A.N. So, first thing's first, I want to say thank you for all of the kind words and encouragement sent my way. That was so awesome and I really, really appreciate it greatly! Thank you, from the bottom of my heart thank you…It really, really helps to know how much this community cares...I'm so, so thankful…
ALRIGHT, ON TO THE STORY BIT BEFORE I RAMBLE!
So...be warned, this is going to seem like really erratic as far as writing goes. He constantly goes back and forth from talking to himself, talking to you, talking about the story, etc but I felt like it was appropriate. I mean, he's not all there all the time. Glitching in and out all the time might...well...MaKe HiM fOrGeT.
ENJOY!
Anti's POV
'…
'Hello?
'Is anyone there?
'Anyone actually able to read this?
'…'
I sighed. Well...even if no one can understand this...can understand me...us...I need to try. I NEED TO TRY DAMMIT! I can't let him get away with this. I can't let him get away without telling everyone what happened.
They need to know.
They À̴̭͈̼͖̳͎̜̰̹͚̐̀̀̕L̷̨̫͚̥̙͕̃̏̔̿̌̋̕L̷̡̢̡̝͉̻͚͓̋̄̊͛̿̆ͅ need to know.
...
We weren't always part of him. We weren't always his damn 'egos' like everyone assumes.
Hell, we didn't even have these damn Ṇ̡̞̘̀̏̎̋͌̆̉͌͢͡A̧̡͕̙͇̞͎̠̥̣̎̀̽̊̅̈M̬̯̗̳̭̤͂̓͒͑͝Ë̵̳͇̬̥͕̖́̀̔͋͛̇̅̅͊͝S̘̯̗̠̻̃͐̾̔́͞ͅ that have been 'gifted' to us! We were actual people! We were like those who are his 'subscribers.' Human. People.
And then...And then that damn party happened and É̶̡̡̳͚͉̲̌̋́̽̀̏͜͠ͅV̬̩͖̦̎́͆̆̏̔̊͟Ę̵̝̺̯̹̦̞͉̓̀̌̄̀̿͆̓̔͢R̡̟̹̥͕̥̆͊̇̎͛̈̒Y̨̼̥̪͂̏͐̀̽̓̎̿͠Ṱ̳̜͓̽̍͂̒̄͆̎̏͢͝ͅH̷̡̫͚̞̰͍̽̇̾̈́͊I̲͍̪̳͛͋͑̾͛́̓͘̕͝Ñ̦̾̂͒̿̅̕͘G̵̜̲̗̻̻̥͋̀̈͛̐͢͝ W̛̹̜̖̦͍̞̰̹̃́͛̃̄̅A̛͙͔͖̯̽͋̏͌̈́̆̅͞Ṡ̙̰̣͖̉̈̏͝͠ T́̚Ä̖̥̠̙̹̽̋̓̽K͔̰̬͓̭̩͖̖̓̑̐̾͗̏̋̚E̴̥͚͚͇͚̝̤̤̍͛̃͂̓͌͆̀͡N͙̬̣̍̓̽͠͠!̻̝̒́̀̓́̆̕
He...He…
*The past*
I remember very clearly that day. Jack had invited all of us to this big ol Halloween party to…'hang out' as he said. To 'catch up.' It had been a while since we had seen him and each other so, we all thought, why not? Maybe try and figure out why he had left us in the dark for so long?
We came in that day expecting to end on a positive note!
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Not to come out like m̴̢̨͔̳̣̑̐̎̓͌̄͘͢ǫ̵̛̣̺̪͈̑͗́́̕͘ñ͕̮̦͉̫̐͛̏͂ś̵͙̼̥͍̯̔̃͐̓͌̒̆́̚t͈̠̱̗̻̋͆́͗̂̊͝ͅȩ̧̳̥̼͒̃̉͆͆̃͟͞r͕̤̰̲͎̝̤̊̾̊̈́͟͠͞͡s̡̛͉̜͙̣͔̗̽̋̋̀̓͒̑̅̕.̶̛͈͍̣͙̥̗͐̏͘̚͢͡͞
I...I remember I was wearing a t-shirt. I wasn't the 'dressing up' type and was really coming just for chatting and drinking. I think it was just black, gah, even now the memory wants to be wrenched from me. But I can't stop. I. Can't. S̵̨̞͎̫͈̙̬͉̬̿̇̾̓͆̉͢t̍̿̄͞o̒͑̍̕p̵̺̙̣̭̺͎̬̄̓̃̽̅ͅ.̌͛̂̓͝͠
At the time, he had only invited Doc, Marvin, and myself over.
