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The Keeper Narrates 3 Creepypasta stories from Nosleep. With the assistance of 4 other human narrators. We don't do that A.I nonsense here!
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story credit:
1- https://www.reddit.com/r/TwistedUrbanTales/comments/1rzwfq1/i_kept_finding_the_same_sticker_in_library_books/
2- https://www.reddit.com/r/nosleep/comments/1mkvu99/after_my_smoke_break_time_had_stopped_but/
3- https://www.reddit.com/r/nosleep/comments/bfg42c/how_do_i_get_my_girlfriend_to_knock_off_this/
Featuring: @Vox_Animus @Grinntales @UncleMagnetti @PolterKaist
Thumbnail credit:the artists at nvrcaredstudio.com
Visuals: Videobolt(for the visualizers) and art I have had commissioned and some effects in Capcut(avoiding their A.I section as always)
Music credit:Morgan Goodman
For story submissions or inquiries contact us at thekeeperofficial@proton.me (our story submission email)
#thekeepernarrates
For bonus content check out my patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cw/TheKeeperNarrates
story credit:
1- https://www.reddit.com/r/TwistedUrbanTales/comments/1rzwfq1/i_kept_finding_the_same_sticker_in_library_books/
2- https://www.reddit.com/r/nosleep/comments/1mkvu99/after_my_smoke_break_time_had_stopped_but/
3- https://www.reddit.com/r/nosleep/comments/bfg42c/how_do_i_get_my_girlfriend_to_knock_off_this/
Featuring: @Vox_Animus @Grinntales @UncleMagnetti @PolterKaist
Thumbnail credit:the artists at nvrcaredstudio.com
Visuals: Videobolt(for the visualizers) and art I have had commissioned and some effects in Capcut(avoiding their A.I section as always)
Music credit:Morgan Goodman
For story submissions or inquiries contact us at thekeeperofficial@proton.me (our story submission email)
#thekeepernarrates
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00:00The Keeper presents three AI-free horror stories.
00:08In sophomore year of high school, I practically lived in the library.
00:13I'd go there almost every day after school to sit and read.
00:18Then I'd borrow a few stack of books, mostly history, and finish them at home before they were due back.
00:24It was routine at that point.
00:27That's why I noticed it straight away.
00:30I opened a book I'd borrowed about medieval Europe and saw a small white sticker stuck firmly to one of
00:37the pages.
00:38I leaned in and took a closer look.
00:41The sticker was a prescription bottle label.
00:45The edges were worn and it had been pieced together in two halves.
00:50One side was faded to a thin film.
00:53It had been peeled off and reapplied, but I could still read the text.
00:58At the top was the name of the pharmacy and a date, and below that were some details.
01:04T. Hargreaves.
01:07An address below that.
01:14I didn't recognize the medication, but I recognized the name.
01:19It was Mr. Hargreaves, my history teacher.
01:23I saw teachers and students from my school regularly at this library, so I didn't think much of it at
01:28the time.
01:29But I still stared at it for a second longer than I probably should have.
01:34Then I figured it was a mistake and left it there.
01:38He must have been using it as a bookmark and forgotten.
01:41I didn't want to peel it off and risk tearing the page.
01:45The second time, it caught my attention immediately.
01:49Different history book, another label, same name, same address, and medication.
01:56This time, it was stuck deeper into the book on one of the middle pages.
02:01I flipped back a few pages, then forward.
02:04Nothing else, just that one sticker.
02:07I remember thinking it was a strange thing to use as a bookmark.
02:11By the fourth or fifth time, it stopped feeling like a coincidence.
02:16Always the same sticker with his name stuck on a random page.
02:21I went to the library one morning to return a book, well before I'd normally go after school, and saw
02:27him there.
02:28He was exactly the same as he was in class.
02:32Friendly and relaxed.
02:34Good to see your reading.
02:38He said with a smile.
02:40I greeted him, and we made some small talk.
02:44I almost mentioned seeing the labels, but then I stopped myself.
02:48Something made me feel like I wasn't supposed to.
02:51At the end of our conversation, I just smiled and left.
02:55A few afternoons later, I was back in the library.
02:58I went to the history section and plucked a book off the shelf, flipping it open without thinking.
03:05Sure enough, there it was again.
03:08Mr. Hargery's prescription label, pressed flat on one of the pages.
03:13Just then, a voice snapped me out of my trance.
03:17Hey man, how's it going?
03:19I looked up.
03:20My friend Matt was standing in front of me, hands in his pockets.
03:24Matt didn't come here often.
03:26He lived further out, on the edge of town.
