To all the people saying I deserved all this for not tipping a kid, shut up. Tipping is OPTIONAL. If I had dined or dashed or something like that, the fine, but terrorizing me and my friends for not giving you a tip is beyond insane. I'm not going to tip the kid and that's final. I'm standing by my honor.
Now, sorry for that little PSA for those of you who were actually here to support me and give reasonable advice. It just really gets me going when people try to tell me to give into the demands of what are, essentially, terrorists.
Onto the update. In my last post I concluded that everything must be in my head, that I'm imagining it all out of stress and fear. Last night, I got physical proof that this is all real. These people, Eiichu pizza or whatever, they're actually targeting me and my home.
I was browsing r/funny and talking to some friends on Skype when I got a message. It was from my friend, Mando. You know, the one who went missing? He sent me this:
[1/13/2015 7:39:15 PM] Mando: Can we talk?
[1/13/2015 7:39:34 PM] Nick: Dude where the hell are you? (Me.)
[1/13/2015 7:44:02 PM] Mando: I went back down to Mexico to visit my family? Remember?
[1/13/2015 7:44:55 PM] Nick: u left without a trace a couple days ago. E and I had to call the police.
[1/13/2015 7:49:23 PM] Mando: wtf I talked to ennis last night
[1/13/2015 7:49:35 PM] Mando: stop fucking around, dude I have to talk to you. Im not coming back.
[1/13/2015 7:50:06 PM] Nick: Huh?
[1/13/2015 7:55:47 PM] Mando: I miss my family and I like mexico. Sorry bro I can hook u guys up with another roommate if you want, I kno u 2 cant pay the rent on ur own.
[1/13/2015 7:56:02 PM] Nick: the hell? You cant just move to mexico, dude.
[1/13/2015 8:01:56 PM] Mando: their name is Bote
[1/13/2015 8:02:12 PM] Nick: I dont want a shitty roommate I wanna kno y u randomly decided to leave
[1/13/2015 8:07:33 PM] Mando: They Will Be There At Eight Forty-Two P.M.
At this point I had grown increasingly frustrated and actually decided to call Mando. I went over to the little Skype “call” button, clicked, and waited. Then, there was a ear-piercing screech from my computer and the screen froze. I cursed at my weak computer and rebooted it, but when I came back Mando was offline. And he had removed me as a contact.
I jumped into Ennis's room. He was listening to his iPod and jotting down on a piece of paper.
“You talked to Mando last night?” I said.
“Uhhh, yeah, why?” Ennis said.
“He's been missing for days? The police are looking for him? Are you fucking stupid?” I said.
“What the fuck are you talking about? Man, I don't have time for this today.” Ennis said. “Get out.”
I ripped the iPod right out of his hands and threw it at the wall. I grabbed his shirt collar and tossed him off his bed and onto the floor.
“What am I talking about? What am I talking about?!” I said. “Mando has been missing, we've been getting tortured by some fucked up pizza place, and you've been talking to him this whole time?!”
“Dude, what is wrong with you?” Ennis said. “Seriously, did someone give you some stuff at school? Because...”
“God DAMMIT, ENNIS!” I screamed. “If this is another prank from you two, I swear to God I'll kill you both. Mando's moving to Mexico now, huh? Some guy I've never heard of before is gonna be our new roommate, HUH? Who's the kid, is he your nephew or something?”
“Mando's moving to Mexico?” Ennis said. “Well, shit.”
“Top notch, acting, Ennis. Really.” I said. “Better pick yourself up for our 'guest'.”
I walked out of the room, down to the living room, and sat in the armchair waiting for a knock on the door. At this point I was sure Mando and Ennis had been pranking me. I remember the night before this happened all so clearly, we were having a good time just smashing out together. No one was going to Mexico. Ennis had been worried about Mando before, now all of a sudden he knew he was in Mexico? And all this weird stuff happening? Mando and Ennis liked to joke around and have fun with me, but this time it was too far. This time I'd get my revenge.
The doorbell rang and I immediately pulled it open. Standing there was a girl with long shining bright locks and the most beautiful smile I've ever seen.
“Hi, I'm Bote!” She said. She was carrying a rather overstuffed green backpack.
“Uhh, I'm Nick.” I said. “I wasn't expecting you to be, uhhh...I'll take your bag.”
She handed me her bag and I told her to wait down here for Ennis and I could take the bag to her room. I bolted up the stairs and sat the bag down on Mando's bed. I zipped it open and furiously rummaged through it looking for anything suspicious or anything I could use to get back at Mando and Ennis. Nothing but some makeup, clothing, and tampons, I mean she had brought absolutely nothing else. I zipped up the bag and headed back downstairs.
“Where's Ennis?” She asked.
“He, uh, fell asleep, I think.” I said. “So, Mando's room still has all his stuff in it...”
“Oh, that's fine. He told me to mail all his stuff back to Mexico.” She said.
“Oh, really?” I said. “Listen, I know this is all a joke so you can drop the act.”
“Huh?”
“Huh?” I mocked. “You know, that. I know Mando and Ennis are playing a joke on me. I have to admit, you're a better actor than either of them though. If you wanted to go up to my room right now and give me some acting lessons, I'd be totally okay with that.”
“No thanks.” She said. “I'm not sure what you're talking about, I'm pretty tired so I guess we can talk tomorrow.”
“I don't think so.” I pinned her to the wall. “What's the rush?”
Of course I would never actually do anything to hurt a girl, but I knew Ennis had to have been listening at the top of the stairs with Mando on speaker phone. I was reverse-pranking them, ruining their prank by pretending to do something to their friend.
“Get off of me, you creep!” She pushed me off and I slammed against the wall. As she walked past me I pulled my hand back and slapped her right on her ass.
