Penumbra.

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It was now two-forty in the morning, nothing new except I was seriously jet-lagged. I was exhausted from what had happened hours ago but couldn't sleep, every thirty minutes I would wake up because my brain clock would think it's not night, but morning or evening.

After the incident, the other car came and picked us up, I was dropped at my apartment which, by the way is really cute. It kinda makes me want to puke, it's too pink, the wallpaper is just horrendous, there's pink furniture literally EVERYWHERE, and just when things couldn't get any worse, I walk in to the living room and see four girls singing in a cappella like as if this was the pitch perfect movie. I let out a small sigh, these are the people that I'm going to live with for who the hell knows how long, these people are my roommates.

One of them turns to me with a smile, "Oh hey, didn't see you there." She breaks away from her group and walks towards me, "I'm Hana, nice to meet you." she says, extending her hand to me for a shake, "Name's Luciel, what's going on here? " I return the hand shake while looking at the rest of the girls. "Oh, um, we were just matching pitch. You wanna join?" I chuckle, " No thanks, I can't really sing. Isn't it a little bit late for you all to do this anyway?." As Hana is about to say something, my phone rings. "s'cuse me, I need to answer this. " She smiles and nods her head. "Of course." And walks back to her little group, I look to see who's number it is but all it says is 'Unknown number'. Confused, I answer the call. "Yo, who dis?" No answer. The girls look at me, then go back to chatting, I clear my throat and try again, "Hellooouu?" No answer again, I scoff. "I swear, if this is a damn prank call-"

"Forty-six days." A low raspy voice answers. "Huh? Of what? Forty-six days of what?" The call ends, leaving me even more confused. What the hell did that mean? I text Monty to see if she can help me, maybe she can track down the number or something.

Message Sent 9/14/16 at 2:55 am

I kinda might really need your help rn :)

Message Received 9/14/16 at 2:56 am

Of course you do -_- Whachu want?

Message Sent 9/14/16 at 2:56 am

Tf? How are you still awake?

Message Received 9/14/16 at 2:57 am

What are you talking about woman?

Message Sent 9/14/16 at 2:57 am

It's three A.M

Message Received 9/14/16 at 2:57 am

Le sigh. Different time zones.

Message Sent 9/14/16 at 2:58 am

Ohhhh lol whoops. Anywaysss~ you think you can hack into my phone? like find out the location from a certain call that has an unknown number

Message Received 9/14/16 at 2:59 am

Why?

Message Sent 9/14/16 at 2:59 am

Someone called me from an unknown number saying 'Forty-dis days' or sumshit like dat. Btw what's forty-six days from now?? I don't know if it's a prank or something similar to it

Message Received 9/14/16 at 3:02 am

I checked what's forty-six days from now and it's Halloween. There's nothing else.