As soon as he finished eating, Agnus felt the need to investigate his symptoms. His Internet browsing history looked somewhat like this:10

Mana IRL. Skills IRL. Game abilities in real life. Status window showing up in real life…11

“Hmm...” 1

Agnus realized he wasn’t crazy after all. Demonstrating in-game abilities in the real world was no longer something only possible in fiction. 0

‘The stories of people implementing the skills learnt from games in real life have received public attention for a few years.’ 0

There were quite a few articles about people saying that their eyesight has improved while playing games. The game they were talking about was, of course, Satisfy. Slowly but surely, Satisfy was influencing reality. 0

“...Someone also mentioned that they could see their status window in real life.” 0

This was just a claim made by an anonymous person on the Internet. Everyone thought it was a troll so they didn’t think too much of it.0

Agnus found that person’s username and sent them a private message. 0

-Do you still see the status window nowadays?0

People who delved so deeply and for so long in the online community that they only saw the sun on a screensaver were affectionately called “mom’s basement dwellers.” The user Agnus was talking to was one such person. Why?5

-Of...0