Story

Introduction

It’s a beautiful morning, and you wake up to pleasant summer light, the smell of a breeze, and the sound of cicadas.

But as you prepare to head off for the day’s classes, a wave of unease washes over you. Something doesn’t feel quite right, almost as if the world was thrown the slightest bit off balance. The chirping of the birds and insects sounds just a little different, and you can discern the dissonance in their harmony.

You seem to miss the bus by seconds each time.

You spill your water over your laptop.

There’s no more hand soap in the washroom.

You got the wrong order for lunch.

Your laptop runs out of battery just before you submit your assignment.

As you wrap up your last class of the day, the disquiet slowly morphs into dread. In conversations with friends and discussions on online forums, you realise that you’re not the only one noticing these unusual phenomena, and you decide to investigate the anomalies occurring all around campus...