I've been here for a couple of weeks now. Looking at some of the tapes I can't help but wonder why Alex never told us about this? Then again I suppose he wanted to act like it never happened, but still. And after me and Jay watched and posted 'Entry #6', I've begun to worry if my brother is okay. Whoever it is that is fallowing Alex does'nt look as if he is going to stop. I'm also worried about his sanity considering what was in the third and eight entries.
Right now I was just lying on the couch with Jay's laptop, uploading 'Entry #9' for him. Aparently he's been having difficulty getting to sleep lately so as soon as we decided to post it I offered to put it up so he could try and get some sleep. Admitably it was pretty early, only around half seven. But he could at least have a nap.
I'm putting the lack of sleep down to what's on the tapes. That person in the black suit that keeps occuring in some of the videos is kinda unsettling, and I can't get him (I'm assuming it's a him do to his body structure, unless it's a transgender) out of my mind. It's like when you watch a horror movie and you can't get the monster out of your mind, or when your a kid and can't go to sleep because you think the boogyman is going to get you!
I remember the first movie I saw that had zombies in it was 'Scooby Doo on Zombie Island'. I was about eight when it came out (Alex would have been about twelve). Even though it was animated I was still scared that zombies were going to suddenly come out of the grave (even if the ones in the movie were actually trying to warn Scooby and co.) and attack. It took about two weeks for me to be convinced zombies did'nt exist.
A quick glance at the screen brought my attention back to Youtube. It was finally uploaded thank goodness. Sometimes Youtube could be kinda slow on occasion, but it was a popular site and so there were no doubt a lot of people online (a good few who would probably be interested in the videos me and Jay upload) so I was'nt going to complain. Then again it was'nt the same since Google bought it.
I checked that the usual settings Jay normally put on these videos was on. I found it a little odd that he would respond to a few people on Twitter but yet he disabled comments on these videos. I guess there is always the threat of there being spam from head to toe saying it's fake or something like that. Pleased that everything seemed to be in order I decided to watch the video again and clicked play, just incase I missed something.
But it was just like the first time me and Jay watched it. No distortion or tearing as far as I could tell. Alex's personality was a lot different then usual. He had'nt seemed stressed or anything about this movie when I talked to him about it a couple times in the beginning, but here the paranoia can be seen. I hope where ever he is now he's normal.
I would have gone on to the Twitter account to announce that the ninth entry was up, but Jay forgot to give me the password for that. Then again, it might have been the same one as the Youtube account, so I quickly opened a new tab and got onto Twitter and typed it in.
No luck.
I sighed in frustration and looked over at Jay's door. I could just go and ask him, but he might be asleep or trying too. In the end I decided it was'nt going to make a difference if the Twitter announcement was a little late so I placed Jay's laptop on the coffee table and went to get my own one from my bag. As I stood up I stumbled slightly but I caught my footing.
I'm not going to lie, I may have been having some difficulty getting to sleep myself lately. True normally it takes me at least an hour and a half to fall asleep, but lately it's been taken nearly twice as long. Hell, sometimes I don't even fall asleep untill six in the morning! And the only other times I've stayed up even close to that time were the last two New Years Eves and last year when I went to Mardi Gras with some friends.
But back to the actual story, I was just spending my time on Youtube listening to some songs, watching some parodies. Anything to take my mind off of the tapes. To be more specific, I was listening to caramelldansen. I don't know why but a smile forced it's way to my face when I listened to it.
Thump
I froze in my spot as my head shot up, looking around. I quickly paused the music and listened out, trying to pinpoint the source of the noise. It, sounded like it...came from outside. Maybe I was just over reacting. Jay's apartment was very high up so I did'nt need to worry.
Right?
But still, the sudden silence was making me nervous. I was about to return my focus to my laptop when suddenly...
"Hey Rebecca". I jumped a little but seeing it was just Jay I calmed down. He still seemed tired and was rubbing one eye, using the other to look at me. "You okay?"
"Y-yeah. You just scared me there", I replied before I took his laptop from the coffee table and handed it to him, still lying on the couch. "Here. I would have updated the Twitter account but you never gave me the password".
