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i found this page in my diary, from the day before the accident:
am i destined to wait on the sidelines? i know i got a promotion but it doesn't feel like a promotion right now.... watching chris and the gang bring their superhero dreams to life while i tick boxes on a script sheet. my heart is fluttering wtf. oh god he's looking at me ok bye-
over the course of that week the camaraderie of friends became a bittersweet melody, a tune only i seemed to hear. with our vr sets on, building a world that wasn't real, the lines began to blur. i would daydream about being a part of his world in a way that transcended the bounds of friendship.
and it was during one of these daydreams i failed to notice the alert pop up in the corner of my vision screen. it wasn't until the first piece of scenery fluttered and glitched out of existence, and members of the crew turned to me, bewildered, that i snapped out of it.
we were being hacked.