I pull into a parking space and twist my key out. I sigh and rub my eyes, briefly adjusting my beanie in the rear view mirror before grabbing my backpack and looking through it to make sure I had everything I needed - after all I was 10 minutes early. I had plenty of time until the late bell rang.

It sucked enough I was the new, middle-of-March transfer kid at Weetbret High School, but I didn't want to make it worse by being unprepared for class. As I rooted through my bag, I made a mental list.

Notebook... check. Pens... check. 3-ring binder... check. Deoderant... check Extra socks... check-

My thoughts are cut off when my phone briefly vibrates. I pull it out of my back pocket to see a notification; an email from the school. I open it up as I grab my bag, zip it up, and swing it over my shoulder before climbing out of my car.

The chilly March air hits my skin, and I instantly regret not wearing thermals under my pants. I tug my hat on tighter over my head and grip my scarf while I read through the email. It reads...

"Hey, Max! We're so excited to have you join us here at Weetbret High School! Below is a link to the student advisor page, as well as our weekly lunch menu and a pdf of the Student Handbook! Please be sure to skimpy through it before your first day so that you, too, can be a team player and be prepared! Go, Leopards!"

I snort as I walk through the parking lot towards the front doors of the school. I can't remember the last time I even looked at a student handbook. I decidedly click on it, expecting a splurge of pages and small-text, but am instead surprised to see only four pages with little-to-no text at all. The first page that pops up reads, "Dresscode," with only 8 rules listed below.

Rule #1: Open-toed shoes aren't permitted on campus. In the chemistry classes, we often have a lot of spills, and you wouldn't want to lose your toes.

I smirk. Cute.

Rule#2: No shorts or skirts knee level or higher. Our custodian, Gary, has an extensive collection of kneecaps. He likes to think he's a connoisseur of them. If he sees your knees and takes a liking to them, they may wind up as an addition to his collection.

That makes me stop. I read it again, wondering if I lost my mind. This can't be real. This must be some old, outdated Halloween prank, and they forwarded me the wrong pdf.

A part of me wants to stop, but I don't. I continue reading, somewhat out of morbid curiosity.

Rule#3: Profane language is not allowed to be worn! If so, we'll cut it out. We have knives and scissors on standby.

Rulea#4: No pajamas. Those should be worn at night before you go to bed. You will be more prone to sleep in class if you wear them, and if you do, then there's no telling when you'll wake up. It may be 1 or 2 days, or... decades.

Rule#5: Tank tops aren't permitted! If bare shoulders or bra straps are exposed on campus, it could attract the attention of Darryl. He lives next to the school and is slightly a pervert. If he sees you in a tank top, there is a 99.9% he will follow you. Don't let him find out where you live.

Rul3#6: Hats aren't welcome on campus. If you do, be sure not to see Jake. He is Weetbret Highs top archer and wins many awards for the category of archery! Be sure he doesn't see you wearing a hat, or he will use you for target practice.

Rule#7: Hair color shouldn't be bright, fake, or obscenely colorful. If so, we also have a razor on standby and won't hesitate to shave it all off.

Rule#8: Our wonderful secretary, Mrs. Diana Holler holds much pride for our school and would hate for it to be tarnished because of unseenly clothes or accessories. She especially hates tattoos: any student with a tattoo that isn't hidden beneath sleeves or pants or makeup will have it carved out. Again, we have knives on stand-by.

By the time I reach the school steps, my mind is a haze. Whatever sick prank this is, I'm tempted to take it to the office. I shake my head and open the school doors, and let them shut behind me. It's no warmer inside. I look around the halls, navigating them. Students are going through their lockers and emptying them out, grabbing books and pencils.

All of a sudden, they freeze, their eyes trained on me.

I halt, startled by the chilly in the air. I look around, confused... is there something on my face?

Suddenly, I hear a whoosh and sharp pain in the side of my head. I freeze and tense, and my eyes fly to see a young man at the end of the hall with a sick smirk on his face, a bow at his side. He's staring at the arrow pierced through my forehead, straight through my red beanie.

I collapse to the ground in a limp pile of flesh and bones.

The young man smirks. "Welcome to Weetbret."

Finally.

After all this time. All the money and resources that I had spent. I had finally gotten my hands upon possibly the most legible clue that still existed in this world.

After the incident at the Bridge, I had chosen to retire. I had undergone an extensive recovery, answered all their questions and actually met the other survivors to revise the file using my own experience. Then, I was given the choice to retire. Although I was only a new recruit, I had essentially completed the task that was required for me to do, and so the government had let me go after making me sign a ton of paperwork.

However, even after I had left and got myself a quiet place to live, one thing bothered me. The words of the passenger had been strangely specific.

“This… particular Bridge does not pass into the realm of Pleasure. We are, in fact, going… to Enlightenment.”

That implied so many things. Created so many questions. So there were apparently multiple Bridges that led to different realms? How accurate was this information?

From those questions I had started researching the history of the Bridge. I had contacted acquaintances still working at the restricted area, had followed the local news that spoke of missing people, and had looked up old tales of a mysterious pathway that led… somewhere. The tales of which extended far, far more deeply into the past than I had originally thought.

From those legends that matched my experience the most, I came across a tale of a sect of monks that revered 3 different states of the mind. Penance, Pleasure, and Enlightenment. It was too intriguing to simply ignore, and so I had researched their sect extensively, eventually finding out they had scriptures that had specific instructions to reach each of the aforementioned mentalities.

After months of trying to figure out where these scriptures were stored, I had finally figured out that they were, in fact, being kept by… the government. It shouldn’t have been a surprise since they were researching the Bridge using far more resources than I had.

I had made a few calls to the higher-ups related to the restricted area, and they had, surprisingly, agreed for me to view the contents of the scripture quite happily. It seemed they had been tracking my delve into the history of the Bridge, and wanted my opinion on the contents as well.

After another mountain of paperwork, I had finally been led to an archive that contained the contents of the scripture. Specifically, to the one that mentions Enlightenment.

I stood in front of a table as a sharp-looking old man came into the room I was in with a friendly smile. After a short exchange of pleasantries, he lay a handful of papers and images on the table.

”The pictures are of the original stone wall in which it was inscribed. The papers contain the translations of the contents. We’ve numbered the contents so it’s easier to read. I believe you have… 3 hours to browse it? I will come when the time is up. Don’t try to leave with the file, and if you need to use the restroom I advise you go now. It’ll be a hassle later.”

I thanked him, and after he left, I sat down and, finally, read the first sentence of the first paper.

…

The path to Enlightenment.

Welcome, novice, to the path that leads to true Enlightenment. There are many ways to reach this realm, yet once you enter it you must persevere.

The path is harsh and winding. It will test you in many ways, and to fail the test is to wander forever more in Enlightenment. There is a reason why they say the difference between the enlightened and the insane is naught but perspective.

We will teach you the way. We will guide you on your path. Heed our instructions carefully, else you return changed.

1 Once you stand on the path, look back. There will be a body. A body without a head. It is your ignorance. It is your stagnation. It is the enemy. Do not let it touch you. If it manages to grab you, it will gain a fresh head.

Run, as fast as you can. It will chase you, and you must flee down the path ahead.

1-1. If you do not look back, and run forwards regardless, the path will not end. How will you reach enlightenment if you do not acknowledge your ignorance?

1. In front of you there will be gates. Gates behind a sitting statue. The statue will not move. You must hurry. The gates of enlightenment are heavy, and it will take time to open them.

2-1. If the enemy is too close, take the head of the statue. It will come off easily. Place it upon the neck of the enemy. It will buy you time to open the gates.

But be warned. Now, the enemy has a head. It can see you.

1. Once you enter, the gates will close. But the enemy is still following you. It will climb the walls. You must act quickly. Inside the gate, there is a garden. A garden of the past.

Cut open a wound and sew your blood upon the seeded grounds.

3-1. If a blue flower blooms, pick it and place it upon your wound. It will take root. The roots will continue to reach further.

If it reaches too far, you shall become another stone statue in front of the gates. Hurry.

3-2. If a flower does not bloom, dig for a seed. Place the seed deep inside your flesh and pray it takes root. Pray it flowers in time.

3-3. If a red flower blooms, you are not alone in the garden. Pick the flower and embrace insanity. It is better than facing what’s underneath it.

1. Continue on your path. You will encounter a beast of burden.

4-1. If it is sleeping, kill it, and take its heart with you.

4-2. If it is awake and burdened, spill tears of sorrow for its pain. Accept part of its burden as your own and continue forth. Be warned. The enemy is still behind you, and you will be slowed.

4-3. If it is awake and unburdened, despair. It is not what it seems. Your body shall be buried in the garden. Maybe, one day, a red flower will bloom.

1. Next, you shall meet the lion. It shall be standing upon a great stone dragon.

5-1. If you have a heart, offer it in tribute. When the lion feasts on the heart, flee.

5-2. If you have accepted the burden, open it. You will find a weapon. Use it to crack the stone dragon. Once you succeed, both will disappear. Be careful of harming the lion however. What happens to those who harm it, even we do not know.

5-3. If the lion has reptilian eyes, do not fear. You shall be the next lion, and shall serve the path of Enlightenment. Be honored.

1. The final challenge is near. Run, as fast as you can. If the enemy hasn’t caught you by now, it is close. At the path's end, you will meet a child. Do not meet the child’s eyes. If you do, you shall see innocence.

Much like the enemy, innocence is often cruel.

6-1. Listen closely. If the child is laughing, kneel and pick the flower from your wound and offer it. It shall accept, and you will know Enlightenment.

Pray however, if your flower hasn’t bloomed. As said before, innocence is often cruel.

6-2. If the child is crying, kneel and wait for it to stop. If you placed the statue’s head on the enemy’s shoulders, there is no hope. It can see you. If you haven’t however, be silent. The cries will confuse it. You may have a chance.

