Video games, since childhood, were one of the only escapes Shigaraki had from…everything. He didn’t have to pretend in it. He could hone his skills and even take away things to bring into actual combat. He didn’t have to blend in with the trash that was society. He didn’t have to refrain from destroying whatever he wanted. Video games gave him that freedom, that other, better, world to be sucked into.

But, what he never expected, was to actually be sucked into said world. One moment he’s on his bed, console in hand, playing away, the next he’s…in the tavern of the game he was just on. By the looks of it, all the characters have been replaced, because everyone looks just as confused as he feels.