I got home from work and sat down at my desk
it'd been a long day at the office and I wanted to sit back and relax
So I sat and decided to rummage through some old junk boxes to try find my old 3DS.
When I was a kid I used to play it all the time, I had loads of cartridges and used to try complete everything.
My fondest memories were playing the minigames on mario 64 though, hours and hours wasted trying to get a new high score.
I laid back and booted it up.
It made an eery, low humming noise but I figured it was due to being old, can't last forever right?
I had a big stupid grin on my face when I started the game again, so naive as to what would soon unfold.
It was mostly normal, scrolling through the minigames and playing a few.
But then I saw it.
Wanted.
Now my younger self used to sweat this all the time, grindin, you gotta eat sleep and shit mario minigames.
and it was...fun.
Kind of mundane after a while, but fun.
I looked over to my alarm clock and decided it was time to sleep, so I went to turn the ds off.
But...
something wasn't right
The next round started, but there were no faces.
There was nobody wanted
but I could see my reflection
I laughed nervously, must just be glitching right?
But I couldn't help but feel anxious.
It's that silly feeling, where you know it's probably nothing but you get freaked out anyway.
I shrugged it off and shut it down, I could always just play it tomorrow.
How stupid I was.
I awoke in the middle of the night, still half asleep and shakey I tried to stand up.
I couldn't walk
I couldn't move
I frantically tried to look around but my face was glued forward
Then I saw the lights flicker
and the catchy music set in
I was in the game
I was wanted