There is definitely a noticeable change of pace within me now. While at the junkyard I had an urge to dig in a rapid succession like I never did before. Maybe it was my mind wanting to rush this as quickly as possible so all of this could be over. Only problem with that is I don’t become as focused as I usually am. Usually I am very calm and collective when I do my work so I don’t feel as stressed out when I make a mistake. If I am rushed, I am quick to anger within myself and I usually lash out. A problem in which I haven't been able to cope with at all,or even try to in this matter. The only coping mechanism that i’ve been doing is deep breaths which usually calm me down enough to where i’m not full of rage. Not to mention that now my rage was completely gone thanks to me finding one of the missing pieces which really wasn’t that hidden. I was a bit stubborn knowing that this piece wasn’t that hard to find. Doesn’t really matter now, I got what I wanted for today so I went on over to go back home. I guess I’m mostly glad nothing had attacked me yet or at least I hope I didn’t just jinx myself. Surprisingly, it's kind of common for creatures to not attack over there, with the only exception being that one incident that occured not too long ago with the rascal creatures. Well I guess for me maybe, I haven’t heard of anyone else’s encounter yet. I guess it has to do with our neighborhood being mostly safe(though with the murders I described earlier, it might seem horrible,but let me assure you this is much safer compared to other areas).
A bit towards the afternoon I had neared my house, and when I went inside, I went towards Skip and placed one of the parts inside. This time Skip had turned on by itself and seemed to play a loud beeping sound,almost like a radar of sorts. This told me that Skip was indicating some sort of direct signal, and it sounded not too far from my neighborhood. Only issue was it had a source,but there was no map in sight for me to know where exactly I could find the source. If my suspicions were true,then this was the area the true mastermind was living in. This was definitely exciting,I was so close to solving the puzzle;all the pieces were there, just some were missing. The search won’t be drawn-out for that much longer.
1 hour later
The jester from before walks into a black room. In there, is a person staring into the empty abyss. ‘’Hey bossman,got some-um, unfortunate news. You know when I went to check up on the kid,well… he seemed to have found another piece and it projects a radar that knows where exactly you are. If he gets more pieces he’ll eventually find yo-’’ ‘’It’s fine.’’ ‘’Huh?’’ I would rather meet him. That’s something I've been trying to do for a long period of time. He’ll only need a few more pieces then he’ll know my exact coordinates. I’ve been wanting to meet him for so long and now he can finally have the opportunity to come and greet me.’’ ‘’Whatever you say. I’ll still keep an eye on him like you said.’’ ‘’Another thing.’’ ‘’What is it bossman?’’ ‘’Please refrain from calling me ‘’bossman’’, I prefer if you refer to me as a regular person,as a friend.’’ ‘’Alright,well, see you around… friend.’’ The jester leaves the black void area. ‘’You are so very close to me,I can’t wait to finally meet you.’’
