22940 - FVQ

d̴̡̻͇͖̀̽͗̑͒̈́̿̃ͅȩ̸̡̯͚̦͉̦̰̱̱̮̻̝͒̈́̓f̶̝̙̼͇̟̓̽͘͠͝e̷̢̱͇͍̱̾̇̂̏͘ā̴̧̤͕̜̩̥͍̺̒̆̀̔̈̑̽͘͘͜͠t̴̝͉̻̥̓̍̔̓̿͛͝ę̷̨̛͉̘͕̯̼̰̙̼̖̪̺̓̓͛͗̅͊̈́͆͆̎̔͜ͅd̵̨̮̳͍̳̪͖̻̈́̈́̌̀̀͘͝ͅ ̶̝͙͈̈́̋̾̌̎͌͆͑̑̇̀̕̕a̵̝͓͇̠͕͍̠̪̣̰̜͖̥̹͒̉͌̈͗̀̍̾̚l̵̦̄͝l̶̨̳̲̭̲̣̲͔̩̲͒͒͗́̂͋͑̀̌͜ͅ ̵̖͖̭̈́̀͒c̷̛͙͌̋̓̀̀͊́̐͘͘͘͝ô̶̡̳̟͈̍̓̇̂͐m̵̲͇̹͇̹͔̞̲̊͛́̀͛͂͒̆͂̕̕ͅb̸̖̥͖̀͗̾̀̎̒̌̃̒̚̚a̵̬̺̝͋̽͂̒́͂́̆̈́̊̈́̕͘͠͝ţ̶̫̻̗̳͎͙̰̳̰̩̔̀̒͊͑́͛̆̂̏̚ą̶̡̲̖̠̱̯̜͕̜͇̪̽͂͗͊͆̕͜n̸͙͔̙̭̟̝͙̜̹̣͓̩̳̱̪̑̽͗̀̍͝t̸̪͇̱̓̽͜s̴̛͕̯̩̓̃̑̓̈̚͜ ̴̢͔̰̦̪̯̠̎̓̽̕͝ȋ̵͚̤͐̚͘ņ̸͇̹̘̖̠̞̗̱̳̬͓̜̪͛̄̎̉̾̒̿̏͒ͅ ̴̡̨̧͍̫͇̠͚̳̯̒́̃̌͝ţ̵̨̡̰̤̳̗̗̳̠͖̩̈́̄̔͊͐̿̃͌̚͘̚h̶̲͍͕͗̌͌ȇ̸̠̹̤͗̀ ̵͕͈̐̆̎̿̓̈́̿͒́͑̽̚͘D̷̨̢̢̡͇͚͈͇̯̥̱̺͌̄͆̀̈́̽͑͘͝A̷̭͖͔̼̟̎̐̎̊͘͘N̷̜̫̦̜͙̘̤͍̺̍̀͆C̴̟̩̯̜̺̦͈͒́̑̋̎͑̑͝Ḙ̷̜̭̆͛ ̴͕̮͔̽̃̏̏͌̈́͂̔̈́͆̆̃͐͘Ẃ̷͈̞͎̻̻̝̲̬͗̆ͅA̷̢̙͔̣̤̗͔̠̐̅̓̈́̚͜͝͝R̴̢̛͇̫̩̱̫͍̭̠͇̟̳̟̫̉͒̌̈̈́̈̒͝

R̷̥̯̻͎̓͆̎̂͗͜i̶̪̩̓͆ḑ̶̦̗̯͖͑͑į̸̟̰̟̹̓̒ņ̶̪̰̈́̉g̵̪͉̘̖̞̋͒͂̂̕ ̶͙̳͇͍̤̓a̵̢̹̖̓̿ ̸̨͕͙̼̄̂́è̴͖͙́̔̾̕g̵̪̘̮̰̐̇̂͛̈́ͅg̵̛̮͗̈̈́̚ ̶̙̒̈͝b̴͕̃͋́e̶̗̒͒ạ̵̡̡͎̊͗͌̈́s̵̗̰̽͛t̶͔̰̫̹͛̀͑͐̚ ̶̧̮͍͉̏́͛̉͜͝c̴͉͈̙̈́̇̀̽̿h̷͎̐i̴̫̹͆c̸̻͎̀̅k̷̻͖͈͉̥̆̀͑͠e̷̫̪̳͒n̶̡̝͉͗̐̑͠ ̴̛͚̞̱̜̅͆̈́̀t̷̡̯̫͌h̵̖̄ḭ̸͌̐͛͘ñ̷̗g̷͓̉̿

̶̼̥̃̀w̸͍̏̋ͅi̶̖͚͉̘̥̽̆t̵̤̘̫̗̙̔h̵̳̓͋̑̾̚ ̸̹̈̓̆̉͝á̸̲̺̻̙̝ ̴͔̩̄̃b̷͎̹̒̾e̶̮̠̦̩͑̈̑ͅa̴͇̭̲̦̾͋̐͝k̶̢̡̝̙͂̇̀̕