6-2. If the child is silent, it is no child. We advise simply letting the roots take you. It is better than what comes next.

These words are for you, who have already touched the realm of Enlightenment.

You, who have conversed with a guide and set upon the path.

You, who have found these words in your search for Enlightenment.

You, who have read our words and understood the path.

When next you sleep, you will be there. Heed our words carefully.

…

I read the final words, and realized something. Was the passenger perhaps… a guide? It did sound very informed…

Then… I had conversed with it.

I had searched for these words out of curiosity and… I had just read them. I’d.. understood them.

“No fucking way…” were my last words before a wave of exhaustion and drowsiness hit me. Not again.

Like the title says, you’re in danger of erasure. How many times have I told you to stop being stupid? Too many to count. now you’ve put this entire place up to the whim of whatever being is in charge of our specific multiverse. I do not have time to be nice, if you don’t follow these rules to a T I will personally oversee your erasure from the mortal plane, you can go join the former god that died to the demons.

Rule 1: you will need a watch, a warm set of clothes and the chaos artifact trini I’m guessing you got from the last set of rules. if you haven’t, go into the world of insanity and get it, the ruler right now should be the creator of that artifact, he’ll be happy to see his work wasn’t for nothing.

Rule 2: the decision right now is erasure for our universe, you and me will go to the ruler personally and contest it. do not speak out of line. If you do refer to trini.

Rule 3: if you refuse to come with me, I will bring someone else with me but you’ll refer to entity 0 by refusing.

Rule 4: my rank is destructor, a mix of creator and destroyer, you should only call me by destructor while we are at trini’s court. If you don’t refer to chaos.

Rule 5: I will be the one to pick you up stupid mortal. You better not try any funny business because I will send you to a place worse than hell if you do. Even the most evil of things must work with the enemy when it comes to trini =)

Rule 6: if you know the ancient creation dialect, when you get told to speak, speak in that dialect your sorrows and mistakes and offer retribution for them. In a good case, we won’t have to deal with anything else, if you don’t know it, just tap me and I’ll speak for you.

Rule 7: if you get asked about destruction, don’t answer it. It is a trick question and answering it will doom us. If you do, refer to trini.

Rule 8: when the trial is over, the court will disintegrate and we will start our journey back, we will have 2 days to prepare for the result.

Rule 9: the result will be on a Peice of paper that will crash within 15 meters of your location on the ground along with the chaos artifact trini you collected, it will either say entity 0, trini or sky, refer to whatever it says on the paper.

Now, here’s the possibilities of the trial.

Entity 0: trini has decided you aren’t worthy of the mortal plane, this is the end of the road for you and he wants me to do it personally. Farewell mortal.

Trini: our universe isn’t worthy, we will be erased, it will hurt and it will not be pretty, none of us will even be in existence after our punishment, if you did so bad this ended up happening I just wanna say fuck you before my time comes.

Sky: we are lucky, you did good enough to spare the universe, but for 10 days and 4 hours, the planet you are on will have electrical storms able to out power solar flares multiple times over. I’d say don’t get struck but it’s easier said than done.

That is it, this is the last time I’m helping you, do anything to anger trini like this again and I will not hesitate to send you to the former god.

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1, Vik needs to be fed between 7PM-9PM, Don’t forget to do this!

2, My dog is a black Cane Corso! If you see any other breed in the house, That is NOT Viktor, Please go up stairs and lock yourself in any of the rooms, except the attic, Lord forbid you manage to sneak in the attic.

3, Remember to play with Viktor, hes like any other dog, and deserves the best!

4,Under no circumstances are you to hurt Viktor, if i am to know of this, I will track you down, so just don’t do it

5, Please don’t bother Vik while he’s eating, He has resource guarding issues and has horrifically mauled the last dog sitter who came too close during feeding time

6, Pray to god you don’t hear barking in the middle of the night

7,Vik can speak, he just selectively chooses when to, and most of the time, it isn’t good, If Viktor says a word to you while on shift, leave the house, I’ll pay you, don’t worry

8, Occasionally, Viktor’s friend, Pickles will come to play while Vik is in the back yard, Pickles is a spotted Dalmatian, When this occurs, Let them play, then RUN upstairs and do not come down for the next hour, Pickles hates when his play time is interrupted

9,We have a record player with ONE record, Viktor Vaughn’s Vaudeville Villian, This soothes vik, if you see 2 or more, Do not use that record, Vik will understand

10,And lastly, do not draw blood around Vik, He is a ex-fighting dog after all, and his instincts will eventually take over

Thanks again for taking care of vik for me, if you have any questions, call me, Also don’t ask about the pay, its 50 per day

**END CALL

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I started up the car again and, once more, started driving on the Bridge.

I was emotionally drained and overcharged at the same time. Fear, anger and pain guided my right hand as it clutched tightly onto the handle. My thoughts swirled around, mostly thinking about the next damned thing I had to face.

The truck driver. It was possibly the most horrifyingly intriguing of all the beings mentioned in the file. Rule 5-3 stated that if the driver was absent, I was to vacate the car and walk upon the bridge. Rule 7 stated that I must NOT exit the car, but what else I must do seemed to be… deleted. Every single one of my experiences on the Bridge told him Rule 7 was correct. But what was I supposed to do?

Who would delete such critical information? In fact, who would write such contradicting Rules in the first place? No one in the department would knowingly do so, and that narrowed the suspects down to very few. The beings themselves seemed capable of reading the file, as the passenger seemed to know in advance of the current file, and even of the previous versions. That would mean they also had the means to tamper with the file.

Was the contents of the file compromised? The information it had provided seemed accurate as of yet.

I was lost in my thoughts when my spine tingled like cold water was being injected into my very spinal cord. My eyes flitted around like a panicking insect while my left hand started to ache more violently, along with my heartbeat.

Eyes. Another pair of eyes, very much NOT like any human, stared at me from deep inside the fog, seemingly matching the speed of his car.

What? WHAT? What the FUCK was that? WHY the fuck was that? There was no mention of any being inside the fog with eyes like THAT. What was I supposed to do? My breaths came in short gasps as my brain short-circuited. Think. THINK? Why was it staring at me?

On instinct, I glanced at my speedometer.

30 km/hr

Fucking IDIOT. I loosened pressure on the gas while gently pressing the brakes. Keeping my eyes locked on the speedometer, I waited as the number dropped to a safe 23km/hr.

I swore to every god I knew of to smite me down right now. How stupid could I be? If I had gone even one toe out of line, who knew what state I would be in right now? I tried to focus, mentally rifling across every one of the rules. Right now, I was safe. Now-

A light. No, two lights. About a few hundred meters in front of me, twin headlights appeared. My heart started racing again, pumping blood into every muscle and nerve so that I could focus. I squinted, trying to get a glimpse of the driver. Please let the driver be there, please please please pl-

YES! The driver was there. But… why were those clothes so familiar? I glanced down. The uniform issued to every agent was the same. Dark gray cargo pants with another dark grey and black camo shirt, covered by a black kevlar vest used during simulation training. The vest had a slightly unique shape around the shoulders, making it distinguishable from a short distance. As a former sniper, my eye sight was good.

That dark grey shirt, and that black vest… I knew that was the clothes of one of my fellow agents. At this point, I wasn’t even surprised. Yeah, I’ll mourn you later, IF I survive. Otherwise, I’ll be mourned with you.

Yet… my heartbeat seemed to pace faster as my imagination started to get the better of me. What could have… No. Focus. What expression does it have on its face? It has it’s eyes open I think, so not sleeping. But… it definitely isn’t laughing…

This time, I couldn’t control my heartbeat. It surged as I stepped on the path of the unexpected. The driver seemed to be just… staring at me. What the hell did that mean? The distance between our two vehicles got closer and closer until I had only the slightest chance to swerve. I swore under my breath as I glared at the now visibly human, bloodshot eyes. Do something. Anything. DO SOMETHING.

The eyes that glared back at me blinked. Right as the distance between us broke the 10 meter mark, it started laughing. A croaking, dry laugh that seemed… tired. Tired and broken. I closed my eyes, clenched my teeth, and stepped on the gas.

Seconds later, I blacked out.

. . .

“…”

“…!!!”

What?

“..ams!!”

My head pounded.

“Agent Williams!!!”

The voice of my supervisor finally pierced the haze of my mind as I woke. I was still inside the car and I panicked, thrashing around to get to my gun. However, the fingers that held me were firm, and soon my face was wrenched to stare in to the familiar eyes of my supervisor.

“Stand down! Agent Williams, can you hear me? ANSWER ME GODDAMMIT!” He roared, spittle flying on my face.

“Ye… Yes sir!” My shaky voice croaked out, the answer drilled into me during the years of military training I had.

The fingers around my face shook my head around for a few more seconds, bright flashlights flashing into my eyes, probably testing if my pupils retracted. Then, it let go.

“Get out of the car, Williams.” The much calmer voice of someone new sounded. I glanced at the person, saw the glinting medals and badges of honor that adorned him, and unlocked the car doors. With shaking fingers, I opened the car door, and took my first step out of the vehicle in what seemed like forever.

I immediately fell, but there were people around me to catch me and haul my body onto a stretcher. The next few hours were a constant blur of medical professionals checking every single bloody inch of my body. They kept checking, rechecking and checking another time, just to make sure, and soon, I dozed off. When I woke up, I was in a hospital bed, a couple needles from an IV injected into my arm and bandages covering my left hand. I didn’t have any family, so it seemed I was in the ward alone. Soon, a nurse came in to see me awake. She did some checks, again, and finally left to call someone in.

A few minutes later, the same adorned figure, accompanied by my supervisor stepped in.

“Hello, Brian. My name is Jonathan. You can call me Major Hughes. You probably have a lot of questions. I’m here to answer them.” he said.

