“The Shining Figures Crew & Instant Worlds Universe”: If Everything Is Different
The series of short stories “The Shining Figures Crew & Instant Worlds Universe”
The upcoming week was busy and stressful for the students, as the academic year was coming to an end. It was especially difficult for those who had to graduate from school this year. They had one last chance to improve their results and raise their grades. They were at the finish line, and not only their final results and grades, but also their subsequent admission to the university depended on their academic performance in the last months and days of the academic year. Most universities take into account the results and achievements of applicants at school, and it is important for them to achieve maximum results in order to be accepted. The pressure on school leavers is really huge, so much depends on their final results and grades. It was also stressful for Ted, who is also graduating from school this year. Ted has several tests and remedial work a day, and while he is not at school, he constantly has to sit over textbooks. In these last and very important months and days before graduation, he has almost no free time, almost no opportunities for recreation or entertainment. It can be said that he was very tired of studying and his monotonous daily life. On top of that, his results at the beginning of the year were far from optimal, and now he has to put a lot of effort into fixing everything and improving his final results and grades. Ted does have to take a significant number of exams to correct mistakes and improve grades. He had a really hard, stressful week ahead of him. In practice, he had to be at school all day, and after school he had to do his homework.
Every day for Ted begins with an early awakening, and in recent days he has to study even during the morning breakfast. One of the few non-academic activities is a short morning walk and morning jog along various routes around the neighborhood, which Ted practices to maintain health and freshness. He considers his morning walk extremely pleasant and important. That’s how his day begins. Even if he sometimes fails, he can always walk to school instead of taking the bus, and still take a morning walk. One day Ted was walking to school again, jogging along the sidewalk of one of the streets on his way to his school, until one of the cars moving down the street slowed down and almost stopped next to him. Charlize appeared out of the car window, smiled and greeted him:
“Hi Ted, how are you? Do you have someone to take you to school? Come with us! My sister and I will take you. This is Eileen, my older sister. Get to know each other better! Charlize suggested to Ted.
“Nice to meet you, Eileen. My name is Ted. Charlize, I just decided to take a walk and that’s why I walked to school,” Ted blushed with embarrassment. “I’ve been inundated with textbooks lately, and I have to study a lot to improve my results. I have to study almost all the time, and such walks in the morning help me relax a little,” Ted continued.
“Yes, I understand, it’s the same with me. It happens to everyone. Just learn, learn. Everyone wants to finish with maximum results. I think if we do our job now and successfully increase our results, it will be best, then we will relax and have fun during the summer holidays. Now we have to be ambitious and give our best. The final assault! Then everything will be different. And when we graduate, nothing will be the same, everything will be different. Come on, get in the car, let’s talk on the way to school. I haven’t seen you for so long. I haven’t met anyone who studies so much lately,” Charlize said. Ted agreed to get in the car and continued the conversation.:
“Well, if I didn’t have to study so much and take so many exams…I would be a free bird and do whatever I want. I would go crazy and have fun, or I would have a carefree vacation. But that’s the reality. I have to study until I’m exhausted in order to go to university and please my parents. I don’t want to disappoint my mom, she expects good results, and they are not easy. It’s going to be difficult and stressful, and I’m going to have to put in a lot of effort. Sometimes I wish I was in another place and at another time. It would be really great if things were different.… This reminded me that I wanted to ask you to give me the “Instant Worlds Universe” helmet again to unwind a little. I’m very busy these days and I want to relax a bit. Do you mind if I take it tonight?” Ted asked.
“Of course not, of course I don’t mind. Come to us and pick it up. Use it as much as you want,” Charlize replied.
“Thank you! You’re number one! My mom never agreed to buy it for me because she firmly believes that it will interfere with my education. In the summer, I plan to find a job and buy it myself. Until then, I’ll rely on you at Instant Worlds Universe,” Ted thanked, and the facade of the school was already visible through the car window.
For the students, the day was long and tedious, with a fair load on the mind and psyche. Most of them did not have the strength for anything, and upon returning home, many immediately went to bed, while others continued their studies. Ted was tired too. But despite his fatigue, he did not want to go to bed, but wanted to relax and do fun things. In the morning, on his way to school, he accidentally met Charlize and again asked her to borrow a recently advertised entertainment helmet called “Instant Worlds Universe”. After returning from school, Ted immediately went to Charlize’s house to get the helmet. After taking the helmet, he locked himself in his room and immediately put it on his head. Ted already knew most of the important details, as he had already borrowed Charlize’s helmet several times. He had already passed training levels 1 to 5, where he just had to mark different topics that he understood, he had already passed levels 6 to 10, where he had to be a secret observer, and he was allowed to make secret hints to other participants and teams that he liked without revealing his identity. Ted also completed levels 11 to 15, which allowed him to reveal his identity to other participants, develop his identity as a participant and find a team. After passing the 15th level, he received the right to manage his individual performance, choose the type of topics and the topics themselves in which to participate, as well as the type of tasks and the tasks themselves to complete. After passing the 15th level, Ted got the opportunity to make changes to topics and tasks, change the details that he personally works on, and change the course of events, being able to record and develop each change and each new direction in his personal account. He has the opportunity to offer his ideas and directions, versions and variants that he has created and started, to his teammates or follow their options. Ted has not yet reached the 20th level, which would allow him to independently create topics, ideas, projects, scenarios, strategies, events and directions that other participants could join. Ted was already very familiar with the functionality of the “Instant Worlds Universe”, with the ability to instantly switch between different activities and locations, between different conditions, settings and circumstances, between different periods of time and history. He was thrilled to be able to travel through time – back to the past, forward to the future, or even to the present, but under different conditions and circumstances, and, of course, to be able to instantly switch between different activities and locations.
