Ready Player 1 Chapter 22

Setting; Happytime Pizza

Parzival play an old school Pac Man video game, but it is VR so he becomes Pac Man.

Parzival; This is way better than the arcade game.

The Pac Man music begins and the environment turns blue. Parzival looks at himself and he is a glowing Pac Man. he looks over his should and sees a ghost heading his way.

Parzival; Oh man! I better get busy of I'm going to lose a life before I even get started.

He turns right and heads down a corridor eating dots along the way. His eyes cut left and right to watch for the ghosts. Suddenly a ghost appears in front of him.

Parzival; A ghost in front of me and a ghost behind me. What do I do? I know that this game was important to Halliday so I can't die before I get a perfect game.

The ghosts are closing in. Parzival fakes turning left and then shoots straight up. The two ghosts collide.

Parzival; I'm finally getting my head on straight in here. now a perfect game should be a piece of cake.

Parzival quickly moves from level to level until he reaches the end. Parzival leave the VR world of Pac Man and joins his friends.

Parzival; Wow! Perfect game! I bet this is going to be the answer to finding the Jade Key.

Aech; Way to go man! I can't believe you beat the top score. I bet your right and the key will appear.

Parzival looks in the coin return slot but all he finds is a weird quarter.

Aech; What the heck is that?

Parzival; You mean after all that I get this stupid looking quarter. I better hang on to it because it could be helpful in the future.

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