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This is my second day at the secluded Lakeview Resort. I decided to write this down and keep it with me, because I don't plan on staying here long. Normally, this is something I would put on my laptop, but Silent Hill is a strange place. The telephones don't work and computers don't do any better. It can't be a problem with the electricity as everything else works just fine. Cell phone reception doesn't exist here.
In truth, I wouldn't have stayed if not for my car. Looking back, I'm not sure what I expected to find when I arrived in Silent Hill. I tried to dodge a falling tree, but couldn't. I hit the damned thing and my radiator burst, antifreeze water spilled all across the road and left a rainbow trail. That wasn't the weird thing. That was only where the weird shit started. I am going to write this down because when I get out of here, I'm never coming back. I want a record to remind me why I should never come back. If I ever get out of here.
I tried to find someone at an old place called the Lighthouse. Well, it was a lighthouse, but I don't know what it is now other than closed, it was the same with the old Lakeside Amusement Park. I walked here and tried to check in. I waited for two hours, but there was no sign of another person. Silent Hill is full of everything, but people.
I am only here for my father. He always told me how much he loved Lakeside. He disappeared two months ago and the only communication I've had from him was a postcard. The police weren't any help, but I didn't think they would be. I'm 18 and they said my father could come and go as he pleased, we were all adults. I know my father. This wasn't like him.
The post card said, "Room 208" and that's where I am now. When I arrived, I couldn't find a clerk, but the key was hanging behind the desk. I eventually found my way inside and took it. I've been here since. I don't understand any of this. My father was never an obscure person. He didn't just leave or take unannounced trips. He wasn't stressed. That's one of the reasons that cop gave me for not doing anything. "Many people don't like to face responsibility…" Not dad. He faced everything. He worked as an electrician; I mean it was hardly a job on Wall Street or anything that warranted hopeless anxiety.
I woke up this morning to another foggy day. I don't think the sun ever shines in Silent Hill. Toluca Lake is beautiful despite the bad weather. I wish I'd come with him more often. My memories of Lakeview are pretty old, these past few years, he came on fishing trips to the lake with his brother, Hector Townsend.
My mother, Ava, disappeared five years ago. If it weren't my family, I would be suspicious. But, it is my family and aside from the odd disappearance, we're perfectly normal.
I graduated from high school with honors in English, but haven't written since graduation. I always wanted to go into journalism, but don't know if I can get my life together to even try.