We were able to get Daniel to help us out by playing Slenderman so things were going pretty smoothly so far. We already had the jogging portion of the first episode done, so now me and Vince were sitting nearby while Evan was doing some stretches as Jeff filmed.
"You're gonna be, uh, usin' all your muscles, crunchin' hard, and what you wanna do is you wanna lie on your belly, push straight up, ahh, into it. This is called a cobra stretch. Other people call this a downward dog stretch, but those people are stupid. This is much more like a cobra than a dog", Evan said as he showed the position, and I have to agree with him that it looked more like a cobra then a dog.
"So, what that does is it stretches out the muscles that you just worked, so now not only will you get a rock hard, beautiful stomache, but also your real flexible, so you can do that", Evan said as he did a sort of weird belly dance. I had to purse my lips to not just laugh right there. "In case you guys need to do that at all...or wiggle, or break dance, you know. In case you need to do that kind of shit. Alright, so..."
"Evan hinted at it before with the key word 'after", Vince said as he took over. "Stretching too much beforehand actually weakens your muscles and makes it harder to complete the task at hand, so if you were gonna lift you don't want to do an intense arm stretch. If you were gonna do ab work, you don't want to do the cobra stretch before your workout. While it is good to do a light stretch just to make everything limber up so you are able to do the workout, keep the yoga and stuff strictly after".
"So we've learnt how to have a good jog, how to stretch properly, and that Evan would make a great addition to a male strip club", I joked.
"Just call me Evan-Sexluvin'", Evan said as Jeff turned the camera off.
"Well, that turned out pretty well", Vince said clapping his hands together. "So, Jeff you just make the necessary edits and just send it Claire to watch, and if everything's fine you just upload it, kay Claire?"
"Sure, sure", I said, as I stood up and looked at the time. "I should get going now".
"You sure? It's only nine. You could stay for another hour or two".
"Thanks, but I have to play piano at a wedding tommorow and I want to get some sleep. I did'nt get much last night".
"'Kay, well, I just let you know when I've emailed the footage to you", Jeff said.
The next morning I was still feeling kinda tired. It was pretty weird since I went to bed around ten and woke up around half nine. Still, I had a wedding to give beautiful piano music too and then upload the video once Jeff sent it to me.
I did'nt know the bride or groom, but one of my classmates who knew I played piano said they needed someone to play the bridal march. It was just that but hey, easy work and good cash. What can I say?
I don't know what to say about the wedding. It was pretty much your stereotypical wedding. I did dress a bit formal given the occasion. If I've learnt anything about playing piano at parties or such, you should dress for the occasion a little. It'll look respectable and sometimes you might be asked to play at another party by a guest or two.
It was only when the ceremony was finished and I had gotten outside that I checked my phone, and sure enough there was a text on it from Jeff saying that he emailed the footage to me. Might as well go home now. I was only hired for the ceremony, not the reception. Not that I'm complaining though.
"Hey, Matilda. You being a good girl?", I asked my cat when I came home. He was lying on my piano stool for my upright piano. She seemed comfortable where she was. "Good girl", I murmured before heading upstairs to my room to get to my computer.
"Now, let's check on this footage", I murmured to myself as I brought up my email.
A few clicks and I was looking at the footage. Everything seemed okay so far. The music me and Jeff composed sounded fine, no glitches. Okay, Vince jogging in a park, normal. Now Vince in his car and-
I was surprised when I heard some static. I looked at the email again since Jeff said going to leave notes on where to expect static and such. There should'nt have been any static untill the next episode. This was confusing. I did consider letting Jeff know, but it was'nt like it was bad so what harm can just uploading with that piece of static do?
I shuck my head a little and rewound a bit and countinued watching. Back at the static moment, I thought I noticed something off the side while Vince was driving past. I first told myself it was Daniel dressed as Slenderman, but then I realised something. Daniel was'nt going to be doing that untill we got to outdoor activities. Did that mean...Slenderman was...
"Hehehe...Reading all those creepypastas and watching horror movies with the guys must have made me loose my mind", I laughed nervously, only touched with some humour. "He...he does'nt exist. It's just a story and internet meme".
I flinched a little by the sudden ringing of my phone and picked it up. "H-hello?"
"Claire?", I heard from the other caller, Jeff.
"Hey Jeff, I'm just looking at the footage now", I said.
"Right, it's just that I think I forgot to mention this in the email. There's some static while Vin's in his car and it happens while he talks so I could'nt remove it", Jeff told me.
"I see. I was actually thinking of whether to bring it up with you or not", I said.
"Okay then. So, I'll see you later then I guess".
"Yeah. Later. Oh, and tell Alex I said hi", I told Jeff before we finished the call. I looked back at the footage and finished the rest of it, ignoring the faint static heard during Even's yoga/stripper moves. I was thinking of the figure I saw during the static while Vince was in his car. Then again, it had been pretty dark, and very quick. For all I know it may have just been a signpost or something.
Looking out my window, I bit my lip and closed the curtains, planning on closing the others before uploading the video.
It was April when we began the second episode, dedicated to dreams and eating. Evan had already done his half, giving suggestions of what food was healthy and what was'nt so now it was me, him and Vince talking about dreams while we sat at a table (Vince in the middle) and Jeff was filming. Everything was okay, though I was sort trying to look around without drawing attention to myself, which seemed to work, though I'm guessing the audience will point it out in the comments. Evan had just finished talking about how food affects dreams when Vince took over.
"...On the topic of dreams, not only food, but also stress, outside sources, pretty much anything can affect what you dream about", Vince started off. "Like just last week I had midterms and I was stressing out so much that I had dreams that I was running through the woods in my old elementary school and it felt like something was following me". Before that dream was mentioned I had a smile on my face, but now it was a small frown. That dream, the description of it...it sounded like something that Slenderman would do. Or, was I over reacting. I glanced over at Evan. He seemed troubled by something and started to rub his forehead a little as Vince countinued.
"You know, that could have been a manifestation of the stress levels I was feeling at school. It could've been a lot of things. So not only do you have to worry about the foods, but also try to keep yourself as stress free as possible before you hit the sack every night. What about you, man? You have any recurring dreams lately?", Vince asked Evan, looking over at him.
"...What?", Evan asked looking back at Vince. He probably trailed off from what Vince was talking about.
"...Nevermind. Claire?"
"Oh, um...", I thought back a little. I don't think I've had dreams in a while. Maybe once or twice. I did remember my last dream though "Well, the most recent dream I had was...at the beach. And it was nearly dark and I was the only one there", I said. "Pretty much a ghost beach I guess".
"Ohhh, spooky", Vince chuckled, after which I started coughing. A bit harder then usual.
"Hey, you okay?", Evan asked me.
"Ye-yeah. Just, y'know, smokers cough. I was um, holding it in while Vince was talking is all", I told them. In truth it just came from no where, but I usually got away with lying. The key is to act casual and natural while saying the lie. Make it seem like it was actually true.
"Oh, well do you want some water?", Vince offered as Jeff walked off to get himself a drink.
"Yeah, sure". I nodded my head as I rubbed my throat a little as Vince went to get me some water. I then asked Evan, "hey, you okay, man? You seem like something's bothering you".
"No, I'm...did something about that dream seem...weird to you?", Evan asked me, looking kinda serious.
"Something...felt a little off. But I'd rather not jump to conclusions", I murmured.
"Right, well...speakin' of which, how come you were looking around a bit?", Evan asked me.
"...I don't know...just felt like it", I mumbled, thankfully accepting the glass of water from Vince. I was'nt going to let myself worry. I'm just over reacting.
