Elias frowned. He looked at the header. The date on the log was tomorrow’s date.

He scrolled faster. The "19x" didn't refer to a version number; it was a count. There were nineteen users listed in the file. All of them were currently "Active" according to the status light at the top of the window.

The cursor blinked at the end of the line: Download 19x meetme txt .

[02:14:09] [User_8821] - "Is someone there?"

The file opened in a basic text editor. Thousands of lines of timestamps and geographic coordinates scrolled past. It looked like standard metadata until he reached the "Transcript" column.

A soft notification chime echoed not from his computer, but from the dark hallway behind him.

[02:15:24] [User_0019] - "Download 19x meetme txt" Elias stopped typing. The screen updated in real-time. [02:15:28] [User_0019] - (Ambient: Chair creaking)