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Lim Kan Wei
22/04/1989
Nan Hua Secondary School
Ngee Ann Polytechnic
Enlisting on Sept 11 1130hr.
Saturday, March 8, 2008 @ 5:34 AM
Part OnepointFive:
DISCLAIMER: This is a purely fictional story. Any similiarities or resemblances to real life events are purely coincidental. ;)
DISCLAIMER AGAIN: The parts are not arranged chronologically. And great emphasis is placed on the above disclaimer for the story below. =/
Usual Characters:
Alex - An apparent nice and friendly guy, but there seems to be a side to him not known to others.. yet.
Carol - An apparent innocent and naive girl, but is actually more matured in her thinking then she appears.
Janice - Carol's good friend. Seems to be blur most of the time, and actually is. But she is firm about her own likes and dislikes.
Ben - An admirer of Carol's. Is fiercely loyal and faithful, and will always be there whenever his friends need help, but is often unappreciated and left out at times.
Pat - Carol's good friend. Is extremely friendly and approachable. Tries to bond her friends together. Her actions and words are at times easily misunderstood, but she's reasonable and forgiving enough to resolve the misunderstandings.
Suzie - Carol's good friend. Also friendly and approachable. Tends to be loud and bossy, but usually gets her way with people because she doesn't have ill intentions at all.
Jay - On good terms with generally everyone and is well respected by his friends as he is several years older in age, and thus more matured and tends to have an objective outlook on events.
Jacky - An IT whiz. Fond of experimenting with various softwares, exploiting bugs and loopholes in security, which ends up in him doing things that might not always be legal.
Wake - [Modeled after myself, obviously] A deep and quiet person who tends to keep things to himself as far as possible. Is usually detached from various events as much as possible, but will be observing them silently at one side.
New Character:
Leann - Carol's good friend also. Tends to be forgetful. Prioritises her friends over self most of the times. She appears to be nonchalant about whatever events that happen, but is actually more inquisitive and observant than what she lets on.
Robert - One of Wake and Ben's buddies. Acts stupid all the time and usually is. Tends to be goofy all the time and tries to keep things fun and cheerful.
Extra characters: i'll add them as when i like, but i'll roughly describe them when i add them.
[Company Retreat]
A villa was booked to celebrate the company's successes for the year. Most of the employees of the firm turned up. At the same time, they celebrated the birthdays of the few whose birthdays fall on that month.
Leann, Wake and Alex turned up early to help out with the preparations. Soon, a handful of others came, including Janice, Ben, etc. They had a great time, and some went off to explore the place while some went to take a dip at the swimming pool catered for them. Time passed quickly and soon, it was night time, with everyone savoring the barbequed food.
After eating to their fill, most of them sat down to rest and chitchat, while a few played poker cards with others watching. But suddenly, they got adventurous and decided to go and explore their surroundings while it's dark outside. There they came across a desolated house and dared each other to go in, but only Wake, Ben and Jacky dared to go in, so they did. there, they used their handphone displays to lit their way. They weaved through the wild grasses waringly, with the faint lights illuminating their way. Suddenly, Wake detected movement, and he turned to see what happened, but he didn't manage to catch anything in the pitch black. Wake thought he was being too sensitive and decided to ignore it, including the ominious feeling that has been gnawing at him since the start.
After they made it into the entrance, they were comtemplating whether if they should step inside or go back, to the warm and inviting villa, but they decided to explore it thoroughly, in order not to make it a wasted trip, so they ventured into the darkness.
Graffiti dorned the walls of the house, with planks lying about. Pieces of glass lined the floor, and the ceiling, torned and tattered. The trio sensed a chill, and moved on slowly, not daring to even whisper. Jacky gestured to the room to his right, so we followed. There, they saw the walls and floor splattered by what seemed to be blood. Wake felt a shiver up his spine, but he didn't dare to move from the spot. It was then, that he heard footsteps approaching them. He looked at the two in front of him, still being intriqued by the dried blood, not moving a single step. Wake's head began to hurt and he urged the other two to leave that room quickly, so the two abided. The two still wanted to explore further, and Wake had to agree reluctantly.
The three of them climbed the creaking stairs carefully. There were missing steps along the way, and they could possibly get a terrible sprain if they put their foot through them.
There was always an extra set of footsteps behind them, Wake would notice. Just when they were about to reach the top, Wake felt someone tapped him hardly from the back. Wake froze. As if to make matters worse, a voice not belonging to either of them, spoke into his ear.
Wake took a deep breath, and tried to interpret what he just heard.
"YO?!"
He turned back and saw Robert's dumb face grinning at him.
Wake whacked Robert's head and turned back to join Jacky and Ben.
"You hit me for what..?" Robert complained.
Wake ignored him and kept on moving.
The place turned out to be empty of further surprises in the end, and they found buckets of red paint in the storeroom.
Then they came out of the place and went back to their villa.
But the feeling gnawing at Wake was still present.
........
They then had some wine to warm up their bodies, before resting for the night.
Few of them bathed, while the most of them were too tired to bathe. Two pair of couples went up to the bedroom to sleep, making the rest, who were mostly single uncomfortable to go up and join them to sleep. So they were sitting downstairs, resuming their chat and cardgames.
Wake then noticed that Jay, Jacky and Pat were sitting by the corner, with Pat still drinking. Pat seemed fatigued, so Wake approached her.
"Go up and sleep lo, if you're tired."
"I don't want to."
"Hm, why not?"
"I don't want to see him."
"Him?"
"That bastard."
Wake then got the cue from Jay and Jacky and decided to leave it at that, leaving them to console Pat who was trying not to cry.
Wake then thought about it for a moment and realised who Pat was mentioning about.
Finally realising the ominous feeling as what it is, Wake decided that it was best to keep quiet at the moment, and tried to go to sleep.
[End of Company Retreat]
tadadadada~~ =/ i know the names are .. but nvm la! =x
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