a voice whispered from his own throat. The Archive

Subject: 980B0110.rar Comment: “It’s your turn to stay in the light.” The file was 1.2GB. It downloaded suspiciously fast.

He opened the door. Inside was a recreation of a living room. It was sparse, but the layout was familiar—too familiar. There was a desk, a messy bed, and a computer monitor glowing blue. On the screen of the in-game computer, he could see a tiny, pixelated version of a hallway.