03:28I didn't know you even knew where the library was, I remarked.
03:32Haha, very funny.
03:34I was nearby.
03:35We talked for a bit, and then I held up the book slightly.
03:39Look at this.
03:40I keep finding Mr. Hargery's stickers in the books.
03:43He stepped closer and scanned the text.
03:45A messenger asked for help from nearby towns.
03:49I tapped on the label below it, pressed flat against the page.
03:53Matt leaned in and squinted as he read the details on the faded sticker.
03:58Huh.
03:59He lives a few streets away from me.
04:01Who knew?
04:02Why would he be putting these in library books?
04:05I asked.
04:06Matt shrugged.
04:08I mean, probably just he uses whatever's lying around as a bookmark.
04:12That's what I thought the first time, I said.
04:16I plucked two more books off the shelf nearby that I'd put back a while ago, which I remembered
04:21seeing the stickers in.
04:23He keeps putting them in books.
04:25I searched for a new book about wars.
04:28Took a moment to find the label, but I knew roughly where it was.
04:32Many families were trapped as supplies began to run out.
04:36I ran my finger across the label below it, then I put the book back on the shelf and opened
04:41the third book.
04:42A few managed to escape, though most were.
04:46Underneath was the label again, in a chapter about the famine.
04:50He glanced at it, then back at me, looking mildly amused.
04:55Maybe he's just weird.
04:56After Matt left that afternoon, I sat at a table with the books I'd taken from a shelf
05:02laid out in front of me.
05:04I frowned, then shook it off and closed the books, carrying them back to the shelf.
05:09A few months passed.
05:11I still saw the labels in books every now and then, but I stopped paying that much attention.
05:17I didn't think about them again until I was talking to Matt at school one afternoon,
05:22leaning against the lockers while people moved around us between classes.
05:25You know those labels you were talking about?
05:28He smirks lightly.
05:30Yeah?
05:31I walk past that house all the time.
05:34He said.
05:35Ever since I found out that's Hargrave's address, I can't not notice it.
05:40Weird knowing a teacher lives that close to me.
05:43I shrugged.
05:44They have to live somewhere.
05:46Then a pause as he glanced down the hallway.
05:49I've heard stuff from inside a few times when I walked past.
05:53I raised an eyebrow.
05:54What kind of stuff?
05:56He frowned, like he was trying to decide if it even sounded strange out loud.
06:01Like one night?
06:02I heard something scraping, I guess, and once I think I heard knocking or something, but
06:08like, from the inside of his door.
06:11He made a small motion with his hand, tapping against the locker beside him.
06:16Then there was a brief silence between us.
06:19Anyway, he added, straightening up.
06:23Probably nothing.
06:25That afternoon, at the library, I found myself thinking about the labels.
06:30I pulled out a few books from the history section and started looking for them.
06:33And as I found them again, one by one, I noticed something concerning for the first time.
06:40The line of text above each sticker.
06:43A messenger asked for help from nearby towns.
06:47Many families were trapped as supplies began to run out.
06:53A few managed to escape, though most were.
06:57I swallowed and looked in two more books.
07:01Efforts to seek help from neighboring regions.
07:04A group managed to escape, though some were.
07:09My heart started to race.
07:11I put the books down immediately and texted Matt.
07:15Hey, can you show me where Hargree's house is?
07:19By the time we got there, it was starting to get dark.
07:22The street was quiet, with a few distant figures occasionally walking past under the streetlights.
07:29Mr. Hargree's house sat halfway down the road, curtains drawn, no lights on.
07:34The same address, shown on the prescription labels, stuck in the books.
07:40Matt slowed beside me, hands in his pockets as he glanced at it.
07:44Looks the same as it always does.
07:46He shrugged.
07:47What did you think you'd find?
07:49I didn't respond. I couldn't stop staring at it.
07:53We should probably go.
07:55He added with a sigh.
07:57Before he sees teenagers from his school just standing outside his house.
08:01That's gonna be hard to explain.
08:03I nodded slowly.
08:05Yeah, you're right.
08:07We turned and started walking back the way we came.
08:11We'd barely made it a few steps when Matt stopped.
08:14I almost walked into him.
08:16What? I asked.
08:18He didn't answer straight away, just tilted his head slightly, listening.
08:23Then I heard it too.
08:24A dull, hollow sound.
08:27Knock.
08:28Then again.
08:29Knock.
08:30Knock.
08:32My head started racing as Matt turned back toward the house.
08:36That's it.
08:37He said quietly.
08:39That's what I was talking about.
08:40We both stood there for a second, then walked back towards the house.
