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I couldn’t believe what I was seeing. Is this real?
> [SYSTEM] : Welcome, Doctor_Freeman82 !
> johnwicklover1994 : yoo man, haven't seen you in a bit
> Doctor_Freeman82 : Yeah, uh, do you see that… thing outside?
> johnwicklover1994 : what do you mean, bro
> johnwicklover1994 : seems pretty normal to me
> Doctor_Freeman82 : Really?
I look outside to see a giant blue swirling vortex in the sky. Yup, definitely still there.
> Doctor_Freeman82 : You sure, man? Because I see a giant portal thing in the sky, and if you say you don’t see that, I’ll have to call a doctor or something
> johnwicklover1994 : arent u a doctor or somethin
> Doctor_Freeman82 : Theoretical physics, not psychology.
> johnwicklover1994 : oh
> johnwicklover1994 : btw yeah i see the thing
> johnwicklover1994 : isn’t it cool
> Doctor_Freeman82 : I mean… yeah, but why is it here???
> johnwicklover1994 : thought it’d be funny
> Doctor_Freeman82 : …
> johnwicklover1994 : and it was
> Doctor_Freeman82 : You put that there?
> johnwicklover1994 : yeah, well, i needed a door for my friends to go thru
> Doctor_Freeman82 : …friends?
I look outside to see little silhouettes falling out of the portal.
> Doctor_Freeman82 : … What are those
> johnwicklover1994 : you’ll meet them soon enough : )
> johnwicklover1994 : anyways cya
> [SYSTEM] : Safe Travels, johnwicklover1994 !
…Why does this always happen to me ?
I step outside and, quickly enough, I meet the so-called “friends”. Other-worldly creatures from an unfathomable world are now strewn across the city, and they are angry . I see people running into their homes in a frenzied panic, which is understandable. I, however, will not stand down. I’ve battled these creatures before... well, creatures like these anyways. I know how aliens work. If I’ve driven folks like them away before, I’m sure I can do it again. Piece of cake…
I step outside and survey the chaos. I traverse to the top of a building, and start to pick off the aliens one by one. Eventually, the situation is more or less handled… or at least I thought it was. I looked up to see even more aliens landing from the portal. Bigger ones. Alright, this isn’t working. I have to try to close the portal, and fast. I start my way to Benrey’s (johnwicklover1994’s) location.
I break down the door. “Benrey!” Benrey, standing there in his usual “gamer-attire”, responds in the most nonchalant voice I’ve ever heard. “oh. hey dude.”
“You need to close the vortex, these… things are destroying the entire city!” I scream, trying to get some sort of logical reaction out of him.
“i don’t know, bro. seems like you were attacking them . being a bit rude to our guests, dude.”
“Look, just close it down!”
“hmm… didn’t hear a ‘please’ or a ‘thank you’.”
“Oh my-... Pleeease??? Thank you????”
“...alright.”
He pushes a button on his computer and the vortex is immediately shut off, closing the dimensional rip between their world and ours. I feel a sense of relief. The relief is cut short when I look at the computer screen and see that the portal above the New Mexico desert wasn’t the only one created. In fact, multiple portals have been opened in cities all over the world.
I look up at Benrey, with the most anger I’ve ever felt toward a single person. He notices my glare.
“what? something wrong?”