74
Unlike other days,I actually felt an expectant day coming ahead. I don’t why I had this feeling,maybe it was due to me being so close to finding the source and being someone who will actually do shit. Can’t say if it's the exact reason,but it's a good theory. Usually I am very stagnant,more than I admit. Even at times when I was close to finding pieces I just didn’t find the motivation in me to keep searching longer. I should more or less, focus on the task on hand I have today,which is you guessed it,find more pieces. All this talk about finding when I had forgotten that my knife was getting very rusty. This knife wasn’t in the best condition anyways, so I kinda expected it to be rusty that quickly. I needed a quick stop by Melody’s to get this knife back to good use. I knocked at her door waiting for some kind of response,but nothing happened. I figured she was still asleep,even though it was already 11.25est. She should be up by now,but maybe she had a long night. I wouldn’t mind; the only issue is, I can't have such a rusty weapon when it could break at any second if I'm in any danger. Kinda wish i hadn’t just walked right ahead to the junkyard,I guess i was just a little impatient. Unsurprisingly I would regret these mistakes as something would come up to surprise me. It wasn’t immediate,but it did definitely creep up on me. Like before I was still having zero to no luck finding these damn pieces. I completely forgot to mention this earlier,but this junkyard is massive,reason being? Well it’s basically where everyone piles up their waste since actually waste is indispensable now. Digging through it is not only disgusting,but very time consuming. Luckily I use gloves for the occasion,something else I had forgotten to mention as well. Although that particular detail isn’t that important now that I think about it. While digging, I stumbled on something I’ve never seen before;it was a giant golden pot. It looked like the contents appeared to be actually made of real solid gold. I was dazzled at the beauty of the gold,and took a closer look to see if anything was inside or not. This was a big mistake, as this made me completely lose my guard for what was about to come. When I touched it, the pot shimmered and hopped, and made a loud thud noise, which made me fall off my balance. The gold pot opened an eye in the middle of it which was a human eye. Two legs sprawled out which appeared to resemble female legs. Inside the pot, a black ghostly figure appeared with a crooked curvy head with a hollow mouth and long wavy arms. It weld a carving knife in its right hand. It swung at me in a quick session. I rolled from the incoming attack barely escaping the swipe. I had only suffered severe cuts,but I can handle some measly scratches on my arm. I hadn’t yet encountered this type of creature. I wasn’t even sure if it was killable or not;the ghostly body didn’t seem like it could be attacked. While I hid from it I thought about finding something to stab the creature in the eye as I figured that was its weak spot. I menavered just a little bit, getting closer to a lone crowbar. How predictable and convenient I thought. I picked it up and rushed straight towards the creature and jammed it in its eye. The creature screamed and blood was pouring out of its eye. It fumbled back a bit,but it looked like it was still able to function. It then bent its body into a pose where it looked very suggestive, almost as if I knew what it was,but didn’t feel like saying. A hole opened under the pot that fired big energy-type blasts at me. Thinking fast, I dashed towards the nearby cover. It stopped firing and tried to search for me. Even though I had stabbed the creature in the eye, it didn’t seem to be blind at all. Only just had severe damage to its weak spot. The crowbar was still jammed in its eye so I needed to pull it out and end its life. While I was trying to slowly approach it, I had accidentally toppled over a large metal bar which the sound alerted the creature to find my position. I knew I had no choice,but to just simply run up and pull it out. I lunged toward the creature as it attempted to stab me. Within that moment, I pulled the crowbar out of its eye and a loud shriek came out, as it fumbled back and fell. The creature laid before disintegrating into dust. All that had remained was the rusty crowbar which was still in working condition to use for combat. I knew I should’ve been more circumspect with my actions since I would’ve definitely been severely injured. I was lucky to only get a few wounds on my arm. I needed to get home and wash my shirt or at least get a new one. There was so much blood on it that it smelled horrendous and made me almost vomit. Through the commotion, I hadn’t even noticed that there was a shiny piece that the creature dropped. ‘’This is one of the final parts.’’ I said with excitement. There was only one more piece left then I could finally find the source of it.
‘’Well well well, guess your pretty good at this search after all.’’ It was the jester. ‘’I’ve been watching you collect all those little goodies. It's quite amusing to see you struggle so much. I could even make a video or hell even a full on broadway. I’m exaggerating though, there isn't nearly the quantity of suffering for you yet.” It didn't matter what he said in the end, I had felt the complacency of completing my task. ‘’You can go on and on all you want,but i’m almost done and I can pass any games or tricks you throw at me.’’ ‘’Don’t get your hopes up kid, even if you do manage to get to the place you so desire, I can assure you will have a fate worse than death. ‘’I suppose we’ll see, won’t we?’’ ‘’Well well, it looks like my time is up. If only I can spend more time chatting,but ya know business is business, so, toddles. He spun into his little portal and disappeared. I would have probably ignored what he said,but in all honesty I was kind of worried. I also knew that if I didn’t go to the headmaster’s place, more people would get hurt or killed. I needed to achieve this to save the world. At my house I plugged in one of the last pieces. To my shock, it revealed the location's area name. I feel like I remember that place,but my mind is a bit fuzzy to really remember anything important. If that piece revealed the name, that means the final piece could reveal the directions to the place; which means I could drive over there. I wanted to tell Melody the great news. Only thing is, I wasn’t so sure; I rather surprise her when I find all the pieces and just maybe she would come along. At least I would have someone on my adventure,but I don’t think she would agree to such an offer. There was still some time to spare in the day and I knew that the final piece was not gonna be quite the challenge to accomplish. I needed to plan out the many possibilities of where it could be. I did a bit of sketching in my notebook, although I'm not exactly a master of the language of arts. It's mostly jumbles of incoherent pictures that have no rhyme to them and just feels like trash. My plan was pretty simple: find the last piece, drive all the way out, and gather supplies to take down the headmaster. I did notice some major flaws,mainly how it wasn’t specific enough. I immediately got let down knowing how much of a challenge it would be to kill this entity. If it could create all of that then I don’t think I would be able to kill it, let alone by myself. There could be a possibility of complacency within myself, but that thought needed to wait till I started my mission.
