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The screen didn't show a movie, but a live feed of a hallway—the very hallway outside Elias’s basement office. In the center of the frame, a digital timestamp flickered: . Elias looked at his watch. It was 16:30.

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Panic, cold and sharp, spiked in his chest. He watched the screen as a grainy version of himself walked into the frame, carrying a mug of coffee he hadn't brewed yet. The video-Elias paused, looked directly into the camera lens with wide, terrified eyes, and held up a handwritten sign. It read: DO NOT LOOK BEHIND YOU. It was 16:30

Elias sat in the sudden darkness, his breath hitching in his throat. He didn't turn around. He didn't have to. He just watched the static on the monitor slowly resolve into a new filename: .