Secret Artist #25 — Hiding Behind

**Secret Artist #25 — Hiding Behind** Emily sat at the bar scrolling through various outfits on the projected blue mini-avatar in front of her. While in the metaverse, these were the principal interfaces for accessing settings or modifying what you were wearing. Across from Emily, cleaning glasses and interacting with clients, was an NPC bartender — a robot in a trilby and a waistcoat. Suddenly, with a whooshing noise, a figure appeared on the barstool next to Emily. The username floating above it read “ANON11880”; there were no specified pronouns beside it. The avatar was a simple dark grey human silhouette. About half the VR Call Girl’s clientele appeared this way. Emily knew that som...View all