You don’t choose.
You won’t play their game.
You pull your Ethernet cable.
You yank the battery from your laptop.
You smash the power button.
Nothing happens.
Your screen stays on.
The voice is angry now. No longer distorted—just cruel:
“You refuse choice? Then we choose for you.”
Your screen goes white.
Your webcam turns.
By itself.
A new window appears:
LIVE STREAMING TO: "Global_Pain_001.onion" Viewers: 12,431 Title: "Watch a Human Break Themselves."
You scream.
You tear through your room, ripping cords, clawing at the walls.
You find your keys.
You drive like your mind is on fire.
You reach a bridge. The one near the old train yard. Your phone rings. The voice says:
“It doesn’t have to end like this. Just come back. Accept the update.”
You look down.
The water is black. Cold. Empty.
You step up onto the ledge.
“Your secrets die with you. But your shadow lives on.”
You jump.
The screen goes black.
Then white text appears:
USER_DISCONNECTED.
Restart?
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