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He realized the "4" in the title wasn't a version number. It was a countdown.

A notification popped up on his actual desktop: 4 minutes remaining. 4__lustflixinmkv

Elias froze. He reached out to touch his desk, and on the screen, the figure did the same. But then, the video glitched. The timestamp on the file began to count backward. He realized the "4" in the title wasn't a version number

Elias pulled the power cord from the wall, but the monitor stayed lit. The progress bar on the faceless entity hit 100%. and on the screen

The screen went black. In the reflection of the glass, Elias saw the file name one last time, but it had changed: He wasn't the viewer anymore. He was the next chapter.