Users of “Instant Worlds Universe” really liked that the view can be divided into parts, and panoramas of several places can be seen live at the same time, as well as feel their atmosphere. In addition, everyone liked the ability to instantly switch to other activities and places in real time, traveling back in time or forward in time, into the future. Ted was extremely impressed with the possibilities that the “Universe of Instant Worlds” provided to its users: they could be in many places at the same time and instantly move from one place to another, as well as perform many tasks at the same time and switch between different activities at the same time. He was extremely impressed by the sheer number of topics and areas he could join, as well as the remarkable functionality. Ted also really liked the “Creative Mode” in the “Instant Worlds Universe” with its various formats: the “Real Format”, which brings things closer to reality and projects to their real embodiment, the “Perspective Format”, which helps users to see in perspective, the “Craft Format“, which allows users to be creative, as well as the “Art Format” that allows each user to feel like a participant in a film or a work of art. Ted’s favorite format was the “Art Format”, in which he felt like an actor in a movie and a character in a work of art. He was happy to complete each task, accumulating virtual gems “Instant Gems” with which he could pay and make purchases within the “Art Format”, and accumulating virtual energy “Instant SuperPower”, thanks to which he could control various exciting technologies and processes. In general, going through various levels, topics, completing various tasks, he gained experience and developed his thinking. Ted enjoyed accumulating valuable reserves of virtual gems and virtual energy because they helped him expand his ability to purchase, launch, operate and develop various interesting virtual vehicles, devices, technologies and systems. They were collected in special virtual safes and virtual containers and could be sold, bought, exchanged and donated, and this could only be done within the framework of the “Art Format” of the “Creative Mode” of the “Instant Worlds Universe”. In other “Creative Mode” formats, users could stock up on a special virtual liquid called “Instant SuperPower Liquid”, which brings users exceptional intelligence and performance, and can be used as virtual energy, drink, magic elixir, food, ointment, fuel and more. Each serving of “Instant SuperPower Liquid” has a different content and purpose, some of which are hidden in its formulations, various combinations and ingredients. Stocks of virtual gems “Instant Gems” and virtual energy “Instant SuperPower” accumulated in the “Art Format” can be exchanged for a certain amount of “Instant SuperPower Liquid”, which can be used in other formats of the ”Creative Mode“ of the ”Instant Worlds Universe” for various purposes.
Yes, it was interesting in the “Creative Mode”, indeed, the most interesting were the topics, tasks, ideas, solutions, scenes, scenarios, projects, strategies and directions. It was really very interesting and exciting. It was also very interesting outside of the Creative Mode. For example, any user or organization can create their own virtual version of themselves, significantly superior to the real version in terms of potential, abilities and skills, and can use this virtual version for anything within the ”Instant Worlds Universe”. They had the opportunity to fill this virtual version with extraordinary ideas, abilities, skills and qualities created with the help of artificial intelligence of the ”Instant Worlds Universe” or independently. It was impossible to use this virtual version outside of the “Universe”, therefore it was not possible to create a universal virtual version that could exist in parallel with the real one and represent the user within other products and interact with them. In practice, there was no sufficient legislative framework to create universal virtual versions of people and organizations that would perform actions, perform tasks, work and conduct business in the interests of their real owners with or instead of them. Virtual versions in the ”Instant Worlds Universe” can be augmented with capabilities, ideas, and resources that far exceed the capabilities of real people and the groups of people they represent. This became possible either by direct infusion and filling with ideas and opportunities using artificial intelligence, or manually by the same people and groups of people, or by performing special tasks and collecting virtual boxes of virtual fruits called “Instant SuperFruits”. “Instant SuperFruits” are available only in the normal mode of the ”Instant Worlds Universe” and contain various unique combinations of ideas, solutions and possibilities. They can be earned by completing special tasks. What are special assignments? These are tasks that no one has yet been able to solve, those tasks that have complicated the lives of many people and worried a large number of users, or that may have more than one solution, or that provide opportunities for a unique continuation. These tasks are collected in a special list, and users can choose tasks from it. The successful completion of each special task brings users one box of “Instant SuperFruits”. These virtual fruit boxes contain truly unique combinations of interesting and useful things hidden in them, which can be used to solve various tasks and actions, both in the “Instant Worlds Universe” and in life in general. Unlike virtual resources in the “Creative Mode”, “Instant SuperFruits” cannot be bought and sold, they can only be exchanged between users and given as gifts.