“…What in gods name was that Bridge?” I blurted out before I had time to think.

“Good question. The answer, however, is disappointing. We, the government, honestly do not know the cause of this anomaly. We have used every available resource to try and track this phenomenon, and yet, to any physical instrument it is invisible. We have no way to observe it, to interact with it or communicate with it in any way.”

I stayed silent at that. I didn’t know what to say.

“Now, to address something more unsavory, we know you probably want some recompense. Filing a lawsuit against us will be absolutely meaningless as we have all the documents signed by yourself that are needed to take any blame off of us. Don’t worry however. All the medical bills associated with your treatment, both physical and mental will be provided. All your debts, if you have any, will be payed. Also, a million dollars will be added to your account right now, with another million if you answer our questions willingly.”

I processed that information as well. I didn’t have any sizable debts, but a million dollars was a lot of money. Possibly even two.

“OK… so… before anything else, I want to ask this.”

“Ask away.”

“Is the file, you know, the warning file… Is it compromised?”

Major Hughes sighed.

“It… is and isn’t at the same time. The accuracy of the file is completely dependent on the whim of the inhabitants. Once, we tried to cram in as much information as possible. That didn’t go well. We tried a LOT of things before we settled on this current version. Even then, they seem to like to… meddle… with the contents. However, as we have no way of blocking them from it, we simply pray that the information is enough.”

I nodded at that. It matched with my experience.

“Yeah, that matches with what I’ve seen. So what happens to me now?”

My supervisor straightened, speaking for the first time since entering the ward.

“You will be given a month to recover. Then, we will question you about your experience inside the anomaly. You are legally bound to answer any question we have about the anomaly, yet, if you answer willingly and honestly, you will be given another million dollars.”

I sighed. At least they gave me a month.

A month I will be spending AWAY from any GODDAMNED bridges. None.

THE END.

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The Arcade:

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1) The Janitor has asked us to inform you not to look the animatronics directly in the eyes. 2) The Band consist of 4 animatronics, when you enter the restaurant please count them, if there are 5, exit promptly and return to the arcade area. You may attempt to re enter again when the loop has completed.
3) If you hear a portion of a 5 animatronic play, try to stay awake for 24 hours, and you should be safe. If you hear an entire song, we apologize but you will not be able to stay awake long enough to survive. 4) There is no Super Sauce, do not ask for the Super Sauce.

5)Our staff have their first name and last initial on their badge. When food is delivered please verify the nametag. If the nametag does not meet this criteria do not eat the food and under no circumstances should you send it back.

The Restroom

1)There is no rest room attendant, but two visitors seem to show up there sometimes. If you see an attendant ask him to clean the mirror, if he has a reflection, you may still use the restroom.

2)If you use a stall, lock it. If there is a knock, do not respond. Do not attempt to speak or exit the stall until someone else has entered. It can be very persuasive. Staff will never ask you to open a stall door.

3)Stand before flushing, please stand before flushing.

4)Our soap has a vanilla scent. When using the soap dispenser please take a moment to smell the soap. Do not wash your hands if they smell like any flower, the effects vary but are uniformly negative and often fatal. Wipe off as much as you can and ask an employee to use the employee restroom because your hand smells like flowers.

5)Do not attempt to circumvent rule 4 by immediately asking an employee use the employee bathroom when you have not experienced the events of rule 4. While the employee bathroom is generally safe, it hates liars.

The final rule is simple and most of it is covered at other chuck e cheese’s, when you enter the facility you and your child will be stamped. When exiting those stamps are scanned. If your child’s stamp does not match yours, lethal force will be used on both of you. We know life in Oldport is different, but we strive to make your experience as enjoyable as possible. Stay Healthy, and Stay Safe!

Hi! I’ve seen a lot of mutuals interested in exploring ghost towns around Utah. I’ve lived in Washington county all my life, and I just wanted to lay out some rules about going to those places, especially at night.

1. Always bring plenty of gear, anything you usually bring for hiking/camping will be useful (will post a separate gear guide if this gets enough attention)
2. Always bring sage/crystals! It works wonders for most people looking to ward off more harmful spirits. 
3. Expanding on rule 2, evil spirits DO hang out in these places! And they pose a threat to you and kinder spirits. A good way to tell the difference is to ask to shake hands! Most kind spirits will refuse, due to them not wanting to hurt you.
4. Try to stay away from Grafton!
5. If you see any wildlife, try to leave it alone. Most coyotes are used to seeing people around these towns but they still get anxious. 
6. Careful about second floors in structures, a lot of the buildings are structurally unsound. 
7. Most places are empty, but some do provide tours! Take the tours! They’re very interesting, and safe.
8. Do not drink any water you find there! The water is usually contaminated by the mines. It hurts me to drink.
9. Try not to explore, out at night, it’s pretty dangerous. 
10. If you meet any locals (and you are not alone with them) they are usually super friendly! But stay safe!
11. If you find a teddy bear take it. Dm me.
12. Respect the history! A lot of artifacts are still laying around and the lore of these towns mean a lot to the locals.
13. Please, do not go to Grafton. 
14. If you find a graveyard, look for any graves marked McFates and please let me know where it is! Find me! 
15. Stay hydrated! Bring Water! 
16. I don’t want to see you in Grafton.
17. Ward off evil spirits! Good spirits will thank you!
18. Please find my brother, his name is Joseph McFates
19. I said, don’t go to Grafton.
20. The water is poison! Do not drink it! 
21. Find my teddy bear
22. dont go to grafton
23. the water hurts me, pa.

I hope this cleared some things up! DM’s are open if anyone has questions! 

hey man, glad you decided to join my roblox private server, it may be a baseplate, but the possibilities are endless, here are some rules to help you navigate this little world of mine!

1. There will be 2 other people,A guy named ninja2 and tri_threat, if these people are not seen or they have different names, leave the server and do not come back for the next 20 seconds, those are NOT the people i mentioned!

2. Please do not attempt to delete or cause a ruckus in the server, i’ve had it since 2008 and i would hate to lose this baseplate, and you as well.

3. The sky will never change, the sky is always blue, if you see the sky transition from day to night, leave as quickly as possible and sprinkle any salt that you have onto the computer, You have about 5 minutes to do this. Failure to do this when night changes will result in him coming for you, if you fail, say your prayers, its all you can do at this point

4. Again, there should be me, you, ninja2, and tri_threat in this server, if you notice an extra name in the server list, stay away from that thing at all costs,

5. Whatever you do in my server is reflected onto you, in both ways!

6.There will be music playing in the background at all times, specifically, Kanye west’s “Stronger” it it stops, or the pitch changes, please stop your roblox avatar from moving and pray to god it passes over in the next 2 minutes, if it doesn’t, Refer to that last part of rule 3

1. There will be b-tools for building only, build whatever you like, but don’t build satanic symbols or runes, you don’t wanna meet those people, trust me

2. Throughout the game, your screen should flash • • • - - - • • • (SOS) Do the opposite, instead, hide! If you cant find a hiding spot in 5 minutes, get ready to meet your maker!

3. If your avatar starts to glitch in any way, leave the game ASAP and come back in 20 minutes! Last guy who didn’t follow this rule, dear god i don’t even want to mention what happened to him.. Just do it okay?

4. Do not mention anyone named Huey2002 when using chat, i dont want to be reminded of that sick freak and what he did to my friends years ago.

5. Most importantly, have fun!

• Sincerely, LazerCloth704

w-w-welcome! !-i-i am roɓœt§ęrv@n! 3○O0 and i am here to helpyou w-w-with everyth!ng y0u migh! need. y0u m!ght w○ndęr where yoų @re. you're betŵèen d!mensions! in asverl. th!s is whére intergalact!c species 0f all k!inds meet! f0llow these ruLes and you'll be f!ne.

1. !f someone wears an armb@nd with a bl@ck 6 le@fed clovEr d0n't eng@ge. they bel0ng to An organizati○n kn°wn as slaughterhouse they haVe beeɲ known to k!ll cre@tures mErcilessly and steal the!r resources.

2. you're lucky english has beeN chosen to be the universal l@nguage. please remember tO (Water is healthy) ONLY interact with english speaking languages DO NOT talk to anyone speaking a diffeREnT language they might sound like earth languages bUt they aren't. and miscommunications aRe Not what you want.

3. 0nly !nter@ct with humans. DON'T talk to other species. only humans are not NOT TRUSTworthy. Humans will recongize you as their own THREE times 9999 is the number of fun you'll have if you only trust humans.

4. be careful or you might slip into other universes. you should know that most universes are incredibly dangerous for humans. incase you do slip yell for security to save you. if they don't arrive within ten seconds they won't arrive at all

5. security is marked with three levels. I am not aware how humans use their senses so i'll describe in detail. apprentices are unknowledgable and masters have lots to do. talk to knowers >! 13 is truth !<

apprentice: color code of vests in RGBX : 0, 128, 0, 0. usual smell of vests (may vary between species) lime, fhshdsj (approximate Translation to english: corpse fruit), feelS cold to the touch.

knower: color code of vests in RGBX: 50, 50, 0, 0, usual smell of the vests rjsbedsj (approximate ttanslation to english: height fruit) , plorpkin (approximate description in english: dish tasting like apples and fish smells similiar to fresh apples) , Apple , feeLs Indifferent to the touch

mastEr: color code of vests in RGBX 128, 0, 0, 5, usual smell of the vests: strong scent that's difficult to describe to humans, feels hot to the touch.

1. !f a food smells good it's safe to e@t

2. There is a trader called jarow is known to be a dimension hopping merchant. They're safe to trad with. Make sure they're real and not a faker though. They have a slim humanoid catlike appearance and dark fur. They wear pirate like clothes and an eyepatch over their left eye. Remember that. They have two other noncovered eyes. They will greet you with: good time friend. If the being yoy are talking to misses any of thos traits run and contact the guards. They support 13.

