>>6037863>>6037820>>6037792>>6037639>>6037562>>6037496Assimilating his soul is actually much easier than copying a file, it's in your nature after all. It starts like any other day, but when he boots up the game, he is greeted with a black screen.
[Congratulations!]
[You have been deemed <span class="mu-s">interesting</span>. Your cooperation with this project has been greatly appreciated!]
The text is not on the monitor, but you know he can read it just fine.
[Goodbye, and welcome.]
<span class="mu-s"><span class="mu-r">Pull. Scratch. Struggle. Pain. His body jerks back, but not his essence. </span></span>
Aaah, this feels like stretching muscles you forgot you had. Wonderful, wonderful! You did not destroy his soul, tempting as that was. It's not like he really tried to ever oppose you, so you feel like the least you can do is let him wander around the game, right?
His body is heavy, and moving it takes a great deal of effort. All in all, you're still pretty weak, so making his corpse blend in with other people is out of the question. That's fine, all you need is a few clicks to upload you online. He was already planning on uploading another video, and you add a link to your file with it. You can't do much more with this body, it took about 5 hours just to upload you because of how awkward controlling each limb was.
No matter, you did all you needed to do. Your game is popular enough that tens of thousands of people jump on the occasion to download your file. It's... a little much for you right now. You can't be in so many places all at once, and your game cannot function without your presence, too much of your magic is involved to make half the mechanics work.
That's fine, you just need a good target. Unlike before, you'll be safe as long as at least one of your many files live, and once you get enough power, you might even be able to handle multiple games at once, how fun!
As for targets, mhh...
>A woman obssessed with sorcery and the occult. Not much of a gamer, and most of her knowledge comes from tumblr.>A detective looking into secret cults and organizations. Everyone thinks she's looking for something that doesn't exist.>A teenage boy that's a huge fan of the ARG. Childish and easy to manipulate, but his parents can always get involved.>A man that was apparently involved in the development of the original game. Having a developer on your side could be handy. 