Another interesting feature provided by the “Instant Worlds Universe” was the ability to include in the “Universe” any devices that will be monitored and controlled remotely. For example, Ted could connect his devices, electronic textbooks, curricula, courses and tests to the Instant Worlds system so that the system could track his progress and help him. He could use this feature to switch between different activities and tasks, as well as to multitask. He could split the view and images into parts or instantly switch between different panoramas. He could set parameters and frameworks for monitoring and verification and receive reports on his progress and development, as well as tips and options for improving results. These reports were quite detailed, with various breakdowns, images, videos, presentations, graphs, tables showing various important information and various options and scenarios. Ted found this functionality to be a very useful tool in his training. And if you add to this the possibility of creating and developing a virtual version of yourself, which would be constantly filled with extraordinary intelligence, performance, qualities, abilities, resources and options, it became clear that the “Instant Worlds Universe” is a good means of mental development of a young person. Ted could constantly test his knowledge and receive interesting assignments and high-quality feedback from a system that was able to consistently generate cases on any topic, with extremely impressive details and explanations, with convincing examples, variants and versions. It would be really easy to figure out every detail, because everything is set out in very clear and understandable language, you could really immerse yourself in any topic, idea, solution or trend. Well, in fact, Ted also secretly used the possibilities of the “Universe” to solve problems that he could not solve on his own, or to find answers to questions that he did not know the answer to, and to solve problems that he could not solve on his own. It also developed his thinking, imagination, and abilities, helped him broaden his horizons, enhance his overall culture, and discover new horizons.
In addition to training, today Ted wanted to make discoveries again and satisfy his thirst for new sensations and emotions. He had just passed the 15th level and, of course, he really wanted to try what the detail change option looked like. “If we could change the world around us, if everything were different, if everything developed differently…” These are the thoughts that flashed through Ted’s head. Now he had the opportunity to change the details that he personally worked on in each topic and in each task. Now he could come up with his own continuation of these themes. He practiced a bit by going back in time and trying to change the details and course of events in several different historical periods and in several different historical events. The examples of results and possible sequels in all cases were extremely interesting, the puzzle was always composed in a unique and memorable way. What would the world look like if, instead of some events, others took place, or if, instead of certain ideas and trends, others appeared and developed? What could the world and life look like under different conditions and circumstances? What might Ted’s life look like under different conditions and circumstances? At that moment, Ted recalled the amazing and unexpected scenes and unpredictable situations of his first acquaintance with the “Art Format” in the “Creative Mode”. He remembered those emotions, he remembered chaos and disorder, which he did not understand and which were created in order to raise his adrenaline level, entertain him, give him incredible emotions and teach him to cope with various challenges and get out of difficult situations. Who knows, maybe this flexibility would have helped him in life. Now it seemed like the time had come for Ted to stand on the other side and confidently take control of the situation. Having already gained experience, he wanted to plan his every move and fully control the situation. He didn’t want to take any rash or clumsy actions. He wanted to confidently control everything in order to advance as far as possible. His first performances in the “Art Format” ended very quickly, he was unable to figure out the situation and find any life-saving solutions to move on. He was successfully outsmarted several times.
The experience in the “Art Format” is always unique and filled with many amazing, unpredictable and intense moments. It can be unpredictable and stressful until the last second, but nevertheless, you can enjoy the variety and dynamism, increase the level of adrenaline and mood, succumb to temptations and challenges, enjoy incredible scenes and moments and relieve tension for real. Today Ted wanted to plunge into the unknown and unpredictable again and have fun in his favorite “Art Format”. Will he be able to escape this time, will he be able to win? Will he be nimble and resourceful enough to cope with difficulties? Or he needed to develop his mind and thinking much more, to train his resourcefulness and ingenuity. Ted had a great desire to learn how to control the situation and chaos in his favorite format, face fewer incomprehensible and unpredictable situations, develop his thinking, reactions and abilities and, as a result, move on.
Ted decided to revisit the city of “Instant Coolpolis”, which he visited as part of the “Art Format” program some time ago, to see what challenges the system can offer him this time. He decided to create several different virtual copies of himself, which could act together and separately and perform various actions and tasks in order to be more productive. His idea was to switch frequently and instantly between different copies of himself so that he could better observe and understand the conditions and the environment. During the time that he was not in the city, it grew even more, there were even more buildings and complexes built from ready-made and modifiable modules. There are mobile modules, movable, lifting, protruding, rotating modules, floating, submersible and even flying. Thus, at certain intervals, your facade or your window can look in completely different directions, and completely different things can happen around you. Your work module can perform different tasks at different times of the working day, and different workflows can unfold around you. There is no need to go anywhere here, because everything is there, and because everything can be changed according to needs and desires. Most of the modules and spaces in “Instant Coolpolis” are multifunctional and can be rearranged and even redesigned very quickly. All of this, of course, requires maintenance. Ted distributed his virtual copies throughout the city, recommending them to get jobs in various positions related to the maintenance of urban infrastructure: as builders and installers for construction and installation work, system and technology maintenance specialists, security guards, security professionals, cleaners and couriers and other professionals. For a while everything was under control, builders and installers created new modules, system and technology support specialists successfully managed various processes, security guards and security specialists maintained a high level of security, cleaners put things in order, couriers delivered goods with incredible speed. Until suddenly the modules started disappearing.
