I may really be losing it…
Hey Hey! I have a new story for y’all. It’s written in the form of present diary entries. It will be posted in four parts. This is the first part. Have fun imagining the story. Enjoy!! :)
OUR MYSTERY WOOD
After the week we had, It will be a waste not to document it. It still doesn’t feel real. Why don’t I start first?
Ava’s Entry (14/02/22)
I am out, finally. My new apartment is small, but it’s good for me. I needed an affordable place close to work. I walk into my place smiling and begin to arrange my stuff into the different spaces.
When I get to my bedroom, I start putting my books on the shelf. That’s when I see an object that looks like a wooden box in the corner. I crouch down and pick it up. Maybe it was left behind by the previous owners. Out of curiosity, I open it. It isn’t a box. It looks like some kind of laptop, but it only has two buttons. One says ‘On’, and the other is just a period mark. The screen is also light green. I put it on my table and get back to work.
By 8 pm, I am done with everything. I grab a bottle of water from my fridge and put the rice I ordered in the microwave. When it’s ready, I head to my room and sit at my table to eat. I contemplate what to do with the wooden laptop for a while, and finally, put it on. Surprisingly, it works. I watch as a circle floats around the screen for about five minutes. I am greeted by a blue welcome sign. There are no applications on it except one that looks like an oddly shaped camera. I click on the period button, and the app opens.
I expect to see myself since I assume it is a webcam, but I am shocked to see myself. The girl looks exactly like me, but I can tell she isn’t me. She seems pretty confused. As if on cue, we both scream. I run to the back of my room to get away from the weird screen, but she keeps looking at me.
I start laughing because I feel I am in some kind of trippy dream. I decide to play along. I ask for a name, and she says “Alana”. She looks at me with her eyebrows raised and asks for my name. I say “Ava”.
She sits down in what appears to be a cave and asks why we look like each other. I tell her it is a dream and that it will be over by the time I wake up. The problem is that she is convinced it is not a dream.
I try explaining to her how I found the wood and why I turned it on, but it seems like she does not understand me. I really think I have lost my mind. Stress makes people go crazy right? She starts telling me about how she found the wood on her daily walk through the cave and only opened it out of curiosity.
Meanwhile, I’m wondering if I am really on a video call with myself. Another version of myself? I start pushing the screen down to shut it when she shouts ‘Stop!’ I freeze. I don’t know if it's fear or madness but I raised it back up. She smiles.
She starts telling me about the concept of two worlds. Apparently, her mum is an imaginative storyteller. At this point, I am convinced I’m sick so I start laughing. Alana frowns and looks a bit hurt. She says that we will meet tomorrow at dusk so she can prove it to me, then excitedly shuts off her screen. I stare at the blank screen for a while before I shut mine too.
I guess I have to add hallucinations to one of my problems now. I get up from my seat, place the half-eaten bowl of rice on the table, and then throw myself on my bed. Hopefully, I recover soon. I’ll get some meds tomorrow. Goodnight.
Thank you so much for reading, I hope you liked it. Feel free to comment and give as many claps as you want for Our Mystery Wood (Part One). Don’t forget to share it as well. Part two will be posted next week on (05/03/22), have a nice day :)
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