G7324.mp4 ✮ «COMPLETE»

Elias felt a chill crawl down his spine. He looked at the playback bar. He had been watching for three minutes and twelve seconds. He looked at the real-world clock on his wall. It was 11:42 PM.

He didn't look at his phone. He didn't look at the screen. He simply walked out of the room, leaving the computer running in the dark, wondering if the next file was already recording his escape. g7324.mp4

Suddenly, the video Elias stood up and walked toward the camera, his hand reaching out as if to touch the glass of the monitor from the inside. The real Elias scrambled backward, his chair clattering against the floor. Elias felt a chill crawl down his spine

There was no sound, only the visual hum of an old digital sensor. He looked at the real-world clock on his wall

Every time he tried to run it, his workstation fans would scream, and the progress bar would freeze at exactly 14%.

At the three-minute mark, a door at the end of the hallway opened. A man walked out—Elias himself. He was wearing the same grey hoodie Elias was wearing now. In the video, Elias looked exhausted. He sat down at a desk that looked exactly like the one Elias was currently sitting at, in a room that matched his own studio down to the coffee stain on the rug.

Elias's phone buzzed in his pocket. It was a notification from his own security system. New recording uploaded: g7325.mp4.