Perdita of Bayotown

Enter the room of Perdita Jones.  It’s rather untidy–it always is.  Clothes are thrown carelessly on the ground, a large backpack full of books sits under the chair that seems to have wandered from it’s proper place by her desk.  There are papers all over the desk, unorganized and crumpled, a few of them well large red letters of “C-,” “D,” and “F.”  It appears she is a struggling student.  The only clean part of her room is her bed, which is neatly made, and doesn’t appear to have been slept in in quite some time.  If you walked over to her closest and opened the door, you’d find quite a strange sight.  You would find Perdita herself, slumped in a chair, with wires attached to several places on her head.  These wires lead a a computer that appears to be running a program, the word “Bayotown” appearing large across the screen.  A smaller string of words appears underneath, and it reads, “Find your happiness here.”

Enter the life of Perdita Jones.  To those who’ve known her for her entire life, Perdita has always been full of life.  She is small in both height and all of her features, but her spunky personality makes up for it.  She even dyes her hair a bright magenta to match her eccentricity.  Perdita was blessed to make two friends at and early age that she knew would be her lifelong friends.  The the were inseparable, doing just about everything together, school, work, camps, and various other activities.  Perdita was also fortunate to meet who she considered her soulmate at the age of fifteen.  His name was Stark, and he certainly was a great fit for Perdita–their two personalities matches up well.

Enter the New World.  The New World, where technology has increased by a tenfold in such a short span of time.  So many new discoveries and inventions of risen in this new era of technology.  But the most popular piece of technology these days is something called Aipotu.  Aipotu is an actual human-to-avatar device that will actually transport your physical, human self, into an avatar of the program you choose.  Some programs are exploratory, a nice place to go when you have nothing better to do.  Some programs are very adventurous, and you work with other people to get a task done.  And other programs like Bayotown, are simply programs full of rendezvous points, a place to meet with friends, family, and love ones, like an extremely advanced phone call.

Enter the college life of Perdita Jones.  Perdita and her friends all chose different schools to go to.  They each wanted to study something, and in order to receive the best education, they had to separate.  Perdita also had to separate from Stark, who was recruited to a different school for soccer.  As sad as it was for them all to go their separate ways, they weren’t too worried about it affecting their friendship because they would use Bayotown to stay in touch.  Unfortunately for Perdita, this had some adverse effects.  Those who attended school with Perdita often described her as “lost.”  She never bothered to make any friends at school, and she always seemed zoned out during class.  Her grades were suffering as well.  And this was all because of Bayotown.  Perdita spent as much time in Bayotown as she could.  It was an unhealthy obsession.  She even slept there, which wasn’t very recommended because it’s much harder to get a good night’s sleep as an avatar.  But Perdita didn’t care.  Bayotown allowed her to see Stark and her friends.  Stark and her friends were able to use Bayotwon in a reasonable way.  They still kept in touch with Perdita, but they still had friends at the their schools, and their grades weren’t suffering.  But Perdita had never bothered to try, and she often found herself in Bayotown even when she wasn’t meeting her friends.  Being in Bayotown made her feel a little closer to them.

The more time she spends as an avatar in Bayotown, the more Perdita loses her self in the real world.  But by now, Peridita has lost all sense of real and virtual.  She has essentially given up being Perdita Jones, and now sees her real life as Perdita of Bayotown.