̷̛̠̼̽̅͂̎į̶̲̬̱͇͋n̵̛̫̬̤̯̎̃̄ ̸̻̹͙͇̽͑̈́̕͝ā̶̱̫̝̗̲̈́ ̷̫̩̠̪͚͗̀̄̆͒l̶̢̯͕͒̂ï̵̧̦̙̗͖ņ̶̧̭̟̪̇̓͝e̴̮̙̝͊̊̔̈́͛ ̸̗͇̟̗́̌ǫ̶͖̟̪̅̕͜f̷̺̫̲̕ͅ ̷̡̖̒ͅó̵̯̮̥̓͝ẗ̷̼́̉̾̑ĥ̵͓̾e̶̠̳̎̇̈́r̶̹̮̮͉̹̓ ̶̖̾̉̈̀b̷̜̉̏e̸̮̗̦̥̎ǎ̷̜͉̽͆̉̎s̸̢͇̟̗̅̀̍̾́t̵̙̯̀̂͌s̶̯̏̌̍

̶̮̬̎̅́͘ś̶̥̠̝̈́͠͠ọ̴̩̉ḿ̷͈̣̥̲̔̌̋͝e̶̡̫̮͌́ ̵̟̞̜͆b̶͉͂́ŭ̸̧̫͝ǧ̴̡͚̔͐͐͠s̴̘̖͙̺̻̈́

̸̱̝̂͘͜ś̷̈́͜o̷̝͒m̵̨̖͒̓̇e̴̼̖̦̩̽̇̕͠ ̴͙̣̩̝̬͂̽͛̎u̵͙̠̮̓͊ǹ̵͖͓͓͎͇̔͑̚i̶̡̟̪̽̑̏͠͝c̵̲̩̤͌̀ò̵̼r̴͔̤̩̟̭͗͗̓̿̈n̷̗͋͜s̷̡̞̭̏

̴̛̬̃̇̏̒ö̸͓̙́́̀n̴̰̘̫͎̞̆̆̊͠ę̵͎͎̩̣̓͑̂ ̶͎̗͉̒̄̂́i̶̳̻̯̳̐͊̿̊͜s̷̨͓͆͂̂͒́ ̵͓̹̭͉̘́̉̀ạ̵͗͝ ̵̨̬͔͂̾͜c̷̝͔̣̰̊̈́r̷̛̬̱̽a̴̯̩͌́̆̀̈́b̴͚͔̬̗͈̀̽̅͘̚

̵̡̩͚̽͌͌

t̵̟̓͗ḥ̵̯̿̎e̷̺̽ ̴̲͘̕s̷̔ͅẁ̴͈a̴̭̾̈́r̶͖͘m̵̱̪͆̔ ̴͕̟͠g̴̳͍̕ú̵͓̅y̵̘̟̒̒ ̷̝̏͋ͅf̶̨̏r̴̺̓͐ȏ̸̤͇m̸̧̌ ̸̲̠̽l̸̫̐a̷͓͕̎̕s̸͈͓̐́t̸̖͚̽ ̵̧͍̾w̵̯͔̾e̵̠̕é̵̜͚k̵̡̩̽ ̸̢̽ǐ̶̯͇͌s̸̛̞̺̚ ̵̩̍b̴̧̠̓̿e̶̞̥͆̕ḧ̵̟̈́i̵̜̒n̶̜̘̽d̶̢͕͒͝ ̷̨̝̈́m̶̻̖̓e̸̜̾̉,̷̳́ ̴̼͋g̵̟̥̃r̴̩̠̅͗e̷̝̍͠y̶̮̕͠ ̵͎̣͗̕s̶̙̿͠w̶͓̭̋e̸̤̹͂a̶̬͂̌ẗ̶̪́̿s̴̠͊̚u̷̩̳̓i̴̭͆ṯ̵͇̍̀

̷͚̅̓

̴̹̈"̷͙̈́̈́Ŷ̶̬o̴̱̎̚ü̴̜̜s̸̼̎ ̷̠͉̀j̵̩͑̌u̶̖͂s̴̲͕͆̏t̶̨͔̍͘ ̴͓̀͑g̷̮͌͠o̵͍͗͝t̶̼̃t̷̡͛͝a̵̹̫͛̊ ̴̢̕ͅṙ̴̝̋u̴͚̇n̵͈͇͂ ̴̡̞͂́f̵͎̗͛͘a̴̩͊͂s̶͚͒ṯ̸̙̂̒,̸̻̖̾ ̷̤̈͝y̶̩͌e̴͇͂ä̴͎́̎h̸͉͕͂ ̶̡̈́͐j̶̪̾͝ú̸̝̺̽s̶̬̓t̷̳̔̾ ̵̡̪̊͗r̸̳͗̉ü̶͓͌n̴̗͇̍͐ ̶͓͠f̵̢̣̎a̸̖͋̐s̷͍̄ẗ̸̼́.̵̼̺͐"̷͇̋͌