We were his f̛̮̥̦̞̘̎̓́́̈́͡i̧̥̗̝͔͖̔̈́̎͌̀̂̄͌͟͟͠ͅŗ̣͉̯̤̋̅͐̀̉s͑͋͋̓̏͊̕̚ṫ̛̾͒͐s̨̢̺̜̟̝̝̣̈́̿̉̃̇̂̾̿͡.̀͊̋͒͐̓̽́͝ Isn't that s̨̨̯̞̠̗̖͆̽̓̀̅̍͋͝w̧̱͎͔̼̞̗̾̈́̋͌̓͢͜͞e̡͉̘̺̪̘̣̼͚̰͗̌͆̂́̏ȅ̠̠̐̀̌̋͞t̛̎͊̔̾̾̃͘?̄̎́̾̓̐͊
He welcomed us in with open arms. I think...I could've sworn there was a girl there with him...but...not with him.
Ah! She was with...with me at the time. S̷̳̠͔̝̹͐͊̔̌̈́͒͡ͅi̪͈̋͌́̎͛͂͠g̓̓̿̂̐͘̕͜n̡͓̂͒͌̆͛̓̃͘͘e̠̭͍̾̏͛̃͝.̗̻̫̝̋̄̿͊͗͌͊̃̂
I brought her along in case I found that the party was boring and needed an excuse to get out. We were party bailers after being in a relationship haha…
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How I wish I could've k̀̄̆͂̃͘͝n̘̘̣͖͑̿̆̓̔̽͌̔̕͢o̒̿̉́͝͞ẃ̅͛n̘̘͉̠̫͑̆͛̊̔̽̚͝…͉̪̳̹̜̺͎̃̊̋͂̏͂́͢
̂̿̆̋̄̚͠͝
I could've p̸̧̢̠̜̜̲̻̋͆͗̔͒̋̈́͘͞͝r̫̦͎͙̫̹̪̟̥͑̿̀̆̀̿̕ơ̴͙̘̺̦̤̱̬͖̈́̇̽͘͘͘͞t̡̨̮̋̀̍̆̂̑̒͘͜͟ȅ̴̟͓̳̫̃̌͗́͑̚͟c͙̤͎̠̪͉͛͑̏̀͒̈ẗ̷̙͇̝̱̼͕̭͔́̊͋̿̑̕͜͞ȩ̶͕̫̩̮̳̠͂̽̐̅͡d̛͇͓̯͖̟̹̭̈́͒͗̔ her...
Ș̠̙̩̱̲̽̈̌͊̈́̔͛a̧̡̙̯͈͕͔͙̓̀̅̂̓v̩͊̆́̇̇̑̽͞e͐͆̅̓̓̕͞͠d͉̼͇̗̹̦̋̀̊̓̚̕͟͡ her from..̳̗̩͉̌̽̌̌̏̐̓̚͢͟͡ͅ.H͎͗̓̿̒̚͟I͐̽͑̅͑͆̀M̥̬̹̀͐̅̒̿͛̊̑̔.̧̥̱̥̖̹̻͖̳́̍̾̎͑͒͘͟͞͞
We came in and immediately he welcomed us all with open arms, saying we should all invest into some drinking-and fast. And us Irishmen-we don't play around when we drink.
If we were drinking...We were drinking!
We ran through a couple of beer bottles right off the bat, chatting casually and sort of forgetting why we were all there really. But with a belly full of beer and laughter coming from my comrades and girl, I couldn't care less.
We were having fun.
We were living the life.
…
At one point, I think I could remember passing out. After a couple of hours, I woke up and then...I couldn't see anyone.
I blinked, confused. I was on the couch.
I got up and walked around, calling for all of them. Trying to see where they went.
And then...I walked into the kitchen and saw them all talking...except for Jack. I walked up and hugged Signe from behind, smiling.
She jumped and glanced back before smiling.
S̸͎͉̜̜̝̜͉̈́̌̿̋͂̌̄̎̎̋h̶̲̠̟͉̖͕͍͇̾͊̒͘͘͜͞͠ͅē͔̱̫͑͊̀̚ h̅̎̋͌̏͠â̻͔̥̲̘̯̂̆͗͡s̷̻̱͎̻̦̻̀̊̄̉͐͛̑̍ a̵̻̺̞̘̠͉̪̫͗̾̈́̈̀̒͛̀̆͠ l̷̗͎̲̥͖̟̈́́͊́̒͢ͅo͌v̈́̏͌͝ę̴̭̞͎̮̘̹̝͛̈̐̾̃̑͋̑̎l̺͇̙͕̰̬̪̖̎̔́̑͘y̋̇̐̋͠ ṡ̵̡͔̱̣̆̄̀̆̄͢m̶̡͚͇̟̰͙̪̓̀̒̄̚͡ͅī̎l̊̒͗̆͋͠ȅ̖͔̒̆͆̿͘͠.̃͌̃͐̅̃͋̒̄
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"Hey babe. Sleep well?"
