Chapter 1: Uncovering an "Artifact"

The year is 2055. Rosalynn Wrights, a British fictional writer, Human Rights Activist, and EDM composer-producer, sipped on her coffee. She was off work today, spending her autumnal evening browsing a nearly ANCIENT second-hand bookstore-slash-general-store. It was the place in Leeds, England to go when you're looking for something REALLY old, say, books, old styles of clothing, drawing pads and notebooks, and video games.

Yes, video games. Apparently decades ago, people played video games in the form of CDs and DVDs instead of apps and downloads. The games also apparently had longer plots, more enjoyable stories and gameplay, well-designed characters, can conjure up a colourful range of emotions in the player, and had killer soundtracks, too!

Rosalynn was bored. She finished her organic coffee, recycled the cup by throwing it into a nearby bin, and went further into the bookstore. It had more books than any other item, but it had such a range of items that folks just started calling it a general store instead of a bookstore. Rosalynn loved browsing through stores (especially bookstores!) and collecting old trinkets when they suited her interests. She found herself in the video games section. Pfft. WHAT kind of video game from this shop's era can run on today's oh-so-state-of-the-art high-tech gear anymore. Rosalynn sigh-laughed and left the section.

But right before she could complete a 180 turn towards the exit, she spotted a familiar-looking character on the cover art of a game box, tucked away into a dark corner of a shelf near the cashier. Curious, she approached the shelf and carefully removed the box. And in her hands, there it lay:

Rayman 2: The Great Escape.

Rosalynn checked the box. 1999?! Bloody hell, that IS really OLD. Ancient, if Rosalynn could say so herself. It's been fifty-six years since its birth or inception and it still managed to survive, ending up in the dark corner of an old, old, old book-general store. Over half a decade old and it's still alive Rosalynn was amazed.

She had to buy it. She didn't know why. She just had to. This could give her a chance to experience how 1990s games were like, she decided.

She was in for a treat. She knew it.

There was just one problem: she had no 1990s system that this game could run on. She decided to bring the game home and ask her boyfriend, Nicholas Maurice Winstor, for help. Nichy was another fellow fictional writer and loved collecting old technologies he dubbed as "retro". Perhaps one of his items could do the trick.

Back home, Rosalynn showed her boo what she had found. The sweet, Korean-descent, feminine-looking man was more than happy to help. He booted up his Acer system and it ran PERFECTLY SMOOTHLY with all the pieces he had put together. Then he went out shopping and told his happy girlfriend to enjoy her game.

"What would I do without you, boo?" Rosalynn thought as she inserted the Compact Disc (CD) into the drive (she had a lot of practice on how to operate old tech systems by playing with them with her boyfriend) and began an adventure into the past…...