The second I linked through I knew I was in trouble.

Sun scorched desert air fell on me with the weight of centuries of windblown grit and my lungs seized in mid breath. My hand instinctively flew towards the recall hex on the console and my stomach turned to water as it registered that I had never, ever seen a console like this. Nobody not dead for ages had.

I had linked to a blank site.

I wasn't in trouble. I was dead.

I'd heard the stories and seen the vids.

I reached for the console....