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The children were smiling — frozen, wide-mouthed smiles that stretched too long. The candles on the cake flickered downward , wax dripping up toward the ceiling. A clown in the corner didn’t move for the first forty seconds, then turned its head 180 degrees without its body following.

Then: a birthday party. But something was wrong. ogomovoies

The tape hissed when they slid it into the player. Static bloomed like gray snow. The children were smiling — frozen, wide-mouthed smiles

The timestamp read: . But the furniture was from the 70s. The TV in the background showed a news anchor reporting on a war that hasn’t started yet. The children were smiling — frozen