Drpt-030

“How do we stop it?” the director’s voice crackled.

He rolled the sphere into the hallway. The shard turned.

But the cube remained. Solid. Unchanging. drpt-030

Where the hub had been, a single gray cube rested on the bedrock. One inch per side. Perfectly smooth. Absolute zero on the inside. Infinity on the outside.

Today, the rule broke.

Dr. Aris’s last note was found carved into the bedrock beneath it:

Aris ran.

Aris grabbed the emergency mic. “drpt-030 has woven. Initiate Solid Protocol.”