He saw a big crowd infront of him who had all directed their gaze towards the familiar place where the gaming pods were.He saw engineers wearing a brown dress with the logo of the Simon's Gaming Corporation on it.He immediately knew this was an unofficial upgrade as the shop would be normally closed and will only open the next day after the installation or upgrades were complete.This was for them to specifically these machines to see if there were any problems attached and fixed before any customer used the products and fell into danger resulting further problems and incursions from part of the parent of the subject or the military and thus needed to be avoided.
However seeing the store not being closed and the customers not been sent home and allowed to stay here to watch the upgrade piqued his interest.There were people whose face were plasted with smiles and others grinning from ear to ear which made him even determined to find out what was happening and thus he rejected the notion of stepping out to go home.
He sent a message to Daniel about his whereabouts and soon received a reply which made him look to the left and there he spotted a waving figure.There he was as usual,standing at the front of the crowd.As game addict and also arriving early today he sure had a good place to stand and watch what was unfolding.With an immediate display of tap,confuse and replace the subject,Sreve continuously moved until he reached Daniel's side.
"Old habits die hard I see"
Steve smiled at Daniel's remarks as he both praised and laughed at Steve for his tactics.Steve still puffed his chest thinking he had done well enough but he soon saw the engineers unfolding the large boxes so Steve suppressed his silly look of arrogance and immediately asked
"What's going on??"asked Steve
"Obviously the Simulation pods are being replaced with newer ones"replied Daniel.
As expected of a game addict,he sure knew what was happening while Steve was stood there completely confused at what was going on.The engineers finished removing the encasements andthe bystanders saw something that shocked them,
It was,it was,it was
"A Mech"
"But a mech is way bigger than this"
"Yeah,but this looks exactly like the beast slayer mech of this planets exploration realm commander,Captain Reynold."
Immediately someone said something which made everybody quiet down.
"Silence,a visitor has arrived!!"
When everyone turned around,they saw someone who seemed familiar yet unfamiliar.
"Is that Mr Simon,the CEO of SGC."
When the rest were about to speak, they were immediately silenced by the guards that came after the visitor.They held guns which radiated a 'we don't speak much' aura.When he arrived at a podium that seemed to have been set up at a side and ascended,he smiled and made a knowing gesture towards the guards who formed a neat formation and silently walked out of the shop.Mr Simon's smiled again at his audience and said
"You were both right and wrong and also by the way I'm Mr Simon.Any questions before I introduce this product to you??"
A boy raised his hands and was called
"Mr Simon please is that a mech?"
Mr Simon smiled and answered
" No.This one of our newest product,the dynamic revolver Simulation Pod or DRS pod for short."
Most people didn't feel disappointed upon getting to know it was not a mech as seeing mechs in a rural area as was rare and mostly prohibited at rural and urban areas.However it seemed there were other children who had different thoughts.
"Sir" said a child as he raised his hands
"Yes" said Mr Simon intriguingly as he thought all the children should have lost interest in asking anymore questions since the main interest subject had already been clarified.
"Why present this work to us children unofficially as opposed to formal product reviews in those auditorium and proper presentation platform"
Sir Simon couldn't help but clap his hands for this kid as he showed quite great intelligence fro a boy his age.Sir Simon didn't wait and directly replied
"That a clever observation.You see most people think I'm from the heavenly disc star system but no one knows my exact nation.I actually originate from this planet which is now a simple and not so well known planet.Today I have come back to share a gift with all of you in the form of this simulator.It should be released in a year or a half but there would be soo many orders that this planets branch will normally be shoved aside for years on end before you reach your turn.This is why a purposefully brought this gift for you all"
" if no more questions then I'll continue,this DRS pod is centered around two concepts.The new dynamic revolver which makes the mech as if it is moving and performing real piloting as opposed to normal Simulation piloting.The revolver or the ground moves in the direction the mech heads and makes everything seem real.The second part is the distant projection modules which projects the graphics and all programs which are normally seen in the simulation helmets.This is how the new upgrade works children"
Mr Simon's then waved all the children before he made his way towards the gate.However before going out,he stopped for a brief moment and abruptly turned and casually asked a question
"Which of you children is up for a game"