You try to find the original uploader (Patreon)

You refuse to keep staring at the looping video. Instead you open your laptop, pause the clip, and start digging. Frame by frame, metadata, reverse image searches, archived uploads—anything that might lead back to the source. It takes almost an hour, but the trail finally sharpens. The original account is buried under layers of throwaway usernames, yet one recovered email fragment and a partial IP log both point to the same place: the company network… specifically a workstation in accounting.

Sarah.

You lean back in your chair, staring at her name on the screen. Quiet, polite Sarah who always says good morning with a small smile. Cute in that soft, unassuming way that made her easy to overlook. Why would she post something like this? Why target you?

Your phone still sits on the desk, the garage video frozen on the last frame. The caption “You’re next” feels heavier now that you know who sent it.

What do you do now?

Call Sarah

It was too easy to find her something is wrong

Panic and try to skip town

Report Sarah to the police