Entropy is a one-way street. Nothing returns to its original state.
Suddenly, a chat box popped up in the corner of his real monitor. It wasn't Steam; it wasn't Discord. You shouldn't have opened the packet, Everett.
The hum in the room grew deafening. The lights flickered and died, leaving only the glow of the monitor. DOWNLOAD FILE – Entropy : Zero 2.torrent
In the game, the "Bad Cop" character walked into the rendered version of Everett’s room. The Combine soldier raised its pulse rifle, pointing it directly at the digital Everett's head.
Outside his apartment, a storm rattled the windowpanes, mirroring the static on his second monitor. Just as he was about to give up and kill the task, the percentage flickered. 100%. Download Complete. Entropy is a one-way street
Everett looked at the torrent client one last time. The file size was changing. It wasn't 13 gigabytes anymore. It was 0. Because it wasn't on the hard drive anymore. It was in the room.
The download bar had been stuck at 99.8% for three hours. Everett stared at the filename: DOWNLOAD FILE – Entropy : Zero 2.torrent . It was an old-school way to get a game, but the official servers were down in his region, and he was desperate to step back into the boots of Bad Cop. It wasn't Steam; it wasn't Discord
"Probably just a custom modded intro," Everett muttered, though his skin prickled.