A researcher named Sarah appeared in the frame. She wasn’t screaming; she was laughing, a sound that didn't match the terror in her eyes. She held a small, obsidian-like stone up to the camera—something they had pulled from a thermal vent an hour prior.
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The video opened with a shaky frame of a metal mess hall. It was November 25, 2022. At 11:33 AM, the station’s clocks should have been synchronized, but in the background, a digital wall clock was spinning backward. A researcher named Sarah appeared in the frame