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"The Zero Point hums," the voice continued. "A new piece enters the board."

Leo's instincts kicked in. He sprinted toward a chest glowing under a nearby tree. He wrenched it open, found a grey-rarity pistol and a half-pot. The girl with the skull mask was already building a ramp into the sky.

Time slowed.

He woke up in his gaming chair, gasping. The monitor showed the Fortnite lobby screen. But the "Ready" button was gone. In its place, a single line of text:

Leo looked at his hands. They were still blocky, still digital. But beneath the polygons, he felt a thrum—a real heartbeat, fighting against the machine's rhythm. Fortnite Looping Pc-

By the final circle, it was just Leo, the skull-mask girl, and a seven-foot-tall ice monster wearing sunglasses. The storm was a wall of crackling purple death closing in. The clock face read until reset.

"The what?"

The first gunshot echoed across the island.

And Leo stepped out.