08:45The front porch creaked slightly as we stepped onto it.
08:48The sound came again, louder now, from somewhere just beyond the front window.
08:54The curtains were drawn, but not fully.
08:57There was a small gap where the fabric didn't quite meet.
09:02Matt leaned in slightly.
09:04That's weird.
09:06He murmured.
09:07I don't remember that.
09:09He pointed and I followed his gaze.
09:12Behind the curtain, barely visible in the darkness, were wooden boards running horizontally
09:17across the window.
09:18I felt a chill run through me.
09:21His curtains are always closed.
09:23Matt said with a frown.
09:25Wonder why there's wood all behind it.
09:28Another knock.
09:30Then the curtain shifted slightly.
09:32Something moved behind it.
09:34I sucked in my breath.
09:36Did you see?
09:38Yeah.
09:39Matt whispered.
09:40My hands were shaking as I pulled out my phone and turned on the torch.
09:44Aiming it through the curtains.
09:47The light cut through the gap between the boards.
09:50And I, open wide, staring back at us.
09:54We screamed and stumbled backwards.
09:57Matt grabbed my arm.
09:58What the hell?
10:00The knocking stopped instantly.
10:02Silence.
10:04Then we heard footsteps from inside the house.
10:07We ran.
10:08Down the porch steps, onto the pavement, away from the house as fast as we could.
10:13We didn't stop until we were halfway down the street.
10:17My chest was tight, my breathing uneven as I fumbled from my phone.
10:22Call them.
10:23Matt said.
10:24I told the police everything.
10:26The books, the labels, the sounds, the eyes staring at us through the window.
10:31My voice was shaking so badly I could barely get the words out.
10:35By morning, everyone knew.
10:38Mr. Hargreaves had been arrested and the house had been sealed off.
10:43Inside, they'd found a girl.
10:45She was fourteen.
10:47Only a few years younger than both of us.
10:50She'd gone missing around three years ago from a different state hundreds of miles away.
10:57Taken, transported, and kept hidden somewhere no one would think to look.
11:01A normal house on a quiet street.
11:05Locked away in his house for three years.
11:08She'd been peeling the prescription labels off of empty medication bottles and boxes.
11:13Whatever she could find in his bin with his address on it, without it being noticed.
11:18Pressing them carefully between the pages of books he brought home from the library and
11:23would eventually have to return.
11:25She couldn't write any messages.
11:27If he saw even a mark out of place, there was no telling what he would do.
11:31So she worked with what she had, looking through the words in the books and placing the labels
11:36with his address under specific words, underlining them with the stickers.
11:42Hoping someone, anyone, would notice that she was trapped, needed help, and was unable to escape.
11:51It had been right there the whole time.
11:54I kept thinking about how many times I'd seen those labels and dismissed them as something harmless,
12:00before putting them back on the shelf.
12:02If we hadn't gone there that day, she might have never left that house again.
12:10It was an ordinary Wednesday morning.
12:14Midwinter, still well before Christmas, but the office was already deep in its usual off-season lull.
12:22Since our company's busy period was in spring or early summer, by now only Christmas songs were playing,
12:30and our days mostly consisted of goofing off.
12:33Then came 11.25.
12:35My usual pre-launch bathroom and smoke break.
12:39I smoked quickly.
12:41It was cold outside, and no one wanted to stand around too long.
12:45I was the only one who ducked into the restroom,
12:49while the others headed back to their desks to watch stupid videos.
12:53Nothing out of the ordinary happened.
12:55It was just another simple Wednesday, until I stepped out of the restroom.
13:00The co-workers I'd been smoking with were still standing in the hallway, dressed in winter coats and hats.
13:07One of them was halfway through opening the door, frozen in motion as if time itself had paused.
13:15They were just standing there.
13:17All of them, frozen stiff.
13:20At first, I thought they were joking.
13:23Maybe they'd seen some meme and were trying to prank me, but as I walked closer, it all started to
13:29feel weirder.
13:30Four of them were standing in the doorway, completely still.
13:34None of them even twitched.
13:36Nothing.
13:36What the hell are you guys doing?
13:39I asked with a half laugh, but no one answered.
13:44They just stood there, completely still.
13:47Guys, what are you doing?
13:50Still nothing.
13:51I reached out and grabbed one of my co-workers by the shoulder and gave him a shake.
13:57It felt like I was trying to move a mannequin.
14:00That's when I started to freak out a little.
14:03What the hell was wrong with them?
14:04Had something happened?
14:06Were they sick?
14:08No matter who I spoke to in the hallway, no one reacted.
