For those of you who have played or know of the video game The Stanley Parable, you may get the greatest enjoyment out of this story. For those unfamiliar, there is a hilarious free demo here: https://store.steampowered.com/app/221910/The_Stanley_Parable/

Self-Aware Stanley is the story of a particular, peculiar variation of the video game representation referred to as Stanley. This Stanley is a Stanley that can hear the Narrator. This Stanley is a Stanley that remains awake as he is played by players of the game.

Inspired by the SAVE-filed editing concept portrayed by Toby Fox's UNDERTALE, and the Information Hazard known as Roku's Basilisk.