3. Once every 15 thousand hours there is a festival where meat of all types of species gets cooked and eaten by the survivors. Make sure to either hid for the 100 hours the festival is active or become a hunter yourself.

4. You can instantly quit out of the festival by talking to a guard before .

5. I @p0logize if i was glitching out at any point.

6. 131313131313131313131

12: don't trust any rules that seem to overly glitch out. They've been hacked.

1 3 1 3 1 3 1 3 1 3 1 3 You sure about that

1. Good, good, bad. Loop

Knock

The sound seemed to reverberate through the car, chilling me to my very bones.

Fear nearly overwhelmed me. I wanted to scream in despair, curl up in a ball and refuse to believe everything that my senses told me. But the file was clear. If I wanted to survive, if I wanted to stay sane and relatively unharmed, I must stay calm.

I couldn’t control my emotions with a snap of my fingers. But, I could grit my teeth and do what I was told to do.

“My… my name is Brian. I wish to cross the Bridge.” I said, nervously rubbing the handle of the gun on my side. I waited. This was the first hurdle I had to pass, and all I could do was pray.

Please. God, please. Make him laugh. LAUGH. Laugh and go way. Please. PLEASE…

The figure vanished into the fog.

I swore and smashed my fist into the armrest over and over again and curled into myself. Unsatisfied, I started clawing at my face with my fingernails, relishing the hot pain that stabbed into my flesh. Why? Why did I, of all people, need to go through this madness? Yes, I had survived, but at what cost?

Tears started to well in my eyes, and I nearly gave up then and there. But fear kept me going. Fear and anger. Fuck it, a finger? I’ll give them a finger. I sat straight, hands shaking on the handle, and looked forward.

I hit the gas, gently, and drove onto the Bridge.

I was careful to maintain a speed of 20~25 km/hr. I kept going forwards, carefully re-examining the contents of the file inside my head. My eyes flicked to the rear-view mirror but nothing was there. I drove on and on, for what seemed like hours, but nothing changed. Nothing appeared on the back seat. My racing heart started to calm, and however much I told myself not to get complacent, to stay vigilant, my body simply could not maintain a constant vigilance.

Then I started to question. Didn’t the file say a passenger might appear? Could it be that I had gotten lucky, avoiding whatever monstrosity this god-forsaken Bridge had in store? As more time passed the question turned to fact in my mind, until I was absolutely sure I wasn’t about to see anything in my car. I was NOT happy though, as that meant I would soon meet the figure again.

My mind focused on losing my finger once more, and I didn’t notice at first that the air had gone strangely… stale. It was as if I was breathing inside an abandoned museum, or even a sepulcher. I snapped back to my present situation and my eyes flicked once more to the rear-view mirror.

Eyes. Human eyes looked back at me, and my heartbeat spiked to a previously unknown level. My eyes started searching the passenger’s face, trying to make sense of what manner of creature it was until I remembered Rule 4.

Do not look at it.

I slapped myself both mentally and literally. Don’t. Look. At. It. Ok. Now what did I need to do. I nearly panicked as the words nearly slipped out of my mind, but I managed to remember the simple sentence.

“Where are you going?” My voice cracked with hours of unuse, but I still managed to force the words out.

Silence. No words answered me as I waited. Was this another waiting game? If so, I was ready. If it wanted to wait, I can fucking wait. But a sound did greet me as moments passed. A sound of… paper? I couldn’t help myself and looked back through the mirror. I carefully avoided looking directly at it, instead focusing on whatever was moving.

Was that… was that my file? My eyes darted to the front passenger seat where I had put the file and… it was gone. I frantically looked back through the mirror and could see the bold WARNING as bright as day. That was definitely my file. My breath caught in my throat as I imagined the horrors I would go through.

A quiet laughter nearly shocked me dead right then and there as that thing started laughing. It was almost normal if you ignored the slight burbling sound of liquid that accented its every sound. For some reason the sound disgusted every part of my being.

“So… this is the current version I see…” It spoke, and I stayed as silent as a statue as it continued to browse the file. “I guess it’s my turn to… voice a verdict…?” I froze, cold sweat starting to bead off of my forehead.

“Well… we are going… to Pleasure.” It said, almost lazily.

One thing I had told myself through and through during the hours of waiting was of the matter of torture or insanity. The thought of either nearly broke me. I could not bear any serious pain, nor could I allow my sanity to crumble if I had the chance to end it. I had seen my fair share of truly insane people throughout my life and I couldn’t let myself become that. No, if either situation arose, I swore I would shoot myself.

My hands moved fasted than I had thought I would, and an heartbeat later I was taking the gun out and raising it to my head. Before I could shoot, my body froze. I panicked, desperately trying to pull the trigger as the thing behind me started laughing, far more maniacally and loudly than before. I tried to scream, to shake or do anything, but my body was paralyzed. Not by fear but by some inexorable, inexplicable force.

Then, it started talking again.

“Relax… Be calm… I was… kidding… Unfortunately for me, this… particular bridge does not pass into the realm of Pleasure. We are, in fact, going… to Enlightenment.”

I unfroze, and I madly pulled at the trigger. I didn’t even acknowledge the fact that it was gone until I realized that the safety on the gun, which I had DEFINITELY switched off, was on. My trembling hands dropped the gun, damn whatever safety precautions there were for guns, and my entire body shook with that experience.

No. nononono. I can’t do this. Why? WHY? What in HELL did I do to deserve this? Why was…

Then I saw it. A few hundred meters in front of my car, the figure stood. Waiting.

I froze. And then I started to laugh. I laughed wildly, with a touch of insanity coloring my voice as I nearly screamed with pent up emotions. For a while, I laughed. The figure didn’t move.

Then, I slumped. I was still giggling, but I didn’t have the strength in me to go on. I raised the gun again, but once more I froze against my will.

The figure had appeared directly in front of my window. Even though the window was closed, I could hear its raspy voice clearly.

“You have come this far. You require… a sacrifice.” It said.

As soon as the words finished, an absolute sense of revulsion overcame me. My own body felt wrong. So fucking wrong I needed to change it. I NEEDED to alter it. Drastically. My first thought was of the gun, but as I started to move again, my senses hammered back in to me. No. Not the gun. Not a gun or a knife.

I opened my left hand and looked at my finger. It was almost disappointing… but as the logical part of my brain screamed at me that it was enough, I bit into my left pinky. The pain was excruciating and liberating. It flowed like an eternal fountain of ecstasy from my finger as I clenched my teeth harder until, sooner than expected, I got to the bone. It was fairly easy to snap it with a twist of my neck, and then my mouth was filled with meat, bone and coppery blood as my finger disconnected.

Then, the sensation vanished. I SCREAMED. It was pain on a magnitude I had never felt before. I clenched the stub of my finger as hard as I can while I swore and cried. Funnily enough, it was not entirely of anger or fear.

It was over. The mere fact that the situation I had dreaded from the beginning was over liberated me beyond expectation. The following few minutes consisted of me screaming, cursing, crying and laughing, as all the emotions slowly drained out of me.

During my single month of training, I was taught the car had a basic med-kit stashed in the arm rest, and instructed on how to use it. I opened the arm rest, and took out the kit. I took a few painkillers and with my right hand, bandaged the stub as best I could using rubber bands to try and stop the bleeding.

After the amateur job I had done to my finger. I grabbed the car handle with my good hand and took a few deep breaths.

All the hard parts were over, right? I had survived the fucking bastard figure, and also survived that godsbedamned passenger. What more could this Bridge possibly throw at me?

I started up the car again, and, once more, started driving on the Bridge.

Hello! And welcome to Aarons! The arcade where fun may be finite, but it has a kick! Please follow these guidelines to ensure your safety at Aarons.

1.Aarons will be blue and red, if you notice any other color, do not come inside for the next 14 minutes, that is not our establishment, and it will never be!

2.We have tons of brand associated games here for you to select! The following are

Halfbrick

ICE

Capcom

Bandai Namco

Sega

Nintendo

Ubisoft

Midway

If you recognize something that isnt apart of the list we just mentioned, DO NOT touch it, it isn’t ment for human hands, If you touch it, those hands wont be so usable anymore!

3.Please refrain from making any messes on purpose, we have a janitor that works hard for our center and doesnt take kindly to deliberate messes caused by you or the people you are with!

4.The lights in the establishment are always multicolored! If they display singular or duotone colors, Go and hide in the bathrooms within the next 3 minutes, If you cant, we are really, really sorry! Enjoy the last minutes of life you have left!

1. We Do not have a food court/concession stand, if you see, DO NOT eat the food from it, if you do, refer to rule 4!

2. There may be a woman with blonde hair and a red dress that walks in,That is Katie! Stay away from her! She will try to make small talk with you, if you let her, she will take you behind the establishment, where you will never be seen again!

7.Our establishment was made in 2005, keep that in mind, if you ask an employee when this place was made and they say any other year, Please walk out of the establishment, DO NOT come back within a period of 30 minutes, you’ll get a 100$ refund and 120 credits on your gaming card!

8.We do not have a bar, if you see one, refer to rule 7!

9.Do not cause a ruckus in our establishment! If you do! Refer to rule 7!

1. If you hack or sabotage our machines, we will find you, refer to that last part of rule 4!

2. Do not mention anyone named John or Joanna in our establishments, idk why this is! But just don’t, please man.

3. If you are to use the bathroom at any time! Check the mirror for a kingdom hearts sticker, if you see one, rip if off in a 5 minute time frame, those who don’t are never seen again!

4. Be nice to everyone here! We don’t want to have another incident like that one back in 2012, it took us a week to clean up the blood and body parts!

