Bbs2 -bobby-s Nightshift Parts 1 2- -

Bobby looked at his reflection in the dark glass of the terminal. For years, he had told himself the nightshift was a dead-end. Lonely. Forgotten. But now, for the first time, he realized: he had never been alone.

The reply was instant: THE NIGHT WATCH. WE HAVE BEEN MONITORING THIS STATION FOR 11 YEARS. YOU ARE THE FIRST TO NOTICE THE GAP.

YOU WORK WHEN OTHERS SLEEP. YOU LISTEN WHEN OTHERS TALK. YOU ARE THE QUIET ONE. WE NEED THE QUIET ONES. BBS2 -Bobby-s Nightshift Parts 1 2-

The file was small—a few kilobytes of text and a single audio clip. Bobby played the clip through the BBS2’s tinny speaker. A voice, layered like two people speaking the same words a heartbeat apart:

ACCEPT OR DECLINE?

BOBBY. THE LAST NIGHT WATCH AT THIS STATION RETIRED IN 1999. HIS NAME WAS ARTHUR. HE LEFT YOU A MESSAGE.

Bobby looked around the empty basement. The stairwell was dark. The coffee was cold. He pressed . Bobby looked at his reflection in the dark

At 2:47 AM, he got something else.

BBS2://NIGHTSHIFT.ACK//SOURCE:UNKNOWN//MESSAGE:BOBBY. WE SEE YOU. Forgotten