Darkness Underneath
Troubled
Group Chatroom : Three Musketeers
Lisa
Oh oh. We've a problem here!
John
YOU have a problem. I've an idiot who keeps getting into one.
Lisa
Aargh! Just listen to me for once!
Derek
Dude, you don't need to go hyper over her right now. Hear her out first.
John
I've got a few important stuff to finish.
John
And they NEED to be finished until this weekend so please leave me out of this shit.
Lisa
JERK!!! You can't just leave me to deal with it all on my own!
Lisa
Just give a hand this one time!
John
Did I just not mention that I've got better things to do than just sneak into Mrs. Wilson's backyard and be a sofa spud and then waste the whole evening?
Derek
Huh? But it's so much fun! Don't you agree with this?
Derek
How else do you plan to spend the vacation? By sticking your nose in your books?
Lisa
I think the both of us know the answer to how John plans to spend the vacation 😂😂
John
What do you guys mean?
Lisa
Please, the problem is quiet real and there are sure possibilities of me getting into a big trouble if you don't help.
John
Well, it's not a good idea for me and I've no business doing that. I'm off now. DND
Lisa
Oh no, I didn't realize he was this mad with me.
Derek
Let him be, he has went bananas over what happened yesterday. Tell me, where the heck are you now?
Lisa
You just won't believe if I told you that I watched Mrs. Wilson stand and walk on her feet with my own eyes!!!
Lisa
I was shell shocked when I found her using both her legs to walk around the house, without the wheelchair or even a supporting staff!!
Derek
That's not even possible lest it was a real ghost which you saw walking past, and believed it to be Mrs. Wilson.
Lisa
No! It WAS her. She was comfortable supporting her whole weight over her legs, and was rummaging through her kitchen cabinets looking for something important. She even looked worried and stressed!!
Lisa
I saw her through the huge glass kitchen window on the ground floor. It was HER, I swear to Jesus!
Derek
But, why did you venture out there on your own?
Lisa
Listen, ever since I moved into Kingstown I just knew something was definitely wrong with this place.
Lisa
I was suspicious of old Mrs. Wilson from the very beginning and like everyone in our neighborhood I couldn't understand why she lived alone in this secluded part of the town.
Lisa
Moreover, she's paraplegic and needs a wheelchair to move around the whole two-storeyed house, all by herself, without anyone to look after her
Derek
And so you decided it was a good idea to sneak into her yard every weekend and keep track of her whereabouts inside the house?
Lisa
I haven't yet seen any ghost or invisible entity at this place. I wanted you guys to help me sneak inside her house if possible so that it becomes easier for me to investigate!
Derek
Then why the heck did you lie to us about seeing ghosts inside her house the other day?
Derek
What's the meaning behind all that crap?
Lisa
I thought listening to my stories would make the both of you willing to cooperate with me in this job.
Derek
But why're so hell bent on finding out more about that dismal and lonesome old woman?
Derek
I mean, it makes no sense as to why she, or even that crappy house, means so much to you!?
Lisa
I know it may sound hard to believe but I feel like I know her from somewhere, she comes across as weirdly familiar....
Derek
Oh...now this is something new that I'm hearing.
Derek
So, you think that crazy and uncanny hag has something to do with you?
Lisa
Please forgive me for what happened. I didn't think that through when I invited you guys to accompany me into her yard yesterday at the dead of night.
Lisa
I wasn't informed about any police officer patrolling the nearby grounds during nightfall. Otherwise we wouldn't have been caught.
Derek
I agree it wasn't wise of us to get carried away by your words.
Derek
What help do you need now? How shall I be sure that you're not deceiving me at this moment?
Lisa
You're such a great guy Derek, and I know you wouldn't bail out on me at the last moment.
Lisa
I NEED your help because I'm stuck inside a hole. I AM BEING SERIOUS!
Lisa
None of us noticed it earlier yesterday but it was dug right here over the east side of the house, and was hiding among the bushes
Derek
You say like a TRAP!??
Lisa
Definitely a trap set by someone. Though I'm unsure as to why was it dug here of all places and what's the need of such a pit?
Derek
Wait, I might not be able to help you all on my own. I wound need John with me own this
Lisa
Bring some ropes otherwise how do you plan to pull me out of this dark place? I'm screwed up now!! 😰
Derek
Just wait there till I arrive. We've to be quick and rescue you from there before time runs out. It's already dusk!
Derek
You know it's not wise to keep her hanging do you?
John
Oh yeah? Why don't you go ahead and do your own stuff and just stop poking your nose in my business all the time?
Derek
Ouch! Dude that sounds so rude...
John
What do you need here?
Derek
Chill dude, I was just asking you to tag along with me. Why're you being such a skive?
John
And where exactly do you wanna take me?
Derek
To where we got caught yesterday night? Did you forget about it already? 😉
John
Listen I refuse to jack around anymore.
Derek
No dude this is quiet serious! She's really stuck inside a pit and we need to help her climb out of it before she gets caught once again!
John
This is really beginning to piss me off now.
Derek
I'm gonna razz you a jillion times until you agree to tag along with me🤬
John
She's always making waves, dude and I'm bushed at this point.
Derek
There's no need to be so salty about her. Let's get her out of this together!
Disappearance
John
Why don't you try to contact her now?
Derek
She isn't replying to my texts anymore
John
I scouted the area near the birdhouses and found nothing of the sort.