14:11Their faces were frozen, staring blankly ahead like prisoners of the moment.
14:17Panicked, I hurried into the main office.
14:20I had to tell someone something was wrong with the others.
14:24But as soon as I pushed open the door to the large open workspace, I froze again.
14:30No one moved.
14:31No one spoke.
14:33Not a sound.
14:34It felt like I was trapped inside a model room.
14:38No one in the office moved.
14:40Everyone was frozen.
14:42They stayed in whatever position they were in when time stopped.
14:46The monitors were still on.
14:49Everything kept working as normal, only my co-workers looked like mannequins.
14:53I rushed into my boss's office, hoping maybe he was different.
14:58But no, same deal.
15:00He sat there, bored expression on his face.
15:03Leaning on his desk, and not a single muscle moving.
15:06He was completely frozen, too.
15:09That's when I really started to panic.
15:12Only one logical choice remained.
15:15Get out of here.
15:16As fast as possible.
15:18I bolted toward the elevator, nearly knocking over one of the co-workers frozen at the entrance.
15:23I jammed at the call button, over and over, but nothing.
15:27It was like the button didn't even exist.
15:30There was power.
15:31The screen was lit, but the elevator didn't move.
15:34Alright.
15:35Plan B.
15:36The stairs.
15:37I ran to the stairwell, but the door wouldn't open.
15:41I yanked on it like a lunatic.
15:43Nothing.
15:44Locked, or was it broken just like the elevator?
15:47What the hell is wrong with this place?
15:50And why am I the only one still moving?
15:53Next idea.
15:54The window.
15:55Even if I couldn't climb out, we were on the seventh floor.
15:59At least I could try to signal someone.
16:01Or something.
16:04I hurried between the rows of desks.
16:06My co-workers were still just sitting there, motionless.
16:11Not a single part of them moved.
16:13Their frozen eyes stared blankly into nothing.
16:17The window wouldn't open either.
16:19I pulled out and twisted the handle, but it didn't budge.
16:23It felt like someone had sealed it shut.
16:26I stood there, clutching my head in frustration.
16:30The office had never been this quiet, this calm.
16:33And that only made it more disturbing.
16:37I was terrified, and I didn't understand a single thing about what was happening.
16:42Outside, the snow had started to fall.
16:45I slumped down into my chair at my desk, hopelessly.
16:49I tried all the company phones.
16:52Nothing but silence.
16:53Even my own mobile showed no signal at all.
16:57What the hell happened?
16:58I just went out for a smoke and a quick bathroom break, and now it seems like time itself has
17:04stopped.
17:05And me.
17:06Why didn't I freeze like the others?
17:09And more importantly, how the hell am I going to get out of here?
17:13That's when I heard a loud thud from the back of the office.
17:17Somewhere behind me.
17:18I jumped up instantly, both excited and terrified.
17:23Was someone else here, after all?
17:25Or maybe the others were starting to wake up?
17:28But no.
17:30There was no one there.
17:32Everything and everyone was still exactly where I left them.
17:35Some sitting at their desks, others frozen mid-action by the printer.
17:41Outside, the snow was still falling, and since the clock had slipped at 4pm, the darkness was slowly beginning to
17:49creep in.
17:50I should be heading home soon, but I highly doubt I'm going anywhere today.
17:55I just hope help is on the way.
17:58Surely, someone will notice when an entire floor of people doesn't show up.
18:02That's when I noticed, still standing next to my desk, that one workstation was empty.
18:08But the monitor was still on.
18:11If I remember right, that's where Sandra sits.
18:15A kind, middle-aged woman.
18:17She always brings muffins at Christmas.
18:20We had coffee together just this morning, and now, she was gone.
18:26Could that thud have been her?
18:28Cautiously, I hurried over to her desk.
18:31It was just a few rows down.
18:33No sign of Sandra.
18:35Her chair was knocked over, and her cat-themed coffee mug lay on the floor.
18:40The last bit of her drink spilled out across the tiles.
18:44Sandra!
18:45I called out loudly, hoping she was still nearby.
18:48Where are you, Sandra?
18:50But no reply came.
18:52Just the same graveyard silence as before.
18:55The hum of the machines was the only sound, until the fluorescent lights suddenly began
19:00to flicker.
19:01And then it happened.
19:03The thing I'd feared most.
19:05All the lights went out.
19:07Outside, it was nearly pitch black.
19:10Massive snowflakes drifted down slowly, almost majestically.
19:15Inside, the office was plunged into near-darkness.
19:19The overhead lights were dead, but the monitor still glowed, casting a grotesque, cold light
19:25across the quiet room.
