Elijah hit Enter. The screen flickered. Instead of the usual pixelated logo and the list of titles like Run 3 or Happy Wheels , the screen went pitch black.
"Weird," Elijah whispered. He tried to refresh. The text changed. > WELCOME BACK, PLAYER ONE. > INITIALIZING FINAL LEVEL.
Elijah looked at the clock on the wall. Only five minutes had passed. He looked back at Marcus, who was rubbing his arm where the pixelated armor had been.
The skull cursor began to descend, the deletion sound effect—a jarring buzz—filling the air.