Aug 19, 2024 1:24 am
Richard, the retreat is lost.... Sorry, it's Blake, something happened at the retreat. I need patched through now!"
3b: Some Time Aside
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Aug 19, 2024 3:22 am
Blake, what are you talking about? Everything’s being set to have the premier of Jarod’s movie at the retreat tomorrow night. What’s happened? the man’s voice was full of anxiety and concern.
Aug 19, 2024 3:28 am
"The head of security just a- killed 3 people and tried attacking us! We need a swat team or strike force to go in there, he wasn't himself.
You could say he was hollow."
You could say he was hollow."
Aug 20, 2024 1:47 am
Spencer rolled down the passenger window, relieved to see another friendly face instead of something hollow and full of tentacles.
No, I don’t think we should call the police, he said to David. I know the prick in charge of investigating Verity’s disappearance and trust me, we don’t want him anywhere near this.
It sounds like even Blake is having trouble getting hold of anyone in leadership. Something is wrong. I don’t know what the hell we just saw back there but, Daria, I doubt you would believe us even if we told you. I hardly believe it and I saw it with my own eyes! For once I don’t know what we should do, he sighed.
All I do know is that if we go to the premier, we better go with every goddamn scrap of ammunition and pluck we’ve got cause it’s gonna get freaky.
No, I don’t think we should call the police, he said to David. I know the prick in charge of investigating Verity’s disappearance and trust me, we don’t want him anywhere near this.
It sounds like even Blake is having trouble getting hold of anyone in leadership. Something is wrong. I don’t know what the hell we just saw back there but, Daria, I doubt you would believe us even if we told you. I hardly believe it and I saw it with my own eyes! For once I don’t know what we should do, he sighed.
All I do know is that if we go to the premier, we better go with every goddamn scrap of ammunition and pluck we’ve got cause it’s gonna get freaky.
Aug 20, 2024 2:34 am
"Shull what the heck is going on?" Daria takes in Blake's manic call, David's haunted look, Shull's words. "Listen, Woodward is, I dunno." She shrugs, as she tries to find a way to continue.
"Woodward is probably dead." Not wanting to just impicate herself, she quickly adds, "Amanda was involved too. She was there and saw something as well. There was mountain of drugs and, eh, I don't think Julia will make the premier either. It's not good Shull. Really not good. Oh, and Woodward uploaded the finished movie to the Church."
"Woodward is probably dead." Not wanting to just impicate herself, she quickly adds, "Amanda was involved too. She was there and saw something as well. There was mountain of drugs and, eh, I don't think Julia will make the premier either. It's not good Shull. Really not good. Oh, and Woodward uploaded the finished movie to the Church."
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Aug 20, 2024 4:37 am
Oh God... Let me get Mr. Musgrove... Maybe... Maybe you should start making your way to the headquarters, though? Maybe you should talk it over with him in person? You know... in case.
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Blake knows that it has long been a suspicion in the church that the police have wire taps on calls in and out of their office.Aug 20, 2024 3:38 pm
"You get him, I will talk on the phone and we will head that way also."
Blake covers the phone receiver and leans to the others. "How deep do you think this goes?"
Blake covers the phone receiver and leans to the others. "How deep do you think this goes?"
Aug 21, 2024 12:48 am
Daria believe me, if I knew I would tell you, Shull said, his voice still shaking. We found Verity in her apartment, but she was acting strangely. We followed her here to the retreat, but then we were attacked by this drugged out actor and security! I don't know what he took...it couldn't have been drugs. His eyes were black and there were...tentacles... he finished, unsure of the words coming out of his own mouth.
He paused for a moment to collect his thoughts. Half to Daria and half in response to Blake he said, All of this revolves around the church and the movie. I'm not sure what exactly that means, but I think it goes as deep as it gets. If Mr. Musgrove isn't answering your calls there's a reason. Either he's in on whatever this is, or he's dead. That's my best guess anyway.
He paused for a moment to collect his thoughts. Half to Daria and half in response to Blake he said, All of this revolves around the church and the movie. I'm not sure what exactly that means, but I think it goes as deep as it gets. If Mr. Musgrove isn't answering your calls there's a reason. Either he's in on whatever this is, or he's dead. That's my best guess anyway.
Aug 21, 2024 1:49 pm
Sitting alone in her car, partially in a daze with the engine in park, Amanda wonders what the spy camera she had activated to capture the evidence of the mountain of drugs and the filth of Woodward's place had captured. She reaches for her cell to open the app and connection to her video files in the cloud, but her fingers hesitate. What if it did? What would it show? Did she really want to see?
