Fs2004 - Carenado Aircrafts -

As he flew over the Lynn Canal, a strange thing happened. A glitch. A shimmer. The sky in FS2004 was usually a static dome, but tonight, the aurora borealis stretched out in a way the DirectX 7 engine couldn't possibly render. He blinked. For a split second, the blocky mountains of the default mesh smoothed out. The water, usually a flat blue grid, actually reflected his landing lights.

The boy smiled and pushed the throttle forward. The Carenado Piper Seneca rolled toward the green polygon runway, lifted off, and dissolved into a shower of pixelated stars. FS2004 - Carenado Aircrafts

Inside the virtual cockpit of that virtual plane sat a younger version of himself. Twenty years younger. The kid had a thick head of hair and wore a faded Aces High t-shirt. He was smiling, his hands on the throttle, ready to take off into the infinite sunset of 2004. As he flew over the Lynn Canal, a strange thing happened