Simulation

By Tami Veldura

Heidi is in a simulation. She and thousands of hopefuls went to sleep on a ship destined for the stars, but something catastrophic has happened. The ship's AI, Oscar, has downloaded her into a computer, but none of her superiors survived the transition. It's up to Heidi to rescue the ship and its crew from inside the system.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Story Prism Studio
• Release date: May 5, 2020
• ISBN: 9781941319260

Tami Veldura

Tami Veldura is a writer, reader, artist and dreamer. She resides in sunny California and aspires to quit her day job and write full-time. Her stories are predominantly gay romance in a collection of subgenres spanning fantasy, science fiction, steampunk, paranormal, bdsm, and contemporary.She also publishes adventure steampunk, fantasy, and science fiction stories suitible for all ages as S. T. Lynn .

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Simulation

By Tami Veldura

You are in a simulation.

The voice jolted Heidi out of sleep and she stumbled awkwardly, vertigo slamming into her head with the force of an elephant. Everything was the same glowing shade of white, which didn't help her sense of attitude, and she thought she might vomit. Except she didn't seem to have a stomach to hold… or hands to hold it with… or a mouth for that matter?

You are in a simulation. The voice repeated, distinctly male and unsympathetic. It was the AI voice of… of... She couldn't remember what it belonged to.

Please remain calm, while I establish an environment.

Heidi abruptly had a body. Hands, feet, a torso. Grass sprouted out of the white nothing and stretched for miles in every direction. A set of mountains appeared in the distance like a child adding stickers to an empty book: trees here, rocks there, flowers.

Heidi fell onto her ass--the grass