Random Stories

idk what to call this...? short story? sure.

A/N i had to write this...last week? i'm not really sure. but i had to write a thing for English which was sort of based on the novel we read last term. i don't really like it that much but i realised that i have been really inactive on here so why not post it? also i hope that everyone is doing alright and is safe at the moment and of you want to chat i'm always here. anyway... that's all :)

Three objects. A key. A piece of paper with a code. A credit card. A dozen excited families. One lazy owner. And 'A room full of thrills'. Yes, this is Nancetown Escape Rooms. Sha bam sha boom. Quite exciting, yes? No. No it's not. The most exciting thing we've ever had here was when a 9 year old somehow snuck in last April and he ended up peeing his pants because he was so scared. Exhilarating. So...I should probably introduce myself? Yo...ew. My name is Elsie Barnett and I own Nancetown Escape Rooms. Yes, I own this dump. My parents used to own it before they got divorced. When they divorced dad moved across the country and in with his new girlfriend and mum took to alcohol, so they left their depressed 17 year old daughter to fend for herself and for their slowly diminishing business. Great parenting right there I must say. Anyway, this isn't my life story...what was I up to? Did I even start? No, I don't think I did...I'll start the story now. Is this even a story? It's more of a summary for my (now ex) manager, so she can get all the credit for our 'successful night' in the local magazine. Regardless, here's the story-summary thing...

As I said, my name is Elsie Barnett and I own Nancetown Escape Rooms. This story kicks off in summer when it was hot. HOT. H O T. I think you get the point...anyway, it gets really hot in Nancetown in the summer. This particular summer was a bad one, I remember it got to 114.8°F one day. ANYWAY. It was a Tuesday and normally the Escape Rooms aren't open on a Tuesday but the CEO (which is not me, I just look after the place. I'm basically the CEO since our actual one doesn't do crap) decided it would be a brilliant idea to do a 'Tuesday Free Family Night' in which the Escape Rooms are open FOR FREE until 3am. Brilliant? No it was not. She thought it was, but she didn't even do anything! Left me to do it all, just like usual. I spent ages planning it out financially and pulled several all-nighters trying to figure out what to do, and you know what she did? She just looked it over and said "Mhmm" in her usual snobby voice and I bet you $10 she couldn't care less! All she cares about is money, botox, fame and the TV Show 'Love Island'. Anyhow enough about my stupid 'manager'. As I said it was a Tuesday night, the opening night of 'Tuesday Free Family Night', and I was stressed. I think I had about 3 cups of coffee and half a bottle of wine (I'm 23 now geez. Nancetown Escape Rooms does NOT promote underage drinking! However we do promote small businesses in our area...please let us promote you, we need money!). My friend/co-worker Amy was trying to calm me and tell me that everything was going to be alright. It didn't work. With about 15 minutes until the Escape Rooms opened, I realised we still didn't have one of the props. See, the story was that 'you' work for a multi-millionaire public sensation who has secretly been threatening the government for money and 'you' need to 'out' him to everyone. At the beginning, 'you' get given 3 objects. A key. A piece of paper with a code. And a credit card. 'You' have to go through several rooms to find where the multi-millionaire hides his money. Somewhere in the challenge 'you' find out the credit card has all the bank details which in the end helps 'you' to 'out' the multi-millionaire. That was all my idea. My 'manager' of course, took all the credit. Thanks for that. Anyway, I was freaking out because I had lost the key. Yep. Of course I had. Just my luck. I was freaking out like mad and I was about to call the whole thing off when I found the key. It turns out it was in my back pocket the whole time. Of course it was. It also turns out that letting people into your business for free is a bad idea. Nancetown Escape Rooms is now in debt and I have no job. Just my luck. Never try to own business at 17. Just don't.