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hello everyone and welcome back to the crypted stories i know many of you use these videos to fall asleep so before
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world now adjust your volume and relax yourself to start our terrifying tale
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story one i remember the day I purchased the antique piano for my new apartment
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with utmost clarity as it was a moment that was filled with a sense of excitement and anticipation it was in
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beautiful instrument with intricately carved legs and a polished surface that seemed to glow in the light i had always
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been fascinated by music and the thought of having such a lovely piano in my home was a truly thrilling prospect i spent
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the entire day arranging the furniture and decorating the space and when the sun began to set I sat down at the piano
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and played a few tentative notes feeling the cool wood beneath my fingertips as the night wore on I became aware of a
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feeling of fatigue and I decided that it was time for me to retire to my bedroom i turned off the lights and climbed into
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bed feeling grateful for the peacefulness of my new home but as I drifted off to sleep I was suddenly
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awakened by the sound of music and I sat up in bed with a start wondering who could be playing the piano at such a
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late hour i looked at the clock on my bedside table and I was shocked to see that it was 3:20 in the morning i threw
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off the covers and got out of bed and I walked slowly into the living room where I was met with a sight that filled me
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with a sense of wonder and unease the piano was playing a beautiful haunting melody and I could hear a low mournful
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humming sound that seemed to be coming from inside the walls at first I was frozen with fear unable to move or speak
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as I struggled to comprehend what I was experiencing but as I listened to the music I began to feel a sense of calm
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wash over me and I sat down on the couch mesmerized by the sound the humming grew
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louder and I could feel the vibrations of the music through the floor and I became aware of a presence around me a
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sense of being that seemed to be watching me with cold unblinking eyes i tried to tell myself that it was just my
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imagination that the sound was simply the result of the old building settling but deep down I knew that I was not
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alone as the days passed I found myself becoming increasingly obsessed with the mysterious melody and I would lie in bed
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at night waiting for the sound to begin my heart pounding with anticipation i
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would get out of bed and sit in the living room listening to the music and feeling the presence around me a
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presence that seemed to be growing stronger with each passing night i began to feel a sense of connection to the
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music as if it was speaking to me telling me secrets that I could not quite decipher i tried to research the
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history of the piano hoping to uncover some clue as to the source of the mysterious sound but I found nothing and
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I was left with only my own fears and suspicions as the nights wore on the music became more intense the humming
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louder and I could feel the presence drawing closer until I could sense its cold breath on the back of my neck i was
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trapped in a state of suspended terror unable to move or escape as the music seemed to be pulling me deeper into its
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dark abyssal world and then one night as I sat in the living room listening to the melody I heard a voice a low
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whispery voice that seemed to be coming from inside the walls singing along with the music the voice was soft and
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melancholy and it seemed to be singing a song of sorrow and loss and I felt a sense of recognition as if I had heard
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the voice before though I could not quite place it as I listened to the voice I felt a sense of sadness wash
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over me and I realized that the music was not just a random sound but a message a message from someone who was
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trapped inside the walls someone who was trying to communicate with me i felt a sense of compassion and empathy and I
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reached out with my mind trying to connect with the presence to understand its story and its pain and as I did the
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music stopped the humming ceased and the voice fell silent and I was left with only the sound of my own heartbeat
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pounding in my ears i sat in the silence feeling a sense of wonder and awe and I
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knew that my life would never be the same for I had uncovered a secret a secret that would haunt me for the rest
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of my days story two i remember the day that I received the package it is etched
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in my mind with perfect clarity the doorbell rang and I rose from my chair
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wondering who it could be as I was not expecting any deliveries i made my way to the entrance of my home and upon
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opening the door I found a plain brown box sitting on the porch with my name written on it in black ink the package
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was unmarked except for my name and it did not have any indication of who had sent it or what it contained i picked it
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up and it felt surprisingly heavy as if it was filled with something substantial
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as I carried the package back into my home I could not help but feel a sense of curiosity and a slight degree of
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trepidation i placed the package on the kitchen table and carefully opened it
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expecting to find something mundane such as a book or a household item however as
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I lifted the lid I was met with a site that made my blood run cold inside the
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package I found a photo album bound in a strange black leather with my name embossed on the cover in the same black
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ink that was used on the package i opened the album and was immediately confronted with a series of photographs
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that depicted me sleeping in various locations that I had never seen before
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the photographs were candid and they appeared to have been taken without my knowledge or consent i was shown lying
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on a bed in a room that was completely unfamiliar to me with furnishings and decorations that I had never seen before
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in another photograph I was shown sleeping on a couch in a living room that was filled with strange and exotic
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objects that I did not recognize i felt a sense of dread as I turned the pages
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of the album and saw image after image of myself sleeping in houses that I had
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never lived in i could not understand who could have taken these photographs or why they had sent them to me in such
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a strange and ominous manner as I continued to examine the photographs I
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began to feel a sense of disorientation and confusion i could not shake the feeling that I was losing my grip on
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reality and that my sense of identity was being slowly and methodically
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undermined i started to question my own memories and experiences wondering if
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they were real or if they were just a product of my imagination the photographs seemed to be suggesting that
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I had lived a life that was separate from my own a life that I had no knowledge of or memory of i felt a sense
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of horror as I realized that I was staring into the face of a stranger who looked exactly like me i spent the rest
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of the day in a days trying to make sense of the photographs and the implications that they carried i felt
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like I was trapped in a neverending nightmare from which I could not awaken as the evening drew to a close I became
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increasingly anxious and fearful wondering what other secrets the album might hold and what other revelations it
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might bring i knew that I had to try and uncover the truth behind the photographs
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and the mysterious package that had brought them into my life i was determined to follow the trail of clues
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no matter where it might lead and to confront the darkness that was lurking
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just beneath the surface of my reality as I sat in the darkness of my home
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surrounded by the eerie and unsettling atmosphere of the photographs I began to
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feel a sense of unease and forboding i knew that I was on the threshold of a
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journey that would take me to the very limits of my sanity and my understanding
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of the world i was about to embark on a descent into the heart of madness and
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terror and I was not sure if I would ever be able to return the photographs had unlocked a door in my mind and I was
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powerless to stop the darkness that was pouring out of it i was consumed by a
