Beach.exe
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The screen on my phone flickers, a warning message appearing that shouldn't exist:
WELCOME TO COASTAL SIMULATION V.2.4
STATUS: RUNNING
USERS CONNECTED: 4
WARNING: REALITY PROTOCOLS COMPROMISED
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DO YOU WISH TO CONTINUE?
I blink, and it's gone. But something else isn't right.
My parents' room is empty, their bed untouched. Jake's gaming console displays a town that looks exactly like this one, but he swears he's just watching TV. And that couple on the beach, Ethan and Lily? They appear in a photograph from 1924, looking exactly the same.
The house is watching. The town is changing. And the whispers in the walls keep saying only one thing:
"Time is running out."
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