You are on your PC when your screen goes black, then messages appear.
[Hey?]
[Is anyone there?]
[I need your help.]
You are able to type a response so you write that you are there.
[Blessed with the legendary Mental Connection! I can't believe I was able to reach someone!]
[What's your name?]
You type in your name.
[Nice. You can help me.]
[Do you see my... the "Corruption"?]
[It should be at the bottom right of your screen.]
Indeed there is a button "Corruption." You type that you see it.
[Great! Select it and you'll see my current Corruption level in %. So, have you looked? How high am I at?]
As you don't have your mouse cursor anymore, you don't know how to click on the button. Then information appears: "10%, Low, Nuri". You then type "Corruption at 10%, also Low."
[Perfect.]
[You must know my name by now. What is it?]
You type in Nuri.
[Yes. What do you think my gender is?]
You have to guess. Nuri seems to be a gender-neutral name, so "non-binary" is your answer.
[Right. How did you guess? You don't see me, after all.]
[Now, you're probably wondering why I'm talking in your head via the Mental Connection. It's a long story.]
In your head? That's not possible. You only see messages on your PC.
[My world is called Amorasin. In the city of Orezion, there is a strange hotel: "Lovers' Eden"].
[According to occult fanatics, room 566 is haunted, or it leads to another world. Something like that.]
[I don't believe in these things, but I won an overnight stay, so I thought, "Why not spend it in 566?"]
[Big mistake.]
[I woke up and... what horror! Everything is blood red, there is a strange smell, and I don't feel safe.]
[I think I've stepped into an evil version of the hotel, into another dimension.]
[I also feel that my body and soul are in danger. Something wants to grow inside me. Something supernatural. The very essence of evil and madness. Corruption.]
[In the end, these occult enthusiasts aren’t so crazy. They know about Corruption and the Mental Connection.]
You still don't know what hir is talking about. What is this Mental Connection?
[A psychic link between two people from two different worlds.]
Well, that's the answer to your question, but it still doesn't explain why you can't hear Nuri in your head. You only see hir messages.
[They also talked about spirits, crystals... but I don't think that's going to help us.]
[Anyway, since I can't figure out exactly how high my Corruption is, I called for help and you answered.]
[Your only job is to guide me, while making sure my Corruption doesn't go too high.]
Well, that doesn't sound so hard.
[Well, I know I have to get out of here somehow, but I don't know if I have to leave room 566 right away. I know I said I didn't feel safe, but... what if there's an exit there, but hidden?]
[However, if you think I should leave, I will go to the hotel entrance. After all, the main exit is there.]
[So, what should I do?]
You tell them, via your keyboard, to leave the room.
[Okay.]
A few seconds pass.
[I'm out of the room. To get to the hotel entrance, do I take the elevator or the stairs?]
Good question. The elevator is faster, but it could be a trap, so Nuri has to take the stairs.
[Understood for the stairs.]
A few minutes pass.
[I've gone down a floor. I'm on the fourth floor.]
[The walls... They seem to change color. And... are those eyes I see?]
The info about Nuri's corruption reappears: "15%, Weak, Nuri". You type that hir has to keep going.
[Okay. I keep going down.]
A few minutes pass.
[I went down one floor. I'm on the third floor.]
[Something just fell in front of me. It's a corpse!]
[Strangely, I want to look at it more closely.]
The info about Nuri's corruption reappears: "18%, Weak, Nuri". You type that hir should not do that. They must keep going down the stairs.
[Okay.]
A few minutes pass.
[I'm down one floor, I'm on the second floor.]
[I think I hear voices, whispers in my head.]
The info about Nuri's corruption reappears: "20%, Average, Nuri." You type that hir should ignore them and move on.
[Understood.]
A few minutes pass.
[I've gone down one floor. I am on the first floor. The ground floor is close by].
[AH!]
[I see myself, but... I'm a monster!]
[I have tentacles for arms, scorched flesh, and I have - well hir - HAS NO EYES!!!]
[Hir's blocking my way. What do I do?]
The information about Nuri's corruption reappears: "25%, Average, Nuri". You tell them, while still typing, to push the monster down the stairs.
[Good idea, MOVE OUT!!!]
A minute passes.
[I pushed hir... and hir disappeared! I can get to the ground floor!]
A few minutes pass.
[I'm on the ground floor. I can see the exit!]
[It's a big glass door. Well, it looks like it's more crystal made.]
[I approach the door...]
[Oh NO!]
[There are things guarding the door!]
[Monsters... I can't describe them.]
Two minutes pass. The info about Nuri's corruption reappears: "30%, Average, Nuri."
[Hey! I see a fire extinguisher. I'm going to use it to push these things away and get to the exit!]
A few minutes pass.
[That's it! I'm in front of the crystal door. I just have to open it and—]
[Huh? It doesn't open.]
[Is this a joke? Come on... open up... OPEN!]
A minute passes. The info about Nuri's corruption reappears: "35%, Average, Nuri".
[Well, I'll just break the crystal with the fire extinguisher.]
[And 1! And 2! And 3! SHATTER!!!]
A few minutes pass and the Corruption button disappears.
[Hey? Here I am again and I am saved!]
[I'm in room 566, but the hotel is back to normal. I'm back in my world!]
[I have to thank you. Without you, I would never have made it.]
[I will leave this hotel without further ado and never set foot in it again!]
You're typing that this is a good idea.
[I'm not even going to try to figure out what happened. I'd rather forget the whole thing. What do you think?]
You don't know what to say.
[Anyway goodbye!!!]
All messages disappear and your computer returns to normal. What exactly happened? A mystery.