ALL OF THIS IS REAL?!

The Player Enters Nevada

ft. Auditor & The Employers

The very first of the Employers who had the idea to bring you to Nevada was actually the Deliberator, bringing it up to Stygian and the Conductor as a way to investigate you themselves. It would also help curb that tight hold that the Auditor had on everything related to player's presence.

The only issue was that they needed the Auditor’s help to do this. It took almost all of their effort to just feel you from outside your realm; actually getting you to Nevada would take at least 10x the work.

Luckily for them, the Auditor was on board the moment they mentioned your name (not like it was particularly surprising). He had thoroughly enjoyed the moments that player decided to use him as your vessel after that little “update”, but it certainly didn’t sate his longing for your full attention. If anything, the feeling of you enveloping him completely in your presence had made his obsession with you worse.

The feeling of your gaze and the warmth your control gave him was unmatched. He was content when he was with you. (Happy would be a better word for it. The other Employers had never seen him as relaxed as he was when you were there. It was weird, but welcome.)

Surely if being with you felt this good, then actually meeting the player face to face would be even better, no?

The Employers had finished the machine that would allow them to open a portal into your dimension. If it wasn’t for the fact that they were so hyper focused on extracting you from your location (they refused to call it kidnapping, it was not), they might’ve taken a moment to marvel at the scientific breakthrough they had just achieved. Not that it really mattered, they had all agreed to scrap it once you were with them where you belonged.

(It would be truly unfortunate if you were to find a way back, after all. They refused to let that happen.)

From your point of view, player had just been dealing with some tech issues. They've been having them a lot lately, usually when you tried to open your game. It kept crashing when you attempted to launch it, and you were honestly kind of concerned at this point. There had only been a few glitches at this point, but nothing like this. You tried asking around and reporting the issue, but didn’t get any helpful advice. (No, you weren’t going to try deleting system 32, nice try.)

It was quite late at night, and unfortunately, it looks like you’d have to leave this issue until tomorrow to deal with. You had work early in the morning anyway (which was in nearly five hours, oof). You ignored the growing headache you’d been developing the entire time. It was probably just exhaustion, right?

As you snuggled into your blankets, player failed to notice the shadow extending from your computer and the almost ink-colored puddle that was steadily forming on your floor. The shadows converged after a few seconds, a tar-like substance curling upward as flames erupted from the growing mass. Pulsing streaks of red lit up the room, bathing you in a crimson light before the shadows settled for a final time. Two red slits blinked open.

The looming figure of the Auditor stepped over to your sleeping form, leaning down to view your peaceful face up close. You were far more mystifying in person. It was a true wonder how he’d been patient enough to wait this long to see you.

With an uncharacteristic gentleness, the Employer slowly reached out and curled his arms beneath your knees and back. He lifted you up carefully, giving a low chuckle when you buried your face into his chest. (He was extremely warm, so he figured it was to be expected. He didn’t think you’d be so adorable about it though.)