INTRODUCING THE PARALAX

Saturday :4/11/2020

Restlessness.

Sweat pouring down from head to toe.

Constant movement on the uncomfortable bed that suddenly seemed to have the texture of rock.

Hours upon hours , when will the night end ?

Dawn faithfully arrived , taking away the uncomfortable night . The chirping of the birds didn't seem all that annoying , in-fact—he was waiting for it but they were absent . Ren got up , his body feeling like the weight of rock . Sitting up right as he gazed at his window , the smell of morning mist hit his nose . His body tingling from the soft breeze that gently filled his room . The curtain waving up and down . As little droplets of rain descended from the dark sky—watering the ground , the smell of earth filled the air. 

His attention shifting to his alarm making a tiny beep sound at 7:57am , though overshadowed by the rain—he seemed to have grown accustomed to the repeated ticks of his alarm. 

His feet reaching for the rug , He gently staggered to the window , the heavy wind pushing him back but he successfully closed the windows , his clothes now soaked with water—the rain tapping on the window . He arranged the disassembled curtains when something unfamiliar cut his eye from the window .

A person? . A man.

No, it was a kid .

He stood there looking at the front door as if waiting —then his gaze shifted as his head turned upwards to Ren's room.

Just standing there—looking at him from down stairs his black raincoat flapping as the winds will.

Ren's voice hitched—the curtains jammed together , Ren stumbled back immediately his chest beating with a beat of a powerful engine , taking short heavy breaths. He slowly regained himself , one leg after the other, got up and just opening a little portion of the curtains check around . But only the wind and trees that moved but for the kid 

—nothing.

Window cracking open—head shooting out as the wind pushed his hair back and forth. Searching for any sign of the kid.

The rain suddenly felt silent at that moment—

[mixed voices laughter]

Oh So easy to fool

It limbs holden to the edges of the house under his window.

Eyes that resembled the abyss.

A smile that seemed to have no end , stretching to both corners.

Ren jumped back—forgetting to close the window . His eyes tracing the windows from every corner ,in his shaky hands holding a glass mug .But nothing came in—except the violent wind rushing in .

The windows cracked open and closed .

The curtains going haywire .

And dripping of the rain from the ceiling .

But...He didn't have a leak in his ceiling.

It had crawled up in all fours to the top of his ceiling—staring and ready to pounce . Mouth opened as it immediately jumped on Ren.

Ahhhhhhhhhh!

His voice echoing through all the corners of the house as he jumped up from his bed . The siren of his alarm going off at 8:00am almost simultaneously . He rushed to the window immediately but his body betrayed him as he collapsed on the rug . The ground around him felt unsteady but he gradually crawled to the window but no sign of the kid , not even a single droplet of rain the only thing that he could here was the chirping of the birds . The sky as clear as ever as the sun rose gently.

He crawled back down resting his back on the wall , his eyes heavy as tears rolled down his cheeks . Whimpering as he curled himself together .

What is all this ?[Sobbing]

Not long after—

The tap lock opened as warm water filled the bathtub , his expression indifferent as he sat in the bathtub the water filling up . He went downstairs after the bath he tool , the house echoing from every step.

The food didn't just taste right anymore , he felt there as if were thousands of piercing eyes looking at him ready to devour him . The food entered his mouth but he couldn't chew it , his eye heavy with apparent eye bags . His appetite gone . His movement sloppy but steady going as he lay on the living room couch , Picking up the remote and switching the TV on .

BREAKING NEWS!!!

2 men were found dead behind Oak ville's high school their death remain unknown . We are currently doing an doing an autopsy to determine their cause of death—

The TV switched of as he dropped the remote switching his position as he fully rested back down on the couch , with eyes focused on the ceiling , he suddenly found interest in the mold and cobwebs—anything to not sleep , but his eyes became heavy , and suddenly the world felt so peaceful as his eyes closed one after the other .

EVENING TIME

It was almost time for the moon to take it's shift ,He got up from the couch but it would seem his Mom had already left— she mustn't have seen it fit to disturb him, sitting upright legs dangling on over the floor , the day sun had began to go and the day is becoming night. 

The door knob for the house clicked shot as he walked out of the neighborhood , he wore a dark hoodie that covered his face . He decided , Maybe a stroll might help , he scrolled through the text on his phone , and he saw an unread message from Riku.

 Riku buddy ‖

Good morning bro👌(8:25am)

Just wanted to remind you about the arcade(8:30)

You aren't picking your phone calls (9:00)

He scoffed to himself 

I guess I couldn't go 

The street was calm , the floor tiled separating the fields on both sides , they look opposite from the the day time , the leaves felt like they moved on their own , the trees felt like it was harboring something that was constantly watching. It was a park just outside the neighborhood , he looked through his phone his head glued to his phone as he continued walking . Then suddenly—

Bump 

I'm so so sorry , I didn't notice you were there.

Before he could finish talking she walked right passed him , he looked her from behind . Her hair, tied—sticking out of the black cap she wore. 

Suddenly an odd feeling—weightlessness.

His pocket felt empty, his wallet nowhere to be seen . His hands searched his entire body but he couldn't still find it .

Then realization hit—

That thief!!

Moving at an incredible speed he quickly sprinted towards her direction , fueled by anger . She noticed his approach and begun her run , a smile grew on her face—pushing people and object towards him to slow his path down . They burst into the main part of the town, ` as they ran through busy traffic , ignoring the horns of the cars or shout of the passers by . Ren was never the athletic kind . He could run fast but had a low stamina—his seizing breath soon became a problem followed by the sharp pain that spiked up under his belly. Stopping as he bent down his hands touching his knee taking rapid short breath , he turned up but the girl was no were to be seen . He found a bench to sit down . It was a bus stop ,he caught his breath but the girl was far gone with his wallet containing his money. 

He had hoped to use that money to by something to eat this night . The street lit by street lights and light from cars and shops. It wasn't like night at all . This part of the town is said to resemble a city the most .

Now his money was gone and his head is filled with monsters his day could not be worse . Then , his phone vibrated.

A message?

A voice note .

The number—unknown.

In a deep voice ,

Hello Ren , It's nice to finally talk to you.

You see, I have waited a loong time for this .

You must me wondering what this is all about , all these dreams ?

Are they just mere coincidences ?

Who knows , I'm sure you might ?[laughter]

You have found your way into Parallax .

3 minutes , the episodes only last 3 minutes.

So you have survive within 3 minutes.

During those 3 minutes :

Do not eat there: At all cost do not eat any food there

Do not sleep: Do not slumber , just hold on until you leave .

Fear everything once in there: Everything is out to kill you , even if they are children . 

Do not die there as you will die in the real world.: If you happen to perish you die for real survival is everything.

Lastly the most important, never trust anything there.

The message dissipated instantly , he tried calling the number but the number was said to not exist . 

Parallax? 

What has he gotten himself into ?

His head bent over on the bench as he took a deep breath , trying to take all that in . At this point he wasn't sure if the message it self was an hallucination, no it wasn't( he assured himself) . One thing was for sure now , this wasn't just a normal occurrence it was apart of something big . Something more dangerous than he thought . 

Ren got out of the bench and headed home . His money stolen and filled with fear but he had a long way to go , the most deadliest monsters are the ones that pretend to be good. 

Can he survive the monsters? ,

 will he be able to escape this so called Parallax?,

And who was the man on the voice call ?