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Oct 2025
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HSP Presents: The Timekeeper Ep. 1 "It'...

Heart Starts Pounding
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Episode 1 of 4 17-year-old Charlie (JUDAH LEWIS) shows up to his job at Funland to find his co-worker, Blake, dead and the building on fire with an ominous message scratched into the break room door: Tick Tock. Believing the message may be connected to the 13 Keys video game Blake was playing, Charlie tries to learn more about Jacob Fairchild, the game’s cr ... Show More
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