File: Sonic.forces.incl.all.dlc's.zip ... Now

The jackal shadow lunged. Elias didn't think; he dove toward the door. As his hand hit the hallway light switch, the entire world glitched. For a split second, he saw the wireframes of his own house—the blue polygons of the floor, the empty void beneath the stairs.

Behind him, the house began to de-rez into floating blocks of data. File: Sonic.Forces.Incl.All.DLC's.zip ...

Elias froze. In the corner of his room, the shadow of his coat rack began to lengthen. It didn't follow the laws of physics. It detached from the wall, rising like a 2D cutout into a 3D space. It took the shape of something sleek and jackal-like, masked and glowing with a malevolent red light. The "game" wasn't just a file. It was a bridge. The jackal shadow lunged