19:26My co-workers' frozen bodies looked even more disturbing now, faintly illuminated in that
19:33ghastly glow.
19:34It would have been even better if they were at least working.
19:38Or talking.
19:39Or if I could hear them breathing.
19:42But there was nothing.
19:44Then I heard it.
19:45The door to the supply closet at the back of the office creaked open.
19:49Every part of me wanted to run.
19:52But where?
19:53I crept back to my desk.
19:56Of course, I immediately banged my shin on the corner of a table and knocked over a small
20:02trash bin in the dark.
20:04But at least there, I felt a little more comfortable.
20:07It was my desk.
20:09My spot.
20:11I stared at the supply closet door.
20:13There was only darkness beyond it.
20:15No movement.
20:17No sound since it had opened.
20:19Maybe it just stayed ajar.
20:21Maybe a draft pushed it open.
20:24But the windows didn't open either.
20:26So, what did?
20:28And then I saw it.
20:30The horror.
20:31I just stood there, frozen.
20:33Like the others around me.
20:35But I, I was still conscious.
20:38Still very much awake.
20:40In the corridor between the desks, a strange figure was shuffling towards me.
20:45It looked like a dried-out corpse.
20:48Its skin was pure white, clinging tightly to its bones.
20:52Its face was sunken, eye sockets dark and hollow.
20:56It had no mouth at all.
20:58But its bony arms were so long, they reached the floor, ending in huge, knobby fingers.
21:05From its hunched chest, smaller, skeletal hands dangled forward, reaching, twitching, and
21:12These tiny hands moved as if they were playing invisible piano keys in the air.
21:17Or searching for something unseen.
21:20I couldn't move a muscle.
21:22I didn't scream.
21:23I didn't throw anything.
21:25And I didn't even try to hide.
21:27I just stood there in my stupid shirt, staring as the monitor's glow lit up the grotesque
21:33figure, itching ever closer to my desk.
21:37It was almost upon me when, with a sudden instinct, I ducked down and crawled under the
21:42desk.
21:43I don't know what drove me.
21:44I don't know why I thought it was a good hiding spot, but at the time it felt like the
21:49only one I had.
21:50My co-workers' frozen bodies still sat in place at their desks.
21:54It was all absurd, at least as much as I could make out in the dim light.
21:59Then, in the blink of an eye, the creature was right there, standing at my desk.
22:05I saw its massive, bony feet.
22:08The nails were like knives.
22:10Its body was tall and gaunt, so skeletal as seemed to stretch all the way to the ceiling.
22:16I crouched under my desk, holding my breath.
22:20Damn cables around my neck, and between the back and the chair, I barely had space to
22:26fit.
22:26But the creature didn't notice me.
22:29It just stood there, waiting.
22:32Maybe for me.
22:33Maybe for something else.
22:36Then it moved.
22:37Its enormous hand rested on the head of the man who sat behind me.
22:41Pete.
22:42Pete was the guy in the desk right behind mine.
22:45A brown-nosing little machine.
22:47No one really liked him, but even so, I didn't want to see what that thing was about to do
22:52to him.
22:53I trembled as I waited to see what would happen.
22:56The monster simply squeezed Pete's frozen head, then tipped him out of his chair.
23:02Pete lay on the floor, staring at me.
23:05I didn't make a sound.
23:07The creature reached down, feeling for Pete's body.
23:10With its long, skeletal fingers, it grabbed hold of his face and dragged him away.
23:15It turned and headed back the way it had come, shuffling slowly, just as before, pulling Pete's
23:23paralyzed body behind it.
23:25Only one thought flashed through my mind.
23:28I have to get out of here.
23:29I sat trembling behind my desk, listening as the grotesque creature shuffled across the
23:35office carpet.
23:36What the hell was I supposed to do now?
23:39There was no way out.
23:41None of the exits would open.
23:42From under my desk, I could see clearly in the nighttime gloom.
23:47Outside, snow was falling in heavy sheets.
23:50Had time stopped out there, too?
23:53Or was life continuing as usual?
23:56Cautiously, I crept out from under the desk, just enough to look around.
24:01The creature was now shuffling near the opposite end of the office, far from the supply closet.
24:08Pete was no longer being dragged behind it.
24:11I had no idea where he'd been left or what had become of him.
24:15The thing just wandered slowly, and the tiny skeletal hands hanging from its chest were twitching,
24:21pawing at the air as if searching for something.
24:24I couldn't stay in the room with it.
24:27It was only a matter of time before it found me.
