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you wake up suddenly after a nightmare, it was one of those nights again its been happening more recently constant nightmares and lack of sleep it’s frying your brain this has to be fixed soon somehow

“i should probably see a doctor” you mumble defeated putting an arm over your eyes to block any harsh lights

you lay there a while drowning in your own thoughts until you hear your alarm go,

“its 11am already?” you look over at the alarm annoyed

you had promised to go see a see museum exhibit with your friends today

you personally weren’t interested at all but anything to get out of this box of an apartment

sitting up you rub your eyes preparing yourself for the day, eventually getting up

washing your face with cold water felt strangely good in the mornings it woke you up, made you more alert

taking a good look in the mirror at yourself you notice your eyes look baggier and dull, most likely due to lack of sleep recently

you sigh when are theese strange dreams gonna stop?…

after some time you were ready to leave for the day, you head off locking the door to your apartment walking to the exhibition

you already knew full well you were gonna be late,, like always….

better pick up the pace….

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when you eventually arrive at the museum panting and sweating after missing the bus your friends were nowhere to be found

“they must have gone in already” you mumble to yourself

after taking a chance to catch your breath you head into the museum

“pretty quiet for a new exhibit opening” you ponder to yourself before shrugging it off and walking inside

as soon as you step in your head starts to ring and a faintness washes over you

“ohh man” you groan “i must be dehydrated”
but then you hear it

that ringing

it was a loud phone call in the distance which only served to make your head worse
ughh it was making everything go fuzzy
you cover your ears and go investigate or shut it off would be best

it sounded so familiar like a vintage phone granny used to own, definitely nothing new, maybe one of the exhibits?

you didnt try question it too much before walking through the maze that is the museum surrounded by white walls of artworks
the entire place was so empty of life, just where the hell was everyone?

the ringing continued

ring ring ring

its like it was taunting you the noises getting faster and more repetitive
what sort of museum is this?
but thats when you see it, one of the new exhibits also likely where the noise was coming from

the welcome home resto-what?
your vision was to blurred to see exactly what anything said
but theres one thing for sure

that phone

it was clear as day, total tunnel vision it was the only thing you could see so clear
you chase after it the ringing was getting way too much

as soon as you grab the phone it wouldn’t shut off no matter what you did but then you hear someone on the other end laughing

ha ha ha

your eyes water and the phone starts to melt?
thick black gue gushes from it all over your hands

it felt like ice cold slime

“what the hell”

you back away dropping the phone, the last thing you see before blacking out
you fell hard but never quite hitting the floor
just falling, like alice to wonderland
it was cold and you lost all sensation of your body
but you hear a voice that grounds you

“neighbour?”