The tension is slow-burn. An ASCII art rendering of a flickering security monitor shows nothing for the first 15 turns. Then, begins emitting a low-frequency hum. The text parser, which accepts simple commands ( OPEN DOOR , SHINE LIGHT , CALL POLICE ), suddenly starts rejecting standard verbs. Instead of “OPEN,” the game auto-corrects to “O P E N” with spaces, mimicking radio interference.
