DAY TWO
[Hollow Bastion University Media Room]
"Riku! What you making?"
Sora leaned against the wall watching Riku record the tape.
"AAAAHHH! Sora!" Riku screeched. He whirled around and eyed Sora angrily. "How long have you been watching?" He demanded.
"Since the tape started." Sora shrugged. "What the hell is it, anyway?"
Suddenly. the blare of static informed Riku the tape had ended. Eyes widening in shock, Riku's mouth hung open. He helplessly stared at Sora before finally asking:
"How much did you watch?"
"All of it. And it was-"
Sora was cut off by the shrill ring of the phone. Smiling, he reached over and grabbed it off the hook.
"Yo?" Sora spoke in the receiver. His smile disappeared and was replaced with a frown when he received his reply, then he lowered the phone and looked at Riku, confused.
"The heck? Some dude told me-"
"Seven days?" Riku whispered, finishing his sentence.
"What the heck? You too?" Sora asked, setting the phone down. Riku's hands fumbled with a copy of the tape, and he stared angrily at it.
"This tape... I got it in the mail. When I watched it, I got the same call... Sora, I heard an urban legend just like this!" Riku stammered, fear filling his usually tranquil green eyes. "Seven days... then we die..." he mouthed, not aware of the fact Sora was looking at him strangely.
"Damn, Riku, the hell is wrong with you?" Sora snapped. Riku shook his head, trying to get those images out of his head.
"I'm sorry... it's all just so weird..." Riku grumbled, setting the tape aside. Sora rolled his eyes and walked out of the living room, not really caring about the matter. Riku just frowned, looking back at the tape. There was something unnatural about it...
Determined to find answers, Riku sat back down and watched it again.
Setting the VCR to slow-mode, Riku flipped through the images, trying to ignore the disturbing pictures. Suddenly, a soft noise was coming from the speakers.
Riku smiled. Ah-ha.
Leaning closer, Riku could make out the words...
"Ev oui bmyo hayn fydan, dra suhcdan femm lusa kad oui."
"Wha?" Riku leaned over and turned the volume up. The same words repeated, slightly louder. He grabbed a nearby note pad and started scribbling the words on his notepad. Reviewing them, they looked very familiar....
"Must be some sort of language..." Riku muttered. He stood up, ejected the tape, stuffed both it and the copy in his gym bag and quickly ran from the media room, thoroughly spooked.
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"This?" Sora laughed. "Looks like Al Bhed to me... that's an old language, hardly anyone speaks it anymore." He explained, throwing the notepad down.
Riku nodded numbly, gripping his coffee. He thought more, then nodded, seemingly lost in his own world.
"Sora."
"Yeah?"
"Can you check and see if anyone or a town or something still speaks Al Bhed? In this country?" Riku requested. "I know you have your sources." He grinned, not letting Sora back out of this one.
The younger boy scratched his head and nodded.
"Sure, but I don't see why this is all important to you..."
"It's a life or death matter. Trust me." Riku replied.
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SCARY SCARY SCARY SCARY! O_O Anyway, yes, the "voice in the tape" thing I used is actually from Ringu, the original Japanese version. I just thought it was cooler than finding a lighthouse in the frame. And no, I just picked that up from a script. I'm too scared to watch The Ring again, never mind Ringu (Sadako in Technicolor...NO.)!
AUGH!! PHONE! RINGING! *flees*
