"The Recode" || Shellevision

📺 Knot An Issue, Right? 🧻

Silence, I don't know how long It's been. Ever since she took me here I lost sense of time, but I knew it wasn't long. I knew every once in a while Vee would come down here and feed me a little snack to ease my hunger, it never lasted for the entire day.

I always found myself wanting more, not just food.. freedom. But maybe I should've just appreciated when she gave me food. She hasn't checked on me in some time, everything feels so silent and cramped. All I have is my thoughts, I can't even talk to myself.. everything was taped down. Everything.

Why me?

DING

Vee? Was she back? She finally came back? Was she back for me? Was she gonna feed me? Would she let me out? No. She wouldn't. I gave up on thinking about that a while ago.

"Tisha."

Her voice, I could hear her voice.. I could hear her metallic footsteps ambling to my box. I felt so.. excited? Why did I feel excited, I hate her. I hate everything she did to me. Is it because I know it means food? Why am I so desperate for her presence. She opened the box and loomed over me, chuckling, probably at my pathetic state.

"You wanna get out?" Her voice was full of mockery, she was teasing me. She had to be teasing me, Why wouldn't she be? Why would she let me out now?

"She's starting to worry about you."

She? She?? Shelly? Shelly worrying about me? Why would she be worried?

"Everytime I told her you were busy, she'd never fully trust me." Vee said.

Busy. She told her I was busy, no wonder she was worried.

RIP

The tape that was left on my mouth for so long finally ripped. My lips felt raw, but it was finally gone. Freedom, atleast in that small way.
My mouth was free! I was going to shout, yell, curse that stupid chunk of metal out.. but nothing. I felt like I couldn't speak, just stare at her as she pulled the tape away from the rest of my body.

My arms were free, my legs could move. I finally wasn't just bound to this box. I placed my hands at the edges of the crate, pushing myself free from it.

Until.

"Stay in the box."

I jumped right back into the box, I don't understand why. I could've just left right there, all of my restraints are gone. Why am I so scared?

She placed a plate onto my box, food? Was she giving me actual food? Not just small, stale cookies?

"You can have it.. under one condition."

Oh.

"Stay away from her. And you can get out of here, and have this food."

Well.

I didn't want to argue back. I knew I couldn't, my mouth felt too weak to sputter anything. It's food.. and freedom, just to lose one friend.

I love her but.

I grabbed the food, immediately tearing at it like a "wild animal". All she did was just stare down at me, watching my desperation