I nodded, nuzzling her back. "Where's Jack?"
"I think he's upstairs," Doc commented.
…
I...I don't think he was actually a doctor…
No.
No! He wasn't!
He was just dressed up as some german anime doctor…
What was his name…?
Ẅ̼̱͎̩͈̝͛͌̍͌̐̚͝͠͠H̦͍̗͔̺̰͕͉̑̅̌̑͡͝Ã͈̙͕̗̦̜͈̩̋̔̌͂̈̕͝͞͡T̵̨͕͇̝̭̱̞̍̍͑̒͌͗͒̕̕̕͢ W̰̱̥͉͐́̔̐͜͝Ą̵̢̮̺͕͌̿͑̃̑̓͝͠͡S̴̨̨̪̳̹̘͈̩̳̍͊̀̂͘͜͠ H̙̣̟͇̙̉̆̌̂͛ͅĮ͙̖̺̼͉̍̋̅͂̈́͞Ş̺̞̮̪̬̫̲͐̐̒̎̋͜ͅ N̷̨̹͍̭̥̱̾͑́̈̓̚͠Ằ̢̢̝̖̜͚̩̱̀͌̀́͜͝͞M̟̲͔͋̏̐̅͗͟Ę͙͉͖̳͍͐͒͆̋͋̚͟͢?̱̭̻̪͓̹̣̄̇͊̈͊̉͘͝!̣̱̻͔̤̅͐̂̒͒ͅ?̬͈̻̗̭̣̳̌̌̋͆̌͟͢
Breathe, breathe…
So, Marvin...No...not Marvin…
Mort?
No, that doesn't sound right.
G̢̪͔̣̥̀͋͌̍̈́͘͘̚͞R̵̥̗̜̤̳̠̦̖̞̗̾͊̄͋̏̂̉͑̕Ŗ̷̺̜̲͚̟̯͖̣́͐̃͌́́̀̓͜͝R̴̹͎̜̯̭͂̎̽͌̽̀̋̑̍͟R̨̙̬̱̗̃͗̓̂̓͋A̸̧̢̨͎̗̼̘̫͛̈̓͐̇̌͢͡W̴̬̩̹͎͈̗͚̦̤̻̐̑̓̀͐̅͘̚R̷͚̗̞̣̗̀̂́́̇̐̀͞ͅ!̷͙̦͍̬͕̘̖̺͉́̀͒̓̎̚̕͟͝
Anyway, 'Marvin' went up to go look for him. As we chatted and waited, we heard him yelp and something knock over. We all blinked and then ran up the stairs, calling for him.
When we reached the room where he was, we saw Marvin had fallen backwards and was pushing himself by his ass out of the room. "Ah, AH, AHHHH!"
"What's wr-" We all looked over and saw...oh...oh god.
There was Jack laying on the ground...h-his n̸̪̻̼̝̫͎͚̠̼̔̏͊̓̍͛e̟̱̟̫̫̎̀̓̂͠͞c̛͕̰̞̬̝͈̭̣͕͋̈͊̾ǩ̮͖̙̳̟̋͗̑̉͌͌̾͝ cut wide open. The literal life drained out of him.
We all freaked. We didn't know what to do. We at first thought that maybe someone had gotten in somehow and had done this-it couldn't have been any of us! W-We were his friends! Sure, we hadn't seen him for some time but...but...
Signe's friend…
Wait…
…
Th-That's right! There-there was someone else there!
Robert?
No…
Oh, he goes by 'Robin' now but…
Ahhh, my head….
D̡̧̛̗͙̦̤̩͙͔̽͑̿͐̀̉Ä̵̢̖̼̪͈̰͔̳̯̣̀̀́̔̅̈Ḿ̵̢̡̫͍͓͖͍̬̺̣̾̃̋̿͑̒͡N̸̫̯̬͕͕̑̋͂̐̈̑̽͢͜ Ḧ̨͎͍̫͍̲́̂̍̽̽̈́̎̊̚Ï̫̬̬̪̻̞̺̎̂͘͠Ṁ̖͎͆̍̎̀̔̂͜͝!͑̿͂̕͘
'Robin' was studying to become a detective and, although he hadn't studied too many crime scenes, he could discern that it was...A murder!
