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In the video, the room was dark. Then, a light flickered on. A figure appeared at the desk—Elias himself, seen from behind. He saw the back of his own head on his monitor, watching the back of his own head in the video.

Real-world Elias froze. He didn't want to turn around. He kept his eyes locked on the screen, watching the pixelated version of himself point toward the corner of his dark office. 0gzjpgixd3hby6revi1zw_720p.mp4

A text box appeared at the bottom of the video player, mimicking a subtitle: “Buffer complete. Execution beginning.” In the video, the room was dark

Elias grabbed his phone, using the screen as a makeshift mirror. He tilted it slowly, angling the reflection toward the corner. The corner was empty. He saw the back of his own head

The Elias in the video turned around. He looked directly into the camera, but his face was a blur of digital noise, a swirling vortex of pixels that refused to resolve. He raised a hand and pointed. Not at the camera, but at something behind the Elias sitting in the real chair.

The file 0gzjpgixd3hby6revi1zw_720p.mp4 suddenly vanished from his folder. The media player crashed to a black screen. In the reflection of his monitor, Elias saw the blue door of his office—which he knew he had locked—slowly, silently swing open.