"Thanks. Sorry about that", Jay took the laptop and I moved my legs to give him space to sit down. I decided not to mention hearing anything outside. It was probably nothing. Or maybe it was really just Jay getting out of bed and misheard where the noise was comming from.
It's been two or three days since we've uploaded 'Entry #9'. We've actually started to get a lot of views and subscribbers. A lot of them probably don't think this is real, and I'm, willing to accept that. After all, if I was watching these while in their shoes I'd probably think it was fake as well. So why did I believe it? Well for one thing, Alex did show me his script for the movie. We were creative in our own ways (him leaning towards film and I, leaning towards being an author) so he was willing to let me look at his script with him and give him my personal opinion.
It wasn't that great of a movie to be honest. It was a little pretentious, but I think Alex would have had at least some credit for making it.
But anyway there was nothing, and I mean NOTHING, in the script involving some creepy, bald, suit wearing stalker!
Right now however, all me and Jay can do to find out what's going on is countinue watching tapes...at nearly half three in the morning. Neither of us could get to sleep so we decided to just look at more tapes. Right now the ones we were looking at had no use. Why the hell did Alex have to have so many tapes of himself just walking around doing his own thing? Raw footage of his movie I could understand, but what could have made him so paranoid that he would video tape himself and his his actions?
As the current tape we were watching ended, Jay sighed and rubbed his face.
"I'm just going to check my email for a second", he mumbled, the tiredness heard clearly in his tone. I just simply nodded as he went to his laptop. I stood up and stretched my arms a little before I went to put the watched tape back in it's original cassette case before I went to look at the pile of tapes we have'nt looked at yet.
"Hey Rebecca. Over here", Jay called me over, just as I was about to pick one.
"What is it?"
"Someone called,'totheark', left a video response to 'Entry #9'". I had to admit that something about that seemed weird. Neither of us actually expected something like this to happen.
"Well, what's it titled?" Jay glanced back at the screen.
"'Regards'". Okay now that was odd. Not to sound like an annoying know it all but 'regards' as a noun mean to bring attention or concern to something. Whoever this 'totheark' was, they wanted us to look at it.
"Well, let's see what it's about", I said as I walked over to Jay and stood next to him. He quickly got onto Youtube and we looked at what totheark had to say.
It was only ten seconds long and did'nt make any sense. There were just flashing rectangles made up of slashes and at the end it simply said, 'CLOSELY'. And the backround sound was just...some sort of disorted audio or something, I have no idea what it was meant to be.
"Well that was...strange", Jay said after we finished watching. "What do you think they meant?"
"I have no friggin' clue", I shuck my head, not too sure either what to make of it.
"Well, it's probably nothing to worry about. For the moment at least", Jay mumbled before looking at the time. "We should head to bed now anyway".
"Right", I mumbled before going over to the couch, saying my goodnight as Jay said his. I wrote in my notebook before I put it away and closed my eyes and waited the time to pass and for me to fall asleep. I don't know what what lies in store, but I need to know if anything has happened to my brother. I just hope for...well, to be honest. I don't know what to hope for.
Date: 07/23/09
Time: 03:35
So far in today's tapes there has been nothing to report. Most of what we looked at is raw footage of 'Marble Hornets'.
We received a video response from a "totheark". The only thing I can think of is that this might have some religious reference to the one in the bible. Is it just coincidence?
Another thought comes to mind. I had stated on 07/19/09 that after uploading 'Entry #9' that I heard a noise outside. It was probably nothing. This too is more then likely a coincidence. At least I want it to be. If it isn't...well, I don't know what to do.
I doubt it will have any affect on what we're doing so I won't bother mentioning it to Jay. We're already having difficulty getting to sleep at night without having to worry about little noises outside. And to be honest Jay looks a little sick, and whatever he has I think I'm starting to catch it too. It's weird as I normally only feel this sick when I smell any kind of pork. The smell alone makes me want to puke!
Hopefully we'll get better soon.
Rebecca Kralie.