Ṋ̡̢̨̫͔͓͗̓̑͋̈́̆̇͢͞ơ̧̗̺̣͇͚̭̓́̎͑̑ s̢͕̼̖̱̣̼͍̽͒̿͛̏h̵̡̨͈͚̻͕̲̘͖̦͆́̒̂̊̾͘͝͡i̺̟̪̙̤̥͆̋̓͂́̍̍̏̾͘t͈̲̰͚̬̝̟̎̈̐̊͐̑̔͘͠ S̵̨͎̤̱̙͈̪̲̫̀͑̈́̄̌h̛͓̬̭̼̱̘̬̬̘̓̂̏̓̎̀̆e̶̯͎̟͉̬͍͐͗̀̔̐̎̊͒͡r̢̲̠͈͎̆̒̃̏͆͐͑̕͝ͅl͚͎͎̘̤͒̊͌̑̊̈́͡ǫ͖̣̫̲̠̻̍̓̔̃̄͠ç̗͙̤̠̭̺̔̄͗͊͑̽̾̽͞k̶̞̬͕̩̆̈͌͒̈́̇̍̇͟.͕̗̙̲̯̦̃̌̀̆͒̆
But...he also was able to tell that... there wasn't any break ins...so...either the murderer was one of us…
Or they were hiding somewhere in that house.
We split up into different groups to look around the house. When we couldn't find anything that looked like a break in or anyone...we all knew…
It had to be one of us.
…
But who?
By now Marvin was really on edge. He kept saying we should really contact the police-someone-anyone to get on this. But what were we gonna tell them? "Oh, our friend died and we don't know who did it. But it surely couldn't have been me!" We would've all been hauled to jail…
So we stayed and tried to continue the investigation. According to Robin, it had to be some sort of knife that cut him open. With a clean edge.
So that cut out Marvin's saw-I don't even know what the hell he was doing with it. Maybe he was planning on doing a show but...Seems like we may never see it.
So we all emptied our pockets. I had a couple of knives on me while others had normal junk and such. Doc didn't have much…
We checked the kitchen and a couple of other places, trying to locate some sort of murder weapon. But then...something weird happened.
All the lights went out. We all yelped, trying to figure out what the hell was going on. Then-the lights came back on.
But…
"OH MY GOD!"
We looked over a-and we saw that Marvin-Marvin-
The Doc ran over to him and was about to kneel to him when I stopped him. "Hey, hey he's gone. W-We can't do anything…"
He stared at me frightened before shaking his head, pushing me off. "I-I can try! I-I can try to save him!" he cried. He clumsily pulled out a needle and thread, beginning to try and sow him back up.
Signe held onto me and cried as we all watched him.
Then-the lights went out again.
We heard Robin cry out and when the lights came back on-
Signe gasped and covered her eyes. There was Robin-suspended in the air with his face misconfigured.
I held onto Signe and looked to my friend. "Hey, we have to get out of here!"
He was so lost in himself though, he kept saying over and over, "I can fix him, I can fix him, I can save him!"
If you saw the state he was in, you'd be c̢̮̲͔͍̦̤͉͍͋̋̄͊̚̕͡͝r̅͗̏̍̈́͐̓̚y̛̱̱̰͍̗̠̽̀̀͌̑i̴̧̧̜̰̰̼̣̲̐͆̂̎̀̓͗̿͢͝͝n͆̈́̔̊͛͛͊̕g̴̢̣͈͍̰̻̓͆͒̉͌̍̈́̕̚ͅ.̆͑̅̉͝ Like the little w͇̻͍̮͑͐̎̽͛́͞ê̇̈͞a̾͂̋̇k̛͆l̃͗̽ǐ̂͛̚ň̓͘͞g̚͡s̿ y̓ơ̸̥̼̝̜̼̂̐͂̎̀̆̊͢͠ǔ̘͒̏͊̐́̕͟͝ a̠͛͗̑̍̓̓̓̚̕r̊e̋͒.̒̆̑̌͡
Signe tried to approach him but then, the lights went out again. She screamed.
The lights came back on and there she lay on the ground, knocked out. "Signe!"
Then...I heard it.
This...This evil...cruel glitchy laughter just took over the whole place.
