In the player list, the other Miis were gone. Mika, Raj, Old Chen—replaced by three names he didn’t recognize: Siglemic_2.0 NSP_Ghost Leo tried to pause. The game wouldn’t let him. He tried to hit the Home button. Nothing. His Switch was no longer his.
He disconnected the cable. The Switch menu refreshed, and there it was: the box art icon, Mario’s grin as wide and guiltless as ever. Leo clicked it.
He typed back: Switch crashed. gotta go.
The Last Lap of the Cerulean Cascade