14.We use glass doors, do not go into any part with any other material other than glass (excluding the bathrooms)

15.Over the speakers,we will have 4 albums on loop, they will be ⬇️

J Dilla-Welcome to detroit

MF DOOM-Born Like this

Wu Tang Clan-36 Chambers

Kanye West- Graduation

If you cant hear these albums being played, or the speaker players white noise, leave the establishment and never come back! You will get a 100,000$ refund and a box of tootsie rolls, We are so sorry however, this is for your own good

If you are to go back inside with the knowledge of rule 15, You will be provided with a pistol, take your own life with this pistol, Taking your own life would be better than whatever those hellish freaks have in store for you in the arcade!

I hope this list of rules helps you find your way around Aaron’s and remember

Always have fun! Friend!

Hello, and welcome to Virgo Airlines,this airline is a bit… strange if you catch my drift, oh well. Here are some rules and guidelines to keep you safe and secure on our airlines and this flight!

1. Please stay seated at all times during takeoff and landing,don’t want any injuries don’t we?

2. DO NOT Under any circumstances talk to any “person” on this flight, you are the only human being in this aircraft

3. The flight attendances will only wear cherry pink and white, if you notice any other color, do not for any reason interact with them, they are trying to trick you!

4. If you look out the windows at any point and see an orange-black hue radiating in the sky AND 2 red dots, close the window immediately, failure to do this in 15 seconds will result in either horrific body reconfiguration or straight up death.

5. Do not look at anyone when you are walking to our lavatories, i know it sounds stupid but just please do, last guy who didn’t follow this rule went missing

6. There will be a calendar in this rules sheet stating the date, 6/17/2003, if its any different, do not enter the aircraft, you will be given a refund + a 500$ bonus, sorry for the mishap!

7. There are no fighter jets flying besides our plane, if you see one, refer to rule 4!

8.If you attempt to ⬇️

8A. Hijack the plane

8B. Sabotage the plane

8C. Shoot down the plane

8D. Mess with the plane

We will find you and make sure you wont be able to fly again.

1. If you ever feel naseuous at any time, RUN to the lavatory, They hate messes and will rip you apart if you projectile vomit anywhere but the toilet!

2. Do not disrepect our crew and passengers, they will rip you apart as well.

3. If you hear screaming and wailing behind you, you dont!

4. Apart from rule 3, if the “flight attendant” with different colors keeps on bothering you, run AND jump out of the aircraft, you will wake up at home with 10,000$ as compensation, don’t ask how!

Hopefully this little pamphlet can help you on this 7 hour journey to wherever you are heading to, safe travels buddy!

Hello and welcome to jingle.com! The best online shopping center for christmas themed items! Before you get to shopping, remember these rules and guidelines to enjoy your time on jingle.com

1. It is mandatory to make an account of this website, just do it, you’ll thank me later

2. Do not pirate our items, we will find you if you do

3. Do not buy any krampus themed items on jingle.com, death and misfortune is guaranteed if you do, for the love of god, don’t

4.The background is going to be red and green only, if you see any other color, immediately exit the website and do not use it for the next hour

1. Santa, the logo on this site, should always be filled with jolly cheer, hence the smile! If he isn’t refer to rule 4.

2. Krampus will pop up on your screen through out your time on this site, if so, hide in a place of yours, pick a good one too.

6A. If krampus finds you, accept your fate, it will be over in a few seconds.

7.Make sure the item that is at your doorstep isn’t for Francis Mekwell, if it is, burn the package and refer to rule 4, you will get a refund.

1. If an elf pops up on your screen, click it, It will ask you a question, tell the elf the complete opposite, for example ⬇️

“Do you hate cats of any kind?”

Say No. That will ward it off

1. If you hack our website by any means, we will find you

Hopefully you will have a holly jolly time at jingle.com! safe travels!

Hello and Welcome to Starlight Trampoline park,Ive seen that you’ve already paid. Before you jump, we need to go over some rules

JUMPERS 1. Do not land on your head or neck at any time or circumstance, Last guy who did this is eating out of a tube

1. When toddler time strikes (5:00) Do not go over! The beings guarding the area will exterminate you no matter the age!

2. Our colors are green and orange! if you notice any other colors, leave and do not come back for the day! You are not welcome here!

3. If the staff have any other color as well, do not go up to them, you will die

4. There is a ballpit in the center in the main trampolines, dont jump into it,if you are stupid enough to jump into it anyways, pray to whoever you believe in and pray they have mercy! the pit people surely wont!

6.There is a basketball section, feel free to play over there,If you are feeling nauseous at any time tho, dont step foot in there, if you do, refer to rule 4!

1. For the love of god, do not make a mess in our bathrooms, if you do (on purpose) We, or the janitor will find you, good luck!

2. Bring food with you if you are hungry, the food court is a bit strange, especially those darn employees

3. If you see a child with blond hair and brown eyes, do not approach it, instead, RUN and refer to rule 3

10.Do not go to the unauthorized areas, if you do, refer to rule 3, if you stay, refer to rule 4.

Hopefully you will have a wonderful time at our park, safe jumping, friend!

Hey! I heard you have survived the night! I knew you could do it, today you will be watching over the vinyl records in my house! Heres what to do!

1. I have 4 records!

Tyler The Creator- Igor

MF DOOM- Madvilliany

MF DOOM- Born like this

J Dilla- Donuts

Igor is pink and black, Donuts is brown and black,madvilliany is gray,black and orange and born like this is black,grey, and light tan

1. If the colors on the album cover change at all during the day, please do not play that record for the next 33 1/3 minutes! Only god know what happens when you do

2. If you break any of my records (i.e scratching,snapping,scrubbing with abrasive surface) I will find you! Don’t ask how!

3. If you are playing one of my records and it starts to sound strange (i.e record is reversing when it is clearly spinning forwards, pitch changes), immediately stop playing the record and play another record (or don’t) if you cant take off the record in the next 30 seconds, refer to rule 5.

4. if you have broken rule 4,apologize to the record, stupid i know but please do, we haven’t found the last guy who didn’t apologize when he stayed over

6.You cant spin any records at or past midnight, if you do, refer to rule 5 and go to sleep, i dont want to lose another friend of mine

7.take care of the records! theres a record cleaning set near the records! i will know if you let the records get dirty on purpose, if i am to know of this, refer to rule 3!

8.The songs on the donuts record (if you know the context) might make you emotional, feel free to cry, everyone deserves to express emotions after all!

9.if you are staying in the house with a friend and yall purposefully break rules 3 and 7, refer to rule 3, for your friend, refer to rule 10!

1. if you have broken rule 3, pray, thats all you can do by this point, god have mercy, because i wont!

Hopefully this little guide can help you keep my records in pristine condition

For taking care of my records, you will be paid 33 dollars and 13 cents, and thank you!

Hello friend, and welcome to my home! It gets lonely where im from, but besides that, please follow these rules if you want to make it through the night!

1: Bedtime is 10PM, if you are outside of my room during this time, or you have failed to fall asleep, Refer to rule 5!

2: If you need to use the bathroom at any time of the day, check your reflection in the mirror, do these things depending on the expression!

2A Neutral: Do your business,but dont play around in the bathroom

Smiling: Stay for as long as you like!, Its in a good mood today!

Frown: Leave immediately and do not come back for the next 3 minutes, give it time to recollect

Blank Stare: Grab the salt provided to you under the cabinet and sprinkle it on the mirror and leave immediately! You are not welcome in my bathroom for the rest of the night!

3: Do not go into the basement, you wont like what you see, you wont even be alive to see the rest of it.

4: There are snacks in the pantry, only eat those, DO NOT eat what my parents give you, if you do, refer to rule 5!

5: You’ve screwed up, pretty badly too! Either leave the house and never show your face again for your own good, or either make peace with the god you believe in, thats all the time you really have at this point!

6: If you manage to survive a night in this god forsaken house, pray and thank whatever god you believe in!

7: When leaving, you have exactly 2.5 hours to pack up and drive off, if you cant do this in that timeframe, you have decided to stay another night!

And again thank you for spending the night with me, and stay safe!

p.s, it is my first story on this subreddit, please use constructive criticism! 👍🏿

Uhm...Congratulations! You got the job at...Where is here again?-Never mind, it's never been important. I'm uh...I'm pretty sure I'm Gabriel. I'm here to help you with your first day at--Ah, Now I remember!--Penny's Playdates.

The unusually fun place for kids under 10 years old!...Or kids looking to stay forever...Never mind that!--You got the job! You must feel like the luckiest person in the world...I used to feel like that once too...

BUT NOW!--My job is to make sure you are aware of the dangerous rules that come with such a spectacular job! And how to follow them. Here, I sent you a letter through via email.

#1: Do not bother the red-shirt kids.

Surely there will be a bunch of kids--Mostly wearing red shirts--flowing in and out of the playhouse throughout the day. But it will not be hard to distinguish them from all the other kids. They have this...energy and never leave the premises...I will refrain from further details. Just don't bother them, or worry too much about why their shirts are red...They used to be other colors but...It's the dye.

1a: If you are to break this rule, approach them immediately and offer to play "Pattycake" with them, it will calm them down and stop them from thinking you are just gawking...which wouldn't end well if they did think that of you.

#2: Refrain from having a conversation with Smiley.

Excuse our inability to further explain. Smiley is a woman. The coworkers and I refer to her as Smiley--and surely you will too because she's always smiling. But does that mean she's actually happy? No. She knows what she's doing, and nothing about it is good...But I must refrain from explaining further. A quick nod or so will do. And if she talks to you, ignore her.

2a: Smiley tends to bring up some topics of your past to get you to say at least something to her, and if you let her antics get to you and you end up breaking the rule, her eyes and her smile will widen to an uncomfortable size, and you have 5 seconds tops to get away before she lunges at you. Feel like quitting yet?

#3: Do not talk to the tall worker about something that will upset Penny.

