I laughed it off as a developer easter egg. I moved my "Master" avatar—a generic guy in a suit—towards her. As soon as they touched, my bedroom lights flickered. The game music, a chirpy 8-bit loop, slowed down into a deep, distorted drone.
A girl in a vintage 90s denim jacket was standing by locker 402. Every time I tried to click her to change her stats, a text box appeared: “You aren’t supposed to be in the admin settings.” File: High_School_Master_0.195_WIN.zip ...
I reached for the keyboard. The denim-jacket girl pressed her hands against the inside of my monitor. I laughed it off as a developer easter egg