What started as a straightforward case of one woman monitoring the digital presence of another has now evolved into something far more complicated—perhaps even symbiotic.

“It’s not stalking if they’re watching you back,” explained Ivy Carter, while meticulously cataloging Delilah Moore’s cryptic Instagram captions on her increasingly unhinged red-string conspiracy board. “At this point, it’s just… research.”

Delilah, meanwhile, has maintained a strict policy of plausible deniability, reassuring mutual acquaintances that she definitely does not check Ivy’s stories—while also posting thinly veiled references to their dynamic. “People see what they want to see,” she recently wrote, alongside a blurry black-and-white photo of a locked door.

Psychologists have dubbed this phenomenon "Reciprocal Digital Lurking Disorder" (RDL)—a condition where neither party can remember who initiated the surveillance but both refuse to log off first. “One moment, you’re the victim,” explains Dr. Linda Meyers. “The next, you’re framed in the window like a ghostly apparition, smirking through the glass like a social media poltergeist.”

At press time, Ivy and Delilah were last seen posting eerily similar existential quotes within 15 minutes of each other, signaling that this battle of digital wills is far from over.