the 'EXCHANGE' function.
"Let's try 10 coins first."
[10 HONEY COIN HAS BEEN CONVERTED TO $1000]
[WALLET BALANCE]: $1000
"No way. It really is true. But can I use it?"
Joe dragged his finger to the 'HomeDash' app, an application to order food and groceries with someone who delivered it to you. It was still the same as before but all the locations and stores had changed.
"Let's try ordering a pizza."
When Joe went to check-out, the Honey Wallet showed up as one of the payment methods. He clicked on it. The circle appeared and was spinning.
[ORDERING COMPLETED]
[DRIVER WILL SOON ARRIVE AT YOUR LOCATION]
[-$15]
[WALLET BALANCE]: $985
"Now all we can do is wait." Joe mumbled.