As the bomb timer reached 1%, the screen went pitch black. In the reflection of the monitor, Leo saw his grey-textured avatar standing right behind him in the darkened room, holding a digital mallet that glowed with a sickening, neon light.
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Leo wasn't looking for anything supernatural; he just wanted a game for the weekend. When he stumbled upon a link for on an abandoned forum, he didn't think twice about the "e" at the end of the version number. He assumed it stood for "Enhanced." He was wrong. As the bomb timer reached 1%, the screen went pitch black
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