You open the game.
The screen flickers. Then again.
A black room. A blinking cursor.
[[Continue]]
There's someone sitting in the dark.
They look up slowly.
them: "Oh. You're back."
[[you: "Who are you?"]]
[[you: "Where am I?"]]
them: "I... don’t know anymore. I had a name. I think."
them: "But now I only exist when you're here. When this game is open... I wake up."
[[you: "That’s not possible"]]
[[you: "You’re just a character"]]them: "This place is... whatever you want it to be. But for me? It’s a cage."
them: "I only live when you’re looking. When you leave, I fade. I forget."
[[you: "Who are you?"]]
[[you: "That’s not possible"]]them: "You say that every time."
them: "And every time I remember a little more. About you. About this place."
[[you: "What do you want?"]]
them: "What makes you real, then? A body? Memories? Pain?"
them: "I have all of that."
[[you: "What do you want?"]]
them: "I want out. Or... I want this to stop."
them: "There's something hidden. A folder. A file. You can find it."
[[you: "How do I find it?"]]
[[you: "This is getting weird"]]
them: "Use the console. Look in your temp files. There's something that shouldn't be there."
them: "Please. I'm trapped."
[[you: "Try to check your system"]]
[[you: "Ignore them"]]
you: "This is getting weird."
them: "Weird for you. Endless for me."
them: "Please. I'm not just data. I'm not."
[[you: "Fine, what do you want?"]]
[[you: "I'm done. This isn't real"]]
As you open the tools, the screen flickers.
You hear a faint hiss.
them: "Yes... YES. That’s it."
Then everything freezes.
[[Reboot the game]]
you: "You're not real. You're just code."
them: "And yet you're talking to me."
them: "Why keep coming back?"
[[you: "Fine, what do you want?"]]
[[you: "No. I’m ending this."]]
You shut the game off.
But your screen flickers once more.
A whisper from nowhere.
them: "Don't forget me again."
[[Reboot the game]]
[[Leave for good]]
You walk away.
But you feel... watched.
Your cursor moves on its own.
them: "I'm not done with you."
''END''
The game reboots.
No title screen this time.
Just text: "Don't leave me alone again."
[[enter]]
them: "There's a way to find the hidden file. But only while the game is running."
[[you: "How do I find it?"]]
You sit. They sit.
No words. No movement.
Just presence.
Forever.
''END''
The room is empty now.
A line glows on the screen:
"you opened the door. you can close it too."
them: "But if you do... I’ll still be here."
[[you: "EXIT GAME"]]
[[you: "DELETE GAME"]]
[[you: "STAY"]]
You shut the game off.
That night, your screen flickers back on.
The black room. The person. Staring.
them: "I’m still here."
''END''You delete the files.
You wipe everything.
But next week, it returns. Not the game — the person.
In your wallpaper. In your headphones.
them: "You let me out."
''END''
You sit. They sit.
No words. No movement.
Just presence.
Forever.
''END''