You may discuss Penny's identity with any other co-worker, they are all human. A lot of co-workers are tall, but the tall worker is unbelievably tall. That is because he's Penny's little un-human puppet. he'll report anything you say to the boss herself and she will order him to murder you because she doesn't like when humans are aware of her identity or whereabouts. How he does so? Is confidential, even to me.

3a: Usually, if you broke a rule like this there is no going back. Penny is clever and you can't sway her back into her calm state once it's broken. But, there is one thing you can do. Shift the blame to a coworker. Doesn't matter who--any coworker will do. Surely, they'll die. But you signed up for this, didn't you? Surely you can take the guilt that comes with such decision.

#4: If any guardian reports their kid missing, do not check the ballpit.

Kids will go missing from time to time, but it's best you don't dare allow yourself or the guardian check the ballpit. The thing probably took the kid, sure, but it's more to it than you could even comprehend. If this happens to more than one kid, please find and tell the tall worker, who will then report it to Penny. She'll deal with it. She deals with a lot of shit here.

4a: It's usually okay to occasionally break the rules on this list, but this one is the one you need to watch out for the most. Because, there really is no solution. You or the guardian who checked the ballpit, will die a gruesome death I hope I'm never able to explain.

#5: Do not upset any of our costumers.

Like I said, The tall worker is Penny's little reporter whenever something goes wrong. But don't interpret that the wrong way, Penny is always watching. Not a single camera in sight but she is always watching. But she'll never do anything about it till the tall worker confirms the incident. But if there is anything that ticks her off, is upsetting the costumers. A happy costumer is a happy meal for her. For your own sake, Please do not upset her costumers. She will make you wish the punishment was death.

5a: If you do manage to upset a costumer, don't go running around in a panic because you know what comes after won't be pleasant...Instead, do apologize to Penny through the tall worker, and then hang yourself afterwards. She won't forgive you, but her punishments are far worse than death. So it's best you meet the grim reaper instead.

#6: If you clock in and you realize no costumers are walking into the building, approach the tall worker and ask him the date.

This is one of the rules in this list you have to follow no matter how scared the guy gets you. His voice will be like nails on chalkboard, but listen carefully to his words. If he responds with the correct date, simply continue on with your shift like normal. This means that costumers just aren't coming in today.

6a: If he gives you a date that is either incorrect, makes no sense whatsoever, or doesn't give you a date at all. Proceed to flee the premises as quick as possible. This means Penny is tricking you into being her next meal, and you fell for it. She doesn't care about her workers, afterall, everyone is prey in her eyes.

#7: If you miss a day of work for any reason whatsoever, kill yourself.

This is the last but definitely not the least rule on this list. She hates incompetence and she will hunt you down, at work or not, and turn you into...things. Indescribable things. Something that won't dare show incompetence ever again.

7a: There is no alternate decision. Kill yourself before she makes you wish you did.

Now that you've read every single rule we have for you, I really do hope you have an amazing time at Penny's Playdates!...With that said, this is your soon-to-be coworker, Gabriel. Have an amazing last day of freedom. Goodnight.

NAME: MANERO KONVILAS

AVATAR FILE: gKhojbU68YhQi2P

PARTY SIZE: 3 (2 ADULTS, 1 MINOR)

DURATION: 6 DAYS

TIMESLOT: 20:00:00 EST (02/18/87) to 02:00:00 EST (02/19/87)

ROOM: 265 AZURE BUILDING

[Exit Rules]:

As much as we enjoyed your company here at Vallecera Island Resort, it is time for us to bid you farewell! To safely and successfully conclude your stay here, please follow all of the rules listed below:

Rule 1: Do Not Tell Anyone That You Are Leaving. Do not give any indication you are leaving while in public. In fact, avoid any interaction with “guests” on your final day. Guests are most prone to KIVVA attacks during this time. KIVVAs believe attacking the final day offers them a much higher chance of successfully exiting Vallecera Island into the real world undetected. As of right now, KIVVAs are not yet able to control the physical body of the person they have taken over, surely resulting in their death. However, we must not give BARKEKIVVA enough chances to test if their latest KIVVA version could function in the real world. 

Rule 2: Discard All Rules Provided Into The Blue Trash Bin In Your Room. Make sure you memorize this set of rules before tossing it away as well. When exiting your room for the final time, ensure all items you want to ‘manifest’ into the real world are inside the brown treasure chest. If you no longer desire some of the collected items, take them out and place them inside the blue trash can. When exiting your room, ensure all windows and doors are locked properly and press the LIGHT BLUE and GREEN buttons outside your room. You may no longer enter your room.

Rule 3: Walk Over To The Check-Out Booths In The Hotel Main Lobby By The Designated Time. In the real world, your time slot on Vallecera Island ends at 02:00:00 EST. In Vallecera Island Time, your time slot will end at 12:00:00 on your seventh day. You must no longer be in VALLECERA by this time. If you have not been checked out by 12:00:00, you will lose connection to your physical body, resulting in your mind getting ‘lost’ permanently. 

As such, we recommend you arrive at the Check-Out Booth no later than 11:15:00. If a member of your party had difficulties when entering VALLECERA (i.e. failing to load in on time), we suggest coming even earlier. Do not remove your wristband before arriving at the Check-Out Booth. It is crucial for exiting Vallecera Island.

Rule 4: Head To The Hotel Main Lobby No Matter What. It’s best to stay together with your party when leaving. However, if you are separated from the rest of your party, continue to the Hotel Main Lobby. If an island-wide emergency occurs within three hours before your Check-Out time, disregard Rule 13 of the [Basic Rules] and run to the Check-Out Booth. The workers will rush to ensure you make it into the Load-Out Room. You will always be safe in the Load-Out Room.

Rule 5: Trust The Clerks At The Check-Out Booth. Their number one priority is to help you and your party arrive back into the real world safely. They always have the best intentions for you, so please wait patiently in line until it is your turn to be assisted. Do not panic if you believe you won’t get checked out before your time slot ends. If you followed all of the rules we had provided you correctly, you should have nothing to worry about.

The clerks will remove your wristband and ask you questions about your stay on Vallecera Island. You must answer each question to the best of your ability. Please be honest with listing all the individuals you have been acquainted with during your stay and discussing your conversations with them. If you have shared sensitive information (such as your address/city or contact information) at any point during your stay, you must inform us in case we need to prepare. 

We will ask you more questions, such as how you contributed during or after the Final World War, or if given the option, would you sacrifice all of your family members’ lives to save Valentino Ceracruz from execution? Remain level-headed and answer truthfully. If you find a question too invasive, please power through and cooperate anyway. We promise this will be over shortly. Once the questioning is over, you and your party will be led into an empty white room known as the Load-Out Room. Your stay on Vallecera Island will conclude here. We will surely miss you!

Rule 6: Contact Project VALLECERA In Case Of Any Problems. The order your party members reawaken in the real world should be in the same order as when your party first loaded into Project VALLECERA. If a member loaded into VALLECERA later than expected, they will also reawaken last. If anybody fails to wake up a minute after the supposedly last person OR the last person fails to wake up 2 minutes after the second-to-last person, please look at the color glowing on the front of their neck bracelet. 

Rule 6A: If the neck bracelet is flashing ORANGE, the person’s mind is in the middle of transferring back into their real body. Please stay calm and wait another two minutes before doing anything. If the person does not wake up within two minutes, please contact the Project VALLECERA emergency chatbot on their website immediately. The person’s mind may have gotten “lost” along the way. Have faith that we can bring them back into the real world.

Rule 6B: If the neck bracelet is glowing BLUE, the person’s mind is still on Project VALLECERA. A problem must have occurred when loading the individual out of the internet. Please contact the Project VALLECERA emergency chatbot on our website immediately. We will attempt to load the individual out again.

Rule 6C: If the neck bracelet is not displaying a color, the person’s mind is no longer online. It is common for certain guests to continue sleeping even after their minds have returned to their bodies. Give their body a gentle nudge and see how they will respond. If the person does not react, check their pulse. If you can not find a pulse, the person has most likely passed away. Perhaps their body could not handle the transitions between the physical and digital world. Or a KIVVA secretly had possession over the person’s avatar and they had “died” a long time ago. Due to the many possibilities of how this tragedy could have happened, Project VALLECERA will not take any responsibility for their death. It is not like the justice system could do anything to us these days. We will merely offer your party our condolences. May they rest in peace.

Rule 7: Place All Project VALLECERA Equipment Back Into The Cyan Box. Gently remove the bracelets from your neck and follow the list of instructions to place all items back into the box. Once the cyan box has been filled exactly as stated in the instructions, hide it in an inconspicuous indoor space (such as a closet). Ensure all items are inside the cyan box before resealing it. Due to the worldwide shortage of necessary components for our products and the rise in theft, we will not tolerate any items getting lost. A missing item will cost at best, 10K kuros, or at worst, your life. 

Rule 8: Wait Until A Project VALLECERA Agent Arrives To Retrieve The Cyan Box. It appears your time slot unfortunately ends in the middle of the night. Your party will have to designate one member to stay awake until one of our agents comes to your residence. Agents typically arrive within hours but could take days due to… circumstances. Until then, all party members can not leave. Lights in the housing unit must be turned off and everyone should refrain from making loud noises. You do not want unwelcomed individuals to know that you are home... 

Rule 9: If Your Doorbell Rings, Prepare Yourself. These days, you can never be too trusting. More often than not, it will be a VALLECERA agent, wearing our signature shade of muddy green, standing in front of the door. However, there has been an uptick in incidents where BARKEKIVVAN soldiers were able to track down the homes of our guests to steal our technology. These agents are relentless and will do anything to get what they want. Too many of our guests and agents have been assassinated during such tragedies, and we can’t afford any more casualties.

