01 / PATENT VOID

THE

02 / LIQUID GOLD

SECOND

03 / BACK ROOM

WORLD

WORLD UNDER WARRANTY

the first world was the showroom; this is the back room where the machinery sweats.

INVENTORY OF THE AFTERWORLD six relics recovered from the glossy ruin
MIRROR / 11:09

MIRROR

black glass keeps a copy of every exit you refused.

SIGNAL / 35F2

SIGNAL

a cyan spark talks through gold teeth.

DEBT / 7A55

DEBT

pawn-shop glamour, signed twice, paid never.

PAST DUE
GLITCH / 05:03

GLITCH

the luxury terminal admits it is haunted.

GOLD / D6A8

GOLD

not wealth: a repair material for the afterlayer.

WITNESS / RAW

WITNESS

late-night confession captured by a scratched flip phone.

“I rebuilt reality with whatever shiny pieces survived.”
SECOND SIGNAL / THE AFTERLAYER REMEMBERS / GLAMOUR WITH THE WIRES OUT
the first world sold the shinethis one shows the solder
mirror shard flipsgate rotates open
no product, no rescueonly a threshold humming gold
CONFESSION / 00:02

“I heard a room behind the room. It was wearing rhinestones and telling the truth.”

REENTRY

not a product
but a threshold

the second world opens only where the black lacquer cracked.

ENTER THE BACK ROOM