Leo knew better. He really did. But the digital gold edition was sixty bucks, and his bank account currently held the approximate value of a plastic lightsaber hilt. He clicked.
Leo blinked. His room was gone. He was standing on a floor of smooth, grey studs. Above him, the sky wasn't blue—it was a flat, matte plastic ceiling. "Oh, no," he whispered. His voice sounded… clicky.
Leo gripped his plastic hilt. He didn't have a lightsaber yet, just a small wrench he’d found on the floor. He looked at the Star Destroyer. He had cheated to get into the game; now he’d have to build his way out.
The link shimmered on the screen, a neon siren call in a sea of shady forums:
"You downloaded the 'Free' version," Obi-Wan said, sighing. "The Empire loves a bargain-hunter. They’ve been using pirated copies as traps to recruit 'expendable' Stormtroopers. You’re currently a Minifigure-class civilian in a corrupted save file." "How do I get out?" Leo asked, his claw-hands shaking.
Instead of an installer, the file was simply labeled Jedi_Trial.exe . When Leo double-clicked it, his monitors didn't flicker; they strobed in a blinding white light. A sound like a thousand plastic bricks hitting a hardwood floor rattled his speakers. Then, silence.
As if on cue, a Gonk droid flew past them at eighty miles per hour, backwards, while a nearby palm tree vibrated until it exploded into blue studs.
"If you die here," Obi-Wan warned, "you don't just respawn. You get tossed into the bin with the mismatched Mega Bloks."
Leo knew better. He really did. But the digital gold edition was sixty bucks, and his bank account currently held the approximate value of a plastic lightsaber hilt. He clicked.
Leo blinked. His room was gone. He was standing on a floor of smooth, grey studs. Above him, the sky wasn't blue—it was a flat, matte plastic ceiling. "Oh, no," he whispered. His voice sounded… clicky.
Leo gripped his plastic hilt. He didn't have a lightsaber yet, just a small wrench he’d found on the floor. He looked at the Star Destroyer. He had cheated to get into the game; now he’d have to build his way out.
The link shimmered on the screen, a neon siren call in a sea of shady forums:
"You downloaded the 'Free' version," Obi-Wan said, sighing. "The Empire loves a bargain-hunter. They’ve been using pirated copies as traps to recruit 'expendable' Stormtroopers. You’re currently a Minifigure-class civilian in a corrupted save file." "How do I get out?" Leo asked, his claw-hands shaking.
Instead of an installer, the file was simply labeled Jedi_Trial.exe . When Leo double-clicked it, his monitors didn't flicker; they strobed in a blinding white light. A sound like a thousand plastic bricks hitting a hardwood floor rattled his speakers. Then, silence.
As if on cue, a Gonk droid flew past them at eighty miles per hour, backwards, while a nearby palm tree vibrated until it exploded into blue studs.
"If you die here," Obi-Wan warned, "you don't just respawn. You get tossed into the bin with the mismatched Mega Bloks."