‘’Do you ever think of the times where your body and mind are at ease.’’ ‘’I do,but…’’ ‘’I think it’s in my nature to bring up such a topic of interest during our game.There are many questions and answers to all conflicts and conclusions. Why not embrace simplicity in each other,let every emotion out.’’ ‘’*Sigh* I-I guess..’’ ‘’Splendid,it would seem you are starting to dig deeper in yourself even more. Get all that out, and you’ll feel great about yourself. At least from your point of view,I can’t see my greatness in you. Rather,I don’t think there ever was.’’
The sun set much earlier than I would've hoped. I guess the winter time is truly a bad time to be around, especially with the state of the world. You really don’t want to suffer through areas with limited sunlight, sunlight is your friend; the moon is your enemy. Sometimes, even the sun can betray you at times. Times where it feels like your life is at risk most. Nothing much can be done about the situation. We only have to accept the harsh reality of what it is. This is something I tell myself, not sure why though, I think it's just something that makes me knowledgeable of the world. Sometimes, I believe it’s quite poetic everytime my mind thinks about it. I can’t sleep at times; it’s traumatizing to remember past events that don’t seem like they happened recently. The monsters,murders,suicides; all of it puts me on edge every waking moment. My repetitive speech patterns are definitely something that might irritate anybody finding this journal. Nothing I can do to change it, it just kinda sticks to me and I don’t plan on fixing it. Discarding that thought, my plan has changed a little bit, mostly what supplies to bring and maybe to bring Melody along the journey. That one idea is still a little iffy to me;not exactly sure about whether she would actually take the risk or stay at home, which I would totally understand if that is her choice. It would be such a hassle to get there and who the hell knows what sort of events would unfold if we arrived there. These are the questions and thoughts that worry me the most, but I have a mission to complete. Even if that mission leads to certain death; so is the state of the world right now I suppose. I build up the courage to knock on Melody’s door, she opens the door and says “Hi”. I try to tell myself that it’s fine if she doesn’t go, I just need someone trustworthy to help me. ‘’You know how I have been gathering all the pieces right?’’ ‘’Yes’’ ‘’Well I only have one more piece left and I was wondering if when I get to the inevitable last one, that you would go with me to the headmaster.’’ She ponders about that decision. I can tell from her look that she doesn’t really want to go out. ‘’I’ll think about it,’’ she says. She closed the door and I felt incredibly guilty. I knew I shouldn't have confronted her about the option to go with, it would be too risky for her to even think about going on a trip to a place of the unknown. I knew her choice of words meant she didn’t want to disappoint me about not going. I would be mildly upset, but her safety is more important than anything else. Couldn’t risk me and her dying when I was the one who brought her to this mission. I rather myself die for a greater good than let take the fall with me. I felt extremely frustrated with myself for suggesting such a selfish choice. And for what? Being lonely on the whole way there. I was very conflicted with it since I didn’t want her to go and yet wanted her to at the same time. I decided just to move on and carry out the rest of my day. And by that I mean, eating a nice fancy dinner and going to sleep.
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