Video Title- Ka24080630-baeyeonseo5wol28ilpaenbang -

“Archival Division, this is Eris.”

A man’s voice, calm and terribly familiar though she’d never heard it before, said: “You just played file KA24080630. Did you finish the video?”

Her desk phone rang. She almost didn’t answer.

“This file is not a recording,” the future Eris said. “It’s a key . On August 6th, the sky over the Yellow Sea will turn purple. Not sunset. Not aurora. A resonance cascade from the quantum relay we’re building here in Penbang. You’ll hear a sound like a bell struck underwater. When that happens, play this file on the main terminal at the Institute. Not your laptop. Not your phone. The main terminal.” Video Title- KA24080630-baeyeonseo5wol28ilpaenbang

Someone—or some thing —had already watched this file on August 6th, 2024. Eighteen months before she, Eris, had ever laid eyes on it.

And in the underground lab beneath the old Baeyeonseo Temple ruins, a bell began to ring.

The timestamp in the corner read:

She checked her phone. The date was .

“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.”

Eris leaned closer. Her coffee went cold. “Archival Division, this is Eris

Wait.

She hit play.

First Accessed: 2024-08-06 20:06:30 KST — the same date as the file name. Last Modified: Never. “This file is not a recording,” the future Eris said

She looked back at the screen. The video player had changed. A new line of text glowed faintly beneath the frozen final frame: