The package arrived on a Tuesday, unremarkable and mundane. Brown paper, no return address, just a name scrawled in messy handwriting. Josh Bennett, printed with a cheap ballpoint pen that had bled slightly into the paper's fibers. Inside was a USB drive and a handwritten note that simply read: "RUSE POCKET ADVENTURE - BETA TEST". As a 17-year-old gaming enthusiast, Josh didn't think twice. Beta tests were his thing - free games, potential bragging rights, maybe even a chance to be part of something big before anyone else. He plugged the USB into his gaming laptop, installed the mysterious game without a second thought, not realizing what he had woken up.
