The first time he wore the VR headset he found that if he sat still for long enough, creatures would start to crawl out from the shadows, scurrying away if he moved. He assumed it was some kind of built-in screensaver and recorded it to show his friends online.
The response was near instant and overwhelming "GET OUT NOW" with little other context aside from messages begging him to leave his home. No matter how much he tried to get them to explain why or say anything that wasn't a demand that he run as far from his house as possible, there was nothing more that anyone would say to him.
Annoyed, he decided to ignore everything they'd been saying and sit back down to watch the creatures roam about his house, interacting with his possessions and occasionally dashing straight for him. Those ones always made him jump which, in turn, sent the creatures fleeing back to the dark corners of the rooms.
Over the next few days he was continually bombarded with messages telling him to go while the creatures seemed to notice that he could see them and slowly got more daring. They no longer ran from him, in fact they followed him around. Even the ones that used to charge at him now spent their time watching him instead.
Then they started following him outside his house. He'd see them flickering at the corners of his vision and ducking behind shops, signposts and other people. Assuming it was stress, he didn't think anything more of it until one walked in front of him.
He realised he'd been seeing them for weeks without the headset.
The response was near instant and overwhelming "GET OUT NOW" with little other context aside from messages begging him to leave his home. No matter how much he tried to get them to explain why or say anything that wasn't a demand that he run as far from his house as possible, there was nothing more that anyone would say to him.
Annoyed, he decided to ignore everything they'd been saying and sit back down to watch the creatures roam about his house, interacting with his possessions and occasionally dashing straight for him. Those ones always made him jump which, in turn, sent the creatures fleeing back to the dark corners of the rooms.
Over the next few days he was continually bombarded with messages telling him to go while the creatures seemed to notice that he could see them and slowly got more daring. They no longer ran from him, in fact they followed him around. Even the ones that used to charge at him now spent their time watching him instead.
Then they started following him outside his house. He'd see them flickering at the corners of his vision and ducking behind shops, signposts and other people. Assuming it was stress, he didn't think anything more of it until one walked in front of him.
He realised he'd been seeing them for weeks without the headset.
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