— WILLIAM ALCO!
Her voice slices the air. A katana strike.
I choke. Noodles stuck in customs.
My body reacts before my brain.
I jolt up. Soy sauce on my shorts.
[CRITICAL ERROR]
Gamm Micheline locks onto me. T-800 mode activated.
— William Alco, 38 years old, unemployed. Survival rate: 0%.
Wait. Freeze-frame.
Let me explain.
She's the Final Boss of my family tree.
— Character Sheet: GAMM MICHELINE
• Status: Boss of the Final Boss
• Size: Small
• Power Level: UNLIMITED
• Special Skill: Flying Dodo – Aerial Savate Kicks (Can be used in close combat or launched like a heat-seeking missile)
• Unique Ability: Ancestral Death Stare (Effect: Instant existential crisis)
She raises a dented cup. The liquid inside? Murky. Radioactive glimmers.
— Drink this rum, boy! I'm purging all your bad energy tonight!
The smell? A mix of Bomli Sec and fermented Gros Poids.
— Me (attempting survival): Gamm… uh, got any Mirinda instead?
Bad move.
The air thickens. The walls tremble.
Behind her, a shadow stirs.
A spectral Dodo hovers above her, motionless.
Its black feathers vibrate. Its empty eyes swallow me whole.
She grabs a fistful of coarse salt.
The ritual begins.
SPLASH.
Salt rain on my skull.
— Drink, Nation!
I shut my eyes.
— If this is how I die… let my browser archive my open tabs.
Gulp.
Swallow.
The salt stings. The rum burns.
Then… BAM.
[SYSTEM ERROR]
My TV pixels out. Jackie Chan stares at me… and winks.
BOOM.
The walls implode into fragments of code.
[System Failure]
[Corrupted Data]
My couch glitches. Gravity disabled.
I fall into the unknown.
Time slows. Air distorts.
Pixels swirl into a digital vortex.
Shattered memories fuse with impossible visions:
— A blood-red lunar eclipse crumbling into ashes.
— Temples suspended in the void.
— Cryptic symbols whispering in forgotten tongues.
— Phantom faces staring, heavy with meaning.
My body fractures into particles of light.
Every atom vibrates with newfound intensity.
Then—BLACKNESS.
Total silence.
A shiver runs through my soul.
A metallic voice whispers:
— "Dimensional Reconstruction in Progress…"
The glitch devours reality. Everything shifts.
And me, suspended between worlds,
I finally understand:
I don't belong here anymore.