It's been two hours since I've seen Dan. I'm kind of worried about him; is he hurt? Is he in trouble? Is he getting chased? I feel like I'm a mother duck watching over my duckling, but Dan is the only friend I can contact from this closed space compared to the other closed spaces. Without him, I'd be lonely for a rather long time...too long...
"Dan?" I called out as I carefully walked along the wood of the rotten hallway, planks creaking under my weight. 'Where has he been off to?' I asked myself as I continued to stroll. "Dan?!" I shouted a bit louder for him to hear me better- if he's close that is. "Dan-" I stopped in my tracks as a spirit of a lonely girl in a red dress stared at me. Due to my shyness around new people, I avoided eye contact with her, but I did get a glimpse of her turning around a corner and disappearing completely when I tried to trace her tracks. "...I must be hallucinating, I usually get like this when I'm dehydrated." I mumbled under my breath as I continued to search.
Another hour passed and I started to get thirsty, due to reading a victim's entry saying a friend of hers drank the faucet water in the Infirmary, causing him to throw up the water and pass out, I headed towards the girl's bathroom. As I entered, I paused for a moment seeing a full row of ropes and tops of heads peer out from the high ends of the stalls. Ignoring the triggering scene and trying best to stay positive, I focused my attention back to the faucet and hesitantly turned it.
Nothing happened for a few seconds until the pipes started to creak and water suddenly flowed out like a river as it make contact with my hands. With my luck, the water was cold, but it wasn't exactly the cleanest water you'd find. Without thinking, I quickly directed my hands to my lips as I drank the water, leaving a few drops unacknowledged on my uniform. As I left the room, I heard a instant thud come from one of the bathroom stalls. Due to my curiosity (and stupidity) I started to wonder why there was a thud from the stalls since whoever was inside was obviously dead and there was never any erratic drafts or winds coming from any direction. With interest flowing through my head, I went over and slowly opened the stall as witnessed something I never wanted to know, yet ever see.
"D-Dan..." Eyes wide, I saw him hanging lifelessly on a noose. His face blue and eyes rolled back of his head with tears in them that seemed to be there for no more than a possibly a few hours ago; his mouth was partly agape as some saliva ran down his chin. "No..." Furious and wretched, I violently slammed the door shut, "NNNOOO!" I collapsed on the floor, the wall supporting my back as I started to sob. "No...you idiot, why would you kill yourself..." I ran my hand through my hair as more tears aggressively ran down my cheeks. "You're the only one that can keep me sane!" I banged the back of my head against the wall as my skin flushed pale and my body continued to shake in a rhythme along with the stream of tears staining my cheeks. That was when I felt my world around me go darker.