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 Posted: Sat May 28, 2016 2:57 pm
"Over here!" Lori called back and stepped out of his office. His computer was having a little episode anyway. He could take a quick break to help the resident kelpie out.
"Are you alright?"
Was Michael already wandering the halls and appearing at random? That usually happened shortly after the lights went out, if the lights went out in a particular year.
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Posted: Sat May 28, 2016 3:00 pm
Kevin took Lori's hand, looking around. "What's going on?" he asked. "Doesn't HQ have generators?" It was a government run thing, wouldn't they have them?
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Posted: Sat May 28, 2016 3:08 pm
"Uh, yeah. They're running the computers," Lori said, mouth pushing to one side. He accepted Kevin's hand without hesitation.
"It's Michael. It's his Day."
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Posted: Sat May 28, 2016 3:13 pm
"Michael's day?" Kevin echoed. Like, birthday or something? "Should we go see him, then? Why's he turning off all the lights?"
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Posted: Sat May 28, 2016 3:26 pm
"No!" Lori answered quickly, and then more calmly, "No. No. It's the anniversary of his death. He, uh. He loses it a little." A lot. "I should have warned you, I just assumed you already knew. He might appear anywhere. if you see something horrible, it's probably just Michael."
All other days he was like a normal man, for the most part. On his death date he was like when they had first found him, insane with time and pain.
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Posted: Sat May 28, 2016 3:35 pm
"Like the door rattling and illusions of blood?" Kevin asked. "He did that when he was upset about helping Toby." He paused and looked around again. "Are you sure we shouldn't go see him?" he asked.
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Posted: Sat May 28, 2016 3:37 pm
"Yeah, that, but worse," Lori warned. "He-- ... I-- ..." Lori and Michael had spoken after his death date several times to discuss the science and emotions behind it. Michael felt the need to be seen, but wanted no company. It was an odd sort of paradox.
"Yes. We shouldn't go see him."
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Posted: Sat May 28, 2016 3:51 pm
Worse than the scary blood under the door? Kevin was curious. He gave Lori a brief hug and headed towards Michael's room.
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Posted: Sat May 28, 2016 3:54 pm
Lori sighed. Teenagers. Well, they all learned one day or another.
The lights in the hallway flickered as Kevin traversed beneath them. There were horrible, carnal gargling noises, perhaps some choking, echoing from far off. Bloody fingerprints lay low at the floorboards.
Kevin was close, and Kevin was targeted.
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Posted: Sat May 28, 2016 4:05 pm
Kevin tried to ignore the sounds, and stopped in front of Michael's door. He knocked. "Michael, do you want to come play video games with me?" he asked. He noticed a teddy bear and a vase filled with flowers in front of the door. There was a note that told him they were from Maia. Seemed like a girly thing the selkie would do.
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Posted: Sat May 28, 2016 4:07 pm
The door slowly swung open, too new to creak, and the gasping became louder. All of the lights in the room were off and something hit the floor in the attic. The latter, at least, was a fairly normal sound from Michael.
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Posted: Sat May 28, 2016 4:09 pm
"You want me to come in?" Kevin took a step back. He didn't like the sounds coming from in the room. "Come to my apartment and you can play video games with me."
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Posted: Sat May 28, 2016 4:11 pm
The trap door to the attic swung open with a loud bang there was no reason for it to produce. The horrible sounds petered off. Something dropped from the attic to the floor. it sounded metallic.
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Posted: Sat May 28, 2016 4:19 pm
Kevin walked inside, curious about the metallic sound within the room. "What're you doing?" He asked. "Don't you want to come play? We can play minecraft and annoy the creepers. Or we could build iron golems."
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Posted: Sat May 28, 2016 4:24 pm
The door slammed behind Kevin, shrouding him in darkness. His foot hit the object that had fallen and skittered across the floor but didn't seem to hit anything. The room was suddenly cold.
The sound started again, this time more loudly and from directly behind Kevin.
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