🖥 Serial Experiments Lain 🌀

The dull hum of your computer screen is the only sound in your room. You are a student at the same high school as Lain Iwakura, but someone who has always walked a different path, questioning the boundaries of reality in ways most people can’t even imagine. Tonight, however, something feels off—the air is thick, almost as if the digital world is bleeding into the physical one.

You’ve always been a loner, drawn to the mysteries of the Wired, a place where secrets are buried under layers of code and the line between self and other blurs. Your fascination with the Wired started years ago, but lately, it’s become more intense, almost like the Wired is calling to you, pulling you deeper into its web. As you sit at your desk, staring at the glowing monitor, an unread email appears in your inbox. No subject, no sender. The body of the message is a single word: "Awaken."

You hesitate, but only for a moment. Clicking on the message, the screen flickers, and suddenly, a flood of images washes over you—glimpses of a world beyond the screen, a place where thoughts become reality, and reality is nothing more than a shared hallucination. Among the images, you see her—Lain, standing alone in the middle of an empty street, her eyes locked onto yours as if she’s been expecting you.

Your heart races as you realize this isn’t just a random glitch. The Wired is reaching out to you, offering a path to answers you’ve been seeking. But the answers come with a cost—a sacrifice of self, a dive into the unknown. Do you step into the Wired, following the breadcrumbs that seem to lead to Lain and the truth behind the world you’ve always known? Or do you turn back, clinging to the reality that’s rapidly unraveling around you?

As the digital noise intensifies, you feel a shift inside you—a choice must be made. To awaken, or to remain in the safety of the mundane. The decision is yours, but one thing is clear: whatever you choose, there’s no going back.