Marcus laughed nervously. “Okay, funny. Very meta.” He grabbed the remote to eject the disc. The button didn’t respond. He pressed harder. Nothing. He stood, walked to the player, and hit the physical eject button.
The screen flashed. A new menu appeared. Only two options: PLAYER PARTICIPANTS: 1 He frowned. That wasn’t right. He navigated down, but the cursor jumped erratically. When it landed on PLAYER PARTICIPANTS , the number flickered. 1 became 2 . Then 3 . Then 5 . saw 5 dvd menu
His finger froze over the remote. Just a glitch. Piracy copy. Bootleg art project. Marcus laughed nervously
Marcus tugged at the straps. The leather creaked but held. He looked at the TV. The menu’s cursor was moving on its own, sliding toward . The button didn’t respond