̷̨̎H̸̠͊i̸͚͚̋s̵̫̅̚ ̸͓̠̾̐n̸̒ͅå̵̻͗m̶̢̺̊ę̵͝ ̴̰͠ḯ̶̻̘̽s̸͓̤̀ ̸̻̈́͜S̵̭̽̕n̷͙̎o̵̱̕ẁ̶̫b̵̨̀̈́ͅa̵̧̻̅͝l̶̨͋ĺ̸̘͇

̴̟͇̀

̷͎̌

̷͇̥͂g̸̖͇̅͝ṵ̷̤̂n̷̹̈s̴͉̩̈h̷̼̮̀ò̵̠̀t̷͍̆̎ ̶͚̑̌

̷̳̈͛

̴͎̇g̴̝̖̀ȧ̶̠̗̓t̶̛̗e̸̹͇̊̇s̸̪̠͆̇ ̷̭́ŏ̶̞p̴̬̺̀̈e̷̖͔̔ǹ̶͔̭̍

̴̤̒̓

̷̢̳̊̅ȅ̴͈v̷̼̒̀ĕ̸̪͂r̵͙̐̅y̶̠̎o̴̧̓n̶͍͆̀e̶̛̜̮ ̸̩̏r̵͔̈́͝u̴̫̇͘ṉ̸̌s̸̗̬̓̔

̶͓́̈́d̴̬͛͝ȏ̶̟d̷͚̤͗̂g̴̳̉̓e̸̹̠͂

̶̡̆̈́d̷͈̓͝ṷ̸͒c̴̯͛̍k̴̦̿̅

̶̱̝̓

s̶̙̾ư̷̩c̵̺͝ċ̴̱e̵͔̍s̶̹̄s̶͍̀f̸͍̚u̵͉͗l̸̛͖l̵̘̒y̷̭͋ ̸͓͛c̷̟̀ȏ̷͙m̸͚̐p̸̨̓ľ̵̰ê̴ͅt̸̲̉e̶͚̒ ̵̐͜t̷̗̎ĥ̸̨e̵̗̋ ̸͓̀ŗ̸̿ã̴̖c̴̲̀ȇ̷͉

̵͈͂

̶͕̀d̸͍̈r̶̦̿è̴̺s̷͈̋s̶͉͗ḙ̷̚d̶͕͗ ̶̧͝ä̴͜ś̷͉ ̸̙̒a̶̩̽ ̷̨̓j̵̢͗o̷̦͐ç̸̌k̴͕̽e̷̼͠y̸̻͐,̶̻̽ ̴̮͌l̴̺͋i̷̧̅ț̸̎t̴̨͛l̶͚͊ĕ̷͓ ̶͕̀ẉ̵̾ȟ̶̘i̶͚̕t̸̪͆e̸̘̋ ̴̣̃p̷̭͋a̶͕͆n̴̗̿ẗ̴̤́s̶͕̚,̵̼̑ ̵̺͆t̴̟̀i̸̞͠n̴̲͝y̶̩̅ ̵͎̉h̴̥̍ä̴̫́t̷͙͂

S̷n̴o̵w̵b̷a̴l̸l̸ ̷c̴o̷n̶g̷r̷a̵t̴u̸l̸a̶t̶e̷s̸ ̴m̴e̸

̸

̶M̸e̴l̶p̸e̷r̶t̸ ̶s̶h̸o̷w̵s̶ ̷u̸p̴ ̴i̷n̵ ̵t̸h̶e̵ ̵s̴t̶a̶n̶d̷s̸?̸

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The sky lights up in an array of system font letters, scrolling upwards from the horizon.

34923 - A55

34320 - B00B5

22940 - FVQ

22222 - AAAAAAA

11023 - MELPERT

The world becomes distorted, or rather, it becomes corporeal.

Snowball, what's going on?

I turn behind me to ask him directly and he's gone. 
But he's here.
In my paw.
Snowball? You're so small.
Smaller than me.

The dirt track glitters and glitches into rainbows of pixels. Slowly, so slowly, thin, soiled carpets with laser patterns seep into view.

My guts hurt. My arms hurt. I look up from my paw, from Snowball, and see my pals. Remy and Melpert fully jacked into arcade boxes, wires and tentacles respectively. Donovan pounces on me, he looks like he's been through a lot for a room full of video games. He's warm. It's nice. He smells of bug nachos.

I am so hungry.