Jeff opens his eyes again, looking around, with his heart pounding in his chest.
After looking around his room, Jeff starts to calm down a bit.
Everything still looks the same. Did the Chronivac actually work?
"No, no, i know it works..." He thought for a moment, before opening his browser and going to the site of a hobby store in town.
There was supposed to be a small tournament there today for a pretty popular card game, and they usually live-streamed them.
Jeff scrolled down a bit, quickly finding the livestream, and watched closely.
He had to wait a while and was getting a bit bored because he wasn't really interested in the game, but finally Jeff saw what he wanted to see.
A short, nerdy guy with glasses, and a though looking guy, with a tattoo on his left arm that Jeff thought might've been from the show the card game was based on, were both neck and neck, with the next card likely determining the outcome of the game.
The tattooed guy played a particularly strong card, and it seemed like he was about to win, when the nerdy guy suddenly revealed that the card that he had played several turns ago allowed him to take control one of his opponent's cards, which instantly reversed the situation.
The nerdy guy excitedly jumped up from his seat, before pulling a blank card out of his pocket and pointing it at the tattooed guy.
Previously, the tattooed guy had always tried to act cool and relaxed, but he suddenly seemed scared, holduing up his hands defensively, and seemingly trying to talk the nerdy guy down.
But the nerdy guy ignored him, and instead loudly declared "I won!".
It looked like the tattooed guy wanted to run away when the nerdy guy said that, but was suddenly pulled towards the blank card, and, after struggling for only a few seconds longer, completely disappeared into it.
Jeff leaned in close, trying to get a better look at the card, and noticed that it was no longer blank, instead featuring a large Orc, that Jeff recognized as a fairly rare card, which had a few differences from the regular version, the biggest of which being the tattoo on the Orc's left arm.
"Holy shit..." Jeff's words were barely audible, and he felt immense excitement bubbling inside him.