At midnight, Leo sat on his bed, exhausted but weirdly light. “So… is this it?”

“Took you long enough,” Pink Hair said, her voice tinny but sharp. “We’ve been stuck in ‘pending download’ for three weeks. Your Wi-Fi is tragic.”

The install took three seconds. When he opened the app, his phone glitched—static fizzled across the screen, and then the camera turned on automatically.

The thumbnail showed three chibi figures in oversized hoodies, holding tiny scythes that looked more like plastic toys. “Why not,” Leo muttered, clicking the sketchy link.