Are you following them again today?

Obviously. You never know when Alex would appear and kill their asses, right?

Or emotionally breaking them down with The Operator.

Nah, The Operator can do that by himself, he didn't need Alex intervention for that. So they are going into the woods today, huh? I wonder what they are trying to find.

Probably trying to visit the places that appear in the video.

Right, right! So maybe they want to look for the tunnel or the house where they fainted in together!

Or maybe they wanted to look for a certain house in the middle of the forest...

... Ahahahah! You can't possibly mean they are trying to find my house, right?

And if they did?

No... Th-That doesn't make any sense! What could they have possibly achieved from doing that?

Many possibilities. But maybe they tried to find YOU. You always find them first, so maybe for once they wanted to find you first. Maybe they want to make you their ally.

That's ridiculous. I refuse to believe that.

Whichever you want. Let's try following them and listen to what they have to say.

Okay~!

...Please don't try to find me...

"From the many ideas you have, this is probably one of your craziest one." said Tim as he opened his cellphone and check on all the screenshots and videos of Hoodie's house.

"Yeah, I know. But since this yellow hoodie guy always followed us around and helping us out, I think it only make sense that we made him our ally."

Jay looked very excited with this idea; Tim found it hard to say no to him. "I would argue on the helping part. He stole my pills a lot of time, sending us clues using weird ass videos, and remember when he stole my pill so I would get seizure and turn into the masked version of me?"

"Yeah, I know... That is quite bad... He did all of that just so I would help you and get us to work together. It's a bit out there, I gotta say. But as far as he concerns, it kinda work...?"

Tim looked at Jay in disbelief and jogged away from him. Jay noticed and immediately keep up with him.

"S-Sorry, I didn't mean it like that! Of course I would prefer it if that man didn't do such drastic measure to hurt you and get what he wants!"

Tim took a deep breath and eventually stop his jog. "Don't worry, I believe you. I have to say, the Hooded man plan is very... how do I say this... manipulative, I suppose. He knew that the moment you saw the video, you would immediately chase after me. He also knew that the whole event would made me feel stressed out and forcing me to work with you. Of course I'm okay with this arrangement now. But back then? I was only helping you because I knew I would feel like crap if I don't..."

"Now that I think about it... Yeah, you are right. That is kinda scary..."

"And knowing this, you still want to recruit him?" asked Tim again.

This discussion has created doubt in Jay's mind. Of course having more allies would be great, but could they recruit someone that was very emotionally manipulative? It was not easy to convince Tim. He needed to find more reasons to erase doubt from Tim's mind and himself. "Oh, and also! Remember when we were attacked in the tunnel, and you got to the hospital? Alex was there to kill you, but that hooded man came to save your life!"

"You aren't wrong for that one. But you know, after watching that video, why didn't that hooded man just kill Alex? Alex was tied on the chair; he can't fight back! Instead, he was making "me" beating him up into a pulp before he attempted to shoot Alex. Because of that, he lost his chance to kill him!"

Jay once more never thought of it that way. That WAS weird. But that should be no problem, right? "Well, I have no answer for that. But hey, have I convinced you, Tim?"

"Honestly? Not really. But at least there is a slight chance that he might be able to reason with. That is enough for me to follow through your plan."

Jay was taking a deep sigh of relief. "That's good to hear. Alright, let's try this direction!" Before Tim could stop him, Jay has already bolted to the direction he was pointing.

"Dammit, Jay! Slow down!"

Huh... I didn't expect myself to be correct. Are you okay?

Why...? Why why why why why WHY?! Why are they looking for me?! Oh... Oh God... I-I can't let them find my house! They can't! I WON'T LET THEM!

You need to calm down...

Shut the hell up! You wanted this to happen!

Because you are slowly destroying yourself... You need help...

That is not true! I don't need help! I can manage by my own! The only reason you are in my brain is because you wanted to give doubt to me! Well I won't let you!

That's how much you want me to disappear...? Whether you want it or not, you are the one who created me in the first place. By that logic, didn't that mean you already doubted yourself even before I appeared?

... How am I going to stop them... Maybe I should just show up in front of them and misled them? That is a good idea, but I also have to make sure they won't get lost in the forest. It would be all for nothing if they died in the forest.

You NEED to stop running away from them. Like I told you, this is very bad for your mental health. Are you listening?

shut up shut up...!

Where could I lead them to make sure they won't get lost? I think this route could work... It has a lot of places to hide and jump over. That would be enough to slow them down.

So you have decided to ignoring me... I'm not surprised in the slightest. I'll stop talking now. We'll see what will happen next...