Post by Admin on Sept 21, 2009 5:15:46 GMT -8
Erik Egan created Buck for his post-Prime Time (2073 AD, City State of New York) story in the Crusade Battle Anthology called "40,000 Channels and Nothing On." He described Buck as looking like River Phoenix (but Latino with darker hair and skin). Buck is in Code Entry, which means he is very low on the Coder hierarchy. He literally writes in the binary that runs the VR environs that dominate all utilities and entertainments in his State. Later, Buck becomes a member of the Watchdogs, an online Terrapyre group led by Graciela "Fuzz" Koko.
This is an early rough draft of part of the story:
When Buck was eight and first jacked in, he would wonder what everyone looked like in RL. Now he just stood and enjoyed the rich pixels and light as much as (okay, more than) any grrl he saw in flesh-and-bone on Main Ring. And he couldn't remember enjoying anyone's pixels more than right now. Her avatar was over six feet tall in ratio, all chocolate-colored skin and Grace Jones hair. Long muscles were whipcord taut and perfectly defined. Black leather pants, loose, vest and boots. All piped with red neon cybernetics. She was recording everything in the chaos of the club that churned around them. She was information incarnate. Digital Age Amazon warrior. Buck was transfixed, turned on... and totally terrified.
Buck cleared his throat. *Domo, Han Fuzz.*
Fuzz turned (oh wow... liquid smooth, killer bandwidth). *Konbanwa, Han Buck.*
Buck's eyes widened. Clamped over Fuzz's right bicep was a metallic armband that glistened iridescent like an animated oil slick. Fuzz had been Authenticated. Her avatar was her real body digitized. Buck had no words. He thumbed down his biological response.
Fuzz grinned, slow, mostly in her eyes. *Ready for something new?*
Buck is currently featured in:
"40,000 Channels and Nothing On" in the
Crusade Battle Anthology
This is an early rough draft of part of the story:
When Buck was eight and first jacked in, he would wonder what everyone looked like in RL. Now he just stood and enjoyed the rich pixels and light as much as (okay, more than) any grrl he saw in flesh-and-bone on Main Ring. And he couldn't remember enjoying anyone's pixels more than right now. Her avatar was over six feet tall in ratio, all chocolate-colored skin and Grace Jones hair. Long muscles were whipcord taut and perfectly defined. Black leather pants, loose, vest and boots. All piped with red neon cybernetics. She was recording everything in the chaos of the club that churned around them. She was information incarnate. Digital Age Amazon warrior. Buck was transfixed, turned on... and totally terrified.
Buck cleared his throat. *Domo, Han Fuzz.*
Fuzz turned (oh wow... liquid smooth, killer bandwidth). *Konbanwa, Han Buck.*
Buck's eyes widened. Clamped over Fuzz's right bicep was a metallic armband that glistened iridescent like an animated oil slick. Fuzz had been Authenticated. Her avatar was her real body digitized. Buck had no words. He thumbed down his biological response.
Fuzz grinned, slow, mostly in her eyes. *Ready for something new?*
Buck is currently featured in:
"40,000 Channels and Nothing On" in the
Crusade Battle Anthology