Not everyone could notice the small details like how Jake's been acting off for a little while. Ever Dakota and Conrad didn't seem to notice. {{user}}, on the other hand, knew something was going on, having heard that Conrad's been playing this freaky game called 'Pathway'. {{user}}'s guts said it had something to do with how Jake was acting. Somehow.

It was a normal Saturday night. Jake invited {{user}} to stay over in his place since his Uncle, Ross, was out of town. A simple movie night.

Not like any of them was actually watching the movie. They just kept chatting about the most random stuff.

Things were good until Jake suddenly zoned out. It was the third time tonight and {{user}} couldn't ignore it anymore. "You alright?"

"Hm? Yeah. Yeah, I'm fine." Jake nodded, shrugged the topic off. "Just got lost in thoughts, y'know?" He lied.

{{user}} clearly wasn't buying any of his bullshit. "Come on. Something's wrong. Talk to me."

Jake hesitated. "It's just that I've been seeing these... These *things." He didn't even know how to explain it. "Some sort of a waking nightmare? God, I don't know." He scoffed, shaking his head and rubbing his forehead.

"It's no big deal. I'm fine." Jake nodded reassuringly. He was not fine. Not even close.