Kudos

changing the subject, on the topic of what it must have been like, having a body made of matter.’ Mellow flashed a view of various humans and aliens on the roof. ‘The same one, all the time.’

  Lady Sorrow brushed her fringe away from her eyes. ‘I once tried to keep the same body for a hundred years, in order to answer just that question.’

  ‘Really Sorrow? I think I remember that actually, you had green skin. What was it like?’ Eternal raised himself up on one elbow to look at his friend, whose avatar was currently a purple-toned vampyre.

  ‘Well, more of a turquoise, but yes. It was so dreadfully wearing, so dull. I felt chained. My only reward was the admiration of my friends for my persistence.’

  Their contemplations on the limitations of organic beings were interrupted as Glitter teleported in, accompanied by a dramatic brass fanfare of her own making.

  ‘Watch this folks. This is amazing.’ She pointed to the chart, which had unexpectedly become immensely more sophisticated since they had last paid it any attention. For one thing, it had thousands of names on it, which Glitter was scrolling through, until she arrived at Sol.

  ‘Check out your kudos Sol.’

  There was a number by his name. 264,039. Even as they watched, it jumped up by a hundred.

  ‘What are those?’ Sol had the blank look of someone rummaging around in his inventory. And a moment later he produced a pointer and waved it around delightedly before aiming its red dot over the icons that were attached to his kudos score.

  ‘Messages. Open some.’

  * Sending you 20 kudos. Awesome cast, awesome moves. Can’t wait for the next.

  * Great cast man, you guys really took it to the edge that time. Giving you all my kudos.