A wide establishing shot of a ruined city street. Overgrown with vines, buildings with broken windows, cars abandoned mid-street. The sky has a soft ethereal shimmer still visible at the edges. In the distance, a massive floating golden win

Flashback sequence showing the Shimmer event, then the aftermath. Panel 1 shows the Shimmer itself. Panel 2 shows people awakening with golden light around them.

Panel 1 shows examples of different Classes appearing above people's heads - Warrior, Mage, Healer icons. Panel 2 zooms in on one person looking at their System window.

Panel 1 shows Alex at The Daily Grind coffee shop before the Shimmer - making lattes, unremarkable. Panel 2 shows Alex in the aftermath, same face but older, harder.

Panel 1 shows Alex's System window displaying [CLASS: UNKNOWN] in red. Panel 2 shows him looking at it with a resigned expression, standing in an alley.

Three panels showing Alex scavenging through ruins. Panel 1 searching a collapsed building. Panel 2 finding nothing. Panel 3 checking another spot.

Panel 1 shows distant zombie horde - shambling figures with glowing red eyes. Panel 2 shows Alex hiding, watching them nervously.

Panel 1 shows a survivor with a [WARRIOR] Class easily cutting down a zombie. Panel 2 shows Alex watching from hiding, clutching his scavenged can.

Panel 1 shows Alex returning to his hiding spot - a small room in a ruined building. Panel 2 shows him eating his meager meal alone.

Panel 1 shows Alex looking at his reflection in a broken mirror - same unremarkable face. Panel 2 shows him touching the [CLASS: UNKNOWN] notification.

Panel 1 shows Alex going to sleep on his makeshift bed. Panel 2 shows the next morning - he wakes up and stretches.

Panel 1 shows Alex walking through the ruins. Panel 2 shows a strange distortion appearing in the air ahead of him.

Panel 1 shows Alex approaching the glitch cautiously. Panel 2 shows the glitch close up - beautiful wrongness, code fragments visible.

Panel 1 shows Alex reaching toward the glitch. Panel 2 shows the moment his hand touches it - reality breaking apart around him.

Panel 1 shows Alex falling through the glitch - his expression shocked. Panel 2 shows the transition - reality breaking apart completely around him.

Panel 1 shows Alex in the System's backend - a vast void with floating code and administrative panels. Panel 2 shows him floating in this space, disoriented.

Panel 1 shows a massive notification appearing - [SYSTEM ACCESS: ADMINISTRATIVE LEVEL]. Panel 2 shows Alex staring at it, shocked.

Panel 1 shows more text appearing - [USER: ALEX CHEN - RECOGNIZED]. Panel 2 shows a Class assignment appearing - but it's different from anything seen before.

Panel 1 shows the full Class notification: [CLASS ASSIGNMENT: CULINARY ARTISAN]. Panel 2 shows Alex's shocked, disbelieving face.

Panel 1 shows the Class notification with more details appearing. Panel 2 shows Alex processing this information, still floating in the void.

Panel 1 shows a quest notification appearing - [QUEST UNLOCKED: MOBILE KITCHEN ACQUISITION]. Panel 2 shows Alex reading it.

Panel 1 shows the void beginning to collapse around Alex. Panel 2 shows him being ejected back to reality.

Panel 1 shows Alex back in the ruins, standing where the glitch was. Panel 2 shows his System window now displaying his new Class, with a food truck icon visible in his inventory.