Jake didn't have much to look forward to after work. His job was fine if exhausting, but it didn't pay much. It was enough to pay rent, bills, and food, but not much else in terms of entertainment. All Jake had was a PC from a few years back, and even then, the few games he had were free, and barely ran even on low graphic settings. There was one light in his life: fetish art. He would masturbate to drawings and fan-fics every night, but they've been less pleasurable as of late.
As Jake walked home, an old man jumped out from a nearby alley way. "Hey kid!" the man yelled.
Jake screamed, and pulled his arms up, expecting the worst. "Please don't hurt me! I don't have much money anyway!" He yelled. The old man stutters "H-hey kid, calm down! Noones going to hurt you." Jake looked up at the stranger. "Why do you keep calling me 'kid'!?"
The man blinked, "You look young,"
Jake glanced around, still shaken by this encounter, "I'm 27."
"You look younger." the man retorted.
"...Th-thanks?" Jake said, confused by this man.
"So, Jake, would you like a free game?" the stranger pulled out a clear CD case with an unlabeled disk inside. Jake looked at the case. "Uh... no thanks. I don't feel like taking random disks from creepy strangers." The stranger in question then took Jake by the shoulder. "Look Jake, you're miserable. You haven't enjoyed anything in weeks. You masturbate out of habit, and you clearly need something... exotic in your life. Take it for your own sake." Jake felt so seen by this man. He didn't even know their name, and yet it felt he just got a pep talk from a lifelong friend. Jake finally spoke, "Ok. I'll take it." He took the game disk from the man. The stranger smiled softly, "Nice. You enjoy yourself tonight, ok?" The old man walked past Jake, as Jake came to a realization. He never told this old stranger his name, and yet this man not only knew that, but details about his personal life. Jake turned to confront the old man, there was no one in sight. he looked down at the game disk and wondered aloud, "What just happened?"
Jake sat at his computer desk, with disk drive open. With a deep breath, he put the disk in, and began downloading. For the next 15 minutes, Jake pondered about the man. Who was he? How did he know his name? Why did he give him a game disk? Why was is unlabeled? The download was complete, and it began to load the game. That's when he noticed the name of the file: SURPRISE.exe.
I just downloaded a virus, Jake thought as he began to cry. Or he would have cried if he wasn't immediately startled by the loud music from the computer. He jumped up franticly, pressing the volume down until he could barely hear it. "That was one hell of a surprise." Jake said to himself. He looked at the screen. It was definitely a game menu, but for a game he never heard of. Something called...