The timestamp in the corner read:
Eris’s throat went dry. “Who is this?”
She hit play.
“Today is May 28th,” the woman continued. “I’m in Penbang—that’s what we started calling it. The underground lab beneath the old Baeyeonseo Temple ruins. Three months from now, on August 6th, you’re going to receive a request to delete a certain file from the satellite archive. Do not delete it.”
The video opened on a woman who looked exactly like her, but older. Same scar above the left eyebrow. Same nervous habit of tucking hair behind her ear. She sat in a room with no windows. Fluorescent lights buzzed overhead. Behind her, a whiteboard was covered in equations that made Eris’s temples throb. Video Title- KA24080630-baeyeonseo5wol28ilpaenbang
“Archival Division, this is Eris.”
The timestamp in the video said May 28th, 2024. That was almost two years ago. But the woman in the video had been her. Same face. Same voice. Same scar. The timestamp in the corner read: Eris’s throat went dry
Wait.