At the 3:01 mark, the hum stopped. The camera began to back away, moving through the basement. Elias realized the basement was impossibly large. The camera passed row after row of identical iron doors, each labeled with a five-digit number. He paused the video when he saw the door labeled .
The hum in the room grew louder. On the screen, the camera finally finished its turn. Elias saw his own room, filmed from the corner of his ceiling. He saw himself sitting at his desk, staring at the screen. The video reached the 3:01 mark. The hum stopped. 14901 (1)mp4
"The (1) in the filename isn't a version number. It's the number of people currently inside." At the 3:01 mark, the hum stopped
Behind his chair, in the footage, the closet door began to slide open. Elias didn't look back. He just watched the screen as the multi-jointed shadow stretched across his own carpet. The camera passed row after row of identical