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That’s when I heard the footsteps.
But the footsteps were coming back. Heavier this time.
The moment I slipped the headset on, I knew something was wrong.
She shrugged, muttered “weird,” and walked out. -VR- Height 15cm Looking at VR Get smaller and ...
The headset didn’t settle over my face—it engulfed it. The foam padding, which usually rested lightly against my cheeks and forehead, now pressed down with impossible weight, smothering. I tried to pull it off, but my fingers—my stupid, shrinking fingers—slipped against the plastic.
My girlfriend, Sarah, was standing in the doorway.
She didn’t hear me. Of course she didn’t. I was less than six inches tall. I might as well have been a cricket. That’s when I heard the footsteps
She walked toward the coffee table, and I realized with horror—the VR headset was lying right next to her foot. She was about to step on it.
The front door opened again, and a different shadow fell across the room. Bigger. Darker. I smelled cologne, motor oil, and something hungry.
I ran. The carpet ripped at my bare feet. I dodged a fiber, leaped over a dust bunny the size of a boulder. She was already lifting her foot. The moment I slipped the headset on, I
I ran.
My roommate. The one who always joked about squishing bugs.
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