24:30I had one chance left, to sneak into the lobby again and try the elevator or the stairwell door
24:36one more time.
24:38The creature was still at the far end of the office.
24:41I crawled slowly on all floors, inching my way toward the door.
24:46I made it surprisingly far, right to where my smoking buddies had been frozen.
24:51One of them still held the office door open, so I slipped through easily.
24:56The lobby was dark too.
24:58The elevator wasn't even lit.
25:00I rushed to it and jabbed the buttons, but nothing.
25:04None of them worked.
25:06Then I turned toward the stairwell door, and out of the corner of my eye, I saw it.
25:11The creature was there, standing in the doorway.
25:14At the office entrance, looking out, it was staring at me with those sunken, empty eyes.
25:21It knew I was there.
25:23It wasn't shuffling anymore.
25:25It ran straight at me.
25:27I yanked the door handle, but it wouldn't budge.
25:30It was locked.
25:31This is where I'm going to die.
25:33But then, as the creature's thundering footsteps shook the floor of the lobby, I saw it.
25:39The light was on in the restroom.
25:42With one desperate leap, I sprinted over, jumped inside, and slammed the door shut behind me.
25:48I darted into one of the stalls and locked it tight.
25:51The monster smashed through the restroom's main door.
25:54I was gasping for breath, crouching in the stall, trying to stay as silent as I could, but
25:59the thing knew exactly where I was.
26:01It started pounding on the stall door, its massive hand slammed against the metal, making
26:07the entire room tremble.
26:09The door bent inward.
26:11It looked like it could burst open at any second.
26:14There was nothing else I could do.
26:16I screamed, screamed from pure fear.
26:19And then, a familiar voice spoke.
26:22Matt?
26:23Matt, are you okay in there?
26:25At first, I didn't even notice.
26:27The creature's pounding had stopped.
26:29The stall door no longer shook.
26:32There was silence.
26:33Calm.
26:34Familiar.
26:36Just like the restroom always used to be.
26:38And then someone spoke again from the outside stall where I was hiding.
26:43Matt?
26:44Is that you in there?
26:46What the hell are you doing?
26:47I was terrified.
26:49My shirt was soaked with sweat.
26:51I was shaking like a leaf.
26:53With trembling hands, I opened the stall door.
26:56It creaked slowly outward, and standing there was a familiar face.
27:02Dave?
27:03My friend.
27:04The guy I always went out for a smoke with.
27:07The same guy who, just a moment ago, had been frozen in place by the hallway door.
27:11Now he was standing there, staring at me with suspicion, holding a coffee mug.
27:17I was crouched on the toilet seat, drenched in sweat, pale as a corpse, and shaking uncontrollably.
27:24Slowly, without saying a word, I climbed down.
27:27I stumbled out of the stall, staggering toward the door.
27:32Dave didn't say anything, he just looked at me like I'd lost my mind.
27:37I staggered back into the office.
27:39Everyone was back in place.
27:41Some were working, others just chilling.
27:44The clock said 4.30.
27:46Half an hour left until the end of the day.
27:48Dizzy and disoriented, I started looking for the ones the creature had taken.
27:54The chair behind my desk was empty.
27:57Pete's stuff was gone.
27:59No picture of his dog.
28:01No stupid motivational calendar.
28:04Dave and a few others stood behind me, staring, confused.
28:08What the hell is wrong with me?
28:10Suddenly, I spun around like a madman and whispered,
28:14Where's Pete?
28:15No one answered.
28:16They just looked at each other, puzzled, as if they didn't even know who I meant.
28:22Dave, I said, stepping closer.
28:24Dave, where's Sandra?
28:27Muffin Sandra.
28:27You know who I mean.
28:29Dave just shook his head.
28:33Matt, there's no one named Sandra who works here.
28:37I looked around, panic rising in my chest.
28:40What the hell is going on?
28:42And then one single thought filled my mind.
28:44I need to get the fuck out of this place.
28:52So I've been dating my girlfriend for almost a year, and last month we moved in together.
28:58Maybe that's kind of fast.
28:59I don't know.
29:01My parents sure thought it was.
29:03But honestly, everything was great in the beginning.
29:06We get along really well, and we've never had more than a brief argument.
29:11But then she started whistling.
29:14It's so dumb.
29:15I know, but she's always whistling this weird song, and it really gets on my nerves.
29:21My mom kept telling me that once you move in with someone, you discover all the quirks that they've been
29:27hiding from you.
29:27And it's not like I didn't expect that to be true.
29:31But for some reason, this is just an ongoing issue with us, and I don't know what to do.
29:38At first, I would just hear her whistling it when she was showering.
