Panicked, Arthur looked at his office door. It was closed. He looked back at the screen. The hand on the video reached for the doorknob.
Arthur was an archivist for "The Vault," a massive, semi-sentient streaming platform that housed every piece of media ever created. His job was to scrub "dead channels"—abandoned streams that had been flagged for deletion. Most were just static or grainy footage of empty rooms. Then he found .  Unblock This Channel
He didn't turn around. He couldn't. He just watched the screen as the figure reached out a hand toward the "Arthur" on the monitor. Panicked, Arthur looked at his office door
The doorknob to his physical office began to turn. On the screen, the door swung open. Arthur saw himself from behind, sitting in his chair, bathed in the purple glow of the monitor. The hand on the video reached for the doorknob
The camera panned slowly toward a door. On the frosted glass, the gold lettering read:
He tried to close the tab. The mouse wouldn't move. He tried to pull the power cord. The screen stayed bright, powered by something other than the wall outlet.