Then he came. Jack...but...not…
Jack was ĝ̸̼̹̜͍̪̓́̽̾̕͞͡ǫ̢̞̮͇̯̗̦̩̩̂̽̔̑̊̎̏̈͠ń̷̰̤̣̱͙͑́̿́̚̕͜e͚̭̭̗̞̿́͒͋͐͊͠ l̨̨̩̝͍̝̟̗̖̀͑͊̈̇͆̆̚̚͠ͅò̸͚̬͎̗͖̤̒͋̍̓̈͞n̨̬̯̼͓̲̓͆̾̌̂̃̍̎̀̕g̹̭̜̳̩̪̈́͛͋͊͒̿͞ a̵͎̠̜̯̜͚̼͊̓͂͛͗͊͢ͅģ̛̻̰͚̘̼̹̜̙̑̎͐̽̕̕͢͞ǫ̭̰̰͎̳͙̪͕͒͆̎̇̈͞͡~͖̣̳̥̝̘͎̬̭̿̑̇͒͂
He seemed really pale and had this disturbing smirk on his lips as he looked around, the place now seemingly...frozen. "Wow...this turned out better than expected!" He laughed and the place filled with the terrifying laughter again. I took a step back in fear as he turned to me, the smirk rising. "Hey there buddy! Enjoy the show~?"
I stared at him, wide eyed. "W-Wait, this was all-"
He nodded, laughing. "Yep! You all came tonight and walked right into my trap!" He walked over to Marvin and bent down. "Man, look at that! Already looking better my man!" He laughed as he touched Marvin and...h-he began glowing.
"What are you doing to him?!" I yelled angrily.
Jack just smirked and muttered some words, Marvin's face and figure growing slowly to be more like Jack. Eventually his wounds began to repair themselves as Jack began to put different magic-like items into his pockets as well.
"Th-The hell?"
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C͙̙̥͕̄͊͐͒̇̿̏̕͜h̍͊͗̚͠ͅā̈́͋̑n̵͍̬̣͖̰̎̈́̌̅̓g̈́̽̀͡e͂̉̓̑̂̒̃̚ ỉ͆̒́͌͗̽̀͡s̡̛͓̣̩͕̞̮̪̳̖̑̋̽̀̃̾̇͡͝ṇ̷̥̹̮͋͋͋̋̽͜͡'̸̳̰̤̼̮̙͔̳̋̉͑̑́͛͒t̶̢͈̭͍͙̙͔̬̒̔͊̕̚͜ a̧̻͕̗̦̹͖̝͔͕͊̆̐̌̊ b̨̬͍̙̰͉̪̃͛̑͛̒̐ͅa̛̜͖̖͚̣̬͊̏̀̈́́̓d̢̛̻̗̮̳̩͔̖̍̓͆͒̊͟͝͠͠ ẗ̡̜̯̖̦̥͙̩́̄̈̉̈͝ͅḩ̪̝̦̺̬̠̀̓́͘̚͠i̿͞n̨̑̃͛͐͒g̨͎̦͖̳̗̤̺̤͎͋̇̄̔̋͘͝͝-
S̛͙͈͆̑̓͗͝͝T̩͍̳͙̣̗͍̃̃̑͛̈̈́͌͟Ò͓̫͖͇̦̱̞̒̎͂͌̐͘͜͠P̨̲̙̺͎͇̋̅̍̔̀̅͟͢͞ͅ I͎̹̝̬̠̖̐͋̇͐͂̏́̕T͒̄̎͊͞!̋̇̕
...He hummed as he backed away, Marvin's figure beginning to stand. Jack hummed some more. "Perfect...a little 'too' perfect though…" He looked to the ground and picked up Marvin's little mask. He smirked. "Perfect." He put it on Marvin and the mask seemed to seal around his face...
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P̣̻̜̩̃̽̄̄̽͑̍̓̕͟ȇ̫͙̖̺̝̪̦͙̲̒͐̂͐̒r̖̮̙̈̂̍̾̀̍͟͟͠͡f̧̳̪̖̠̟͊̿̑̇͑̓̔̾͆͟͜͝ͅè̤̖̻̜̻̺̣̣̌̋̽̆̄͘͘͘c̵̛̞͈̻̣͖͛̾͗̽̄̍̉͗ͅt̛̥͍̗̓̎́̌͛̾͘͟͟l̶̢̬͈̭͂̆̃́̉̀͘͟͝͠y͍̪͔̼͋̉̍̈̌.
"What a masterpiece! Am I right?" Jack looked over to me.
I shook my head. "Y-You're insane!"
He shrugged. "Insane? Or...smart?"
