The novel “Snow Crash” by Neal Stephenson was published for the first time in 1992.

Hiro Protagonist makes do by delivering pizzas for the Mafia since being a freelance hacker earns too little to live on. He has very tight deadlines for his deliveries and during one of these jobs, he comes across a skater/kourier who calls herself Y.T. and works for another company, becoming friends with her.

In his free time, Hiro develops his activity in the Metaverse with his katana-wielding warrior avatar. A man calling himself Raven offers Hiro a hypercard containing Snow Crash, which he describes as a new drug. Hiro doesn’t trust what might actually be in it but his fellow hacker Da5id collapses after trying Snow Crash.