He tried to alt-tab, to force-quit, to pull the plug, but the screen remained fixed on a massive, vaulted door inscribed with symbols that burned with a pale, sickly light. As the door began to creak open, a message box flickered across the center of his monitor:
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The air in his room grew unnervingly cold. On-screen, Gilman’s hands appeared, but they were translucent, revealing skeletal structures that shifted like clockwork. Every time Elias moved the mouse, a soft, wet whispering echoed from his own headset, though it was unplugged. He tried to alt-tab, to force-quit, to pull