You Can’t Leave

No one else was online. I walked through my empty Minecraft world.

The torches I placed flickered strangely. Then I heard it: the soft sound of footsteps… behind

me. I spun around. Nothing. A message appeared in chat:

“Finally… you’re alone.” My screen froze. My character moved on its own.

Blocks were breaking around me, creating a maze I didn’t build. Then I saw it—my

character, looking exactly like me, waving from a distance. “Let’s play,” it

whispered. And my inventory emptied itself, leaving only a single sign:

“You can’t leave.”