Elias tried to close the program. Alt+F4 did nothing. He pulled the power cord from the wall, but his monitor stayed lit, powered by a ghostly residual charge.
Elias felt his own fingers move involuntarily. He wasn't playing the game anymore. He was the asset being saved into the next version. 559_3_RP.rar
He looked down at his physical hands, then back at the screen. In the simulation, a figure walked into the camera's frame. It was wearing a hazmat suit with the number stenciled on the back. Elias tried to close the program
On the screen, the figure in the hazmat suit sat down at the simulated desk and began to type. but his monitor stayed lit