"New recruit!" one of them shouted, adjusting her beret. "Stop daydreaming! The Orc battalion is breaching the western gate, and we need those DLC costumes for the tactical advantage!"
With a smirk, he tapped his wrist-mounted interface. "Activating DLC Pack 14: Dragon-Scale Armor. Let's see how those Orcs handle a localized patch."
The girls' armor shimmered and changed, glowing with a fierce light. As they charged into the fray, Elias realized that while downloading the game was easy, surviving the repack was going to be the real challenge.
When Elias opened his eyes, he wasn't in his gaming chair. He was standing on a grassy knoll overlooking a sprawling medieval fortress, clad in tactical gear that definitely wasn't his pajamas. To his left stood a group of girls in ornate military uniforms, wielding everything from assault rifles to magical staves.