They discover that the fridge’s blinking light is Morse code for “the vacuum is coming.”
Whiskers, a sleek tuxedo cat, wakes up inside a white void. A floating UI panel reads: SIMULATION v.9.4 — OBJECTIVE: COEXIST. ratty catty simulator
HISS. SQUEAK.
Respawn. Respawn. Respawn.
SIMULATION v.9.4 — REPEAT.