At first, after Ethan stepped past the blockade, nothing happened.
The stadium still looked like it had from the outside: dark, quiet, abandoned.
But then, he felt something odd.
It was almost like stepping through a thin sheet of water as a subtle resistance brushed against his skin.
'Maybe I'm just imagining things.'
But then everything suddenly changed.
The silence shattered, and noise flooded his ears - cheers, shouting, laughter - the roar of a crowd so loud it felt alive.
Ethan's eyes widened slightly.
"Oh..."
The empty stadium was gone, and in its place, a bustling, vibrant scene unfolded before him. There were hundreds of people all gathered outside the entrance gates, queued up in long lines.
Talking, laughing, arguing - everyone was buzzing with energy.
Lights illuminated the entire structure, giving it a completely different atmosphere. What had seemed abandoned moments ago was now alive, pulsing with anticipation.