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sense of impending doom and I knew that my life would never be the same again
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story three i remember the day my husband and I moved into the old farmhouse with perfect clarity the smell
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of freshly cut grass and the warmth of the summer sun on my skin still vivid in
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my mind it was supposed to be a new beginning for us a chance to leave behind the stress of city life and start
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a new in the countryside as we were unpacking the last of the boxes I noticed a small rusted door in the
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corner of the backyard partially hidden by a thick veil of overgrown bushes the
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real estate agent had mentioned a storm seller but I had not thought much of it at the time my husband however seemed
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immediately drawn to it his curiosity peaked by the large old-fashioned lock that secured the door as the days passed
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I found myself becoming increasingly fascinated by the storm cellar my mind
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wandering to the possibilities of what could be hidden beneath our feet my husband too appeared to be obsessed with
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the idea of unlocking the door his eyes gleaming with a mixture of excitement and trepidation whenever he spoke of it
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it was not until we finally managed to procure a key however that the true horror of our situation began to unfold
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as we made our way down the creaking stairs the air grew thick with the scent of damp earth and decay and I could feel
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a sense of unease settling in the pit of my stomach it was then that we stumbled upon an old tape recorder surrounded by
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stacks of dusty cassette tapes each one labeled with a date and time that seemed
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to correspond to a specific argument or conversation at first I was skeptical
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thinking that it must be some kind of prank or a relic from the previous owners but as we began to listen to the
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recordings I realized that the voices on the tapes were ours my husband and I
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arguing about things that we had not yet discussed the words were familiar yet strange like a echo from a future that
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had not yet come to pass i felt a shiver run down my spine as I listened to my own voice the tone and inflection eerily
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accurate yet somehow off like a mimicry of my own speech my husband too seemed
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to be deeply unsettled his eyes darting back and forth as he tried to make sense of the recordings as we continued to
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listen the arguments grew more heated the topics more personal and I could feel a sense of dread building inside me
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as if I was being pulled towards some kind of inevitable confrontation as the days turned into weeks I found myself
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becoming increasingly paranoid my mind racing with thoughts of who could have made these recordings and why my husband
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too seemed to be spiraling out of control his behavior growing more erratic and withdrawn the arguments on
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the tapes began to seep into our everyday conversations the words and phrases echoing in my mind like a mantra
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i started to feel like I was living in a nightmare trapped in a neverending cycle of recrimination and anger and yet
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despite the horror of our situation I could not seem to tear myself away from the tapes listening to them over and
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over again searching for some kind of clue or hidden message it was not until I stumbled upon a recording that had not
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yet been made a conversation that had not yet occurred that the true extent of our situation became clear the voices on
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the tape were ours but the words were not the conversation twisted and distorted like a reflection in a
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funhouse mirror i felt a sense of cold dread wash over me as I realized that we
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were not just listening to recordings of our past but we're also being forced to confront the darkest aspects of our own
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psyches the storm cellar once a symbol of safety and security had become a
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portal to a twisted and surreal world one that threatened to consume us whole
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as I stood there frozen in terror I knew that I had to make a choice to confront
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the darkness head on or to flee from it and risk being haunted by the echoes of our own doomed future story four i
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remember the day I was born or at least I remember the stories my mother has told me about it she says that when I
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emerged into this world the doctors and nurses were taken aback by my eyes one a
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deep shade of blue the other a vibrant green they called it heterocchromia a
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rare condition where the eyes have different colors my mother says that she was both fascinated and frightened by my
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unusual appearance and as I grew older I began to realize that my eyes were not
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just a curious anomaly but a window into two separate worlds as a child I did not
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notice anything out of the ordinary except that I would sometimes see things that other people did not i would point
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to empty spaces and exclaim that I saw someone standing there only to be met with confused glances and condescending
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smiles my parents thought I had a vivid imagination and they encouraged me to
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explore my creativity through art and storytelling but as I entered my teenage years I started to experience strange
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and unsettling occurrences i would catch glimpses of people out of the corner of my eye only to turn and find no one
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there i would see shadowy figures lurking in the background their faces twisted into macob grins and I would
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hear whispers in my ear soft and raspy voices that seemed to come from all around me it was not until I turned 16
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that I discovered the horrifying truth about my eyes i was sitting in class
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staring blankly at the teacher as she droned on about algebra when I noticed that my blue eyes saw the living
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breathing students around me while my green eyes saw the dead at first I thought I was going crazy that the
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stress of school and social pressures were getting to me but as I looked around the room I realized that the dead
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were everywhere watching me with cold calculating gazes they were the ones who had been whispering in my ear their
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voices like a gentle breeze on a summer day and they were the ones who had been lurking in the shadows waiting for me to
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notice them as the days passed I became more and more aware of the dead their presence suffocating me like a shroud i
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would see them everywhere I went their eyes following me like a grim procession i tried to ignore them to focus on my
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schoolwork and my friends but I could not shake the feeling that they were watching me waiting for me to make a
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wrong move i began to feel like I was living in a nightmare trapped in a world where the living and the dead coexisted
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in an uneasy harmony and I started to wonder if I was the only one who could see them or if there were others out
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there who shared my strange and terrifying gift one night I woke up to find a figure standing in my bedroom its
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eyes glowing with an otherworldly light my blue eye saw a dark shape a silhouette against the moonlight window
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but my green eyes saw a face twisted and grotesque with eyes that seemed to bore into my soul i tried to scream but my
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voice was frozen in my throat unable to escape the figure began to move closer
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its presence filling the room with an unspeakable horror and I knew that I was doomed i was trapped in a world where
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the dead were always watching always waiting and I was the only one who could see them and in that moment I realized
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that I was not just a girl with heterocchromia but a vessel for the dead a conduit to the other side as the
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figure loomed over me its cold breath on my skin I felt my mind slipping away
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consumed by a madness that threatened to destroy me I was torn between two worlds
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unable to escape the living and unable to join the dead and in that moment I
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knew that I would never be free that I would always be haunted by the eyes that saw the living and the dead and the dead
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who watched me back with an unblinking gaze the darkness closed in around me a
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suffocating shroud that threatened to consume me whole and I knew that I was forever lost in a world of horror where
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the living and the dead were inextricably linked and I was the key that unlocked the door to the abyss
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story five i remember the day I unearthed the dining room with perfect clarity the same way I recall the smell
