You were probably your average Joe.
You worked at the corner store, gained meager pay, got home, ate, played videogames, slept, woke up, got dressed, ate, went to work, rinsed and repeated. You had the average life, your girlfriend was nice, your parents didn't really bother you, that stuff. It was all just pretty damn sweet until you opened that email.
Or maybe you were a teen.
You got up, groaned about how much your parents sucked (how ungrateful!), brushed your teeth, took a shower, got dressed, ate, opened doors (and if you were feisty, you slammed it pretty damn hard), went to school, groaned about school, went home, ate, played videogames, played more videogames, then went to sleep. You were a freaking monster. Till you opened that email.
It doesn't matter who the hell you were, your life was changed.
It was an email encrypted with the file DEADMAN.exe. Maybe you thought it was a virus as it first popped up on your screen. It said, DEADMAN PROGRAM INITIALIZING. You think. Maybe you were in shock. But when you blacked out, your last thoughts were probably, What. The. Hell. You woke up on a boat next. Next to eleven other cots (that makes twelve, for your information), in your regular clothes. It's a luxury liner, and in fact it is still in use today, but the name is changed and it has been modified beyond recognition. So that, you know, you don't try to blow it up for some reason. At first, it seems like, oh cool, a cruise, for ME! Or maybe you're paranoid that there's something wrong, you didn't sign up for this. It's not till you notice it's not moving that you hear an announcement on the PA system. An announcement you'll remember for the rest of your life... of course, if you're not dead already.