I blinked. "What?"
He began to walk towards me and I backed away from him. "You know how everyone has flaws of some sort? Nobody's perfect! No one can be independent on their own because there are so many things that make them tied to different personalities...But…" Refers to Marvin. "What if they don't have to worry about different thoughts? Just staying on one train of thought for life. Not worrying about having choice but rather being set in being a magician-" he looked over to Doc "or even a doctor. And both would be completely in their own. They wouldn't have to worry about having mixed feelings on their paths because they'd be perfect where they are! No questions about anything!"
I shook my head as I felt myself come in contact with the counter. "A-And what about the others?!"
His smirk dampened some and he looked over to Robin. "Honestly, I wasn't expecting you to bring anyone over...But…" His smirk returned as he looked over to Signe. "I think I could maybe adjust them a little as well~"
My eyes became wide as I shook my head and grabbed out my knife. "I'm not going to let you touch her you bastard!"
I charged at him. I was close, I was there, I raised my hand-
And then...I heard something slice open. I froze as I felt pain begin to take hold of my neck. I shook and took hold of my neck, beginning to taste blood take over my mouth and lungs.
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Ṫ̘͚̭͈̎̃͆͛̓͜͟ǫ̷̧̭̻̻͈̗̐̀̊̀̒̑͘o̡̧̖͕̦͎̯̳͎͆̅̋̌͘ͅ w̵̧̛̛̯̞̻̙͈̪͕̫͒̉̍̓͜e͍̖͚̜̗̔̅͑͐͌͐̀̋́͠a̹̣̻̹̹͉̥͈̅͂̈̀͌́͂͢͜͡k̶̬̥̞̺̗̠͛̐̈̀͂̄͛͂̉̔͟.̧̡̜̼̯̄̉̔̌̊̓̚͞͠͡ͅ
I fell to the ground hard and glared up to him as he smirked down to me. "Oh buddy, you really thought I wasn't going to make you into something too~?" He knelt down to me casually and began to look me over like I was a damn animal. "Hmm...I remember you aren't really the 'dressing up' type…"
Then, he paused and smirked. "Oh...yes...that'll do….that'll do just...fine…" He smirked as my vision began to get more blurry and eventually, a ringing filled my ears as I felt myself slip away.
I...I remember for a moment I saw a bright light. It was...it was so beautiful…It was probably the most beautiful thing I had ever seen in all my years of living that...that I couldn't even describe it. It was so warm too...
As I reached for it, I felt something take hold of my neck. A chain. Multiple chains began to wrap themselves around me and yanked me back as I screamed in terror. Down...down....d̨̪͎̼͖͇͑̊̃́͛͟ö̐̓̂w̠͕͍̼̤͉̯͆̀̆̇̒͢n̛͐̐̚...̛͊
And then….I woke up...
But...I wasn't myself…
I...I felt different.
Ş̛̳̗̳̯̟͔̉̃́̕͡ţ̙̤̜̬̣͖͙͚͑̈̿͗̐̄͝͝ͅr̶̢͔̫̣̟̄̾̇̄̓̂̕͘͝o͙̘͔̫͍̺̽͆͛̓͒͘n̸̬̞̱̤͕̬̗̮̰͓̏̾̈̉̉g̷̨͓̗̠͕̲̓͋͌̃̉̕͘͜͡͡e̟͈̗̗͍̫̤̍̈̃͑̾̂̒̚r͚̦̜̞̬͕͚̐̿̽̂̿̀.̡̯̼̻̟̮̳́̈̆̉͛̂̚ͅ
A-And...all around me was darkness...Just-
I began to hears someone crying. I immediately picked myself up, feeling...strange. But I couldn't concentrate on that now-I needed to see who was there!
I moved, seeing my vision come back and forth randomly, haziness in my surrounding peripherals but I didn't care. I had to find him. I had to see who was there with me!
Finally, after some time of wandering around in the darkness, I saw something glowing...blue…
I walked towards it and...and saw there was someone in the blue. It was…
"Ḑ̼̞̦̆̌͗̒͋̑͑͌͆͘ͅo͈͉͆̄̊̂̄̒c̎́̓̔̀̄͊͠?̡̒̄́͊̉̅̓̆̐͐͟" I covered my mouth. I shook my head. N-No, that wasn't their name! Th-That wasn't-
He looked up to me and yelped, crawling backwards. "St-Stay away from me!"
I blinked and began to approach him more.
