oo1 ❚ i'm a confident liar ( backdated to 05/14, late evening )

[steelettos]

( the handwriting that appears is hurried, a bit ragged. panicky squiggles, written in a way as if the writer is running. a terrible handwriting. if anyone notices it as well, the handwriting seems to be blending in with some other type of writing.

fading ink. typewritten. reversed. )

can someone tell me what exactly is outside?

( the handwriting pauses. she's not tried this so far, has been avoiding to trying it despite writings, faces, images appearing where she doesn't want it to appear. wanting to believe that no, this isn't right. )

and if it's something i can avoid on my way home?

( more scribbles, smaller than the previous ones. "does this even work?" "what if it doesn't?" "the library is creepy at night"... )

i think i'm going crazy now.

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[reckless_fire]

Outside what?

You're probably not any crazier than the rest of us. Which I guess isn't saying much, really.

[steelettos]

outside. that howling. can't you

( she pauses. probably not. )

never mind. maybe i was just imagining it.

[reckless_fire]

[Howling. Okay, that's pretty much all he needed.]

Nah, I can't hear it over a text, but a lot of other people on here have heard it. Sounds like a wolf howl, right? So far it hasn't been dangerous, just creepy as hell. You should be okay getting home.

[steelettos]

i didn't mean hearing it on paper

( calm down, lina. her handwriting gets tinier, mostly since she's running out of paper. )

are you sure?

[reckless_fire]

As sure as I can be without actually being out there. You're just hearing howling, right? No growling? And you don't see anything weird anywhere around you?

[steelettos]

well no but

( the handwriting completely stops as she tries to rummage for another piece of paper. maybe it's much better to use her phone for this. )

[steelettos]

no. but it's still weird, don't you think? and when i asked a passing guard earlier, he said he never heard anything.

[reckless_fire]

The guard couldn't hear it because he doesn't have a number. Far as I know, we seem to be the only ones who can hear or sense this stuff. People with numbers, I mean. And yeah, of course it's weird, but everything's been pretty damn weird since the beginning of April.

Anyway, sounds like you got the howling wolf. It should go away in a little while, if it hasn't already.

[steelettos]

( she refrains from texting so it wasn't just me then. )

i got the howling wolf? is there anything else aside from it?

[reckless_fire]

Well, I had the ghost of a wet dog up in my room last night. Other people have mentioned feeling like they're being followed or watched from a distance. Those are the main ones I've heard about.

[steelettos]

a ghost of a wet dog.

( she's hesitant to add right after that since this person is a complete stranger. )

[reckless_fire]

Don't know if it was really a ghost or what, but there was *something* up here following me around last night. I couldn't see it, but it was there. And it smelled like a wet dog.

You new, or just been hiding under a rock or something? This stuff's been all over the network for the past few days.

[steelettos]

i'm not. i've just been trying to ignore it to keep a semblance of sanity. until now.

( maybe she shouldn't have tried it after all. )

are you sure it wasn't just something in your house though?

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[flamberge]

Surprising as it is, this does in fact work so no need to question your sanity about this matter.

Now, what precisely do you believe is outside.

[Is it a mugger or just the wind or what?]

[reckless_fire]

Are you sure you weren't just hearing the wind?

[steelettos]

because the wind can howl like a dog now, yes.

[steelettos]

i think there's still a need, considering i'm the only one in my household who can see or experience it.

i don't know, to be honest.

( the other person she's spoken to wasn't helpful in terms of telling her what it is really. )

i'd rather not know, to be honest.

[reckless_fire]

Exactly. So yeah, I'm sure it wasn't just something in the house. Not anything ordinary, anyway.

[steelettos]

i suppose i'll just risk it then. a ghost, if it is even one, can't be that bad.

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[argents]

Where are you? What did you hear?

[reckless_fire]

Like I said, they don't seem to really do anything other than creep you out, so you should be okay.

[steelettos]

that. and i have a feeling being creeped out helps with staying alert when walking home at midnight.

[steelettos]

the library. and howling.

or my imagination.

[argents]

I work there, the area's safe. I heard the howling too, a week ago.

[steelettos]

i know but since it sounded like it was close, i needed to ask.

( she pauses, thinking. )

did you hear it within the vicinity of the library too?