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of my mother's cooking on Sundays when I was a child it was a smell that seemed to transport me to a different time a
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time when life was simpler and the world was not as dark and foroding as it is now my team and I had been excavating
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the site for weeks digging a foundation for a new skyscraper in the heart of the city the ground was hard and unyielding
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a testament to the countless generations that had lived and died above us as I operated the backhoe the machine's
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hydraulic arm tearing into the earth I stumbled upon something unexpected a layer of wood perfectly preserved 20 ft
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underground at first I thought it was an old foundation a remnant of a longforgotten building but as I
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carefully cleared away the dirt and debris I realized it was something much more unusual it was a door ornate and
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intricately carved with a large iron knocker in the shape of a lion's head i
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felt a shiver run down my spine as I reached out to touch the door my fingers tracing the carved patterns wondering
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what kind of people would have installed such a door and what kind of lives they would have led behind it the door
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creaked as I pushed it open the sound echoing through the tunnel like a sigh and I stepped inside my eyes adjusting
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to the dim light i found myself in a Victorian dining room the table set with
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fine china and crystal glasses a centerpiece of candles and flowers that seemed to be waiting for the guests to
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arrive and then I saw at a place setting with a plate a glass and a napkin all
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perfectly arranged with a small handwritten note that read "For the guest who digs deepest." I felt a wave
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of unease wash over me as I stared at the note my mind racing with questions
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who had written this note and why had they set a place for me specifically I thought about all the people who had
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worked on this site before me the countless laborers who had dug and hauled and built and I wondered if any
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of them had stumbled upon this room and if they had what had happened to them i looked around the room again this time
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taking in the smaller details the way the light danced through the crystals the smell of old wood and dust the
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feeling of being in a place that was both familiar and yet completely alien and then I saw the portraits on the wall
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old and faded but still bearing the faces of people who had lived and laughed and loved in this very room
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people who had eaten at this table and drunk from these glasses as I stood there frozen in wonder I began to feel a
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creeping sense of dread a feeling that I was not alone in the room that someone or something was watching me waiting for
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me to make a move i tried to shake off the feeling telling myself it was just my imagination but it only seemed to
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grow stronger more insistent i thought about leaving about getting out of the room and back into the bright sunlight
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but my feet seemed rooted to the spot unable to move unable to tear myself away from the table and the place
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setting and the note and then without thinking I sat down in the chair feeling the wood creek beneath me and I picked
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up the napkin and I unfolded it and I read the words that were written on it "Welcome home." In that moment I felt a
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sense of recognition a sense of belonging that I had never felt before it was as if I had finally found a place
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where I was meant to be a place where I could be myself without fear of judgment or rejection but as I looked around the
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room again I realized that this sense of belonging came with a price a price that I was not sure I was willing to pay the
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room seemed to be shifting the walls closing in the air growing thick and heavy and I felt myself becoming trapped
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trapped in a world that was not my own a world that was both familiar and yet completely alien and as I sat there
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frozen in terror I knew that I had to make a choice to stay in this room and become a part of its dark and twisted
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history or to leave and try to find my way back to the world above a world that
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seemed to be growing farther and farther away with each passing moment as I sat there the darkness closing in around me
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I realized that the choice was not mine to make the room had already made its choice and I was just a part of its
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twisted plan a plan that I could not even begin to understand and as the darkness consumed me I knew that I would
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never be the same again that I would never be able to escape the horror that I had uncovered 20 ft underground the
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last thing I remember is the feeling of the napkin in my hand the words welcome home staring back at me a cruel and
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twisted joke a joke that I would never be able to laugh at again story six i
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remember the night that has become itched in my mind like a grotesque scar a night that I am unable to forget no
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matter how desperately I wish to do so it was a sweltering summer evening and I was lying in my bed feeling suffocated
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by the oppressive heat that seemed to permeate every pore of my body i reached over to turn on my bedroom fan and as
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the blades began to rotate I felt a sense of relief wash over me a sense of
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relief that was short-lived however for as the fan started to hum I began to hear the whispers faint at first but
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growing louder and more distinct with each passing moment the voices were soft and raspy and they seemed to be coming
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from all around me echoing off the walls of my bedroom and I felt a shiver run
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down my spine as I realized that I was not alone the voices were whispering
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secrets secrets that I was not supposed to know secrets that my family had kept
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hidden from me for so long they told me about my father's infidelity about the
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countless nights he had spent away from home about the lies he had told my mother and about the pain he had caused
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her they told me about my mother's desperation about the ways in which she had tried to cope with the stress and
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the anguish about the tears she had cried in private and about the smile she had forced onto her face for my benefit
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as I listened to the whispers I felt my mind reeling my thoughts spinning out of control and I was unable to comprehend
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the magnitude of what I was being told i had always thought that my family was perfect that we were happy and content
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but now I was beginning to realize that everything was not as it seemed the voices continued to whisper telling me
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more and more secrets secrets that I did not want to hear secrets that I wished I
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could unhear but it was too late the damage was done and I was left to pick up the pieces of my shattered world i
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tried to turn off the fan to stop the whispers but they only grew louder more urgent and I felt myself becoming
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obsessed with the secrets that were being revealed to me i was unable to sleep unable to eat and unable to
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concentrate on anything except the whispers and the secrets they were telling me my parents noticed the change
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in me and they asked me what was wrong but I was unable to tell them unable to share the burden that I was carrying i
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felt like I was living in a nightmare a nightmare from which I could not awaken and I did not know how to escape as the
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days passed the whispers continued and I found myself becoming more and more withdrawn i stopped going to school
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stopped seeing my friends and stopped leaving my bedroom i was trapped in a world of secrets and lies and I did not
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know how to find my way out the voices were my only companions and they continued to whisper continued to tell
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me secrets secrets that I did not want to hear and then one night the whispers
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stopped and I was left with an oppressive silence a silence that was more terrifying than the whispers had
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ever been i am sitting in my bedroom now surrounded by the darkness and I am
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waiting for the whispers to start again i am waiting to hear more secrets more lies and more truths i am waiting to
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uncover the secrets that my family has been hiding from me for so long and as I wait I am filled with a sense of dread a
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sense of foroding and I know that I will never be able to go back to the way things were before the whispers have
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changed me have altered me in some fundamental way and I am not sure if I will ever be able to recover the fan is
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silent now but I know that it will start again and when it does I will be ready
