The red notification bubble on my Discord app pulsed like a frantic heartbeat. After the…incident…last night, I’d been hovering around the ‘Arcane Sanctuary’ server, a morbid curiosity warring with a healthy dose of skepticism. I told myself I was observing, gathering data for a future epic takedown of these deluded roleplayers. But deep down, I knew the static discharge that had fried my apartment’s circuits, and Mittens’ bizarre standoff with the empty air, had rattled me.