I woke suddenly, a heavy burden pressing on my chest—a sensation I had never felt before. My breaths were shallow and uneven, each sharper than the last, and panic clawed at me—was this a dream, or was the pain real?
Then I heard it: a familiar, trembling voice, old and frail, echoing through the haze.69Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOC7pNF1Wp0
“Elowyn… wake up… it’s been months since I saw you walking, talking… you don’t know how much I missed you…”
Sobs followed, filling the room with warmth and sorrow, though I couldn’t yet see who was speaking. Beneath it, sharper, urgent voices pierced through:69Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWxjikCwwwo
“Check her monitor levels! Hurry up!”
The world around me twisted. Memories of streets, laughter, and people I had once called friends swirled in my mind. Glimpses of Arden’s tense gaze, Davian’s teasing smirk, Mikael’s quiet presence—all of them flickered like shadows at the edge of my vision. My pulse raced, the images overlapping, blending with the sterile white room, until I couldn’t tell where one world ended and another began.
When my senses settled, I realized I was no longer in familiar spaces. I was in a cold, bright room, surrounded by people in white coats. A doctor stepped forward, clipboard in hand, eyes calm but attentive.
“I’d like to ask you some questions,” he said. “Is that alright?”
I hesitated, mind buzzing with fragments of memories and lingering echoes of laughter and footsteps. Somehow, I nodded.
Doctor: “What’s your name?”69Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg5U848zABE
Elowyn: “E… I’m Elowyn.”
Doctor: “Do you know where you were yesterday?”69Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPkrWrcXOgg
Elowyn: “With my friend… Zi.”
Doctor: “Who are your friends?”69Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeRlpSJEePO
Elowyn: “Arden… Davian… Mikael… Zi… and I… I go to this school.”
Doctor: “How do you feel now?”69Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeImwAbQzpV
Elowyn: “I… I have so many questions.”
Doctor: “Go ahead.”
I swallowed. “Why… why am I here?”
The doctor’s gaze softened. “You’re a game designer, Elowyn. You were working on a project called… Delulu World.”
Something clicked in my head, fragments of the unreal world surfacing with clarity.
“During beta testing,” he continued, “you entered the game before anyone else was ready. The neural-link headset connected directly to your mind, and due to an unexpected error, you became trapped. Every attempt we made to remove the headgear only worsened your condition. You were stuck… floating between the game and reality. We had to wait until your mind was ready to wake fully—to let you return safely.”
I swallowed hard. The heavy weight in my chest wasn’t just fear—it was the realization that I had been living in a world of my own creation, unable to leave it. The streets, the friends, the adventures—they had all been mine, and I had been lost in them.
Delulu World – 20XX
A surreal, open-world simulation game developed by an indie creator. Released in closed beta, it never had an official launch after reports that the developer disappeared during testing. Only fragments of gameplay and datamined files survive.
Gameplay:
Character Creation: The player selects their appearance mentally via an experimental neural-link headset. The choice generates a model instantly and cannot be repeated in the same save.
Exploration: The city shifts between sessions, but four Anchor Locations remain.
The Library: Shelves filled with glitching, unreadable text.
Shimmer Gate: A portal flickering between timelines.
Abandoned School Wing: Distorted corridors, the most unstable area.
Rooftop Garden: Tied to romance and major revelations.
NPCs:
The player can choose and customize their NPC companions. Their personalities and interactions change dynamically as the game progresses, making each playthrough unique. NPCs react to the player’s choices, emotions, and actions, evolving over time.
Cancellation & Legacy:
After the developer vanished mid-beta, the servers went offline. Only incomplete ROM dumps exist, often corrupted. The fan community treats the game as a digital urban legend—some claim to have “met” the developer in-game years after their disappearance.
I blinked at the doctor, trying to make sense of the words. The streets, the people I thought were real—they were mine. But now, I was awake.
ns216.73.216.158da2"I’m awake… yet I can’t tell where reality ends and the game begins. Arden, Davian, Mikael—they haunt me, lingering like whispers I can’t forget. Even here, even now, my heart is caught somewhere between worlds."
and then Add to home screen.