Localhost 1203 Proktor — ~upd~

A terminal emulator he’d never installed was open on the lock screen. One line of text:

Then, from his phone in his pocket—a single buzz. He didn’t want to look. But he did.

The screen filled with data—but not his server’s usual logs. These were external IPs. Dates. Timestamps. Commands he’d never typed. Someone—or something—had been using his sandbox as a relay. And the last active session was timestamped five minutes ago. localhost 1203 proktor

He pulled the plug.

[REDACTED]

“What do you mean, redacted?” Leo said aloud, fingers flying: show full logs. override proktor.

Leo’s hand hovered over the keyboard. This wasn’t possible. It was a script. A prank. A corrupted VM. A terminal emulator he’d never installed was open

proktor, who was connected just now?