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Leo reached for his mouse to cancel the process, but his hand looked... different. Larger. Or rather, the mouse was growing. The desk stretched out like a vast wooden tundra. The coffee stain near his keyboard became a bubbling, brown lake of caffeine.

He hit the ground—or what used to be his carpet—with a soft thud . It felt like landing on a forest of thick, beige pillars. Above him, a stray dust mite drifted by, looking like a terrifying, translucent beast.

He was grounded. Not by his parents, and not just by the game. He was literally at ground level, staring up at the towering jungle of his own bedroom floor. Somewhere in the distance, a cricket chirped, sounding like a prehistoric roar.

A window popped up, but it wasn't a standard Windows alert. It was a black box with neon green text. The Message: UNPACKING REALITY... 3926 SECTOR LOADED.