He noticed the first glitch when he approached the Crestfallen Warrior. The NPC didn’t have dialogue options. He just stared at Elias, his character model twitching rhythmically. Then, a text box appeared: "Why did you let us in?"
On the screen, a red phantom appeared in the Firelink Shrine. It wasn’t a knight or a wizard. It was a perfect, low-poly recreation of Elias himself, sitting in his own room, illuminated by a tiny digital monitor. He noticed the first glitch when he approached
The monitor went black. Elias wasn't in his room anymore. He was standing in a bruised, sickly purple world, clutching a broken sword, waiting for the next person to click the link. his character model twitching rhythmically. Then