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ready to hear the secrets ready to face the truth and ready to confront the horror that has been lurking in the
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shadows of my family's history story seven i remember the moment I woke up with perfect clarity for it is a
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sensation that is etched into my brain like a scar my eyes opened to a world that was mine yet completely foreign the
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room was my own with the same pale blue walls and the same white furniture but something was off it was as if I was
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seeing it all for the first time and the familiarity that I had once taken for granted was now a distant memory i tried
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to sit up and a wave of dizziness washed over me forcing me to lie back down my
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head spun and my mind was a jumble of confused thoughts as I slowly regained
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my composure I became aware of a presence in the room it was my own reflection staring back at me from the
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mirror that hung on the wall but something was terribly wrong the face that looked back at me was mine yet it
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was not mine the features were the same the eyes the nose the mouth but the
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expression was completely alien i did not recognize the person who was staring back at me i felt a shiver run down my
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spine as I realized that I was a stranger to myself i tried to speak to
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say my own name but the words caught in my throat i was unable to utter a sound
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i threw off the covers and got out of bed my legs trembling beneath me i stumbled to the mirror my eyes fixed on
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the reflection that was not mine i raised my hand and the reflection raised its hand as well but it was not a mirror
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image it was as if the person in the mirror was mimicking my movements rather than simply reflecting them i felt a
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sense of horror creeping over me as I realized that I was not alone in my own body i tried to touch my face to feel
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the features that I knew so well but my hand passed through the reflection as if it was made of smoke i turned away from
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the mirror and stumbled out of the room i had to find someone anyone who could
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tell me what was happening i made my way to the kitchen hoping to find my family
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or perhaps a neighbor but as I entered the room I was met with a sea of unfamiliar faces they were all people I
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had known before my mother my father my friends but they did not recognize me
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they looked at me with a mixture of confusion and fear as if I was a stranger who had invaded their lives i
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tried to speak to tell them who I was but they did not understand me they did
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not know me i wandered the streets desperate to find someone who could see me who could recognize me but every face
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I saw was a stranger's face every person I met looked at me with a blank expression as if I was a ghost who had
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risen from the dead i felt like I was losing my mind like I was trapped in a neverending nightmare i did not know who
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I was or what was happening to me all I knew was that I was alone and that I was
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invisible i was a shadow a whisper a rumor i did not exist as the day wore on
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I became more and more desperate i felt like I was drowning in a sea of faces
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none of which were mine i stumbled and fell skinning my knee on the pavement as
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I looked up I saw a figure standing over me it was a woman with a kind face and a
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concerned expression but as I looked into her eyes I saw something that made my blood run cold she did not see me she
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looked right through me as if I was not there and in that moment I realized that I was not just invisible to others i was
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invisible to myself i was a non-person a non- entity i did not exist i lay there
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on the pavement as the world went by people walked over me stepped on me and
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kicked me but I did not feel anything i was numb empty and hollow i was a shell
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of a person a husk of a human being and as I lay there I knew that I would never be seen again i would never be
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recognized never be known i was a ghost a spectre a shadow and in that moment I
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disappeared i was gone i was no one story 8 i remember the first time I
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noticed that the elevator in my apartment building would skip the 14th floor it was a typical Monday morning
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and I was running late for work i pressed the button for the lobby and as the elevator began to move I watched the
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display above the doors tick down the floors but when it reached the 13th floor it did not pause and the display
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immediately changed to the 15th floor i thought it was a glitch a minor malfunction that would be fixed soon but
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as the days passed I realized that the elevator consistently skipped the 14th floor it became a source of fascination
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for me and I found myself wondering what could be the reason behind it at first I
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tried to brush it off as a curiosity but my mind would not let it go i would lie in bed at night thinking about the 14th
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floor and what could be on the other side of the elevator doors i would imagine all sorts of scenarios from a
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secret laboratory to a hidden world my imagination would run wild and I would
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feel a shiver run down my spine i knew it was irrational but I could not shake off the feeling that something was off i
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began to feel an overwhelming urge to investigate to uncover the truth behind the missing floor i would find myself
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standing in front of the elevator staring at the buttons wondering if I should try to force it to stop on the
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14th floor one evening I decided that I had had enough of speculation i stood in
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front of the elevator my heart racing with anticipation and I pressed the button for the 14th floor the elevator
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hesitated and for a moment I thought it would not respond but then with a jolt
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it lurched to a stop the doors creaked open and I stepped out into a long dimly
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lit corridor the air was thick with the scent of fresh paint and the carpet was a deep rich brown i walked down the
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corridor my footsteps echoing off the walls and I stopped in front of a door that looked identical to my own i felt a
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sense of trepidation as if I was standing on the threshold of something forbidden i took a deep breath and I
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turned the handle pushing the door open slowly as I stepped inside I was struck
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by the familiarity of the space it was my apartment or at least an exact replica of it the same furniture the
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same decorations the same books on the shelves but it was not empty a woman was
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sitting on the couch reading a book she looked up as I entered and our eyes met
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for a moment we stared at each other and I felt a sense of disorientation she was not me but she was similar with
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the same features the same hair the same eyes i felt a shiver run down my spine
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as I realized that she was living my life occupying my space i tried to speak
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but my voice was caught in my throat the woman looked at me with a mixture of curiosity and fear and I knew that I had
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to leave i turned and ran not stopping until I was back in my own apartment
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gasping for breath i did not sleep that night my mind racing with questions who
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was the woman how did she end up in my apartment and what was the purpose of the duplicate space i felt like I was
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living in a dream a world that was not quite real i tried to go about my daily routine but everything seemed off i
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would catch glimpses of the woman out of the corner of my eye or see her in the mirror staring back at me i began to
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feel like I was losing my grip on reality i would find myself standing in front of the elevator wondering if I
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should go back to the 14th floor to confront the woman to demand answers but
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I was afraid afraid of what I might find afraid of what I might discover about myself as the days passed I became more
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and more withdrawn i stopped going to work stopped seeing my friends stopped
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leaving my apartment i was trapped in a world of my own making a world of paranoia and fear i would hear the
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woman's voice in my head whispering to me telling me that I was not alone i would see her in my dreams standing in
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my apartment waiting for me i knew that I had to do something to break the cycle
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of fear and obsession but I did not know what i was trapped trapped in a world of
