Tale 1 – I’m Closer Now
Going through the mail is not as annoying as going through email, in my opinion. I don’t get spam and not as many advertisements that try to get me to buy stuff. What’s strange to me about today is that I got a letter in the mail that doesn’t say any address but mine and contains a letter that just says, “I’m closer now”. It’s probably prank mail though I don’t know who would give it to me. Maybe a group of misbehaving teenagers put it in my mailbox thinking that it would scare me. It’s a weird joke, so I throw away the letter.
After taking a bath, I find the letter from before unopened in my bathroom and on top of my change of clothes. Did I bring it in here by accident and why is it unopened? It still says, “I’m closer now”. Whatever. It’s best not to think too much of it so I throw away the letter for real this time and put it out of my mind. I’ve had a good day at work, I got paid, and the weekend is one sleep away. To celebrate it all, I order pizza and wings and start shopping online to reward myself and take note of some gifts to buy for my family and friends.
Wait, what’s this? Under my keyboard is the same letter from before, but now it says, “I’m even closer now”. What is going on? Who is sending these letters and how are they appearing here? “I’m even closer now”, what does that mean? How did these last two letters get here? Have I gotten these letters before and keep forgetting to trash them? I can’t let this drive me crazy, so I trash the letter and lay down to take a quick nap.
Ah! Now I feel better-wait, what?! I have the letter again! It was on top of me for whatever reason. “I’m even closer now” is still written on it, but on the back, it says, “I can see you”.
“If you can see me, then why don’t you just come out!” I say while getting a gun that I have in my bedroom.
No answer. Looking at the letter again, I see that it’s changed from “I can see you” to “I can smell you”.
“Do I smell good? Where are you?!”
Now, the letter has changed to “yes”. Oh, well thanks for letting me know I smell good, but why is the letter changing and responding to my questions? Ah! Something touched me! Huh? Whoever touched me put another letter in my pocket. It reads, “You feel nice”. Ah!
“Stop touching me!”
It keeps putting letters in my clothes, but I don’t read them because every time that I’ve read the letter, it’s gotten closer.
“I’m not reading your letters! I know your tricks so stop wasting your time and leave me alone!”
I keep getting touched and shooting wherever I hear a noise and in the direction that I feel the person who touches runs. This is so aggravating! Who or what is touching me and why can’t I see them?!
“Where are you?! Show yourself!”
“I’m closer now,” I hear whispered in my ear.
The voice freezes me in place as I feel a heavy presence behind me and arms begin to wrap around me. It’s hard for me to breathe and I don’t know what to do now. I can hardly even think.
“And now, we’ll be always close until the day you die.”
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