After a solid five minutes of dramatic life reflection, I finally decide to waste my daily limited mobile data quota on this creepy-looking app.85Please respect copyright.PENANAL4isxkdeDh
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Because clearly, I make excellent decisions under boredom pressure.85Please respect copyright.PENANA7yQSrckmps
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The download starts crawling. 1%. 2%. 2%. Still 2%. Fantastic. I could bake bread, overthrow a small government, and it’d still be 2%.85Please respect copyright.PENANANCqruwXyWL
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“Alright,” I sigh, pushing my chair back. “You do your thing, haunted app. I’m gonna go, you know, exist for a bit.”85Please respect copyright.PENANAeBCZjKAUqd
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Which is my very poetic way of saying I need to pee.85Please respect copyright.PENANAnNq28fgHne
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I shuffle into the bathroom, muttering to myself about bad Wi-Fi and worse life choices. The mirror greets me with the same face that stayed up till 3 a.m. last night “just one more level.” I look like a sleep-deprived raccoon that discovered eyeliner.85Please respect copyright.PENANAUfYD81Q9yu
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“Gorgeous,” I tell my reflection. “Definitely ready to summon demons today.”85Please respect copyright.PENANAqUM0C0dar1
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I open the bathroom door, still humming the stupid jingle from my shampoo ad—85Please respect copyright.PENANAyIH6Ued6hV
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and stop.85Please respect copyright.PENANADN0HHr8DkV
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This… isn’t my room.85Please respect copyright.PENANAMjgf94ObIK
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My pink beanbag? Gone. My desk with the suspicious mug collection? Gone. Even my cat wallpaper is gone.85Please respect copyright.PENANAyLHxfYyu2L
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Instead, I’m standing in what looks like the inside of a history documentary.85Please respect copyright.PENANAqioLo4DMo5
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A palace — tall, arched ceilings, sunlight pouring through embroidered curtains, air smelling faintly of jasmine and smoke. The floor beneath my feet gleams like polished stone. I take a step, half expecting to wake up, half expecting some museum guard to yell at me for breathing too loud.85Please respect copyright.PENANAwlK08pxwDi
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“Okay,” I mutter, “either my landlord upgraded way beyond my rent bracket, or I died on the toilet.”85Please respect copyright.PENANAdre5E0iVd7
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I spin around to go back—85Please respect copyright.PENANAWYCnvo1yWw
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Except there’s no door.85Please respect copyright.PENANA7tH4go2FlA
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Just a smooth wall of marble where my bathroom should be.85Please respect copyright.PENANAvf2j1b2PgE
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My pulse skips. “Nope. Nope, nope, nope—”85Please respect copyright.PENANA68VfOyz9B2
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Then I notice it.85Please respect copyright.PENANAvENmxno7Um
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My clothes.85Please respect copyright.PENANAA5chdfWUT5
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My comfy hoodie and pajamas are gone, replaced by a long ivory dress that shimmers faintly when I move. Gold stitching along the sleeves, a ribbon tied around my waist like I’m some ancient princess in a costume drama.85Please respect copyright.PENANAzPI03ECsgJ
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“What in the time-traveling cosplay is this?” I whisper.85Please respect copyright.PENANAfBSNCVvpLJ
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The palace is quiet. Too quiet. I can hear faint birds somewhere far off, the kind of silence that makes you feel like the world’s holding its breath. I walk slowly down the corridor, my bare feet barely making a sound, and the air hums with something— energy? Memory? I don’t know.85Please respect copyright.PENANAVSSaSE7W2y
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And yet… it feels familiar.85Please respect copyright.PENANAMmxLznnCfD
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Like I’ve been here before.
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