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Macabre Mysteries: Marionette

Chapter 8

Chapter 8

Aug 13, 2023

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    "Seriously, did you see my doctor?" The tall goth girl stood there just staring at Tyler. It was Eve, the very peculiar girl from when Tyler was out cold in their photography class. She stood her ground, positioned very confidently but obviously not intending to be threatening about it.  Tyler exhaled and grabbed his chest, almost suffering from a heart attack that would surely add another hole to his punchcard to the infirmary. Maybe the third one would give him a free lollipop. "Eve? What the hell are you doing here? And don't sneak up on people, I almost shit myself." She snickered a bit, giving off an emotion other than 'deadpan'. She cleared her throat and held out a business card. "So like, I heard through my friend Eden, that you were like ghost hunting and I want to offer my services." "No, I think you got it wrong we weren't ghost hunting, besides ghosts are-", he stopped himself in his tracks and read the card being handed to him. 'Eve's Witchy Wares: We also have cacti', Her expression stayed the same, blank expression with her monochromatic make-up and her bright blue eyes. She put the card in Tyler's jacket pocket and nodded at him before walking away into the now lavender sky. Tyler looked at the card once more and shook his head. "Is anyone around here actually gonna make any fucking sense?" He again sighed and proceeded to walk back to his dorm building. His head was full of thoughts and theories on what exactly had gone on. No matter what he threw into his head to distract himself from the situation, it always led back to the same result. Ghosts. But it sounded just as silly to say out loud as it was in his head. Tyler's perplexed look scanned the hallway of his dorm, quiet and serene for once. A few students sat around the common room area couches working on papers together whilst a few bantered in the adjacent kitchen. The smell of homecooked food shuffled into his nose making him realize he really hadn't eaten that much today. He makes a slight exhale as he walked further toward his dorm, once again stopping tracks in front of Becca's memorial and all he could think was 'Did you really come back from the grave?'. He shook his head and stopped at his and Wilkin's door. He took a deep breath as he knew he was about to get in some serious trouble with his dorm buddy and it hadn't even been a full week yet.

     Tyler went to knock on the door until suddenly the door wooshed open to Wilkins with the most agitated look that could only be described as a disappointed mother. "So were you going to inform me about anything or was I just supposed to be left in suspense all day since your trip to the infirmary?" Tyler looked at Wilkins with a shrug and shook his head. "I'm sorry, If I knew I was going to get pulled in every direction today I would have texted you-" "Are you hungry? You're hungry right?" Tyler stopped and tilted his head a bit out of confusion. "I thought you were about to yell at me and now you're asking me if I'm hungry? Is this some sort of weird hazing?" Wilkins chuckled and grabbed Tyler by the shoulders. "Dude... It's chill! I was just givin' ya crap! I ordered pizza already, just been waiting on you." Again the smell of food, this time pizza, wafted its way into Tyler's nose making him even more hungry this time. He walked in and took off his shoes at the door, and proceeded to take off his layers of clothing leaving him in just a t-shirt and jeans. The comfort of his bed pulled him in magnetically as he flopped onto it backward with the biggest sigh. It was the first time today he had some level of comfort and normality. "So, sounds like that sigh is due to a big day of adventuring, eh?" Wilkins said as he sat on the end of Tyler's bed with two pizza boxes. He opened the boxes to reveal one cheesy-looking pizza with a thick crust, the cheese still looking almost gooey and stretchy. And the other pizza was the exact same but with pepperonis littered all across the pie. "You have no idea, literally right after I get dragged into the infirmary, I am then at the coffee shop with Wren and Skye," "Ah yes, the leather jacket chick and the angsty dude. Continue." Wilkins said as he shoved a slice into his mouth. "Then we bump into another girl who was a student here, Eden, after Wren was talking about seeing a ghost," "Ah yeah, Eden... anywho go on." "Then we get pulled into the principal's office because we snuck into Warnaby's classroom after hours to appease them." Wilkins stopped and blinked with a slice of pizza still half in his mouth. "You... got pulled into HER office... ALREADY?" Wilkins was taken aback by the story Tyler had just spilled. His eyes widened to the point where the whites of his eyes were more visible than his green eyes. "Yup. Great first day right?"

    Wilkins grabbed a slice and handed it to Tyler laying down there but he was too comfy to move just yet. "Well that's got to be a brand new fuckin' record on my end dude, also you said a Ghost and the name Eden in the same sentence. That's not new news to me, she's crazy." Tyler sat up and grabbed the slice before taking a bite. The soft bread and cheese combination was such a nice warm welcome, especially due to the lack of food he had today. "Wait, you know her?" "Know her? I dated her. She kept going on about this stupid thing about ghosts. She was part of our little group before Becca n I started talking." Tyler paused, he hadn't told him yet that the ghost they saw was of Becca. He decided it was probably for the best he didn't say exactly who it was or he might find himself crazy. Tyler finished his slice and shrugged. "I mean, she doesn't seem like a bad person but I get the whole crazy thing." "Wait, don't tell me you believe in ghosts..." "Well I don't particularly but there's nothing denying it, you know?" Wilkins made a questioning sound and scoffed a bit. "To each their own but I personally don't buy into that whole Ouija board tarot bullshit. It's just a weird placebo effect thing." "I don't think that's the word to use for supernatural stuff..." Wilkins chuckled and gave Tyler a pat on his back. "Well, that's the word I'm going to use till someone can give me some solid proof. But now that I have you here, I did want to talk to you about something with Becca's memorial." Tyler stopped and looked at Wilkins. Wilkins' expression changed from his warm self to something a bit more serious in nature. "Well, they want us to remove it for when her old roommate returns. Can you help me move the stuff in here tomorrow?" Tyler nodded as he shoved another slice in his mouth. "And maybe stuff in the room too?" Tyler stopped for a second before reacting and just as that happened, it felt like time had just slowed down. He had a chance to go into her room, maybe there are some clues, but maybe there is also some sort of closure on this whole ghost ruse going on. Either way, he was helping Wilkins, but this could be a good way for him to regain some sense of normality. "Sure, I'll help out but, think we could do it in the afternoon?" "Sure, why?" "I have some friends I need to prove something to."
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