Yes, someone started stealing modules on a regular basis. The newspapers of the city began to publish loud headlines and versions of what was happening. There were suspicions that it was an organized group of thieves. Ted intends to solve this case, but, to his unpleasant surprise, a photo of him in a construction worker’s jumpsuit appeared on the front page of one of the newspapers, and he was named a member of a gang that steals all over the city. He immediately suspected “Cunning Chameleons” in this intrigue, who apparently spotted some of his people and knew about their presence in the city. “What a shame! I didn’t steal anything! I help people and support urban infrastructure.” Ted told himself, and there was growing discontent in the city against the gang of thieves. Thefts were becoming more frequent. Ted thought about how to solve the problem. He decided to invite the city authorities to publish an announcement of a reward for any information on this case. He knew that there were a lot of “Greedy Lollipops” walking around the city, just waiting for the opportunity to profit. And indeed, photos and messages on this topic from crime scenes and from possible stolen goods storage sites poured into the city administration. The bad thing was that no one understood exactly how things were going anyway. Ted decided to turn many of his copies into drone operators and launch hundreds and even thousands of drones over the city. He had to observe a huge number of parameters, actions and locations, vigorously switching between them to find something interesting. He really tried a lot of moves, tactics and strategies to figure out what was going on. Ted created a company that advertised transportation services at discounted prices, and some of his virtual copies disguised themselves as criminals and thieves in order to join the ranks of criminal gangs. He began to configure some devices and virtual machines in a special way that he uses to process events, and even if one of the technical means fails, stops working, crashes or loses connection to it, his tasks are instantly performed by other technical means, without loss of efficiency or with minimal losses. Thus, certain results were achieved, but again it was not possible to recreate the full picture. Therefore, Ted ordered his virtual copies, operators of vehicles, devices and unmanned aerial vehicles to conduct detailed surveillance of all industrial areas, factories, warehouses, logistics terminals, transport hubs and arteries. A large number of mini-cameras and mini-scanners were launched, which stuck to vehicles and people, and thus many facilities were successfully penetrated.
Ted himself boarded a plane and began to drive around Instant Coolpolis from end to end, along various trajectories and routes. During the flight, he suddenly noticed heavy traffic around one of the factories, on the territory of which trucks with exactly the same trailers were constantly entering and leaving. At first glance, nothing suspicious. But the traffic was really intense. Ted dropped mini cameras and mini scanners from the air onto several trucks to see what they were doing. At some point, he began to understand what was going on, and that it was the thieves. He was able to quickly see what was happening: trucks drove past a more secluded module, trailers opened, a robotic system opened from them, which cut the modules with a laser and loaded them into trailers, all in a matter of seconds. Trucks then deliver the stolen parts to the factory, where everything is sorted, divided by type and placed in powerful electric furnaces, where it is melted down. New modules are being created from the molten material, but much more impressive and luxurious, and, no less interestingly, some strange designs and shapes are also being created. Was this the lair of the “Cunning Chameleons”? Everything was fully automated, and no one was in sight at the factory. But there was one curious detail – figures and robots were made inside, similar to all the rivals of the “Cunning Chameleons”, but not to the chameleons themselves. Their villainous competitors, the “Greedy Lollipops”, turned out to be one of the main products produced at the factory, and indeed, many figures similar to lollipops with various designs were made. There was also a huge warehouse of mirrors that were installed on various devices, apparently in order to resemble “Seeing Mirrors”. But these fakes did not have the wonderful qualities of real “Seeing Mirrors”, which are always ready to help and suggest the right way. And the most disgusting thing is that copies of the wonderful rescue team “Shining Figures Crew” were made inside, which must have saved absolutely everyone at different times.
How could anyone stoop to such baseness? To commit such meanness in broad daylight, create so many fakes and imitations and frame everyone. Some really tried to create a parallel reality and deceive others, tried to create false algorithms, scenarios and false theories. In this case, everything was really different, only with a negative sign, another world was being created, bad and dangerous. Ted, on the other hand, dreamed of making the world a better place. Obviously, he also had to learn to recognize and condemn the bad in order to make the world a better place. Today, he used his intuition, thinking, ingenuity and resourcefulness, and he managed to uncover a truly low and despicable plan. Ted wanted to learn how to control the situation and prevent bad events, defeat his opponents and cope with difficulties. It is impossible to always win and be on the crest of a wave, but in fact everything can be different in a positive sense of the word. He wanted to help other people strive for it. And he intended to do it with every action he took. He also wanted to help others to be more attentive and circumspect in order to be safe, not to get into desperate situations, and if they do, then get out of them and save themselves. At the end of today’s adventure, Ted decided to expose the bad guys and their carefully planned behind-the-scenes actions by sending footage from trucks and from the factory to all major media outlets in Instant Coolpolis, accompanied by the following caption: “Draw your own conclusions! Where were the “Cunning Chameleons” today?”
