The phantom on the screen stood up and turned around to look at the "camera."
On the screen, a red phantom appeared in the Firelink Shrine. It wasn’t a knight or a wizard. It was a perfect, low-poly recreation of Elias himself, sitting in his own room, illuminated by a tiny digital monitor. The phantom on the screen stood up and
The monitor went black. Elias wasn't in his room anymore. He was standing in a bruised, sickly purple world, clutching a broken sword, waiting for the next person to click the link. The monitor went black
Elias knew better, but the itch to return to Lordran was too strong, and his wallet was too light. He clicked. The download was suspiciously fast. Within minutes, the bonfire icon sat on his desktop, glowing a little too brightly. Elias knew better, but the itch to return
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When he launched the game, there was no introductory cinematic. No Oscar of Astora dropping a key into a cell. Instead, the game started Elias in the middle of the Firelink Shrine. The sky wasn’t the usual gloomy gray; it was a bruised, sickly purple.
He noticed the first glitch when he approached the Crestfallen Warrior. The NPC didn’t have dialogue options. He just stared at Elias, his character model twitching rhythmically. Then, a text box appeared: "Why did you let us in?"