Vid-0060.mp4

Cut back to the silent room. The tape is running out. Dr. Thorne urges the viewer to "find the key under the fern".

The camera zooms in on a flickering red light on the recorder, signaling a message is playing. A researcher, Dr. Aris Thorne, appears on screen, looking distressed. He states, "If you're watching this, the containment breach was successful, but the containment protocol failed". 3. Rising Action (Building Tension) VID-0060.mp4

The tape reel spins to its end, creating a loud, rhythmic thwack-thwack-thwack sound against the machine. The red light turns off, plunging the scene into silence. The camera pans away from the machine to a withered potted fern in the corner of the room. Cut back to the silent room