He double-clicked.

The wallpaper had been on his laptop for three years. Jumanji: The Next Level — a frozen frame of Dr. Smolder Bravestone mid-leap, the mandrill-faced henchmen snarling below, the jungle canopy dissolving into a sandstorm above. Just a default image he’d grabbed from a free site. Nothing special.

Then he noticed the small figure in the wallpaper again. It had moved closer. And it was waving.