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Your protagonist receives an anonymous text saying "Do not go home tonight".
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My fingers are starting to freeze. The suffering is my indecisive nature. My body feels like its chilled through about to reach my core. And yet, there’s nothing I’d rather do less than having to make the choice to open my door. Except making the decision to walk away. Telling my mother her suspicions were correct. I don’t know what I know, but I know she cant be trusted. Could the text be from he...
*written right before 2024 (end of December), when Duolingo sent a pretty threatening email which inspired me 😂 and I was waiting to post it here until I found a prompt that worked with it 😊)
Hey, it's Duo.
You've forgotten about me again.
Just you wait for 2024,
You'll regret your decisions then.
I'll come at you with a pickaxe,
A knife, a dagger, a sword.
Continue each day with your lesson...
I attempt to ignore the swarm of butterflies in my stomach as he places his lips on my neck. The feeling swiftly dissipates as my eyes meet the scene in front of me. My blood chills as I process what I’m looking at.
My walls are drenched in blood, the sight nothing short of a slasher movie. I’m frozen in his grasp as terror courses through me in anticipation of his next move. It lays on my bed, st...
“Do not go home tonight.”
The loud voices around Sara dwindled. Her ears began to ring harshly. Sara scanned the area for anyone suspicious, but no one stood out. She took a deep breath and showed the message to her sister.
“Look! I just got a weird text.” Sara’s hands shook as she handed Emma her phone. Emma’s eyes widened. She had never seen Sara so nervous before. Emma always stood up for he...
*opens phone to see a message*
“Don’t go home tonight. Don’t go home tonight? Well that’s a little CrEePy”
“Don’t respond”
“Imma respond”
“I just said don’t”
“Well Jeremiah you are an idiot who only passed English because your dad paid the school”
“You have a point”
“Should I say something cryptic?”
“I dunno”
“Or should I get straight to the point?”
“Don’t ask me, I’m the idiot”
“Alrigh...
(Don’t go home tnght.)
The text buzzed into my phone, covering part of the map that was already leading me to my apartment.
I stared at the text until the notification left. Slowly, I pulled over to the side of the road, unsure what to do.
(Why?)
No response. I didn’t recognize the number, either. My ...
“Do not go home tonight!” The message was clear enough but who sent this? Why?
Becca jerked to a stop on the muddy shoulder of the road. Fumbling to light her cigarette in the dwindling daylight, she sat there trying to decipher the ominous message.
Home was close, only five miles away. Paul would be angry if dinner wasn’t on the table. Yet, she sat there unable to move. Her long fingers trembl...
The multitude of lights blur into one as I weave through the cars, ugh I need sleep. Ding! My phone chimes, who on earth needs me at 2 in the morning? My mouth instantly dries, feeling as though I'd swallowed glass. My foot hesitates on the gas, as I process the words on my screen. I'm quickly dragged from my panic when the car behind me screeches for me to go. Shit!
’Do not go home,’ it says.
No ...
I wish I had listened. My regret engulfs me, consumes me, drowns me. It is such an enormous wave of it, yes; simply gigantic. Why, oh why did I not listen? Why don’t I ever listen? And now, I have payed the price. I didn’t listen, I ignored all the warnings, every sign telling me to turn back.
To not go home that night. I wish I could change the past, fix my mistakes. My massive mistakes. The run...
The following transcripts are from text messages between Thompson (REDACTED) and Miller (REDACTED) on the evening of 8/24/19. Sensitive information has been redacted. This information was made publicly available on 8/24/22.
THOMPSON: 4:32pm: Do not go home tonight.
MILLER: 4:35pm: Who is this?
THOMPSON: 4:35pm: Can’t say. A stranger.
MILLER: 4:36pm: What?
THOMPSON: 4:37pm: Don’t go home ton...
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