“What the HELL?” She yelled.
I was smiling as she turned around. That smile disappeared as I felt my eyes sting. She was spraying mace right into my face. I screamed and covered my eyes as my knees hit the ground.
“WHAT THE FUCK YOU CRAZY BITCH?” I screamed.
“I'M CRAZY?”
Ennis came running down the stairs.
“Holy shit, what happened? Who's this?” He said.
“Hi, I'm Bote.” She extended her arm to him and shook his hand. “And I'm really sorry, but I'm going to have to go. I can't live with this creeper.”
“My eyes...my fucking eyes...” Was all I could say. You know when you accidentally get a bit of spicy pepper in your eyes? Imagine that times a hundred. I wiped the tears from my eyes but it continued like a billion needles stabbing.
“He pinned me against a wall and then he slapped me on my butt!” Bote said. “I didn't know people like this were living here.”
“Nick, what the fuck, dude?” Ennis said.
“Prank...your fucking prank...I got you back...” I said. Of course the idiot continued to play dumb, and he pulled Bote aside and said something to her. I was too busy with my burning eyeballs to really listen. Finally, Bote came back and put her hand on my shoulder.
“Hey,” she said. “I'm really sorry. Ennis told me what's been going on. Maybe we can start over?”
“Y...yeah.” I choked out through the pain. “Sure.”
I couldn't believe they were going to just continue this stupid prank on me. I decided that if it was going to happen, I may as well just play along with it and let them have their fun.
I couldn't go to sleep that night. I kept my eyes open and listened to every bump in the night. Listened to make sure that Mando wasn't going to pop into my room and yell “surprise” or anything like that. My phone is destroyed so I can't get any calls anymore. I decided to go back on Reddit and see what I could browse around for to keep me awake.
Then I got a call from Mando. The skype ringtone just kept playing as I thought to myself whether I should answer or ignore. I reluctantly decided to answer.
It was a video call. I kept my video off for my own reasons. I couldn't see anything from his side, it appeared to be all black. But I could hear something, a faint noise. It sounded like whimpering.
“What do you say?” Someone said. I couldn't even make out the voice, it was so muffled and quiet. I reached for my headphones, popped them into the computer and onto my head.
“Nuh...nuh...Nick...” It was Mando's voice. It sounded incredibly shakey. “Just luh-leave a t-t-tip.”
“What elsssssse?” The other voice said. It was soft and raspy. I didn't recognize it.
“Y-you hafta...you hafta...” Mando said. “Nuh-no, fuck y-you, N-NICK IT'S ALL A LIE! A LI-”
The screen didn't change but the audio cut out. My hands were trembling now but I kept watching in utter silence. Then, the camera began shaking. The pitch black faded into a single crack of light. Through the crack, I could see me, looking at the computer and sitting on my bed. I shot my head up at my bed room door. It had been cracked open a little. I heard feet stomp down the hallway. I looked back at my screen to see the call had ended.
“ALRIGHT, ENNIS, THIS ISN'T FUNNY!” I shouted. I darted into the hall, and practically broke down my own door. “END THIS STUPID PRANK.”
I ran into Ennis's room, but I wasn't expecting what I saw. Ennis was in the corner of the room, backed up against the wall, by some hulking, black figure.
“Ennis?” I said.
The figure, whatever it was, immediately turned around to look at me. It seemed to float right over to me and slash me across the chest. I pushed it into a wall and tried to hold it there, but it was really strong and just tossed me off. Ennis and I both ran out the door.
“What the fuck was that?” Ennis said.
“I didn't get a good look, but it definitely wasn't human!” I said.
“Now do you believe that I'm not fucking pranking you??” Ennis said.
We stopped at the bottom of the stairs and turned around. The thing was coming for us, and it moved a lot faster than we both did.
“We're not going to be able to outrun it!” Ennis said.
“If I can get to the car, I can get away.” I said.
We ran to the front door with the creature right on our asses. I opened the door first and then shut it behind me. I heard Ennis scream “no!” before I did it. I feel bad that I did it, I really did, but it was either going to be one of us or none of us. I could hear Ennis's screams from behind the door, but I kept running. I got to the car and drove away. I stayed in a motel.
I came back to the house very early this morning. Another pizza box from “Eiichu Pizza” was at our doorstep. I picked it up and went inside.
There wasn't any mess at all. I walked into the kitchen where Bote was sitting down drinking coffee.
“Pizza for breakfast? Cool.” She said.
I didn't say anything, I just put the pizza in the refrigerator. I wasn't looking in that box.
“Yeah? Well, you can have it.” I said.
“I can't eat pizza. Gotta watch my figure.” She said. “So where'd you and Ennis go?”
“I...I wasn't with Ennis.” I said.
“Oh, really? I got up in the middle of the night and you two were gone. Figured you went to a party or something.” She said.
“No. I had to, uh, go to the hospital. My mom was in a car accident.” I lied.
“Oh, I'm so sorry. Is she alright?”
“She's fine, I just...I have to go lie down.”
I walked back upstairs thinking to myself how elaborate their prank had become. They had actually found a way to make me believe there was some monster in the house last night. I thought of how they could have done it, all the costumes and maybe even drugs they put me on. But as I took my shirt off, I noticed something. A slash across my chest, where the monster had slashed me last night. I must have been in such a panic I didn't even notice how serious the cut was.
This wasn't some rubber knife or some miss of purpose. This was an actual slice down my chest. I felt fine, but in that moment I knew whatever was in the room last night wasn't apart of a prank. The thing was actually trying to kill me. And Ennis was gone.
I shut my door, and as I did I noticed the word carved into the back of it.
“Tip.”
Submitted January 15, 2015 at 01:07AM by mama_mia_im_doomed http://ift.tt/1IKXqBz nosleep
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