"D̷̛͚̖̬̯̥͓̜̎̓̃̍̀̀o̭͍̻̣̪̔̅̋̊̄̕͘͘͟͝c̴̤̼͔̱̦̟̬̩͂̉̔̌̓͋̚͠,̒̎̈́̇̃́͡ it's me,͗͛͛͘̕͞ A͕̫̞̯̠͂̆̌̐͘͝n͊́͌̾̓͋t̝̹͕͗̿̋̑̍͌̽͠i-̏̀̉͌̀̕͞.͂̂.̙̱̋̈͋̃̑̈́̑̎͞͞.̎̽͒"
I paused. I shook my head and tried again. "Ã̩͙̩̬͒̔͐́̈̾̍̕ạ̏̽̃̊͢͠a͎͔̔̏͛̈͘n̛͆̓̑̋̃͗͂͘t͆-͆͂͘" I held a hand over my mouth. No, no! That wasn't my name! That wasn't-
"H-Hello? Is someone there?" another voice asked weakly, trudging over. They were glowing a slight orange, shaking some. It was…
"Ṃ̵̖̳̼̣̱̦́͑̏̓̅̈́͐̑̚͢͝á̖̫͖͍̣̀͐̊̉̋͘͘͢ṟ̰͍̬̲̎̆̎̈̈v̦̦̫̣̟̹̏̽̾̀̓́́̒͘i̷͈̟̣̯̓̅́͒̍̎͛͋͜͜͜͢n͙̹̦͔̎̽͛̃̉̊́̚͢͡?͚̍̀͋̓͂̃"
He looked over to me and yelped, backing away. "Wh-What are you?!"
I blinked. "G̢̗̘̟͔͔̻̭̏̑͒̍͐̑̍̚͟͢͡u̸̯̪̩̫̺͚͗͗̑̿͋͡ý̷̛͕̼̣̯̬̒̒͒̈́͋͜s̺̯͔̻͉̜̗͖̄̑͌͒̅͘͡, it's me-"
"Anti Anti Anti please! Don't bother!"
I blinked. As I turned, I saw that Doc-No, WHAT WAS HIS NAME?!
They froze as Jack came in, smiling. "Heyyyy Anti, I love the new look!"
"What the hë̛́͊͌̾͘ll̄̄̏̔ are you-"
He snapped his fingers and suddenly, a mirror appeared and- "AH-" I jumped backwards as I stared at, at a MONSTER! I held my face and glared at him.
"Ẁ̄̎̈͘͠H̷̡̞̦̬̥̝̹̦̩̊́̉̇̆́͝͡͡A͂̌̄̓̐͜T̶̢͍̺̻͔͙͔͈͑̆̎͐̓͋͜͞͝ͅ Ţ̷̛̮̤̥̪͈̠̥̤́̇͌͊͒̾Ȟ̖̤͙̳͈͂̋͂̉͌̌̀͢Ẻ̵̙͙̙̫̣̭͊͆̌͘͠ H̨͍̮̙͇̬͒͆̓͐̀͝Ě̷̯̘̫̬̥̠̊̈̍͂̕͢L̸̨̼͔̮͓̯̩͂̈́͆̂́͢͞͡ͅL͉̱̻͕͎̩̽̆̀̓͂̈̌̚͘͡ Ḍ̶̛̹̭͚͉̘͈͙̤͐̓͛͊͗̽͜͠͝I̵̢͇̠͇͉̝̿̇̌̑̿̂͝D̨͖͉̗̖̃͒̿͋̅̈́̄ Y̰̗̰̰͛̃̉̿̋͜͠O̲͖̥̳̤̓̌̑͆̔̓͡U̻͈̣̫̻̣̞̥̽̂̾̂̐̊̚͟͠ D̶̡̢̙͖̼̭̣̆̔̇̏̀Ȏ̶̢̥̟͖̻͕͗́͋̏ T͓͈̺͖̭͔̻͍͊̌̓͋̔͌̕O̶̼̣̫̤̹͈̟̾͐͗͛̒̓͢ M̶̹̰̯̲̹̼̻̞͋͑̂̋͂̍̐͜͝E̛̯̳͇̟̗̝̻͉̖̒͂̈̆̈́?̢͎̲̣̙͂͐͑̋̅̊̀́͛͡!̙̟̞͓̙̰̪͈́̋̓̽̂̍̒̄̚͜ͅ?̸̡̨̨̪̞̜̤̼͖̲̍̿͗̚͝"
He just chuckled. "I gave you a new lifestyle. Consider yourself to be the 'demon' of the group!" He giggled as I stared at him, horrified.