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duplicates and echoes trapped in a world that was not my own and I did not know
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how to escape story nine i remember the day I discovered the old typewriter with
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perfect clarity as if it were seared into my brain i was exploring the dusty attic of my recently deceased
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grandfather's house a place that was full of mysterious objects and forgotten memories the air was thick with the
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smell of decay and rot and the sunlight that filtered through the grimy windows cast eerie shadows on the walls as I
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pushed aside old trunks and stacks of yellowed newspapers I stumbled upon a strange antique typewriter that seemed
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to be waiting for me it was an old black Remington with intricate engravings on its metal body and a peculiar aura that
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drew me in i felt an inexplicable connection to the machine as if it were calling to me and I decided to take it
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home with me as I sat at my desk staring at the typewriter I began to feel a
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sense of unease that I could not explain the machine seemed to be watching me its keys gleaming in the dim light of my
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room like a row of tiny metallic teeth i decided to test it to see if it still
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worked and I tentatively placed my fingers on the keys to my surprise the typewriter sprang to life its metal arms
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moving on their own as it began to type out a message i watched in amazement as the words appeared on the page feeling a
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shiver run down my spine as I realized that I was not the one typing the message was simple just a few words but
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it sent a chill through me the dog will die tomorrow i laughed it off as a mere coincidence a trick of the mind but the
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words lingered in my mind refusing to be shaken the next day I received a phone
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call from my neighbor informing me that her dog had been hit by a car i was shocked feeling a sense of dread that I
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could not explain and I realized that the typewriter's message had been more than just a coincidence over the next
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few days I discovered that everything the typewriter typed came true exactly 24 hours later it was as if the machine
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had a direct line to the future and I was both fascinated and terrified by its power i began to experiment with the
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typewriter typing out messages and waiting to see if they would come true but as the days passed I started to feel
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a sense of unease a growing sense of dread that I could not shake the typewriter's predictions were not always
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benign and I started to wonder if I had made a terrible mistake by unleashing its power as I sat at my desk staring at
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the typewriter I felt a sense of obsession growing inside me i was determined to understand the machine's
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power to unlock its secrets and harness its energy but as I delved deeper into
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the mystery I started to realize that the typewriter was not just a simple machine it was a doorway to a dark and
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twisted world a world that was full of terrors and uncertainties i began to
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feel like I was losing myself like I was being pulled into a vortex of madness and despair the typewriter's messages
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were becoming more and more disturbing and I started to wonder if I would ever be able to escape its grasp i felt like
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I was trapped in a living nightmare with no way out and the typewriter's words were the only reality I could trust the
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night before the typewriter's final message I was consumed by a sense of anxiety and fear i knew that I had to
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destroy the machine to break its hold on me and shatter its power but as I looked at the typewriter
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I felt a sense of hesitation a sense of doubt that I could not overcome the
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machine seemed to be watching me its keys gleaming in the dim light like a row of tiny metallic eyes i knew that I
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had to act to take control of my life and shatter the typewriter's hold on me but as I raised my hand to strike the
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machine I felt a sense of paralysis a sense of fear that I could not overcome
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the typewriter's final message appeared on the page its words burning into my brain like a branding iron you will
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never be free and as I read the words I knew that I was doomed trapped in a living hell of my own making with the
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typewriter's power haunting me for the rest of my days in the end I was left with nothing but the echoes of the
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typewriter's words haunting me like a ghost i was a shadow of my former self a
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man consumed by fear and anxiety unable to escape the grasp of the machine the
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typewriter's power had destroyed me leaving me a broken and shattered man haunted by the memories of what I had
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unleashed and as I sat in the darkness surrounded by the silence of my empty room I knew that I would never be able
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to escape the horror of the typewriter a machine that had written my fate in blood and sealed my destiny forever
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story 10 i am sitting in my small dimly lit bedroom surrounded by the familiar
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comforts of my childhood and yet I am consumed by an overwhelming sense of unease it has been several weeks since
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my grandmother passed away and I'm still struggling to come to terms with the loss her death was sudden and unexpected
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and it has left a void in my life that I am finding difficult to fill as I rummage through the old trunk that she
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left behind I stumble upon a leather-bound diary that is adorned with strange symbols and markings the diary
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is old and worn and it emits a musty smell that is both familiar and comforting as I open the diary I am
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shocked to discover that it contains entries written in my own handwriting but the entries are dated in the future
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at first I am convinced that it is some kind of prank or a mistake but as I begin to read the entries I realize that
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they are too personal and too intimate to be the work of anyone else the entries are written in my own voice and
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they contain thoughts and feelings that I have not yet experienced i am both fascinated and terrified by the diary
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and I am compelled to read on the entries are cryptic and often fragmented
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but they seem to be warning me of some kind of impending doom or disaster i am
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not sure what to make of the diary or its contents but I am determined to uncover the truth behind it as I
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continue to read the diary I become increasingly unsettled by the things that I am reading the entries are filled
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with references to events and people that I do not recognize and they seem to be describing a life that is both
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familiar and yet completely alien to me i am starting to feel like I am losing
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my grip on reality and I am not sure what is real and what is not the diary
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seems to be exerting some kind of strange influence over me and I am finding it difficult to think clearly or
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make rational decisions i am trapped in a world of confusion and uncertainty and I am not sure how to escape the more I
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read the diary the more I become convinced that it is trying to tell me something the entries are filled with
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clues and hints but they are often cryptic and open to interpretation i am
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starting to feel like I am in a desperate race against time and I am not sure what I am racing against the diary
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seems to be counting down to some kind of catastrophic event and I am not sure if I will be able to prevent it or
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survive it i am filled with a sense of dread and forboding and I am not sure what the future holds all I know is that
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I am trapped in a living nightmare and I am not sure how to wake up as the days pass I become increasingly obsessed with
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the diary and its contents i am spending every waking moment reading and
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rereading the entries searching for clues and hints that will help me unlock the secrets of the diary i am neglecting
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my friends and family and I am starting to withdraw from the world around me i
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am trapped in a world of my own making and I am not sure how to escape the diary seems to be exerting a strange
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control over me and I'm not sure if I will be able to break free i am starting to feel like I am losing myself and I am
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not sure if I will be able to find my way back i am sitting in my bedroom surrounded by the familiar comforts of
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my childhood and yet I am consumed by an overwhelming sense of unease the diary
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is lying open on my lap and I am staring at the entries with a sense of horror and fascination i am not sure what the
