In a little-known dimension, between the veil of reality and fantasy, there's a cemetery. A mystical graveyard for all dead video games.
In front of Concord's grave, its characters are reunited. They can't believe their lives have been snuffed out so quickly. Just under two weeks.
"How could such a thing happen?" Bazz asks.
“I don't know how to answer you.” Say 1-Off.
“Someone has to be responsible.” Says Kyps.
"But who?" Emari asks.
"Gamers, of course!" Star Child retorts. "Always complaining about the so-called woke in their games."
"But... we're woke." Duchess said sadly.
"Of course not!" DaVeers replies.
"Friends, I'm old enough to know what I'm talking about." Says the eldest of the group.
"Alright, so tell us what makes us woke?" IT-Z asks.
"I think I know." Haymar said thoughtfully.
"First our names."
"What's wrong with our names?" Jabali asks Duchess.
"You have to admit they're strange."
"Not for me." Said Lennox.
"Next, our physical appearance."
"That's rubbish!" Daw says angrily. "We are who we are!"
"Maybe," says Duchess, "but gamers hated them. That was downright woke."
"Who cares about the goddamn gamers!” Says Roka.
"Watch your tongue." Duchess retorts. "Gamers are the ones who dictate the life or death of a video game! Put them to shame and watch..."
She points to Concord's grave.
"This is what happens. Finally, our pronouns."
"What do our pronouns have to do with woke?" Lark asks.
"They're on the character selection screen, correct?" Vale asks.
"Yes," said Duchess, "and it is these three elements that have cost us our lives."
"The gameplay too, I think." Teo says.
The group remains silent, then 1-Off asks what they're going to do now.
"Woke or not, we're dead." Adds the robot.
"Unless a miracle happens and the game is resurrected." Haymar says.
But will it happen? Nobody knows.