Nanolife

While a thunderstorm rages outside, a boy excitedly boots up a new MMORPG for the first time. After fiddling around with the character creator for a while he's finally ready to play with his new character. However, just as he's about to press the submit button, lighting strikes!

As a result of the lightning strike the power goes out, and he's forced to sit and wait in frustration. What he doesn't realize is that his character has already begun playing without him...

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