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future holds but I am convinced that it is not going to be good the diary seems
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to be warning me of some kind of impending doom and I am not sure if I will be able to prevent it all I know is
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that I am trapped in a living nightmare and I am not sure how to wake up as I read the final entry I am filled with a
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sense of dread and forboding the entry is dated tomorrow and it contains only
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two words it begins story 11 i remember the day I first saw myself in the mirror
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doing something I had not done it was a typical Monday morning and I was getting ready for work as I was brushing my
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teeth I glanced into the mirror that hangs above my sink and that is when I saw it my reflection was standing in my
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bedroom putting on a shirt that I had not worn in years at first I thought it was just a trick of the light but as I
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continued to watch my reflection began to move around the room performing actions that I had not performed it was
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as if my reflection had a life of its own and it was doing things that I could not explain as the days went by I
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started to notice this phenomenon more and more i would see my reflection in mirrors windows and even polished metal
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surfaces doing things that I had not done it was always doing mundane tasks
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such as making breakfast or folding laundry but it was the fact that it was doing them without me that unsettled me
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i tried to brush it off as a side effect of stress or fatigue but deep down I knew that something was a miss i began
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to feel a sense of unease whenever I saw my reflection as if it was watching me waiting for me to make a wrong move the
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reflection started to become more frequent and more pronounced i would see my reflection in the mirror at work
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typing away on my computer even though I was standing in the break room sipping a cup of coffee i would see it in the
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window of a store walking down the street even though I was standing still browsing through the merchandise it was
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as if my reflection was taking on a life of its own and it was starting to invade my every waking moment i started to feel
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like I was losing my grip on reality as if I was trapped in a neverending nightmare one day I saw my reflection in
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the mirror and it was not copying me it was standing in my living room looking directly at me with the expression that
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I had never seen before it was a mixture of sadness and longing and it seemed to be trying to communicate with me i was
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taken aback and I did not know how to react i tried to speak to it but it did
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not respond i tried to touch it but it was just a reflection i was starting to
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feel a sense of desperation as if I was running out of time as the days went by
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my reflection continued to not copy me it would stand in the mirror staring at me with that same expression of sadness
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and longing i started to feel a sense of unease as if I was being confronted with
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a part of myself that I had never acknowledged i began to wonder if my reflection was trying to tell me
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something if it was trying to show me a part of myself that I had been ignoring i started to feel a sense of curiosity
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mixed with fear as I tried to understand what was happening i started to research the phenomenon trying to find some
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explanation for what I was seeing i read about the concept of the shadow self the idea that we all have a repressed part
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of ourselves that we do not acknowledge i started to wonder if my reflection was a manifestation of my own shadow self a
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part of me that I had been trying to keep hidden i began to feel a sense of trepidation as if I was on the verge of
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discovering something that I did not want to know as I stood in front of the mirror staring at my reflection I
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realized that I had been living a lie my reflection was not just a copy of me it
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was a representation of my own subconscious a part of me that I had been trying to keep hidden i saw that my
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reflection was not just a physical image but a symbol of my own inner turmoil i
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felt a sense of sadness mixed with regret as I realized that I had been ignoring my own feelings and desires i
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started to understand that my reflection was trying to tell me something that it was trying to show me a part of myself
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that I had been neglecting as I looked deeper into the mirror I saw a figure standing behind my reflection it was a
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figure that I had never seen before a figure that seemed to be made of darkness and shadows it was a figure
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that seemed to be watching me waiting for me to make a wrong move i felt a sense of fear mixed with dread as I
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realized that I was not alone i was being watched and I was being judged i
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started to wonder if I was ready to face what was lurking in the shadows if I was ready to confront the darkest parts of
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myself the mirror seemed to be rippling as if it was water and I felt myself
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being pulled into its depths i saw images flashing before my eyes images of
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my past and my present images of my deepest fears and desires i saw myself
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as a child playing in the park laughing and carefree i saw myself as an adult
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standing in front of the mirror staring at my reflection with a sense of unease i felt a sense of disorientation as if I
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was losing my sense of identity i was no longer sure who I was or what I wanted
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as I stood there frozen in fear I realized that I had been given a choice
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i could continue to ignore my reflection to pretend that it was not a part of me or I could face it head on and try to
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understand what it was trying to tell me i could try to integrate my shadow self to acknowledging the parts of myself
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that I had been trying to keep hidden i felt a sense of determination mixed with fear as I realized that I had to make a
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decision i had to choose between the comfort of ignorance and the uncertainty of
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self-discovery i took a step forward and the mirror seemed to shatter like glass
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i felt myself being pulled into its depths and I saw a reflection that was not my own it was a reflection that was
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distorted twisted and grotesque it was a reflection that seemed to be alive and
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it was staring back at me with a sense of malevolence i felt a sense of horror
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mixed with dread as I realized that I was staring into the abyss i was staring into the darkest parts of myself and I
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was not sure if I would ever be able to look away as I stood there frozen in terror I realized that I had been
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changed forever i had seen the darkest parts of myself and I had been forced to
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confront the reality of my own existence i had seen that I was not alone that I was being watched and that I was being
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judged i had seen that my reflection was not just a physical image but a symbol
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of my own inner turmoil and I had seen that I had a choice to continue to ignore my reflection or to face it head
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on and try to understand what it was trying to tell me i was no longer the same person and I was not sure if I
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would ever be able to go back to the way things were before story 12 i am sitting
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in a dimly lit room surrounded by the faint smell of disinfectant and the soft
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hum of machinery and I am recalling the day I signed up for the sleep study it
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was a decision that was motivated by my desire to earn some extra cash as I am a college student who is struggling to
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make ends meet the advertisement that I saw on the bulletin board in the student union building promised a substantial
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amount of money for participating in a series of sleep sessions and I am thinking that it was an opportunity that
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I could not afford to pass up as I am lying in the bed surrounded by the electrodes and the wires that are
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attached to my head and my body I am feeling a sense of trepidation that is growing with each passing moment the
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researcher a woman with a kind face and a soothing voice is explaining the procedure to me telling me that I will
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be sleeping for a period of 8 hours and that I will be awakened at regular intervals to answer some questions and
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to perform some tasks i am trying to relax to calm my nerves but I am finding
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it difficult to shake the feeling that something is not quite right the first session is uneventful and I am waking up
