The screen flickered. His boring Windows wallpaper vanished, replaced by a high-definition video of a rainy street in a city he didn’t recognize. It was beautiful—the neon lights of a "Sadeem Café" blurred in the puddles. But as Elias watched, he noticed something strange. A figure in the video, standing under an awning, looked exactly like him. The figure checked their watch, then looked directly into the camera—directly at Elias.
He tried to close the program, but the "X" button did nothing. He pulled the power cord, but the monitor stayed lit, powered by some phantom current. On the screen, the figure on the rainy street started walking toward the camera. imDesktop 200_SadeemPCcomrar
Elias backed away from his desk, his heart hammering. As the figure reached the "glass" of his monitor, a notification popped up in the corner of his screen: “Installation Complete.” The screen flickered