I woke one morning, stretching and rolling over in my large double bed, reaching for my Demon phone with a yawn and bleary eyes. Refocusing as the screen lit up and cycled through a hypnotic sequence of colours before displaying a message.
Rubbing my eyes before reading the text back to myself quietly.
"Congratulations on your rewards so far. You have barely scratched the surface of your Demon phone and network capability, we urge you to continue to follow instructions and earn your rewards.
Demon network noticed you accessed your portal app only the other day, while you were at work and took a walk, finding yourself outside a Sushi bar, where you saw a very attractive young woman.
Are you wanting to get away from it all and tired of the rigmarole of travel?
Looking for some adventure in your life?
Demon network will rock your world, no strings, no catch! You deserve and owe it to yourself to give it a try and we are here to provide you with the ultimate escapisms."
I went into the kitchen and made myself a coffee without thinking much more about it, returning to my living room and sitting on my sofa, turning on the t.v and relaxing.
The channel automatically switched to the Demon network, displaying small individual c.c.t.v. like live feeds of other people, some of which were having sex.
I witnessed my horny boss going about her day, kissing her husband goodbye before going to the office. When she got there she started flirting with one of the new young temps straight out of university.
My phone gave me a notification message, so I read it while the screen started flashing through a combination of colours "Open the portal app and give Demon a chance to showcase what adventures await you."
I tried to change the channels on the television or change it to single out one of the multiple display screens. I used my phone keypad to direct a cursor box which moved from feed to feed. Selecting the one showing my boss flirting, hearing her conversation with the new hire as she summoned him into her office and closed the door and blinds.
Finishing my coffee up and returning my cup to the kitchen, placing it in the sink before turning and heading to return to the living room.
Suddenly and instantaneously I found myself standing still, with my Demon phone in my hand. It gave me an alert, while I looked around in disbelief, then back to the phone screen. I was no longer in my living room or at home, I was at work, in the office, just outside of my bosses office. I could hear her lecturing the new hire from beyond the false walls of her separate space.
The notification message read "Tada! Neat trick huh?! No need to commute!" The lecturing seemed to come to a natural conclusion and the room fell silent. I was not even ready for work, I was still wearing my two piece, stripey pyjamas and black towel robe. Checking my phone and reading the next notification message, while my boss and the new hire fell silent again "Why not open portal app and find where Demon has pin located your return to home portal, and just step through"
I made my way to the back of the main office, past all the rows of cubed together desks with wheeled chairs neatly parked against them.
Leaving my boss with the new hire going undetected, although getting a few strange looks from people in the streets as I passed them by. Following the directions from the portal app to find the pinned return point, turning a corner to walk down what appeared to be a dead end street. I looked up and around before proceeding further, instantaneously standing in my living room and accommodation again.
Closing the app to read the next message "Portal app is capable of so much more, Demon network, you will discover more in good time."
Going about my day off from work as usual, I grew more and more curious as to the possibilities and capabilities of the Demon network and portal app. After returning home with my shopping and packing away into the cupboards, I sat and opened the portal app. Skim reading through the help sections frequently Q's & A's before receiving another notification "Now for my next trick, turn on the t.v and find the c.c.t.v channel, choose one of the displayed live feeds."
Mesmerised, I followed the instructions, thinking to myself how cool the features sounded, turning on the t.v and going through the channels. Finding the multiple display screen of live feeds and using my Demon phone as a remote selecting one.
I watched the couple on the t.v for a while before opening the portal app on my phone, displaying a pinpoint where the nearest one was located.
Conveniently it was in the bathroom, so I got up and walked in through the bathroom door frame. Instantly stepping into the home and living room of the people that were on the t.v screen, hearing them talking as the guy walked down the stairs in a loose t-shirt and baggy jogging bottoms, barefoot. Looking at each other "hi " speaking in unison, clutching our Demon phones down to one side.
Then he invited me "come on up, my wife and I have been waiting for you. "In my mesmerised state I automatically walked forward and up the stairs.