Useless confrontation

An hour later, Vanessa was banging on Lauren's door.

"Open up Lauren, I know you're in there!" Vanessa demanded. After a long pause, Laure sauntered to the door, a VR helmet in her hand.

"Yes?" She asked, the picture of innocence.

"I know what you're up to!" Vanessa accused. Lauren just smiled calmly.

"What's that?"

"You're the one who's making terrible thing happen to my avatar!" Vanessa pointed a finger at Lauren.

"I have no idea what you're talking about." Lauren grinned.

"I know it's you, or one of those nerds who works for you!" Vanessa said bitterly. "You'd better stop or... or...."

Lauren smiled.

"Or what? What will you do?"

Vanessa fell silent. What could she do? Her social obligations required her to use Lauren's VR world. There was no getting around it. Frustrated, she grit her teeth.

"Or I'll do... something!" Vanessa spat angrily, before turning and stomping away.

Lauren closed the door, chuckling. Then, she went back into her home. With the money from sponsorships to Lauren's server, she was quite wealthy. Her house was immaculate and posh. She headed to her office, where Mikey was typing away furiously. He was Lauren's head programmer, a hopeless nerd who was, of course, hopelessly in love with her. She used him mercilessly to keep her sever going.

"Okay Mikey, here's the plan...." Lauren said, dreaming up more ways to embarrass Vanessa in her digital paradise.