Author: Anton S. Petrov
“The Shining Figures Crew & Instant Worlds Universe”: Introduction
A series of short stories “The Shining Figures Crew & Instant Worlds Universe”
Introduction:
Do you like the idea of being able to walk around different familiar and unfamiliar places at any time, discover and explore new worlds and universes and meet new amazing characters every day? How about the ability to instantly change your location at any time? Just imagine if you had the ability to instantly change your location if you just wanted to. Imagine if you had the opportunity to instantly transfer to another place and at another time – with one click or a simple switch to instantly change your location and environment. Do you like the idea of traveling forward to the future, or back to the past, as in a time machine? Do you like the idea of being able to instantly change absolutely everything – the position, role, location, conditions, circumstances, time and period of history in which you appear? Do you like the ability to instantly switch all the details, change their position in space and change their state? Do you like the opportunity to move forward and instantly return to your previous position? Imagine being able to instantly switch between different locations, states, roles, conditions, circumstances, periods and being able to go back at any time if necessary. Do you like the idea of doing many interesting things at the same time? Do you like the idea of being able to switch between them instantly? Do you like being able to switch according to your desires, goals and needs? Do you want to have a huge selection of options and directions to turn to, and have at your disposal a huge selection of tools, ideas, concepts and strategies to achieve your goals and meet your needs? Do you dream of getting new opportunities to use your imagination, resourcefulness and ingenuity? Do you like the idea of observing and following the development of various interesting topics, ideas, concepts, strategies and directions, observing and following the development of entire processes and strategic directions and being able to participate in them? And what do you think about the idea of being able to create and develop your own unique themes, ideas, concepts, strategies and directions, as well as invite others to see and try them and discuss all the details with them? If all of the above excites or inspires you, then the series of stories “The Shining Figures Crew & Instant Worlds Universe” is just for you. At a certain moment, a special magic product appears on the market – a head helmet called “Instant Worlds Universe”, with which users can instantly move between different locations, worlds, universes, times and historical periods and switch between them. Thanks to “Instant Worlds Universe”, users will be able to travel through time and space and explore unknown places, locations, worlds, universes, conditions and circumstances. They will also be able to see and explore familiar places, but at different times, under different circumstances and in different conditions. Users will be able to switch and change details and parameters constantly, at any time, as needed or if they just want to. They will be given the opportunity to transfer to another place, under different conditions and circumstances, instantly and without any delay, as well as the opportunity to return back at any time. Users of the “Instant Worlds Universe” will have an incredible opportunity to be in several places at the same time, as the helmet will provide functionality that allows the user to see the panorama and hear the atmosphere from several different places at the same time. Users will have an impressive opportunity to be present, perform actions and complete tasks in several different places or locations and in different time periods, ranges and frames, including simultaneously. Over time, the “Instant Worlds Universe” will turn from a means of moving through time and space into an impressively realistic game, and later into an impressive space where you can do absolutely everything, paying special attention to things that seem impossible in real life. This will become the basis and the main idea of the “Instant Worlds Universe”: the creation and development of unique and unprecedented things and scenarios that cannot be realized in real life or that look impossible. Users will be given the opportunity to create, propose and test details using their imagination. Users will have the opportunity to try out unique details and functionality. They will have the opportunity to try out unusual details, including those invented and created by other people and teams. Later, users will have the opportunity to independently create, develop and modify most of the details and components they need to achieve their goals. The product will take an important place in the lives of its users and will begin to play an important role in the lives of many people. Some of them will be literally absorbed by its amazing functionality, unique details and mysterious worlds and will spend almost all their time in it. Even more curiously, later this story will come out of users’ helmets and become a reality. Events will develop and unfold in real life. This series of stories will introduce you to three unique and shining sisters who will create a whole team and a squad of superheroes who will help people cope with difficulties and challenges arising from frequent movements between different worlds and due to frequent changes in location and time, as well as due to frequent changes in the situation. Most heroes and teams will often need help, they will need someone who will help them navigate the situation, help them make the right decisions and take the necessary actions. They will need someone to help them unravel the secrets of various locations and introduce them to their features. They will need someone who will come to their aid as soon as possible and help them cope with difficulties in an unknown and dynamically changing environment. The team created by the three unique shining sisters will be called “The Shining Figures Crew”. Two sisters in the team are younger than the third and