Illusional

News Update!

    After all of that, nothing eventful has happened. We were still covered by snow, leaving the cabin in complete darkness. (it's possible there is light, but it would be almost impossible to see due to the possibly thick layer of snow covering the whole cabin) Since there was also no way to escape the cabin, not even a chimney at least, we were stuck here unless somebody decides to help, the snow melts, or until we all die. Hopefully the third outcome never happens...

    It was pretty uncomforting sitting around in the dark with a limited amount of light sources scattered about, not knowing what could happen to any of us. Almost like there was a constant feeling of fear pinging in my body alerting me we could be in danger. Well, it was either that or my subtle nyctophobia triggering me. Though I'm not afraid of the dark, I'm afraid what's inside it, and I usually like to take precautions before entering dark areas.

    Time flies by, and the clock on my phone read 11 AM. I was so bored at this point. Well, I had games on my phone, but I didn't feel like they were going to help me, let alone any of us, with the present situation. But for the sake of time passing by, I just started playing away. I didn't want to play for too long, though, because the lights were out, and plug-in-the-wall chargers didn't work. I only had 98% battery left on my phone, plus my fully charged portable phone charger, so I had to manage my screen time wisely. Meanwhile, the rest of the guys were also in the sleeping room, doing some other fun stuff I'm too tired to list.

    I was actually getting quite tired after almost 10 minutes of playing (probably due to waking up so early in the morning) so I decided to take a short nap. I set my alarm for 15 minutes and dozed off to sleep.

    Hi! This is Marleigh writing. My big bro went to sleep, again, so I decided to borrow his journal for a bit to give y'all an update on what's been happening. Me and Brandon were just simply walking about the cabin, and we apparently found a walkie-talkie in one of the drawers in our closet. We tried talking into it saying who we were, and we asked if anyone was on the other side(s) of the line. We tried again a couple of times to get a good chance of a response. After almost 5 times, we were about to take a break until a voice finally picked up. It was Jenny!

"Hey, kids! Do y'all know about the huge mountain of snow on top of your cabin?"

"Yes, we do..." Brandon replied.

    "Yeah, it's a whopping 30 yards in diameter! One might die before making it out! Only a small hole outside is possible for most!" Jenny said humorously.

    Brandon replied, "Anyways, we're all trapped in this cabin with a huge layer of snow around us. How long are we going to be stuck here for? It's already splitting up our family!"

"Oh, dear! I'm so sorry about that!Uhm, I can't give you an exact amount, but fortunately I've been through these situations before. These usually occur in mid-Decembers. That's why I keep a walkie-talkie in the cabin, because I can't enter the cabin myself." I'm sorry, did she just say there's usually giant snowstorms around the cabin? In the middle of December?! How is that even possible...?

I asked her, "How is this even possible?"

"I'm actually not sure. It's probably due to the high levels of wind and snow here. I'm not studied up on this kind of stuff, so try looking it up." I almost called her a really bad word. "There's no signal or electricity in the cabin." I reminded her angrily.

"Oh, right, sorry about that. Haha!" She thinks this is funny?! She continued on, "Uhm... if you would like, I can send a team over. I can hire them to blast extreme amounts of heat towards the snow mountain."

"That's great, we would definitely like that!" Brandon exclaimed happily. "How long would it take for all the snow to melt?

Jenny sighed before answering, "I don't know, maybe like... 3 days? If we come now, that is."

"Are you serious?!" I shouted. "What are we even supposed to do in the meantime?"

Jenny suggested, "Try to reserve food and water for as long as you can, especially water."

    "Got it, thanks." Brandon said confidently.

    "My pleasure. Have a great rest of your trip! If you need anything, don't hesitate to talk!"

    "Before we go, where are you?"

    "Oh, I'm at my house. It's near the cabin so working there is relatively easy."

    "Alright, I'll let you go. See you later!" I said, kind of ready to get off.

    "Yeah, thanks Jenny for guiding us!" Brandon seconded.

    "Take care!" Jenny said back.

    I showed everyone what she told me, and they were quite disappointed that they didn't receive more information.

    Anyways, I have to sign off, now. Mason just woke up.

I'm back! It's Mason, in case you couldn't tell. It seems Marleigh borrowed my journal again... I, too, wish Jenny would have given us additional information; she basically gave us information we probably could've figured out—or already figured out—by ourselves. I wish this journal had a lock on it, similar to one of those kiddie diaries you see at those popular local toy stores...

The time was now 12 PM, so it's probable my nap will prove ineffective later on. And it seems the other guys took a nap as well... The cabin was still completely dark, so I still needed a light source to see.

I asked any of them if they were awake. They weren't, but for some reason, they got up instantly, as if my voice was some kind of waking trigger.

I went to the bathroom because I really had to go, but the door was already locked. I asked who was in there, and John said, "Occupied!" Almost immediately after, I saw... John running to the bathroom...