Story The virpet tool has certain limitations and certain advantages. The most obvious concern in writing a script for this medium is the length of scenes. At the present time, scene editing is done by multiple "track" performances of the same scene. Since just parts cannot be edited, long scenes are difficult to perform. Thus, Rift is composed mostly of short scenes. On the other hand, special effects are often very simple. In Rift, the main character, Maia, has psychic abilities that cause dreams of foresight. The special effects to create these dreams are very possible with Virpets. Rift represents an effort to use the electronic medium to tell a story about real problems, but in a fantasy world. The themes represented are: There are no easy choices; often the right decision requires sacrifice. Secondly, many conflicts arise from very childish disagreements. Oftentimes, it is even difficult to remember the cause of a long-standing fight.