(31) Ts | Dropbox

His breath hitched. He tried to close the tab, but the browser froze. A notification popped up in the corner of his screen: “Dropbox (31) ts is syncing…”

In the silence of his real apartment, Elias heard the floorboard creak behind his chair. He didn't turn around. He looked at the timestamp on the video file. It didn't show a date from the past. It was counting down. Dropbox (31) ts

He watched the file count in his local folder climb. 21... 25... 30. He reached the final file: . His breath hitched

Elias didn't want to click it, but the video began to autoplay. It showed a high-angle view of a small, cluttered apartment. A man sat at a desk, his face illuminated by the blue light of a monitor. On the screen within the video, the man was watching a video of a man sitting at a desk. He didn't turn around