Aug 21, 2024 2:20 pm
Amanda starts the video feed and sees the desolated apartment, the liquor bottles, the discarded filthy clothes and the cocaine. As she scrolls through the video she gets to the editing suite. The video moves across Woodward’s desk, showing the projector screen with the still frame of the woman looking away. The video pauses and glitches, seeming stuck between frames flickering back and forth. Amanda hears static begin emitting from the car speakers and feels blood running from her nose as the woman in the stuck frame turns to look at Amanda with her empty, hungry eyes. The static in the car snaps and Amanda looks at her phone which has gone dark.
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Sanity check (0/1), please!Aug 21, 2024 3:04 pm
Daria looks the huddled group of men in their car, then over her shoulder back to Amanda's car who seems to be watching her phone
"Maybe now isn't the time to be watching cat videos girl," she thinks to herself.
"Listen everyone, things are not right here. We have a dead director and assistant. We have weird, scary, stuff happening back there in the church. I think we have to go back in. It is where Woodward uploaded his movie, so I am gonna take a wild guess and say it could have been what set off that weirdness you saw Shull." She stops to see if any of them were paying attention.
"Well, anyone else got a different idea?" She hopes they don't, as she has a lot of money riding on this and she didn't like being poor.
"Maybe now isn't the time to be watching cat videos girl," she thinks to herself.
"Listen everyone, things are not right here. We have a dead director and assistant. We have weird, scary, stuff happening back there in the church. I think we have to go back in. It is where Woodward uploaded his movie, so I am gonna take a wild guess and say it could have been what set off that weirdness you saw Shull." She stops to see if any of them were paying attention.
"Well, anyone else got a different idea?" She hopes they don't, as she has a lot of money riding on this and she didn't like being poor.
Aug 21, 2024 10:17 pm
Amanda closes her eyes and puts one hand over them, as she quickly closes the connection to the video. She turns the screen away from her and turns off her cell phone. 'Amanda. Why did you look? You knew it was going to be bad.'
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Aug 22, 2024 10:34 pm
Spencer let out a heavy sigh. I hate to say it, but I think you’re right. If the film somehow has anything to do with this then we can’t let it be seen. The church or the set must have a central server somewhere. I’d say that’s a good place to start if Musgrove turns up missing or unhelpful.
Aug 25, 2024 4:38 am
David looks between Spencer and Daria, slowly starting to grasp what they’re saying.
"Go back in!? Here’s a better idea, we all go home and forget this ever happened. We go back to living our lives, and I ride the wave of fame that is owed to me when this movie is released!"
"Go back in!? Here’s a better idea, we all go home and forget this ever happened. We go back to living our lives, and I ride the wave of fame that is owed to me when this movie is released!"
Aug 25, 2024 4:36 pm
"There’ll be no good fame out of this David. The director is missing, his assistant the same. His apartment is full of drugs. The church has several dead guards, and a finished film we have no idea whether it’ll turn out to be some crazed, drug-fueled disaster."
Daria shakes her head.
"Shit, my savings & career are all gone." She thinks to herself. Daria’s breathing quickens as a panic attack takes hold. She grabs the car window to stop herself collapsing.
"We need to find out what’s going on, and probably destroy the film."
Daria shakes her head.
"Shit, my savings & career are all gone." She thinks to herself. Daria’s breathing quickens as a panic attack takes hold. She grabs the car window to stop herself collapsing.
"We need to find out what’s going on, and probably destroy the film."
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Aug 25, 2024 9:35 pm
Blake hears the phone transferring followed by a quick pickup. Blake, what the hell is going on?! I just got off the phone with Craig. He said you went apeshit at the retreat, beating him up and really hurting some of the security! Now Rich tells me you are talking about murder at the retreat?! Listen, I know we put everyone under a fuck ton of stress trying to get Jared’s magnum opus out… but Jesus, man…
Aug 26, 2024 12:12 am
"Craig got beat up? Craig? Craig was the monster, he killed several security guards and tried to kill us. Something isn't right with him!"
Aug 26, 2024 1:27 am
What do you mean, Blake? For emptiness’s sake, do I need to put him on to prove it to you? I literally just got off the phone with the man. Sure, he’s hit maybe one too many bongs in his life, but he’s no monster. Listen… it sounds like maybe you just need a break. Just… just take the rest of the day to relax. Go get emptied or… whatever helps calm you down… I don’t know, women and booze? I need you right and ready for tomorrow night, ok?
Aug 28, 2024 3:48 pm
David is distressed at the idea of destroying the film.
"Let’s…go to the Church headquarters… I’m sure someone can clear this up…I mean…they love me over there. I’m sure we can reasonably explain the situation."
"Let’s…go to the Church headquarters… I’m sure someone can clear this up…I mean…they love me over there. I’m sure we can reasonably explain the situation."
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