Act 1: Poltergeist

Poltergeist is the first act of Made of Blood. It was named after a Vocaloid song of the same name and focuses on the kids' first discovery and interaction with the game Veritacium.

Characters
Cara Monroe

Cody Houston

Dean Palmer

Demi Ferrara

Synopsis
On April 16th, 2015, Cara Monroe wakes up from a strange recurring dream to her 13th birthday.

After examining and interacting with various objects throughout her room, the narrative rapidly switches to Cody Houston's perspective. As he is getting ready to mail Cara's birthday present to her, the package mysteriously vanishes before his very eyes. This prompts him to spend the remainder of his free time browsing the Sims 3 forums, where he discovers a supposedly free download link for 'Sims 4'.

After an unfortunate encounter with Cara and her mother, the narrative introduces Dean Palmer and a mysterious young girl to the reader. After the girl's data connection goes out of range, she conducts a strange ritual that appears to delay the imminent coming of the game which to her despair, fails. An unseen girl scolds her for 'trying to prevent the inevitable' and proceeds to speed up the kids' entry into the game.

Meanwhile, Cody is worriedly messaging Cara about how he can't seem to delete the 'Sims 4' file he'd just downloaded, thinking that it was a virus. Shortly afterward, a giant red scar splits the sky open, forcing the kids to begin their entry into the video game.