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The center of the room is occupied by a "void"—a tear in the visual space of the video. It looks like a digital artifact, a black square that doesn't follow the camera's perspective. As Marcus approaches, the audio begins to distort, pitching his voice up until it sounds like a mechanical scream.

Marcus drops the camera. As it hits the floor, it tilts upward. For a fraction of a second, we see what Marcus saw: a figure standing over him that looks exactly like Marcus, but its skin has the same iridescent, moving texture as the hallway walls. URE-088-ES.mp4

The camera flickers to life, showing a narrow, concrete hallway lit by a single, swinging fluorescent bulb. This is the sub-basement of the ES facility. The person holding the camera—identified in logs as Junior Technician Marcus Vane—is running. The footage is shaky, but you can see the walls are coated in a dark, iridescent substance that seems to move against the direction of the camera. The center of the room is occupied by