Outlast – The Magnetic Case
Chapter 1 – No turning back
(NOTE TO READER: Chapters may seem extremely short. Sorry.)
October 8th Monday 2019
It was another day at the office. Steven was sitting at his desk reading open cases when one file caught his eye.
|-Case #8-|
| Location: 89 Fredderic Avenue
| Briefing: Strange sightings and suspected gang murder house.
| Objective: Scout mansion and report suspicious sightings. Come back alive.
| Evidence Room: #1032
| Case name: Outlast
He closes the file and walks to the mission desk and approves his case.
"Okay Steven, you sure about this?" said Sabrina the desk lady.
"Yes Sabrina, I am sure." replied Steven.
"The case starts tomorrow," said Sabrina worryingly,
"Good luck Steven!"
Steven turns around and walks towards the exit.
…The following night…
Steven checks the file, grabs the camera and gets out of the SUV. He walks towards the towering mansion surrounded in trees. The mansion was brown and made out of pebble and bricks, strongly held by stone pillars inside and out. He casually walks toward the mansion and approached the door and tried to open it but it was locked. He looked around the place and was startled by the sound of an owl. He kept walking around and found and entrance to the basement.
Steven was shaky at first, never in his life had he enter a dark mansion discretely. He eventually found his cool and scouted the hallways. He heard a sound in a room; he peeked inside but saw nothing. He turned around and walked away. The shadow was following him.
On the first night he found nothing, nights these days seem to last forever. But the blinds were so thick that not a ray came through. Day and night it was dark, not a thing was found, on the 9th day the ground shifted. The mansion was shaking, was there an earthquake? He peaked out at the night… Nothing, the background was unfamiliar it seem to have, changed. Where has the mansion moved? He took note:
/====Log====\
Oct Thurs 18th, Day #9:
The ground started shaking! Was it an earthquake? It couldn't be! The place has moved. A shift in the mansion's location is definitely weird.