When he looked at his character's reflection in a shop window in-game, the character wasn't wearing the default skin. It was wearing the exact hoodie Leo was wearing right now.
A chat box opened, but it wasn't the standard game chat. It was a system message in a font Leo had never seen.
Leo froze. How did it know his name? He tried to Alt-F4, but his keyboard was unresponsive. On the screen, his character turned slowly to face the camera. The Stand behind him—usually a heroic figure—now had hollow, empty eyes.
"This is too easy," he laughed, his character hovering over the glowing orb.
The GUI expanded, covering the entire screen until only one button remained: