Episode 59: Dead Signal

Marked to Vanish – Part XXVI

When they emerged, the sky above Pau Claris flickered, grey as a glitch. The avenue’s symmetry was corrupted—lamp posts leaned wrong, shutters blinked, and pigeons flew backwards.

Alex stumbled. The ground beneath his boots crackled like hard drive static.

“We’re in a bleed,” Lina muttered. “Real world spliced with Archive ghost code. He’s testing somethi…