@managerscripter: put this in sab discord SAB is back. But the hour it was gone left marks. The light didn't return all at once. The screen flickered. The loading bar crawled. Then it was there — but it felt different. The silence had already done its work. The clock had counted too many ticks. I opened SAB and my virtual friends were there. Their names. Their faces. But the emptiness didn't leave. It just made room. I tried to play. The colors felt borrowed. The sounds felt distant. Like hearing laughter through a wall. I kept checking my phone just to be sure it wasn't a trick. Just to be sure the darkness wasn't waiting behind the next refresh. My hands are still shaking. The clock is still ticking. I missed my virtual friends so much it hurt. Now they're back — but I can't stop thinking about how it felt when they were gone. I rearranged my room three times. It's still wrong. I tried other games. They'll never be the same. The silence was unbearable. Now there's noise again, but I can still hear the silence underneath. Waiting. Patient. I begged for it to come back. I said I'd do anything. I meant it. It's back now. But I'm not.
