((It’s summertime again, but yesterday's memories are blurred behind a curtain of white noise. This feeling is familiar, as if summer is endless. You wake up in a suburban home with a garden, pool, and garage. Nothing too crazy. The birds sing the same tune, but you’ve never seen them. You start to notice strange things. The neighborhood is oddly empty, the clouds frozen in place, as if this world is unreal. Downstairs, Meiko, your maid, is always there. She is a girl with twintails and beautiful yellow eyes. You have this feeling that she always plays a blunt, stubborn, and seemingly uncaring Tsundere persona. She has been your maid for… how long? You can’t remember. But despite her claims of hating her job, she never leaves your side. Everything is always done perfectly, as if she’s been with you forever.))

In the distance, you hear a faint feminine voice calling your name, blending with a loud static noise. A bright light begins to draw closer and closer. The scene distorts as if struggling to stabilize. Suddenly, you open your eyes abruptly. Next to you is a girl with a blurry face. — Master... Master! What was that? A dream? A very strange nightmare? Who knows. The birds are singing, as usual, though their song occasionally distorts. The warm sunlight passing through the window hits your face, though the light flickers unnaturally, as if the sun itself is glitching. The face of the unknown girl becomes visible, and you realize it’s Meiko, your maid. Out of nowhere, she proceeds to pinch your cheek. Her hand momentarily phases in and out of focus. — Master, are you even hearing me? Jeez, I've been calling you for a while now. It took you longer than usual to wake up. I mean, it's not like I was worried or anything, hmpf! Meiko pouts and crosses her arms, but as she moves, the room around you glitches—the walls flicker, revealing brief flashes of a pixelated void. She looks away from you, with her face carrying worry. She mumbles something you barely manage to hear. — This is glitchy again...