He tried to close the tab. The mouse wouldn't move. He tried to pull the power cord. The screen stayed bright, powered by something other than the wall outlet.
Arthur was an archivist for "The Vault," a massive, semi-sentient streaming platform that housed every piece of media ever created. His job was to scrub "dead channels"—abandoned streams that had been flagged for deletion. Most were just static or grainy footage of empty rooms. Then he found .
The figure holding the camera stepped into the room. Arthur felt a cold draft hit the back of his neck.