"Free for all, alphabetical order"

"Free for all, alphabetical order.... first player: Alex," Jack said and sighed as he repeated the words manifesting in the black glass.

"Bullshit," Alex growled and leaned over the table, reading the text. After standing frozen for a second, he suddenly attacked it, slapping at the board game with the intent of sending it into a wall.

An inch away from the board, his hand hit an invisible wall and stopped with a slap. He retracted his hand with a yelp. "Fuck! That hurt like hell! Why is it still lying there?"

You, Jack and Luke stood frozen in shock as well, Luke nudging the box with a finger, easily moving it a bit on the table. Slowly, but at everyone's horror, four cones, red, blue, green and yellow, manifested on a nondescript cell, as if they bled through from inside the board. within a moment, text appeared above them, describing the cell as the "start."

"Roll dice to initiate turn." the black screen announced.

"Did... the board just add markers?" Luke asked in disbelief to no-one in particular, keeping an eye out if Alex was about to try to throw the board game into their faces or something in anger.

"Maybe... it's like one of those etch-a-sketches? digital screen under the... wood?" Jake muttered in a resigned and sheepish tone as Alex fumed behind him.

"You throw the dice," Alex ordered Jake, jabbing a finger into his shoulder to make the point. "This shit is your fault, you can throw it and see what happens."

Jake looked defiantly up at Alex, but didn't rise up to argue, fearing that the next jab would be a slap to his face or a clenched fist to his nose. "Fine... if you want me to roll for you, I'll be happy to do so," Jake replied, picked up the two black dices from the box and rolled them on the table.