Derek
Hang in there. We've not yet searched the whole region.
John
Found absolutely nothing.
John
Most of it are weeds as no one maintains this place for years now. The trees here are all bare during winter....
Derek
It's getting cold outside
Derek
We should search around here once more, be careful though, the area is quiet huge and we might end up with the same fate as her.
John
We're crazy to have believed in her bullshit once again!
Derek
But I don't think that's the case here...🤔
Derek
And she did say something bizarre about old Wilson which I forgot to mention earlier.
Derek
She found out that Mrs. Wilson isn't paraplegic as we thought her to be. That wheelchair might just be a prop after all.
Derek
You think this to be bullshit as well? 😏
John
Let's leave this place now, it's getting kinda dark now that we spent more than half an hour searching for a non-existent hole dug in the garden 😒
Derek
However, did you notice something bizzare about this dead and barren garden?
Derek
That sidewalk to our left leads straight to a damaged and broken birdhouse in the far east corner of this garden. There's a little red flag hoisted over it's roof and a group of ravens always seem to cluster around that place
John
There are a few other birdhouses in good condition around here but still they prefer that place? Sounds weird no doubt but as far as I know ravens don't prefer to live in birdhouses.
John
They live in the open, and build nests in forests.
Derek
Moreover, we usually see them either alone or in pairs. I've never seen so many ravens clustered together except say near landfills
John
Yeah, they do gather around food sources
Derek
Interesting....so you think they found food near that place?
Derek
Um I kinda forgot that word...what's a group of ravens called?
Derek
Yeah, that's the word. Unkindness. That also kinda explains the gloomy atmosphere in here...
John
Now, please don't even think about wandering near that place if you don't wish to get roughed up by those insane winged creatures
Derek
Hmmm...I was wondering if we should try and look for her inside that house?
John
This suggests that you're just a few ants short of a picnic
John
Listen, we can't actually do THAT, we were already caught trespassing the other night!!! You aren't planning to get us imprisoned, are you?
Derek
Bruh, but don't you think this whole thing is quiet unclear...like where did she disappear all of a sudden?
Derek
Was she really being phony about it?
Derek
Or was she caught by the sheriff somehow while we were still on our way here?
John
How could you even believe in her bullshit that easily?
Derek
Hey wait, I think I hear someone arriving here!
John
We need to take cover now!!!!
Footsteps approach the front gate of the old farmhouse. It's the town sheriff who has arrived.
Derek
Why do you think he's here all of a sudden?
John
Stop texting me and just stay holed up wherever you are lest you wanna be dragged behind the bars!
Derek
You never see eye to eye with me on anything 😑
Derek
Finally, the sheriff has left. Where did you rush to take cover?
Derek
It's so dark I can't even find you dude! Where the heck did you just vanish? 😵
Derek
Did you possibly forget your phone somewhere? Or maybe you're truly caught up in something important. If no, then please get back to me as early as possible!
Derek
Dude, at least reply to my texts! I'm getting worried now, where the heck did the two of you disappear?
Derek
Are you still at that old hag's house? 😰
Derek
I'm definitely in trouble right now!
Bree
Bro, when are you coming back home? I'm hungry!
Bree
She won't let me have dinner until you arrive 😠
Derek
Tell mom that I'm planning to spend the night at my friend's house.
Derek
Um no, I'm talking about someone else here, he's another classmate of mine, Frederick
Bree
Alright, I'll be telling mom about it.
Derek
Also, did John drop by the house?
Derek
Alright. Will talk later.
The Search
Derek
Nah but I'm definitely loosing my shit here. I tried calling their numbers many times but no one seems to answer my calls
Shelley
They couldn't have simply disappeared from the face of this earth
Shelley
Did you also try tracking his mobile device?
Derek
No I don't have any access to his device and he wasn't signed up for any such services
Derek
It's impossible for me to track his cell
Derek
Did you inform his parents that we're planning for a road trip?
Shelley
Yeah I told them he's tagging along with us for the evening
Shelley
His mom was especially worried that he didn't show up at home yesterday
Derek
I'm just straight up trippin', I can't get a clue to what actually happened
Shelley
You didn't leave out anything, did you?
Derek
I've spilled every little detail that I knew
Derek
Now I need you to help me find him before things go haywire
Shelley
Don't sweat, we'll take care of this together
Derek
I really appreciate your help Shelley, thanks
Derek
But where do we start?
Shelley
I don't think it's a good idea to go and scout that area once more to find clues about where they disappeared
Derek
What do you propose we do then?
Shelley
I suggest we do some intial digging about that place, and collect more information about it's previous owners
Derek
This whole thing is no less haunted than it already sounds.
Shelley
I'm headed to Mrs. Wilhelm's house who lives nearby with her mother-in-law.
Shelley
She might be able to tell me more about it's history, and everything else we might need to know about Mrs. Wilson
Derek
But what do we do if we fail to find them?
Shelley
We go and report the whole matter to the law enforcement agencies and ask them to help us
Derek
You think it'll be that easy to convince them?
Derek
The sheriff has always been dodgy about us, he'd think I've something to do with their disappearance
Shelley
We're running out of time like this.
Derek
I'll try contacting the rest of my friends and see if I can gather some additional information about Lisa and her family
Shelley
Well I've got news for you!
Shelley
Gary says she saw Lisa hurriedly leaving her house with all her stuff yesterday morning
Derek
With all her stuff??
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