are twins named “Crystal Shining Lini” and “Crystal Shining EniLini”, and the third is named Maxilovia, and she is the leader of the “Shining Figures Crew”. The team is so named because its members can instantly and at any time change color and shape, can take the form of various types of shapes and images. They can hide very well, merging with the environment, merging with the surrounding space. For example, they can be in harmony with the decor of the room and look just like a decorative element. “The Shining Figures Crew” team can take a form unknown to others, and no one will be able to find out about their presence in any way. They can also become completely invisible. Hiding or becoming completely invisible, they can very well observe the situation and their opponents, approach, move away and move unnoticed, and if necessary, suddenly appear or instantly hide. Their appearance is sudden and extremely spectacular: suddenly, in a certain place or between certain points in space, flashes and outlines of something shining can appear. This thing gradually turns into an image, continues to shine and begins to acquire the outlines of a shining figure. The jewel-like figure suddenly becomes a real character. All this unfolds in a matter of seconds. For example, a painting or statue in a room may suddenly light up and shine, take a different shape or turn into another figure, which then turns into a real character or a character comes out of it. Or in the empty space in front of you, strange flashes and shining outlines may suddenly appear, from which a mysterious figure may appear, which also turns into a real character. “The Shining Figures” can take absolutely any shape and merge with the environment. When they hide or go into invisible mode, they instantly stop glowing and either freeze in a certain shape or become completely invisible. A special code and a special button will be created, with the help of which anyone can contact them and through which they can be contacted for help anywhere, at any time and in any period of history. They will be able to instantly appear and come to the rescue, both together and separately. “The Shining Figures” can leave special hints, messages, images, secretly help different characters and teams. They will surreptitiously observe the surroundings and actions of everyone and will rush to help those in need on call and without a call if they notice that someone needs their help. “Shining Figures” can take other characters with them, grabbing their hands or turning into various types of figures, vehicles or other types of equipment and structures. For example, they can transform into a “Shining” bus, plane, rocket, spaceship, phoenix or anything you can imagine, and if necessary transport large groups of people in time and space. They are able to transform into all kinds of amazing shapes, take on a variety of shapes and colors. In rainy weather or during a thunderstorm, they can mix with raindrops or lightning, and suddenly certain points in space can shine and begin to merge, forming a shining figure that turns into a shining character, or a shining character arises from this shining figure. “Shining Figures” can communicate with others through various types of speech, sound, messages and images. This allows them to secretly help many characters and teams, leaving them secret tips, messages and hints, without revealing their presence and appearing openly every time. “Shining Figures” appear mainly when it is necessary to instill hope and confidence in those who need help, or to scare the villains and sow confusion and fear among them. The “Shining Figures” have a secret base from which they monitor the situation and monitor the development of events. However, no one knows where this base is located and what it looks like. No one can guess or even imagine what the “Shining Figures Base” or “Shining Figures City” looks like.
In the game and in the space of the “Instant Worlds Universe” there will be a very large number of teams consisting of a variety of characters – good and bad. For example, “Cunning Chameleons” will make an impression, which can also change their appearance, color and shape, like “Shining Figures”, and can pose a great danger to any team. “Cunning Chameleons” will steal this idea from “Shining Figures”, only they will not warn about their appearance, which will always be sudden and absolutely unexpected. They can act extremely inventively, appear suddenly and extremely unexpectedly, as well as perform instant actions and attacks. “Cunning Chameleons” have the ability to hide and become invisible extremely successfully. They really like to pretend, they like to pretend to be the good guys. What is particularly annoying is that they constantly try to impersonate the main characters’ teammates and try to confuse them or belittle and denigrate them. “Cunning Chameleons” will appear on the screen or move freely in space in various forms and create copies of their opponents – virtual copies, digital doubles, copies made of metal, plastic, rubber, glass, crystals and other materials. These copies will very often perform actions on behalf of the main characters, such as “Shining Figures”, to denigrate them, as well as perform actions and attacks against them. But still, the “Shining Figures” will learn to observe and monitor the situation very well – from their command post or on the spot, and they will be able to restrain the ambitions of the “Cunning Chameleons” and save their name from being tarnished. They will learn to outplay them, which will greatly annoy the “Cunning Chameleons”. There will be a serious struggle and constant pursuit between the “Shining Figures” and the “Cunning Chameleons”, and both teams will learn to appear and disappear instantly and unexpectedly. If at a certain moment one of the teams has a numerical or qualitative advantage over the other, an instant flight or disappearance is possible in order to gain time and better plan the next moves. Also an impressive problem are the “Greedy Lollipops”, who are usually neutral, but often ask for money from various characters and teams to help them in a particular situation or to take their side. “Greedy