Chapter 1 - Goodnight

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I pace in front of my computer, waiting for the signal. I must send these girls back to their homes, as the experiment is complete.

I adjust my glasses, and sit down at my desk.

The screen shows six video feeds, each of a different person.

The first showed a teenage girl, lying in her bed on her smartphone.

The second, a boy in his mid twenties,  sketching out a blueprint to what seems to be a automatic something or other.

The third, a teenage boy, about the same age of the first, reading a quite a large book.

The fourth, again, a young female, playing some video game on her computer, laughing and talking to someone who didnt seem to be there.

The fifth, an older man, working at his computer, frowning most the time.

And the sixth, the final participant, sat alone in her room, watching a video on her tablet, oblivious to what will soon happen.

***

Haunter grunted from the doorway of the room.

It's time. I enter the code, and hit enter.

All six participants vanished from there rooms and the cameras turned off, to immediately turn on again, focused back on the same people.

I smiled. It worked.

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⏰ Last updated: Sep 23, 2015 ⏰

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