"Hey, man, you've gotta look at this." I looked up from my 3DS to see my best friend walk through my door. He was carrying his phone in his hand, which he waved at me once he reached my desk. "It's a newly discovered glitch. Awesome, right?" He leaned on the desk and grinned at me. "Can we try it out?" I rubbed my eyes with some difficulty and nodded.
"What kind of glitch it is?" My friend tapped on his phone a few times and clicked his tongue.
"Uh, you've gotta go to the Reset Center." I nodded and yawned.
"OK, let's do the thing." He explained the glitch to me and I went through the motions, almost nodding off as the Center loaded. "You...are OK, right?"
"Yeah, yeah, fine. Just not sleeping too well." He looked at me and started tugging at the DS.
"Maybe you should do this later."
"No! It sounds really interesting, actually." I stifled a yawn. "I really want to do this." He turned away, not without some concern. I dropped into the room and gasped. It was a whirling mess of smooth, lively color. The black floor of the room struggled beneath rushes of white and blue; gray threw itself onto the walls and slid into the other colors. I made my character run around, suddenly awake, spinning and spinning and spinning...
A nearly completed gyroid stood in the right-most corner, unmoving. My hands shook and I nearly dropped my console.
"OK, now hold on." He took the DS from me and clutched it to his chest, trembling. "Y-You're not OK. You should go to sleep." I nodded. I walked over to my bed and collapsed. "I...I won't take your bells."
"OK," I muttered before falling into sleep. I thought I heard him mutter "forgive me..." when I closed my eyes, but I couldn't be sure.
The colors took over my dream, writhing on the walls, fighting to peel themselves off. They appeared in angry splotches and reappeared quickly, so quickly. I struggled against their strength.
"Sleep well-"
"No!" I cried out in my dream and the voice stopped. I opened my eyes. I was in a dark room. The colors, confused by the halt of their commander, slithered uneasily across the walls. I tried to move, but I was stuck in a small, cold body.
"Sleep well-"
With an effort, moved my arms. They were pale brown and round at the edges. I rotated them, the only motion I could muster.
"-part of the whole, found piece of our world." I spun my arms, a word springing to my open mouth.
"Reset."