I've been watching

Chatterbox: Chirp at Cricket

I've been watching

I've been watching you. I know your every move- the way your face will at first contort into confusion when you read this, then slowly shift into understanding. Let's make a deal- we play a game. You win, then you're free to go. If you lose...well, let's just say that you don't want to lose.

You don't know me. But I know you. There's something that you have no control over- a mystery that is unsolvable. 

This is not a ski lodge. This is a test of sorts. Do not try to bargain or negotiate. The terms are set. 

Join before December 31st.

 

Someone is watching you.

Cricket is not normal.

You must complete the challenge.

Be warned- serious consequences await those who fail.

 

You cannot see them, but they have been watching us for quite a while now. I am afraid you all are next. -Lunar Pearl

submitted by Lunar Pearl, Between the clouds
(December 27, 2020 - 5:14 pm)

Let's continue.

"You pass," says the painting- to everyone except Fallen Leaf. A trapdoor opens, and Fallen Leaf falls through.

The painting enlargens and becomes a doorway. You step through, and find that you are in a house of mirrors. Somehow, your reflection speaks when you don't.

"Help...I'm trapped in here."

Reply by January 5th. 

submitted by Lunar Pearl, Between the clouds
(January 3, 2021 - 8:43 am)

(I forgot to reply to the first one, uh, whoops.)

Do you really want to be free? 

submitted by Sybill, age ???, Ikea
(January 3, 2021 - 4:47 pm)

Yeah, like I'm gonna trust a talking reflection. Nice try.

I smash my fist against the glass to shatter it. There; no more creepy talking reflection. Problem solved. (This is probably gonna get me out, but it's what I would do so XD) 

submitted by Silver Crystal, age Infinity, Milky Way
(January 3, 2021 - 10:37 pm)

I reach out and touch the surface of the mirror. If my reflection can talk independently, perhaps it can move independently too. I try to pull it out. It that fails, I simply try to comfort it.

submitted by Luna-Starr, age 27 eons, Existential Ponderment
(January 4, 2021 - 10:57 am)

Oh, I just saw this. I guess I'm sitting at the bottom of something, now...

submitted by Fallen Leaf, Under The Trapdoor
(January 4, 2021 - 1:46 pm)

I guess break the glass?

submitted by Quill
(January 4, 2021 - 3:00 pm)

I twirl around, saying, "is this what i really look like? weird".  

I'm probably going to get out for narcisissm, but whatever.  

submitted by Jubilee
(January 4, 2021 - 4:34 pm)

Rely on your inner strength to guide you. 

submitted by moonshine
(January 3, 2021 - 1:31 pm)

Start your ascent out slowly, and take it a step at a time.

submitted by Wreeboo, age Immortal, Nowhere and Everywhere
(January 3, 2021 - 6:40 pm)

I tell my reflection to try breaking the glass. 

submitted by Agent Winter , age Classified, Enceladus
(January 4, 2021 - 9:35 am)

I think that if the reflection is trapped, they've tried everything to get out. Therefore they're asking for help....

So I'm going to try to pull them out.

If that fails I'll break the glass on my side of the mirror. 

submitted by Cynthia Maple, age 12, she/her
(January 4, 2021 - 1:16 pm)

Your true self will guide you. Good luck. 

--Night DF 

submitted by Nightfall DF, age they/them, DreamWorld
(January 4, 2021 - 1:29 pm)

After hours of arguing over this;

Express your sympathy, say something motivational to them, apologize, and venture forth! If you break the glass, they might shatter.

 

The Gang,

Sammy Everlast, Freak, K.A.D.E., Timber Wolf, and Anonymous Goat. 

 

submitted by The Gang
(January 4, 2021 - 7:25 pm)

It's a reflection. I am standing here, just fine. I can try to help it, but it won't do me that much good.

"I'm sorry, reflection," I say. "Can you break the glass?" 

submitted by Majestic Mary, age 1 eternity, Majestopia
(January 4, 2021 - 6:23 pm)

"We'll escape together," I tell it.

submitted by Sterling
(January 5, 2021 - 8:11 am)