Valentine’s Day, 2014. Elias remembered that year—the year the local high school, Coles Academy, had its servers wiped by a "prank" that went wrong. Or so the story went. He clicked "Extract."

The progress bar crawled. 10%... 40%... 80%. When it finished, a single folder appeared. Inside weren't photos of dances or love letters. Instead, there were eight audio files, each labeled with a room number from the old west wing of the school. He clicked the first one: .

A notification popped up on his screen. was now downloading automatically.