He tried to pause the MP3, but the spacebar did nothing. He tried to turn down the volume, but the slider on his desktop moved upward on its own. The music shifted into a frantic, high-BPM techno remix of a funeral march. Outside his window, the streetlights began to flicker in perfect sync with the bassline.
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Panic set in. Leo reached for the power cord of his PC, but before he could pull it, the music stopped abruptly. Silence filled the room, heavier than the noise. He tried to pause the MP3, but the spacebar did nothing