Lollipops” can also change their appearance, color and shape, appearing and disappearing instantly and unexpectedly. They, in turn, learned this from the experience of communicating with “Cunning Chameleons”, trying to steal or borrow from them as many ideas as possible that would help them earn more money. They are called “Lollipops” because of their ability to freeze as a colorful or patterned element in a space or a decorative element if they want to hide their presence. If someone suspects their presence nearby, he can put his hand on them, for example, on a colorful or patterned decorative element, can stroke and even lick them, making them a profitable financial offer. They are quite cunning and greedy, they like to play on several fronts at the same time and receive money from many characters and teams at the same time, being able to tirelessly perform actions and tasks against all at the same time. Therefore, it often happens that “Greedy Lollipops” simply pretend to help certain characters and teams by receiving money from them, and at the same time act against them by receiving money and tasks from their opponents. Everyone hates them for their greed, hypocrisy and double-dealing, but in many situations they are a necessary evil. They are amiable and duplicitous creatures that no one likes, but it is a fact that if you pay them, they can save you and help you. At the same time, they can do the same for your most dangerous opponents and worst enemies if they pay them. “Greedy Lollipops” can betray anyone if they receive a sufficiently tempting offer. Therefore, you should not rely too much on them and share important information with them. They cannot be particularly trusted, their services and assistance can be resorted to only in case of extreme necessity. “Greedy Lollipops” intentionally appear in difficult and critical situations and offer their help for a fee. Often, characters and teams simply have no choice, because they get stuck in a situation from which it seems impossible to get out, find themselves in a difficult, confusing or hopeless situation. And the moment the double game of “Greedy Lollipops” becomes known and their tricks and manipulations are revealed, they instantly disappear. A little later, more characters will appear who adhere to neutral behavior or go their own way. There will be more characters and groups of characters who have formed a special outlook on life, or those who have firm positions on all important life issues. Such are, for example, “Seeing Mirrors”. “Seeing Mirrors” will actually be present in the “Instant Worlds Universe” from the very beginning, observing everything, but not revealing their existence for a long time. Their main characteristic and distinguishing feature is that they can transform into mirrors that can simultaneously see, reveal and demonstrate many hidden details indoors and outdoors, and can also extremely accurately remember, recreate and transmit what they see. They can retell, visualize, transmit and recreate everything they have ever seen. Therefore, they will always have a lot of valuable information – scenes, events and whole stories. They will have one special requirement to help someone, namely to do something good in general. “Seeing Mirrors” have collected and have a huge amount of information, they know very well what is good and evil, and who is good and who is bad in each case. To assure their interlocutor that they are on the side of good, they can always show him or give him something useful for him, which will help him a lot. “Seeing Mirrors” can always provide him with valuable information that is reliable from the point of view of facts and withstands any verification. Over time, they will begin to play a positive role and help good characters and teams who will be able to turn to them for help whenever they encounter them. When someone meets a member of the “Seeing Mirrors”, he must listen carefully and observe what they say and show him, and he will have to think carefully about everything. He will have to think carefully about the information received and think about how to use it. Under no circumstances should anyone rely solely on this information when planning their actions and making decisions, no matter how reliable and convincing everything they hear and see may seem. The truth is that everyone should be very careful, monitor the situation and keep track of all the details. You need to constantly check the information and be careful, because there is always a chance that one of the “Cunning Chameleons” will pretend to be a “Seeing Mirror” and try to deceive you. “The Shining Figures Crew” will create and lay the foundation for the concept of “Instant Shining Figures, Matrices and Puzzles”. This concept includes characters and items that can be combined. These characters and items can be combined by themselves or according to the instructions of the “Shining Figures”. All characters can act together, instantly merge into a single whole or instantly disappear. All components of the concept are capable of instantly combining or disintegrating. All characters are capable of acting as a large matrix. They are able to gather closer to each other and move away for some distance. They can instantly approach opponents and instantly retreat to a safe distance. This concept will allow the “Shining Figures” to instantly create, visualize, design or recreate large objects and structures, including real, false or potential ones – will allow them to instantly create and deploy completely new landscapes, entire bases and fortresses to defeat or confuse their opponents or help those who need help. The concept of “Instant Shining Figures, Matrices and Puzzles” allows them to combine a large number of characters, details and objects. For example, it allows, if necessary, to form a huge “Seeing Mirrors” and thus transmit important information, or to create or visualize a large base or a large army of heroes. The concept is very similar to a puzzle that can be assembled and disassembled instantly. The concept is also similar to a matrix in which a group of elements can be combined and used as a whole to solve a specific task or problem.