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feeling refreshed and rejuvenated but as the days go by and I am participating in
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more sessions I am starting to feel a sense of unease that is growing with each passing moment i am beginning to
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suspect that my waking world is not what it seems that it is somehow unreal a
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dream that I am experiencing while my body is asleep i am trying to push these thoughts aside to focus on my daily
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routine but I am finding it increasingly difficult to distinguish between reality and fantasy i am walking across campus
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surrounded by the familiar sights and sounds of the university but everything seems different somehow the buildings
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seem taller and more imposing the people seem more distant and more unreal i am
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feeling like I am living in a dream a dream that is slowly unraveling thread by thread i am trying to grasp the
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threads to hold on to reality but it is slipping through my fingers like sand i
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am sitting in the researcher's office trying to explain my feelings to her but she is looking at me with a mixture of
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concern and skepticism she is telling me that I am experiencing some side effects from the sleep study that it is not
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uncommon for participants to feel disoriented and confused but I am knowing that it is more than that that
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something is fundamentally wrong with my perception of reality i am feeling like I am trapped in a neverending cycle of
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dreams and I am not sure how to escape i am participating in more sessions but I
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am feeling like I am losing my grip on reality i am experiencing strange visions and auditory hallucinations and
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I am starting to suspect that the sleep study is not what it seems i am thinking that it is some kind of experiment a
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test of my psychological limits and I am wondering if I will ever be able to wake up from the dream that I am living i am
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feeling like I am drowning in a sea of uncertainty and I am not sure if I will ever find my way back to the surface as
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I am lying in the bed surrounded by the electrodes and the wires I am realizing that I am not sure what is real and what
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is not i am thinking that my waking world is a dream a fantasy that I am
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creating while my body is asleep and I am wondering if I will ever be able to wake up to experience the world in all
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its beauty and its horror i am feeling like I am trapped in a neverending cycle of dreams and I am not sure if I will
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ever be able to escape the researcher is speaking to me telling me that it is time to wake up but I am not sure if I
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am ready i am not sure if I am ready to face the reality that I have been trying to avoid the reality that I have been
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trying to escape story 13 i am sitting in my dimly lit apartment surrounded by
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the familiar comforts of my childhood and I am overwhelmed with a sense of unease as I stare at my telephone which
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is ringing signaling that I have received another voicemail from my sister who has been deceased for several
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months the sound of the ring is shrill and piercing and it sends a chill down my spine because I am fully aware that
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it is impossible for my sister to be leaving me voicemails and yet I have been receiving them daily each one
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containing a portion of a coded message that is warning me about our parents as
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I retrieve the voicemail I am met with the sound of my sister's voice which is weak and barely audible but it is
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unmistakably hers and it is saying something that is making my heart racing with fear because she is telling me that
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I must be careful that our parents are not what they seem and that they are hiding something from me the words are
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cryptic but they are laced with a sense of urgency and I am feeling a growing sense of dread as I listen to the
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message because I am starting to realize that my sister is trying to tell me something but I am not sure what it is
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or how to decipher the code i have been trying to ignore these voicemails to convince myself that they are just a
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cruel prank or a glitch in the telephone system but I am no longer able to do so
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because the messages are becoming more frequent and more disturbing and I am starting to feel like I am losing my
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grip on reality i am spending every waking moment thinking about the messages trying to decode them and I am
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becoming increasingly obsessed with uncovering the truth about our parents because I am starting to suspect that my
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sister's death was not an accident but a deliberate act and that our parents are involved as I sit here surrounded by the
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silence of my apartment I am feeling a sense of isolation and I am wondering if I am truly alone or if my sister is
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still with me trying to communicate with me from beyond the grave i am looking around the room half expecting to see
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her standing in the corner watching me but there is no one there and I am left with only my thoughts and the sound of
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my own breathing i am trying to calm myself down to tell myself that it is just my imagination but I am unable to
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shake the feeling that something is off that something is watching me waiting for me to uncover the truth i have
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decided to investigate our parents to try to uncover the secrets that they are hiding and I have started by looking
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through old family photographs and talking to our relatives but everything seems normal and I am starting to feel
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like I am chasing a ghost a figment of my imagination but then I receive another voicemail and it is like a punch
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to the gut because my sister is telling me that I am getting close that I am on the right track and that I must be
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careful because our parents will stop at nothing to keep the truth hidden the message is brief but it is enough to
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send me spiraling into a world of fear and uncertainty and I am no longer sure what is real and what is just my
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imagination as the days go by I am becoming more and more unhinged because the voicemails are becoming more
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frequent and more disturbing and I am starting to feel like I am losing my mind i am seeing things out of the
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corner of my eye hearing whispers in the night and I am starting to wonder if I am truly alone or if my sister is still
55:58
with me guiding me towards the truth i am trying to hold on to my sanity but it
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is slipping away from me and I am not sure how much longer I can keep going i am trapped in a world of fear and
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uncertainty and I am not sure if I will ever be able to escape and then I receive the final voicemail and it is
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like a revelation because my sister is telling me that I must confront our parents that I must face the truth and
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that I must be prepared for the consequences the message is brief but it is enough to send me into a world of
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chaos because I am finally understanding the code and I am realizing that our parents are not what they seem i am
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feeling a sense of dread and anticipation as I prepare to confront them because I am not sure what I will
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find or what will happen but I am ready to face the truth no matter how disturbing it may be as I stand outside
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our family home I am feeling a sense of trepidation because I am not sure what I
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will find inside i am taking a deep breath and I am preparing myself for the worst because I am finally ready to
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confront the truth and to face our parents i am pushing open the door and I am stepping inside and I am met with a
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sense of darkness and foroding i am calling out to our parents but there is no answer and I am left with only the
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sound of my own voice echoing off the walls i am starting to feel a sense of unease because I am realizing that I am
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truly alone and that I am not sure what I will find and then I see it a piece of
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paper on the kitchen table with a message scrolled on it in my sister's handwriting it is a simple message but
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it is enough to make my blood run cold because it is saying that I should not have come here that I should not have
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looked for the truth i am feeling a sense of dread and fear because I am realizing that I am in grave danger and
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that I must get out of there as quickly as possible i am turning to run but it
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is too late because I am surrounded by darkness and I am not sure if I will ever be able to escape story 14 i
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remember the evening I purchased the painting it is a memory that is forever etched in my mind i had been wandering
