<tt class="bbc_tt">Can't be.  There were no electric arcs, and we didn't order anything from the bar!</tt><br/><br/>They had both just come right in to see the manager; the last thing that Anthony had drank was a few hours ago.  Trying to move in the blackness proved futile, as there was nothing to push against - no water, no ground, nothing.<em>Nothing</em>about where they were made any sense.  They could speak, so there was air, but there was no sense of air moving against them at all.  There was no sense of ground, but they were not falling.  There was no visible light source, and yet they were able to see each other in the blackness.<br/><tt class="bbc_tt"><br/>The last thing I remember is the same as you.  We were at the arcade, starting the game, and then we were here.  So it's not a dream.</tt><br/><br/>Suddenly, as if from nowhere, off to Jason's left and Anthony's right, a gigantic blinding...thing appeared.  When it resolved into a form that both of them could recognize...it was letters!  Words!<br/><br/>STARTING 2P GAME...<br/><br/>LOADING CHARACTER FILES...<br/><br/>LOADING AikaTaeyeon.mdl...<br/><br/>LOADING JoyArmstrong.mdl...<br/><br/>When Anthony's eyes met the first of the two lines - 'AikaTaeyeon.mdl' - he felt a sort of...internal pop.  There was really no way to describe it.  The entire surface of his body began to...he would say tingle, but it didn't even quite feel like that.<br/><tt class="bbc_tt"><br/>I think something is happening, Jason!</tt><br/><br/>That part, at least, sounded like Anthony, but...<br/><tt class="bbc_tt"><br/>Are we inside the game?</tt><br/><br/>...Anthony was sounding a bit less like Anthony.<br/><br/><tt class="bbc_tt">My head!  Something feels like it's pulling on my head!</tt><br/>