As promised: Succubus, a LitRPG about a warlock with a sexy succubus sidekick, or something. As per usual, this is a blind readthrough and I have no idea whether it’s going to be great or rubbish.
Chapter 1
Succubus is certainly making itself easy to summarize, by giving me a quote that succinctly describes the opening conflict:
I had made it to the final round of interviews for a Quality Control position, and I desperately needed this. I had been laid off from my previous job three months ago, my bank account was getting perilously low, and I was a month late on rent.
So that’s where we are, and here’s who’s at the other end of the table:
Three mid-level managers were sitting across the table from me, looking at my résumé. A guy in glasses, a bro-tastic dude from Sales, and a woman from HR.
Jesus, you’re looking for a QA position and three managers showed up to interview you? Is this one QA position the fulcrum upon which half the company turns or are two of these people on break and just showing up for the lulz?
If you’re wondering just how “bro-tastic” we’re talking:
Sales Guy loved what I was saying. “Ian, yo – have you tried the full immersion unit yet, my man?”
Crap. I prayed my borderline poverty wasn’t going to sink my chances. “I, uh… I want to, but I could only afford the basic system. I’m saving up, though.”
“The basic is good, but you gotta try the full immersion. It is sick, dawg. Get this – you have a beer in the game? You get buzzed. You have five beers? You get drunk. I shit you not.”
That is how much. Do people like this actually end up in management in video games? It feels like something that could happen. A lot of video game companies are kind of a shitshow.
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