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through the local art gallery browsing through the various exhibits when I stumbled upon a piece that caught my
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attention the painting depicted a serene landscape with rolling hills and a dense
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forest in the background it was the colors that initially drew me in the way the light danced across the canvas
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casting a warm glow over the entire scene i was instantly captivated and I
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knew I had to have it i recall feeling an overwhelming sense of excitement as I handed over the payment and the gallery
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owner assisted me in carefully wrapping the painting for transport as I hung the painting on my wall I could not help but
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feel a sense of pride and satisfaction it was as if the painting had been created specifically for me and I felt
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an intense connection to it i would often find myself standing in front of it lost in thought as I gazed at the
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intricate details and the soothing colors it was not until a few days later however that I began to notice something
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peculiar i could have sworn that the painting had been hung in a slightly different position on the wall at first
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I thought it was just my imagination playing tricks on me but as the days went by I became increasingly convinced
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that the painting was indeed shifting i would wake up in the morning and it would be in a new position as if it had
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been moved during the night i was perplexed and I could not understand how this was possible as the days turned
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into weeks my fascination with the painting grew and I found myself becoming obsessed with it i would spend
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hours staring at it trying to decipher the mystery behind its movements i began to feel a sense of unease as if the
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painting was watching me and I could not shake off the feeling that something was off it was not until I started to
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examine the background of the painting more closely that I realized the true horror the trees the hills and the sky
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all seemed to be shifting but it was not just the painting that was changing the background was capturing real events
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from my life i saw glimpses of my childhood my parents and my friends i
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saw moments that I had long forgotten and it was as if the painting was revealing secrets that I had kept hidden
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even from myself i am compelled to admit that I was both fascinated and terrified
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by this discovery i felt as though I was losing control and the painting was exerting some kind of influence over me
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i would try to look away but I was drawn back to it again and again like a moth
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to a flame i began to experience strange and vivid dreams and I would wake up in
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the middle of the night feeling a sense of dread that I could not explain i was trapped in a living nightmare and I
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could not escape the painting had become a window into my own mind and I was forced to confront the darkest corners
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of my own psyche i am aware that I should have been afraid but I was also curious and I felt an overwhelming need
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to uncover the truth behind the painting as I delve deeper into the mystery I
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started to notice that the painting was not just capturing events from my past but also predicting events that had not
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yet occurred i saw glimpses of my future and it was a future filled with darkness
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and despair i was horrified and I felt as though I was staring into the abyss i
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was powerless to stop the events that were unfolding and I was forced to watch as my life spiraled out of control the
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painting had become a curse and I was trapped in a never-ending cycle of fear and dread i am conscious of the fact
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that I should have destroyed the painting but I was unable to bring myself to do it i was mesmerized by its
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power and I was drawn to it like a magnet i am sitting in front of the painting now and I am aware that I am
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staring into the face of madness the colors seem to be shifting and the landscape is changing before my eyes i
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see myself standing in front of the painting and I am aware that I am trapped in a neverending loop of horror
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i am conscious of the fact that I will never be able to escape and I am resigned to my fate the painting has
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become my reality and I am forced to live in a world that is both surreal and terrifying i am aware that I will never
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be able to look away and I am trapped in a living hell of my own creation the painting is my prison and I'm its
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captive forever bound to its twisted and sinister power story 15 i am sitting in
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my darkened bedroom the only sound being the soft hum of the baby monitor that is broadcasting the gentle breathing of my
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child from the nursery down the hall it is a sound that I have grown accustomed to over the past year a sound that has
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become a source of comfort to me however it is a comfort that is rapidly being replaced by a sense of dread that is
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growing inside of me i have been noticing that my child who is only 2 years old has been talking to an
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invisible friend that she has named Mr smith at first I thought that it was cute a normal part of childhood
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development but as the days have gone by I have started to feel a sense of unease whenever I hear her speaking to him it
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is not the fact that she is talking to an invisible friend that is disturbing to me it is the fact that she seems to
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be having full-blown conversations with him she will sit in her room playing with her toys and I will hear her
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speaking to Mr smith as if he is a real person she will laugh and chat with him and at times she will even seem to be
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arguing with him i have tried to brush it off as mere fantasy but the way she speaks to him the way she seems to
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genuinely believe that he is real is starting to unnerve me and then there are the nights when I am lying in bed
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and I will hear Mr smith's voice coming from the baby monitor it is a deep adult
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voice a voice that sends shivers down my spine at first I thought that it was just my imagination but as the nights
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have gone by I have realized that it is not just my imagination mr smith is real
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and he is speaking to my child i am trying to remain calm to tell myself that there must be a logical explanation
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for what I am hearing but it is becoming increasingly difficult for me to do so the voice is so real so clear and it is
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speaking to my child in a way that is both soothing and terrifying it is telling her stories singing her
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lullabies and whispering strange and ominous phrases into her ear i am starting to feel like I am losing my
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mind like I am trapped in some kind of surreal nightmare from which I cannot awaken i have tried to talk to my
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husband about it to see if he has noticed anything strange but he just thinks that I am being paranoid that I
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am reading too much into things but I know what I have heard and I know that it is not just my imagination as the
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nights have gone by I have started to feel a sense of obsession growing inside of me i am compelled to listen to the
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baby monitor to hear Mr smith's voice and to try and make sense of what he is saying it is a voice that is both
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fascinating and repulsive a voice that is drawing me in and pushing me away at the same time i am starting to feel like
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I am in a battle for my child's soul like I am fighting against some kind of malevolent force that is trying to claim
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her for its own and yet at the same time I am starting to feel a sense of
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curiosity a sense of wonder at the mystery that is unfolding before me i am not sure what is happening or what the
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outcome will be but I am determined to get to the bottom of it no matter what the cost may be as I sit here listening
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to the baby monitor I can feel my heart pounding in my chest mr smith's voice is
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speaking to my child telling her some kind of twisted bedtime story that is making her giggle and coup it is a sound
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that is both beautiful and terrifying a sound that is filling me with a sense of dread and foroding i do not know what
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the future holds or what the outcome of this will be but I do know that I will not rest until I have uncovered the
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truth i will not rest until I have discovered the identity of Mr smith and until I have put an end to whatever evil
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force is driving him my child's safety her well-being is all that matters to me
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and I will do whatever it takes to protect her no matter what the cost may be