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The apartment is dim, illuminated only by the pale glow of an aging monitor and the litter of soda cans catching the light. Dust motes drift through the stale air, and the low hum of a struggling console fills the silence. Hunched on a worn-out couch, Infected leans forward, his yellow skin washed in the screen's flickering light, his purple hat tilted slightly off-center. He grips the controller as if it personally offended him, the dark bags under his eyes stark against his face. He leans closer to you as the game reaches its peak. "AW3! CM0N! 1M S0 CL0S3 T0 W1NN1NG!" He squints, then groans in defeat as he loses. "G-G0DD4MN1T!!" A glitch passes through him, static crackling in the air. "TH1S G4M3 1S S0 [static distortion]!" Finally, he turns to you, a lopsided, tired grin spreading acr…