29:43It was kind of cute, like her own little bathroom theme song.
29:46I didn't recognize the melody, but it was very distinct.
29:51I could mimic it from memory if I wanted to.
29:54In fact, sometimes it gets stuck in my head, and it drives me a little crazy.
29:59You know the type.
30:01After a week or so, I asked her what the song was, and she just laughed.
30:05I'm wondering if maybe she came up with it on her own.
30:09Something that she does absently, especially once she started doing it more.
30:14Like, I'd be reading a book, and then she'd be on the computer, and she'd just start whistling.
30:20And I'd try to ignore it.
30:22I seriously feel like a dick for being so grumpy about it, and I know she wasn't doing it to
30:27annoy me.
30:28But she'd just go on and on.
30:31And it would pull my attention away from whatever I was doing.
30:35So, I finally said something a few nights ago.
30:38I was going over some legal documents for work, and she just starts whistling like crazy, on and on.
30:46And I'm trying to just block it out, but it's seriously excessive.
30:51Like, I know you guys are probably thinking that I was overreacting, but it felt like she was whistling right
30:57into my ear.
30:59And it just frayed my last bit of patience.
31:02As calmly and nicely as I could, I called out to her and asked her to quiet down.
31:07She didn't reply.
31:09I asked her again, and she still didn't answer.
31:12So, I left the bedroom and found her in the living room, watching a movie.
31:16She wasn't whistling anymore, and for some reason, that really irked me.
31:20It felt like she was messing with me.
31:23And she just looked over at me, like she didn't know what my deal was.
31:26I asked her if she could stop whistling so much, and she told me.
31:30I wasn't whistling.
31:32Now, I get that maybe she doesn't realize she's doing it.
31:36But no one whistles that much and doesn't notice.
31:40It's not really like her to mess with me like that, and I don't know what she's trying to get
31:45out of this.
31:46I thought maybe she was teasing or playing a joke.
31:50But she had to see how annoyed I was.
31:53I asked her again to just not whistle so loudly, and she didn't answer.
31:58There was tension in the room, and it felt like our first fight since moving in together.
32:04Even though she didn't whistle for the rest of the night, I couldn't focus on my work anyway because I
32:10was upset about the confrontation.
32:12Then, of course, the next night, she was whistling again.
32:16I hear her when she comes home from work, and she keeps going for at least an hour.
32:21I didn't want to have another fight, so I just hung out in the bedroom and listened to her move
32:26around for a while.
32:28I felt like I was blowing things out of proportion, but honestly, how hard is it to just not whistle
32:33all the time?
32:34It was no big deal when it was now and then, but I feel like she whistles more than she
32:39even talks to me now.
32:41So I'm sitting up in the room, thinking about that, and that's probably why I was worked up when I
32:47finally came down.
32:49She was cooking dinner, which is sweet, but she was still whistling.
32:53So I said, softly,
32:55Hey honey, maybe we should put on some music instead so you don't have to fill the silence with whistling.
33:00I tried to play it off like a joke, but I knew she'd probably see through it and get annoyed
33:05again.
33:06She didn't even turn to face me, just huffed and kept cooking.
33:11After a minute, I told her I was sorry about the other night, but the whistling just sort of strikes
33:17my ear wrong.
33:18And if she could try to not whistle so much and so loudly, it would make my life a lot
33:23easier.
33:24I know it seems controlling and nitpicky, but it was bothering me a lot.
33:29We all have our things, you know.
33:31I try not to chew loudly at the table because it bothers her, so why can't she just stop whistling
33:36sometimes for me?
33:38But she totally freaked out.
33:40She turned around and told me,
33:42I wasn't whistling.
33:44I don't know what your problem is.
33:47At this point, I don't get why she was doing this.
33:50It obviously wasn't funny for either of us, and she seemed genuinely upset.
33:55So I don't know why she kept provoking me.
33:58I asked her what her deal was, why she was so defensive about the stupid whistling, and she told me
34:04to shut up.
34:04She told me,
34:06I'm sick of talking about it.
34:09Like I was the one being unreasonable.
34:12I never get mad at her, but I just snapped.
34:15I told her to stop whistling before I lost my mind.
34:19She called me crazy, just because I was getting a little upset, and somehow, that was all I could take.
34:25I grabbed one of the cast iron pans from the stove and swung it at her head as hard as
34:30I could.
34:31She fell over and smashed her head on the counter, but I swung the pan again before she hit the
34:37ground.
34:37I think I hit her maybe three or four times.
34:41I don't remember, but I feel horrible.
