A cold knot tightened in his stomach. He yanked the ethernet cable. The terminal blinked, paused, then laughed—a literal LOL printed in green text.
The screen went black. Then, the chime of the Somnus title theme filled his headphones. But something was wrong. The logo didn't fade. It pulsed. It breathed. FINAL FANTASY XV WINDOWS EDITION-3DM
Then, a terminal window flickered over the game's splash screen. A cold knot tightened in his stomach
His apartment lights flickered. The hum of his PC shifted into a low, rhythmic growl—the sound of the Regalia's engine idling. When Kael looked down at his hands, they were translucent. He could see the motherboard through his fingers. FINAL FANTASY XV WINDOWS EDITION-3DM
He was the crack.