Mp4 — 379

Elias finally gathered the courage to turn around. His room was empty. The window was locked. Everything was normal. He let out a shaky breath and turned back to his computer to delete the shortcut. But the file was gone. In its place was a new one: 380.mp4 . The timestamp? One minute from now.

Elias felt the air in the room grow heavy. His mouse hovered over the ‘X’ to close the window, but his finger wouldn’t move. On the screen, a shadow began to stretch across the floor of the recorded room—a shadow that didn't belong to any furniture. 379 mp4

The folder was a graveyard of old memories—blurry vacation photos, "New Project (Final) (2).doc," and dozens of unnamed video clips. But at the very bottom of the list sat 379.mp4 . Elias finally gathered the courage to turn around