Story 1: The Ventilation

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by Coriolanus2002

by Coriolanus2002

Well, I write this in the hope that nobody does the same mistake as me. It all started that night in October last year, when I started to hear things. And no, I am not crazy, it didn't come from my head. It came from the ventilation drum, a low, rhythmic tapping, interrupted by short pauses. When I first heard it, I didn't I thought much about it. But every night it continued, until I got the realization that many people already would have:
It was Morse Code.
When that thought first hit me, I just thought I was being dumb and weird. But when I thought more about it, it made more and more sense. Those pauses hadn't been pauses, it was just a part of the code. But what did it mean? I sat up and walked towards my desk and sat down, googling up a Morse alphabet. I took a pen and a paper, and listened and translated. I put After a couple of hours I got this message:

What is it
Where does it come from
World Crisis
01/12-19

Back then, it didn't make any sense. It was chilling, but didn't make sense. But now, in 2020, it makes a lot more sense. You've probably already guessed it. It, whatever was in that ventilation drum, referred to COVID-19. The first December 2019 was the date when the first case of COVID-19 was reported. Now, months after I moved from that place, I hate myself for the curiosity, that made me do the same thing next night. I rested under the day so I would have energy to be awake all night. So, I took a cup of coffee and sat and waited for 10 minutes, before the tapping started. This time it took 7 hours, but the message didn't make me feel better. Here's the message:

Malaysia Airlines Flight 370
It don't want good things
It wasn't a man
It will return
It will be worse
It wasn't a man
It will return
It will be worse
It will be worse

This time, I was creeped out by the massage. I know I couldn't go and sleep, when it tapped once again. I quickly wrote down what it the massage was, and this was what it stood on the paper:

Don't trust it
It will be worse
Don't trust it
It will be worse
3:33 AM
3:33 AM
3:33 AM
Don't be awake
Just sleep
23/11-51

This didn't make things better. The numbers was a date again, referring to the twenty-third November 2051. It could be any upcoming millennium, I don't think it referred to any millennium that has already past, but I assumed it was this millennium. As I was shivering and shaking in my chair, I thought about 3:33 AM. I quickly realized that it is that so called Devils Hour. As you probably already know, between the times 3:00 AM and 4:00 AM is the time when paranormal activity is the most frequent. And what is 333 times two? It is 666. So, 3:33 AM is the time when it's the worst time of paranormal activity. So, being the dumb person I was, I decided to do it the next night. It was now that things got really weird and messed up, so try to understand. I did the same routine this night, and after 10 hours of constant work, I got this message:

3:33 AM
Just sleep
3:33 AM
Don't be awake
3:33 AM
It will come
3:33 AM
Just sleep
3:33 AM
Don't be awake
3:33 AM
It will return
3:33 AM
I will be worse
3:33 AM
Just sleep
3:33 AM
Don't be awake
3:33 AM
Stay inside
3:33 AM
Nowhere will be safe
3:33 AM
Just sleep
3:33 AM
Don't be awake
3:33 AM
It will be worse
3:33 AM
Just sleep
3:33 AM
Don't be awake
3:33 AM
23/11-51
3:33 AM
Just sleep

After I had finished my reading, I was confused and creeped out. I didn't know how to handle that kind of information, it was just to much. But being the dumb moron I am, I decided to do it just one more night, and then stop do it. It was one of the biggest mistakes I have done.
I sat at my desk when it started, this time I worked nonstop the whole night, and the message I got made my skin crawl. Here is the message:

3:33 AM
It's coming closer
It's always watching
It will be worse
3:33 AM
Just sleep
3:33 AM
Don't be awake
3:33 AM
Prepare yourself
3:33 AM
Just sleep
3:33 AM
Don't be awake
3:33 AM
Don't fight it
3:33 AM
It crawls through the night
3:33 AM
It crawls through the walls
3:33 AM
It crawls through the floor
3:33 AM
It crawls through the ceiling
3:33 AM
Be prepared for its arrival
3:33 AM
Be prepared for the darkness to fall
3:33 AM
It will come
It will bring chaos
It will bring darkness
3:33 AM
Be prepared for a dark arrival
Be prepared for a dangerous arrival
Be prepared for a terrifying arrival
3:33 AM
23/11-51
23/11-51
3:33 AM
Just sleep
3:33 AM
Don't be awake
3:33 AM
Be prepared to meet your demise
23/11-51

When I finished reading I just stared at the paper. The tapping had stopped, and it haven't returned since. So, if you hear a tapping from your ventilation system, don't do the mistake I did. Please, don't translate the tapping, it isn't worth it. It will leave you terrified, trust me. So, take my warning. If you hear something from your ventilation system, don't translate it. But, I have to say it. We will all meet a terrible fate the twenty-third November 2051. So, use your time to something important, and don't translate a tapping in your ventilation system, because it will leave you terrified.
I wish you luck.
- Coriolanus Snow