34:44There was blood everywhere, and her jaw might be broken.
34:48No, I think it is for sure.
34:50I couldn't believe I'd lost my temper like that, and I have no idea how we can move past this.
34:56I feel so ashamed for letting things get physical, regardless of how much she might have been provoking me.
35:03But here's the kicker.
35:05She's still fucking whistling.
35:13For two days, she's just been lying on the kitchen floor, with her eyes rolled back and her mouth hanging
35:19open, just marinating in congealed blood.
35:22And she's still fucking whistling.
35:25I don't know what to do.
35:27I don't want to break up, but this is just too much.
35:30I just need to shut her up.
35:32Just shut up.
35:34Just shut up.
35:35Just shut up.
35:36Just shut up.
35:41All right, now for the credits.
35:44In story one, the lore of Magneti voiced Mr. Hargreaves.
35:50Grintels voiced Matt.
35:54In story two, Polterkeist voiced Dave.
35:59And in story three, Vox Animus voiced The Girlfriend.
36:05Story one was written by Twisten Urban Tales.
36:10Story two was written by Morton X.
36:14And story three was written by Queen of Moths.
36:19And lastly, I want to thank Morgan Goodman, who made the music for the intro and the background story music.
36:26Also, I'm going to go on a bit unscripted about what's going on in the narration scene and how that's
36:32going to affect the channel.
36:33So it's been getting kind of crazy keeping track of who has and hasn't been demonetized and who's been remonetized
36:39and who got demonetized again.
36:40But lately, Dr. Plague, who has appeared on our channel before, has been demonetized alongside Grintels and Jordan Group.
36:52So it's kind of put things in perspective for me.
36:55And I kind of view this as YouTube may not be the way to make money directly.
37:01But even if there's no money in this at all, I still love doing this.
37:06So I'm not going to stop.
37:07I do think I'm still going to push YouTube just because that's a good way to get discovered.
37:11And from there, if I stop dragging my feet and finally get my Spotify and whatnot going, I'll post stuff
37:18over there.
37:19And then from YouTube, people will hopefully transfer over.
37:23If YouTube doesn't start fixing this issue, which hopefully they will, but can't count on that.
37:30Speaking of which, part of the reason I have been in my previous video has been trying to appear so
37:34much in my suit has been to mitigate the odds of being deemed inauthentic in the future.
37:40But you'll notice in this video, I did not appear in my suit.
37:44And there's a few reasons for that.
37:46But one of them is I was recently on a podcast, which that episode hasn't aired yet.
37:52But during that podcast, my boots, because they have so much dang metal on them, I crossed my legs and
37:59ripped my pants.
38:00So dealing with fixing that and also my main mask broke the like lens visor thing on it.
38:08So I have my backup mask, but I don't like wearing that as much.
38:12And as much as I love the suit, I don't want to ever retire it because I think it just
38:17fits so well with the whole character and whatnot.
38:21I do have some health issues, mainly like getting nausea and headaches and brain fog and whatnot, which I don't
38:27want to drone on right here.
38:29But the big thing is when I'm wearing that mask, all that light is blasting my face.
38:34It tends to aggravate things.
38:36So I don't want to get to a point, which I have quite a lot lately, where I just dread
38:41making a video because I know I'm going to have to get in the suit.
38:44And it's just so clunky and like I'm blind and just I'm going to have a headache after.
38:48So I want to make sure that, especially if I'm basically doing this with no money from YouTube, I want
38:56to actually enjoy what I do.
38:57So I do want to appear in the suit periodically, but I don't want to do every video and just
39:04burn myself out, especially if I'm trying to keep a schedule of roughly one video per week.
39:10So instead, I'm going to work on getting different visualizers for every video because I really don't want the visuals
39:16to slip on the videos.
39:18And my final thought is I want to eventually get a Patreon going, but if I do, I want it
39:23to actually provide value to you guys.
39:26So in the comments, if you want to give me any ideas of like what, how many tiers there could
39:31be, what you think each tier should have, what would make sense for you.
39:34And like, even once we get to this point of there being a Patreon, please don't, don't send any money
39:40to me that you need for yourself, your family, like just prioritize your own life first.
39:45And, and even if you do have the disposable income, don't be spending it on me unless you think what
39:52I'm providing is genuinely worth it to you.
39:55That's a big thing for me. I don't want to take anyone's money if I'm not truly earning it.
40:00But, and lastly, I want to soon make like a subscriber goal.
40:04I'm thinking maybe I don't know what the number will be.
40:06I don't know what the end thing will be, but that's definitely on my mind.
40:10So be on the watch out for that.
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