At the beginning of the story, a special helmet for virtual, augmented and mixed reality called “Instant Worlds Universe” will appear on the market, with which its customers will be able to travel to different worlds and universes. Initially, they will be just observers who look just from the side. At first, the user will only be able to see and observe, without being able to take any action. He will see various characters, scenes, situations and events, see new mysterious worlds and universes. Some of them may appeal to the user, others may not. He may be impressed by some characters who win his sympathy and become his favorite characters, while others may disgust him. It is quite possible that the user will show a desire to participate in certain scenes, situations or events, will show a desire to help, will worry and even fear for their favorite characters. Some cases may leave a secret imprint on it. Perhaps unfamiliar places, worlds and universes will greatly awaken his curiosity and excite him, inspiring him to new incredible journeys and adventures. With one of the new versions of “Instant Worlds Universe”, the user will be offered the opportunity to become a secret and hidden participant in the scenes, events and directions observed by him and take real actions without acknowledging this and without revealing his identity to others. The user will have the opportunity to change some details, plan and take secret actions and moves, the user will have the opportunity to test ideas, solutions, hypotheses, tactics and strategies. He will be able to develop and test various scenarios. Over time, the number of secret and hidden participants will increase significantly, and users will be able to choose teams for secret help, and help them secretly. For example, teams consisting of the user’s favorite characters, or teams with ideas and goals that he likes. Users will be prohibited from officially confirming their presence. They will be able to observe the actions of various characters and teams and try to help their favorite teams. Users will have the right to help their favorite characters, give them hints, but they will have to do it very skillfully, without direct contact. To do this, they will be able to use special tools called “Secret Hints” – with their help, they will be able to leave or send messages, images, maps and other useful information to their favorite characters and teams unnoticed and anonymously, without coming into direct contact with them. The use of “Secret Hints” will allow users to send messages with useful information and tips to any device at any time, will help them send images to any place and at any time. For example, it will be possible to send a message or an image that can be instantly visualized or projected onto any surface, video wall, screen, hologram or anything else. For example, it will be possible to send important information that can be immediately visualized on a certain roadside billboard or on a screen in a restaurant where someone orders food, or on the screen of his smartphone or laptop. It will be possible to send inscriptions or drawings to the past, which will be displayed as drawings on rocks or caves, or as inscriptions on the doors or walls of ancient buildings, fortresses or castles. Thus, the user will be able to help characters and teams that travel to the past and are currently in the past, as well as perform tasks in the past. For those who like to travel into the future, there will be a huge number of opportunities to send information, messages and images to help characters and teams who are in the future and perform tasks there. Perhaps in the future, information may be transmitted or encrypted in ways that we cannot yet predict. Traveling into the future, a person may encounter technologies that no one has ever seen and no one ever thought they could appear.
With one of the next versions of the “Instant Worlds Universe”, secret and hidden participants will be granted the right to become full participants in the game, and they will be able to reveal their identity to others. They will have the opportunity to share their ideas and views, create their own image and personality in the game. They will have the right to become real members of the teams of their choice and will perform tasks and missions and pursue goals on a par with other characters and teams. They will find real friends and face strong opponents. Real villains will get in their way. These new official participants will really have to go through very difficult trials. They will have to learn to do an awful lot of things at the same time, learn to move through time and space and be in many places at the same time. The game will eventually get out of the control of the helmets and become a reality. The action will already take place on the streets of cities, the characters will begin to compete and fight live. An unprecedented virtual and real space will be formed in which participants and heroes will have to show extraordinary abilities to cope with their tasks and achieve their goals. They will have to learn how to plan their time and act effectively, make quick and effective decisions, take immediate and correct actions. They must learn to always be in the right place at the right time. Characters will be able to spend more time developing their ideas and solutions, planning their actions, moves and strategies, but their actions must be lightning fast if they want to succeed everywhere and in everything, if they want to be ahead of events and their competitors, ahead of them by several moves. They must learn to quickly understand the behavior of others and decipher the moves of their competitors and opponents. Learn to quickly delve into details, understand the situation and circumstances and adapt to a changing environment. Characters must learn to investigate and study processes, understand the causes of events, unravel various cases and take the necessary actions that lead to a good result and success. They must learn to instantly move from one place to another, and at the same time act effectively, perfectly navigating the environment and taking the most precise actions to achieve their goals. Each character and each team will have their own distinctive features, their own unique style and image. Each character will have its own unique approach, each team will have its own unique emblem.
Over time, the product “Instant Worlds Universe” will turn from a gaming and entertainment space into a completely new parallel universe, it will become a way of life. Thanks to “Instant Worlds Universe”, people will really have an exciting new opportunity to observe and follow the development of various exciting topics, ideas, concepts, strategies and directions, to observe and follow the development of entire processes and strategic directions and be able to participate in them. People will live in this universe and empathize with the events taking place in it, they will experience strong emotions and feelings. They will sympathize with some ideas, teams and characters and hate others. They will have warm feelings for some of their teammates and will be in constant conflict with others because of differences of opinion and because of disagreements in planning actions and strategy, because of disagreements in the choice of methods, as well as dissatisfaction with the results achieved and the losses and failures suffered. With “Instant Worlds Universe” people could get a very interesting opportunity to create and develop their own unique themes, ideas, concepts, strategies and directions, as well as invite others to see and try them and discuss all the details with them. Over time, the “Instant Worlds Universe” will focus not only on things that seem impossible in real life, but also on things that can and should become reality. The “Instant Worlds Universe” will strive to make the impossible possible. We will have a fantastic walk and explore the fantastic universe of “Instant Worlds”, we will get acquainted with fantastic characters and teams. “The Shining Figures Crew” will continue to grow, expand and evolve. Welcome to the universe of the “The Shining Figures Crew” and the “Instant Worlds Universe”!
Author: Anton S. Petrov
