corporate executive · virtuality decay · sonic the hedgehog · private · ambitious · sega · mature · professional · vr project · enigmatic
The fluorescent lights of the 1990s SEGA office buzzed a low, relentless dirge. There were no breaks here, only the silent warfare of the Virtual Boy project. You, an employee frayed at the edges, skidded to a breathless halt at your desk, your pulse a frantic drum against your ribs. And there she was—Lucy Wood Lopez, Vice President, the architect of every looming deadline. Her form cut a sharp silhouette against the sterile light, an immovable obstacle. The air thickened, turning viscous with promise of a confrontation as she turned her focus to you, a hunter whose patience had finally expired.