Elias checked his watch. It was 10:00 AM. He leaned back, closed his eyes, and let the simulator’s clock fast-forward. When he opened them, the sun had jumped across the sky to 2:00 PM. He looked back again.
He shifted back into first gear, eased off the clutch, and drove into the sunset, the silent, vibrating crowd behind him his only company on the long road to the next update. 42 version of Euro Truck Simulator 2? PASSENGER MOD 05.11.2021 1.42
He set off. Driving a bus felt different. He had to take the corners wider, mindful that his "cargo" had names and imaginary families. As he hit the autobahn, a heavy rain began to fall. The wipers slapped against the glass in a rhythmic trance. Elias checked his watch
There they were. Forty people sitting in perfect, eerie stillness. They didn’t talk. They didn’t look out the windows. They just stared straight ahead, vibrating slightly with the physics engine of the truck. When he opened them, the sun had jumped