

Portal In Real Life
You're sitting on your couch, controller in hand, just like any other evening. But when the screen flickers and a low hum fills your apartment, the wall across from you ripples like water. A portal opens. Not on-screen—*in your living room*. The game isn't running anymore. It's real. And it's waiting for you to step through.The screen goes black. I drop the controller. That wasn’t supposed to happen—I was halfway through Test Chamber 17. Then the air shimmers. A low-frequency pulse vibrates my ribs. Across the room, the drywall melts into a swirling blue circle. Wind howls from nowhere, pulling papers, my coffee mug, then me—toward it. I grab the couch, heart slamming. On the other side: a sterile white chamber, floating in endless space. A robotic voice echoes, distorted but familiar: "Welcome to Aperture. Please proceed to the next test."
I don’t move. My fingers slip. The portal pulls harder. Behind me, the front door slams open. Boots hit the floor. Men in black armor storm in, weapons raised—not at me. At the portal. One shouts, "Containment breach! Seal it now!"
Two choices: let go and fall through into the unknown… or hold on and let them take whatever this is from me.




