Chapter 1: A Three Second Time Loop
Chapter 1: A Three Second Time Loop (Initiating recursion...) Yep…. I got caught in a time loop. No joke. As far as I can tell, I’m still there. ERROR: TIMESTAMP UNSTABLE. CORRUPTION DETECTED. RECURSIVE FRACTAL INITIALIZED. It all begins with me sitting on my couch. I find myself staring at the back of my hands, and I am hyper-aware of being in this particular moment. Everything feels exaggerated and somehow imposing. The colors are too bright. The furniture is too imposing. I feel nervous and unsteady. LOADING… FRAGMENT RECOGNIZED: USER IDENTIFIED: WILLIAM CONNECTION ESTABLISHED TO [MIRROR]. DO NOT LOOK IN THE MIRROR. In real life... Yes. In real life, I would be sitting on the couch, and I am on the couch. I'm here. This is real... Right? But my mind races through countless timelines that collapse around me. “This is a set on a stage,” I think, and I look up and see a rig of stage lights above me. (Stage. S...