
Volume / Series 1
Arc No.
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Name
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Summary
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Link (When
it happens)
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1
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Welcome to
My World
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When Asha's sister Manju
stops answering her family's calls, they decide
to invstigate until they're visited by a strange
man. He requests Asha to visit a nearby address
and to "ask for the Chewing Gerbil", who turns
out to be a kid named Max McMahon. Together,
they traverse the virtual world to help break
Manju out from the grasp of CompuHood, but since
they're about as in the dark as each other, it
may prove to be a risky undertaking.
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2
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Anything and
Everything
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After learning of her
sister's experience, Asha posts a video to
Reelz, intended to expose the inner-workings of
CompuHood and their comrades in CORPONET. Once
this gets out, CORPONET responds by releasing a
secret weapon, concocted by the team of Mr. R,
Reelz's CEO. This weapon is a video, designed to
kill the viewer's attention span and hook them
on similar brain-rotting content, distracting
them from Asha's message. Now, Max and Asha must
team up again, to save their town from this
online mind-virus, especially since Max's crush,
Carrie St. Clair, is among the many infected.
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3
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The Only One
Who Could Ever Reach Me
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Asha comes across an annoying
user online, pestering people about pizza
toppings in every comment section. She calls him
out for his behaviour and forgets about the
encounter for a couple of hours, but this all
changes, when she receives a strange pizza
delivery straight to her house. What's inside
isn't a pizza, but rather a bomb, and after
connecting the dots, she runs over to ask Max
for help. He tells her that she had spoken to
"The Pizza Man", a sadistic troll who tracks
down and kills anyone who argues with him
online. Together, they track this monstrous man
down, all while trying to figure out how his
operation works, so that nobody will have to
come across him or his lackeys ever again.
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4
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Love Bomb
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Shortly before his 13th
birthday, Max has a strange dream involving his
new friend Asha. This leaves him feeling uneasy,
even whilst trying to defend Geo-City during an
offensive by CORPONET, as developing hormones
leave him distracted by her. Upon noticing this,
the nigh-seen Big Man T makes a suggestion to
CORPONET, proposing to air-drop some of his
content into Geo-City, turning its citizens into
mindless consumers. It's a race against the
clock to free the city's troops from this drug,
before CORPONET can sweep in and take over
Geo-City once and for all.
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5
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Pick a Size
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After noticing that her
younger cousin Puja isn't eating as much as she
used to, Asha investigates with Max as to the
cause of this behavioural change, as Puja's
parents suggest that these insecurities started
after she created an account on Oggl. The pair
learn that on this site, Puja is caught in the
middle of a conflict between the "Lizzies" and
the "Berthas", two warring factions promoting
two dangerous diets.
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6
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In For a
Penny
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When his father has to leave
home after being called up for yet another late
shift, Max ventures into Geo-City to find a
different way to make money, so that him and his
parents can spend more time together. In his
search through the "Dollar Square" sector, a
shady businessman signs Max up to his new
cryptocurrency, "Koos-Coin", something he claims
is doing so well, that you can make tons of it
"just by existing". Max learns however, that
this means his own digital-self is being used to
mine this coin, and he has to put a stop to this
crook before his virtual form ceases to exist.
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7
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Operation:
Zerg Rush
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After months of preperation,
Max, Asha and the rest of the Barlow Crew
prepare to re-take their first territory from
the grasp of CORPONET: An art-sharing website
named "WebCanvas". In the midst of their first
intense battle, the pair are also dealing with
their own personal dilemmas. Asha wonders if it
is worth pressing on for her sister or if she
should look for a more permanent occupation,
whilst Max contends with the possibility that he
might be developing feelings for Asha.
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(A
total of about 5 volumes/series are being planned. I'm
at the broad strokes for each of them, though I'll
reveal more once they become concrete.)
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