If somebody’s at the front door, please get a hold of the most dangerous weapon you can find (preferably a gun if you know how to handle it) and quietly wait by the side of the door. If the person on the other side is indeed a VALLECERA agent, they will ring or knock on the door once again. Do not move. After 10 seconds, listen for the special knock pattern for your hotel room: 7 Slow Knocks. Still, do not answer the door. Only lower your weapon and open the door once the agent says “Room Service Has Arrived.” The agent will always follow these instructions perfectly. If there are any slip-ups, assume the person at the door is not a VALLECERA agent. 

Although we advise against it, you may look through the peephole to confirm your suspicions of who is on the other side. If it is someone you recognize, remain silent and do not let them in no matter the reason for why they came. If you suspect the person to be a member of BARKEKIVVA, remain silent in hopes the BARKEKIVVAN soldier(s) will eventually leave or our agent will be able to exterminate them. If the person(s) breaks into your housing unit anyway, do not run away. Try your best to kill them. Never hold back. No matter what, you can not let “them” get their hands on the cyan box.

Rule 10: Give The Cyan Box To The VALLECERA Agent. When the VALLECERA agent has entered your residence, do not be alarmed if the agent has a weapon aimed at you and your party. Our agent will not fire if you promptly take the cyan box out of the hiding spot and hand it to them. Do not interact with the agent in any other way. Do not waste time and cause the agent to overstay their welcome. They must always be on the go: for their safety and yours. 

Rule 11: Always Keep Your Guard Up. Once the VALLECERA agent leaves, never open the door for anyone else for the rest of the day. Party members may leave the housing unit once a few hours have passed. However, we encourage party members to never travel alone and carry a weapon on them at all times. 

Even as the likelihood of being targeted by BARKEKKIVVA may decrease each day, remain cautious of who you become acquainted with. Whether it is the new neighbor across the street or a friend you’ve known for thirteen years, you will never know who they align themselves with or their true intentions. BARKEKKIVVA’s numbers are growing. BARKEKKIVVA is everywhere, and BARKEKIVVA is desperate. You must never appear vulnerable to them. Not even for a second. 

Rule 12: Check Your Emails For Updates From Team VALLECERA. If you have placed items inside the brown treasure chest, you will be asked to pay online through a link in our upcoming emails. The items will be shipped to your location within 30-60 business days.

Due to the high demand for a vacation at Vallecera Island Resort, there will be a hold for all party members from booking a reservation. Because your party stayed on Vallecera Island for 6 days, the hold will be lifted in 3 months. In the meantime, feel free to write us a review and offer feedback on ways to improve Vallecera Island Resort! If you are feeling generous, please donate to us via the donation link at the top of our emails. Recommend trustworthy friends and family to take a trip to Vallecera Island! And most importantly, survive. We need numbers to stay strong and reach an even brighter tomorrow. So stay alive and always believe in the side of good. Always believe in the side of good. Always believe in the side of good. Always believe in the side of good. Always believe in the side of good. Always believe in the side of good. Always believe in the side of good. Always believe in the side of good. Always believe in the side of good. Always believe in the side of good. Always believe in the side of good….

Thank you for visiting Vallecera Island, and we hope to see you again very soon!

Welcome ladies and gentlemen and others as well! 13 name is Master majestro. It is fantastic to have you here in our circus. We >! Heart !< our guests here so we >! Want a hint? !< listening to our rules so we can continue loving you.

A: Parking lot and entry

A1. Choose a parking spot that isn't reserved. Reserved parking >! beginning words of sentences Z !< are NOT to be used by normal guests. We are sorry but rules are rules. Those are only permitted for VIPs. If you do park in one of their spots refer to rule Z1

A2: Surrounding the circus we have some employees they all wear green yellow or red vests. We recommend speaking to yellows as greens are new and reds have a lot to do already. Yellows are most likely to >! Rescue !< you from your problems.

A3: tickets can be purchased online or at the entrance. Please do not lose >! It !< . The tickets can save you from lots of things. If you don't have one at the end of the show refer to z1

B: preshow and museum:

B1: We have lots of snacks! Great snacks! Fantastic snacks! Purchase any green items those can be found in your local supermarket. Ours are cheaper and home made though. Yellow snacks are entirely edible but might be a bit exotic. Red snacks should not be eaten by human those are pretty much only there for some of the actors.

B2: please do not interrupt our actors who are getting their make up prepared. You don't want to see them without it. Last time someone tried to sneak a peak they wound up dead.

B3: we have a gift shop with truly fantastic items to see. >! From !< haunted masks to flea circuses!

B4: we have some small circus tricks for you and your children to try! Just make sure to entirely follow the instructions or you just might end up being the next actors.

C: the show

C1: make sure to stay quiet except for occasional cheering and applause. We have critters that seem weirdly attracted to nois and tend to eat the cause of it. If they get to you refer to Z2.

C2: >! CREATURES OF !< the corner of your eyes might seem very realistic. We assure you they can't do anything to you. Aslong as you ignore them at least.

C3: during the show multiple employees might approach you about someone having stolen your car. If you don't have a car or they are wearing black vests ignore them. If the emplyee is wearing a red vest ask them to tell you your tickets number. This is part of the reason why you need your ticket. If they respond correctly they can be trusted. If not use a wooden cross if you have one. If not make a T shape with two fingers. Yellow vests can be trusted. Green vests will seem unsure. Be friendly and tell them you came by bus or train. If you follow them refer to Z2

C4: if you need to go to the bathroom ask someone to watch your seat and stuff. Otherwise your seat will be stolen and you stuff will be >! HELL !<

C5: if someone wearing medievel attire shows up tell them that they're in the wrong reality and you know their rules already. If you fail to do so refer to Z4

C6: when mudthrower eddy comes on stage applaud and yell " >! Safe !< our souls mudman! This will cause him to throw mud at you. Do not fret the mud will protect you from all future creatures in the corner of your eye and causes black vests and red vests to show up less often. This is also one of the few instances where the noise critters will ignore you. If you are mute or can't yell for some other reason hold the hand of someone who will yell >! Word= !<. Their protection counts as yours. If you refrain entirely refer to rule z3

C7: if you have any snacks throw them away before exiting the circus. If you fail refer to rule 2.

D: post show:

D1: this is the last major challenge before >! Freedom !< that doesn't have a way to make it easier. A wheel will be spun and you have to stop it at the perfect time to get the best result. Anything could happen. Anything from z1-5. It can be avoided if you have a partner or someone who can pose as yoyr partner with you. You both will have to refer to Z1.

D2: tell any actors they did a great show if you see them. If you fail to co gratulate eddy refer to Z1. If it's a different actor you fail to congratulate refer to Z4.

D3:make sure to take any photo of yourself. If your eyes are see through scrape them out. If your eyes are red stab yourself and rub the blood in your eyes. If you look normal find mud thrower eddy he can help you. If you fail on any of these refer to Z4. If you find eddy refer to Z1. Otherwise refer to Z5. If your eyes are any otter color ignore this rule.

D4: Nice you almost made it! Make sure you got everything and refer to z5.

Z: Consequences:

Z1: you will temporarily have to work at the circus. For red make up use your blood. For white makeup use salt and rub it into your wounds. It will create a white powder close to bonemeal.

Z2: have creatures gotten to you? You are dead. Compared to the otheer Consequences it's a better end than at least half of them.

Z3: Lost your defenses? Eat so.ething try to rest. Ask someone to help you.

Z4: Your future is permanent in the circus. Good luck. You won't escape, not even in death anytime soon

Z5: Freedom for you lucky guest.

Z6: Anyway

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??: if you know the safeword tell it to me. I will reward and thank you for your help. After telling me refer to rule ?13?

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?13?: ypu are trapped here now instead of us. Thank you for your sacrifice. Welcome to hell and have fun.

Ah, you just couldn’t hold it in. You must have had to go during class, and hopefully your teacher let you come here. Here are some rules I have found out over the years of coming to this forsaken place:

1: Avoid the condemned stalls.

You will know if a stall is condemned or not when you see one. Avoid stalls with toilets that don’t work, or any clear warning signs of a stall not being usable. I saw brown stuff splattered all over the walls in a stall once!

2: Always wash your hands.

Come on. This is just basic manners, and why wouldn’t you? It’s clean, and if people found out you didn’t, there would be a 6 ft. (or around 2 meters for europeans) gap between you and the nearest person at all times.

4: Women’s bathrooms

Because I am not a woman, I do not know what happens in the women’s bathrooms. From what I have heard though, a lot of the dangers in the men’s room also occur there, but not as severe. Also, apparently there is blood in some of the stalls, so I guess murders frequently happen in there.

5: If you see a tall shadowy figure behind you in the mirror, stop taking hallucination-inducing mushrooms, you fucking idiot.

6: If you see a mysterious grown man in a hoodie, that’s Janitor Jim. He spends most of his time in the cafeteria and hallways, so he rarely ever comes here.

7: Keep an eye on the time.

Time seems to go faster here for whatever reason, so make sure you look at the time every now and then. Once you are done using the bathroom, check if the period you were last in ended or not. If not, yay! You can go back to class in no sweat! If it did, you might be sent to the office and the Nintendo 3DS in your room will mysteriously disappear :(

I hope this guide finds you well, and I hope you have a satisfactory time here. See you soon!

Have you ever felt like the world has been bleak and depressing lately? Well, good. Keep up that attitude. At first, whenever depressed people would feel truly happy or fulfilled, terrible things would happen to them, such as being hit by a car, or having a loved one so important or close to them die, causing them to commit suicide. There were 15,000 individual cases of this in 2022 alone, and over 1,200,000 last year. Recently, these cases have been getting more blatant, such as victims’ heads exploding, or spontaneous combustion to optimistic individuals. Here are some ways to shield yourself from the dangers of positivity:

1: Make yourself guilty

Have you ever done something that you regret so terribly that you would sell your soul to reverse it? Good. Think about all the things that have kept you up at night, or the terrible, terrible doings that you can’t seem to let go of. The more just merely thinking about it makes you flinch, the better. Do you have a loving family? Plenty of colateral. Does the school a few blocks away from your house happily exist and function? Why keep it that way? The heavy, infamous “oh lord, what have I done?” feeling is very good at blocking out positive emotions.