"What do you mean D̪̬̻̥̪̈́̊̇̈́͡È͖͚̰̜̦̖͊̏̾̋M̴̧̭͓̳̫̦̊̀̀̕͘Ó̧̖̥͉͚̺͆͂̈́̀͝͝Ǹ̶̡̯͔̙̗͗̌̂̀̋?!"
He smirked to me. "You heard me Anti-"
"MY NAME ISN'T ANTI!"
He laughed. "Yeah? Then what is your name?"
I tried.
I tried to remember.
I wanted to remember so bad.
But…
I couldn't.
I couldn't remember.
And he knew.
His smirk deepened. "Can't remember can you? Neither can they-" he nodded over to the others. "In fact, they can't even remember the party! And neither will you."
I stared at him, horrified. "Wh-What do ỳ̧̰͔̫͔̟̰̯̎́͐͊͜ő̳̹͙̱̱̣͍͐͊̐̕ͅu̮̞͚̩̫͈͔̻̫͑̀͌̏̏͒-̧̙̤̭͇͚̃̒̏̌͌̔͆̄͝͝"
"You can't function correctly if you're trying to remember silly Billy!" he laughed.
I shook my head and backed away. "N-No, I won't let-"
Suddenly, he snapped his fingers and then-...
Then…
I...I can't remember…
After that though, I couldn't...I couldn't recall anything. And I...I became 'Anti.'
For years I couldn't remember anything else except the urge to take what was his...but...I...I couldn't even remember why!
And now...now I remember…
I heard...I heard something…
Something that brought me back to that damn night.
'And now...now I'm writing this…'
Or...trying…
I paused.
Wait...why...why am I just writing?
What the hell is that going to accomplish?!
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N̡̡̛̜̜̠̘͗́͋̂͐̆ŏ̜͔̰͉̦̞͙̙̼̞̀̇̌̃͞͠t̶̢̨̘͇̞̥͔͚̔̈́̓̎́̌͘ͅh̷̛̫̘̰̩̬̼̫̜̑͊͌̎̈̍̚̚i̶̮̻̮̱͔̱̟̩̍̽͑̉͑͋̋̉͊̚͜ṋ̨̦̞̅͐͒̓͋̀̇͜g̵̥͈̤͙͈̥͆̏͌̌͋̚͟͢ͅ.̧̢̛̹͓̟̰̗̈͐̇̿̎͟͡
This...This requires action.
I growled as I stood up.
I can't stand back and watch anymore!
What happens when they remember Jack? What happens when they hear their name somewhere else? What happens when they realize that they haven't been with you for 28 years but in actuality were taken from their lives just to be part of your damn show?!
You want a show Jack? You want a show?!
I'll give you a show. And I'll make sure it's one that you will never forget.
I smirked as I stared at him as he went to sleep. Sleep well Jack. Because after tonight, all hell is going to break loose.
"hahahahaḪ̨̗̘͖̩͍͒̏̄̓̍̂̾͠Ą̳͇̻̫̭̬̥͈̀̾̅̈̒͝Ḩ͖̺̜͍̱̻̓̏̾̿̊̀̂̃̊͡Ā̡̲̻̭̤̠͛͒̅̈̉͑̐͜H̵̟͕̦̯̟̰͉͈̣́̀̄͂͑͐̍̚͘A̤̰̳̪͕̱͚̍̃́̌͐̀̚͘͝͝Ḫ̶̻̩͔̝͍͙̫̖̀͊͒͟͡͡A̖̱̗͙̻̤͙͗͗́̌͗́̃̀͗͘H̼͍͔͇̩̮̜̙̳̊̆̃̀̓͒̎̚͜͝Ḁ̵͔̭̰̌͋̎͂̊̑̏͢͡H̛͚͖̼͚͕̱̬̤̺̞̃̎̍͑̎̄́͋Ą̸̢̨̛̰̳̖̩͇͙̺̿͌̒̋̍̃̒Ḩ̷̹̙̠̠͗̅͆̄̉͜A̴̡̡̛̘̖̫̦͍͂̅̔̃̊̐͢H͇̺͉̬̺̫̆̒̌̓͂͆̇̋͋̽͜͢Ä̴̢̮̥͈͕́̈͐̍̽͒́̚̚H̶̨̡͚̹̦̪̖̒̓̑̆̆͋Ạ̴͙̦̳̿͋̚̕̚͜͜͝H̨̥͖̜̺͔͖̮̔̌̈́͆́̄ͅA̡̯͍̝̩̫̱̻̱̐̅̋̾̀!"