View Part 2 of Retro Gamer.
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Now back in the real world, Alan needed to figure out how to get on with life. It’s not like anyone would believe what really happened -- that he had become a woman after getting sucked into a video game for several years. The gamer who set him free him was also surprisingly helpful. Alan was able to do research on his original self; he had apparently been announced missing and eventually presumed dead. There wasn’t even a life of his own to go back to.
Finding out who he was turned out to be even stranger. As it turned out, a 20 year old woman from Japan had gone missing 35 years earlier. She matched Alan’s description perfectly, even the DNA was a match. Though it didn’t make sense to anyone (other than Alan) why the woman wasn’t 55 years old. Some suspected Alan was actually the woman’s daughter, yet none of it was enough to keep Alan from inheriting her parents’ wealth. (And Alan made sure the reward for heling to find the missing person went to the gamer.)
There was one comfort through it all that felt strangely familiar. For the most part, there was always someone telling him what to do; a lawyer, or a police officer, or an accountant -- it all reminded him of being in the game. But when it was all over and settled, he felt a new, different sense of dread. Between being in the game and dealing with all the advisors, he got very used to not feeling like he had any control of his own actions. When he was finally free of it all, the realization he once again had free will felt almost horrific. He thought about trying to find a copy of the game; to get back inside. Given the inheritance, money was no object. Searching on the web pulled up several articles talking about the legend of the game, but no copies for sale anywhere.
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