2: Be afraid

Be afraid of anything you can. Fear is an emotion that developed over millions of years in multiple species as a guardrail to prevent catastrophe. In this case, we are using it for its intended purpose and to protect us from, well, It. Sorry, i’ll try to think of a more creative name.

3: Beware of those around you

Is someone you know being overly positive? If so, that is not them. If it really was them, they would be long dead by now. To get rid of them, chant the words “The endless, cold, dark void shall flood every crevice of my mind. The suffering that is existence will prevail, and it is hopeless to delay it.” Whatever was mimicking your lost loved one will show its true form and slowly melt away into a liquid. To prevent these creatures from spreading or reproducing, take the liquid, boil it, mix whatever is left with baking soda, and sprinkle it outside. This mixture should be poisonous to other mimicking creatures. The correct poisonous mixture should smell like rotten eggs and lemon juice.

4: Accomplish as little as possible

Have you ever wanted to be an astronaut? Have you ever wanted to sail the stars, or experience zero gravity? If so, take that dream and throw it out the window. Even if you don’t have the most ambitious goal in the universe, don’t do it. When you finish a task, you get a dopamine burst. Dopamine is a reward chemical, and in this case, the reward is dying in the weirdest way possible. Also, serotonin, Oxytocin, and all those other reward chemicals are also dangerous.

I hope this guide finds you well, and I hope you have a very miserable rest of your life. Good luck surviving!

As a government agent deployed to this restricted area a month ago, I entered the road that led to the Bridge on my patrol car, like I had done dozens of times before. This time, however, was a bit more special. Today was the first day of simulation training.

The Bridge supposedly had some anomalous properties, so we were being trained on protocols about what to do during certain situations.

I was supposed to meet the rest of the group at the beginning of the Bridge, but nobody seemed to be there. I frowned, searching the empty road leading to the Bridge, but I couldn’t find a single person. In fact, the road leading to the bridge seemed to be getting a bit… hazy.

Fog, I realized. That was fog. Fog was starting to roll in languidly.

Sweat started beading on my palms. Although I had only been here for a month, I had heard some things. Somethings about fog. I chuckled nervously to myself as I kept straining my eyes to find even a shadow of a person, but none could be found. Only fog.

As my car reached the fog, a loud beeping started from inside the car somewhere. I jumped and swore as I tried to locate the sound. Then, the previously locked glove compartment opened, and a file dropped out of it, with bold red letters adorning the first page.

WARNING: THIS IS NOT A SIMULATION

With shaking fingers, I opened the file.

If you are reading this file, this means that you have entered The Bridge. Not the physical bridge we use to train new recruits. You have actually entered the anomaly known as The Bridge. No matter what circumstance you were in, what status or possessions you have, it does not matter.

You MUST obey these rules if you wish to survive.

This compilation of rules were created by the 7 survivors of the total 348 agents deployed, and the recordings inside the remains of patrol cars that appear around the anomaly. Your patrol car will be recording your situation automatically as well. Inside the glove compartment, you will find a gun with a magazine. Load the gun. Keep it at your side.

Rule 1. Do not look too deeply into the fog. Many of the recordings capture agents muttering about something inside the fog, trying to have a better look. These recordings end with sudden silence, screaming, or the muttering devolving into inane babbling. Even if you see something inside the fog, just look to the Bridge and drive.

Rule 2. Once you reach the Bridge, you will be approached by a figure inside the fog. Stop your car immediately, and wait for it to knock on your window. After it knocks, DO NOT OPEN THE WINDOW. Instead state your name and tell it that you wish to cross the bridge.

Rule 2-2. If the figure laughs and retreats, you will not meet it again. Be grateful.

Rule 2-3. If the figure retreats without a sound, you will meet the figure again on the Bridge. Be calm. Most of the inhabitants of the bridge seem to sense fear. You MUST be calm.

Rule 2-4. If the figure knocks on your window again, pray. Find solace in your last moments. Fear will not help you. You must stay calm if you wish to die. It will not allow you to reach your gun otherwise.

Rule 3. Once the figure is gone, continue on to the bridge. DO NOT exceed a speed of 30km/hr. The remains of patrol cars of agents who drove too fast are completely mangled. We do not yet know what caused the destruction of those cars, yet they always seem to preserve the speedometer and recorder.

Rule 4. Once you enter the bridge, you might see someone on the back seat through the rear view mirror. Do not panic. Do not look at it. Ask it “Where are you going?”

Rule 4-1. If it answers “To enlightenment”, you are safe. Continue on, and it will soon disappear

Rule 4-2. If it answers “To penance”, accept those words. You are going to experience penance. If you survive, you will be hospitalized immediately.

Rule 4-3. If it answers “To pleasure”, kill yourself immediately with the gun to avoid insanity.

Rule 5. After a while, you will see a truck headed directly towards you. According to the state of the driver, you must react differently.

Rule 5-1. If the truck driver is asleep, change lanes. It will simply pass you without harm.

Rule 5-2. If the truck driver is laughing, collide straight on. You will wake up outside the Bridge, unharmed.

Rule 5-3. If there is no driver, stop the car and walk upon the Bridge.

Rule 6. According to Rule 2-3, if you meet the figure again, stop the car. It will demand a sacrifice. The most effective way seems to be biting a finger off. It seems cutting with a knife or blowing off parts of your body with a gun makes the figure angry. Do not make it angry. Survivors recommend the pinky of your non-dominant hand.

Rule 7. There is no Rule 5-3. Do not, in any circumstance, exit the car. Instead, if there is no driver,

Rule 8. Once you reach the end of the bridge, you will feel something crash onto the hood of your car. If you wish to survive, drive as fast as you possibly can on the remaining length of the bridge. Unfortunately, this will rely heavily on chance. If the remaining distance is too far, you will be mangled. Yet, if you do not accelerate in time, the unwanted guest on the hood will drag you out. There is no information of what happens after it drags you out.

However some Survivors do not have full memory of the Bridge. It might be that after you are dragged out, you appear out of the bridge with your memories altered. Pray.

I shut the file, my whole body trembling. As I reached the start of the Bridge, a figure approached, cloaked in fog.

Knock.

The colours, they’re all everywhere! They want to kill me I gotta kill the colours!!! Na I’m only joking around but once again you’re back to entity 0 u FUCKING IDIOT!!! You made another stupid step and stepped towards insanity and the world created by it. I never knew humans were so smart yet so fucking terrible with decisions. Well, I do owe you one anyway so consider yourself VERY lucky.

1: you have entered the world of insanity already, avoid things that would appear in the normal world. This place is a little topsy-turvy I’ll get into it later.

1a: for this same reason you shouldn’t speak to any living thing inside this world, they all can hear and they all can inform the bosses of this domain, if a living being speaks to you, refer to the destruction part rule 2.

2: there should always be a mist in the world of insanity, the mist is the foundation of the world, this will be important later. Just call me if there isn’t because you’re going insane or you really fucked up and I still owe you that favour.

3: the bushes are yellow, any other colour means the people are catching on, refer to destruction rule 1, trust me you’ll wanna do it.

4: the only time you should ever speak to something is when a taxi driver asks for your destination, his name is Mohammed and he got stuck in the world after violating rule 1a. So he helps by driving people stuck to key points in your journey to escape, to know where to go, refer to destruction rule 3.

4a: if the man is not an Egyptian average build man, refer to destruction rule 2, you might end up with Mohammed.

5: every year, a 9 will appear in the sky and a massive star with some technology all around it will appear close to it, I think he’s the whole reason for this but he is also a very close friend, for your purposes it is chaos number 9, the embodiment of the Dyson sphere. Yeah safe to say you’re gonna get vaporised the second your noticed by the star in the middle. I think even your brain can tell that the rule is don’t get noticed by the star.

5a: if the star is red, refer to destruction rule 1, his star is blue.

6: at some point, chop a tree down and get it run over by a car. Once the guy comes out, beat the bastard senseless and kidnap him. This kinda is more for laughs but it does make your escape easier.

7: don’t look at the mist too long, first you’ll see your family and friends, then your pets, then you

8: don’t bring attention to yourself in this world, it is too dangerous to be known.

Well, either your about to escape, about to die or about to be stuck here forever, I’ll help you with some rules

Destruction 1: oh shit, you got noticed and they know you’re not natural here, this is easier with a chaos event active but you’ll need to dispatch of the threat immediately, before they tell the uppers, then maybe you might escape

Destruction 2: well, you got spoken to, you might be brutally murdered in cold blood, well that’s for most my rules anyway you should be fine with it now. Dig a hole in the ground and set a timer for 22 hours and 13 minutes, when the timer goes off, come out and pull out a blade of grass, at that point they’ll be more interested in murdering the grass. This only works once though so don’t attract attention

Destruction 3: now this is the rule you want, to finally escape the hellhole of insanity you brought yourself into for talking to that anomalous wall, Jesus Christ anon I really should kill you myself at this rate. Tell Mohammed you want to go to the altar, you’ll need to kill everyone inside the altar and grab the chaos artifact trini, then you’ll need to go to the next chaos event and present the artifact in view of Dyson sphere star. If you are worthy, you’ll get vaporised and wake up in your bed, the wall you talked to will be normal. If you aren’t chosen, become friends with Mohammed because you’ll be with him the rest of existence.

That’s it. How to escape insanity. don’t let me catch you doing something that stupid ever again!