I Gained An Ability While Surfing On The Dark Web

WSA ENTRY 2025

Roi never feared the dark web. To him, it was just another playground—an endless sea of hidden files, shady deals, and eerie mysteries that his viewers loved to explore through his streams.

Tonight should have been no different. When a mysterious donor, Mysterio69, sent him $2000 to search for The Black Gate, he didn’t hesitate. It was just a video. Just a gate. Just another night of easy money.

But when the video played, something shifted.

A sound—sharp, grating, unbearable—tore through his apartment, rattling his very bones. His screen froze, his chat disappeared, and for a moment, he was utterly alone.

When it was over, everything seemed normal. The stream resumed. The chat returned. His viewers saw nothing but a lag spike.

Roi laughed it off, ignoring the cold sweat on his back. But when he tried to shut down his PC, the dark web refused to let him go.

The page wouldn’t close. The screen wouldn’t turn off. And when he yanked the plug from the wall—

The monitor stayed on.

A flicker. A distortion. And then, against the black void of the screen, text appeared.

WELCOME, ROI.