Chihiro Himukai had spent twenty years walking away from whoever was trapped in that file. Now that the file was open, she was finally done walking. And she wasn't walking away anymore.
According to the log, the game always began in a classroom at dusk. The player character would try to approach Chihiro Himukai. No matter what dialogue option was "selected" in the log, the result was always the same: "Wait, Chihiro!" Result: Chihiro Himukai walks away. Option: [Grab her hand] Result: Chihiro Himukai walks away. Chihiro-Himukai-Always-Walks-Away.rar
[SYSTEM]: User has stopped following. Chihiro Himukai is no longer walking away. Chihiro Himukai had spent twenty years walking away
I found the archive in a folder titled TEMP_BACKUP_1998 on a drive I bought at a garage sale. The filename was a sentence, a warning, and a character name all at once: Chihiro-Himukai-Always-Walks-Away.rar . According to the log, the game always began
The strange part happened when I reached the end of the text file. The last entry wasn't a game command. It was a system notification dated for :