The Nomad Chronicles

I leap out of bed. I am in my Lucid City apartment. Yes! I made it! I look at my bed. It looks very plain. I am standing on a thick soft rug, barefooted. I feel something on my shoulder. It's WinterFae, my wife. She has morphed into a tiny fairie, and is riding on me. I see my Dream Shrine in one corner that looks like the one in my room in BanYanLand on the Moon with a large mirror. In another corner I see my computer terminal which looks like a plain white cylinder about four feet high with a sloped top. I press a red glowing button on the top. The cylinder projects holograms in front of me on to a mist which spews out the top. I see a holographic screen, and a keyboard.

I hit: A I, then "enter."

My AI hologram character appears.

He is about a foot and a half foot tall, and looks like an American Prohibition Era gangster from New York. His is a glowing greenish color.

"Yo, what's up? Don't tell, don't ask. My name is Big Joey. Welcome to the BJOS, Big Joey Operating System."

"Cool. You're a gangster. Can I upload you into my brain for my HUD?"

"Whoah, easy there pal, I don't know what kinda crazy viruses you may have there in that noodle of yours, Catface."

"Okay... well, I need an HUD."

"Done!"

An HUD pops up in my vision.

It says, "Welcome to Lucid City Net Portal!" then the words fade, and a circle appears in the upper right hand corner that says, "you are dreaming" on it. A crosshairs appears in the center.

"Yes I did it!"

"Good job, Sweetheart!" WinterFae says.