When Elias bought the vintage camcorder from a local estate sale, he didn't expect to find anything on the internal memory. Most of these old devices were wiped clean by relatives before being sold. But when he plugged it into his workstation, a single file appeared in the directory: .

Elias turned around. The doorway was empty. When he looked back at the screen, the file was gone. In its place was a new folder named with today's date, containing a live stream from the very camcorder he had just set down on his desk. The red "REC" light was blinking.

Behind him, in the reflection of his own office doorway, was a sliver of silver foil.