Eren wandered around an empty city. This is how it's always been for him. The blanket of black above him and the lack of streetlights, made him and the convenience store nearby almost invisible.253Please respect copyright.PENANAPTGxW5v15h
He was meeting up with someone. Instead of going inside, he stealthily walked to the back of the building. "I expected you to show up again, Eren." A fellow classmate of his, smoking casually as he tossed a white container in his hand. "At first, I thought you were an addict, but it seems you have an ulterior motive."253Please respect copyright.PENANAN15TunrWAJ
"It's not your job to care, right? You're just the dealer."253Please respect copyright.PENANATO40I10zaN
"I should care, for this stuff is hard to obtain; it's an instant knockout. I know you're not taking them yourself, so what are you doing with them?"253Please respect copyright.PENANArqbCeQCOby
"I need evidence, and I can't risk getting caught, so I put the problem to sleep."253Please respect copyright.PENANAeTQWbPfLJ1
"So, that's how you manage to plant evidence. I wondered how you convinced that drama teacher that his wife cheated on him."253Please respect copyright.PENANAZad4yhWein
"His wife eats a little bit of food, then she goes to bed before he gets home. That was the only opportunity I had to use the tablets."253Please respect copyright.PENANAQq7FIvLwDH
"Right, and what about the underwear? Did you take it out of your parent's wardrobe?"253Please respect copyright.PENANAggzLCCMrCe
"Of course not, I found it at the city dump."253Please respect copyright.PENANADGSmwJsFl2
"That's disgusting, I don't know how you can do that crap. I would just be barfing from the stench."253Please respect copyright.PENANAmYSHSPDZKs
"You need to put in the effort to make it believable."253Please respect copyright.PENANAkdbiVQ2fdA
"So, are you going to be putting someone else to sleep today?"253Please respect copyright.PENANAAMJmgx1kcT
"Not at the moment, I'm just making early preparations. I have other plans for tonight, so I'm getting out of here."253Please respect copyright.PENANAb0gi8G54C6
"I thought you'd be more hesitant to tell me the truth."253Please respect copyright.PENANAhm5gtWhCCi
"I'm not scared or intimidated of you. If I get caught, this stuff will trace back to the dealer; so no matter how much information I give you, you can't say a thing without it ricocheting."253Please respect copyright.PENANAi5v5BN5CpI
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Eren hurried off into the night. The sound of a bicycle slowed down behind him, the figure upon it was a literal ball of light, every word it spoke caused it to glow brighter. He was horrified, but didn't move an inch. "Why are you out this late, Eren? I was just heading home after my part-time job. We have school tomorrow, or did you forget?"253Please respect copyright.PENANA57oRSEooXs
"W-What?"253Please respect copyright.PENANA7saJQyDo4W
"Are you feeling okay? Did something happen? You always seemed nervous around me, but it was never this bad."253Please respect copyright.PENANAanEYKoS06G
"I-I need to go. I'm sorry."253Please respect copyright.PENANABDVhPVXBa6
Eren rushed away; the light called out to him, but he didn't look back. Something was wrong, none of this could possibly be real. He heard the bike closing in on him, and within that same instant...253Please respect copyright.PENANADEWMZmJSu5
His body was sent forward, sliding across the sidewalk. "You can't run away from me. My friends, my family, the school; they want you to suffer for all the bad things you've done."253Please respect copyright.PENANAc7KMATRiWG
"I didn't do anything to you! I don't even know who you are!"253Please respect copyright.PENANArMdg0NWG93
"If you don't know me, then how can you be so certain. I'm going to play with you, just like you played with me. You'll remember who I am, and when you do, you won't even understand why I'm doing this, but I'm willing tell you."253Please respect copyright.PENANAlyco2nqgc6
"Somebody help me! This thing is trying to kill me!"253Please respect copyright.PENANARBnMyjXmRG
"Their hatred, fear, and pain created me. I will not kill you, and killing yourself won't be an effective option either. You can't run away, you are stuck here with me, forever."253Please respect copyright.PENANAaNyTlF7fM9
"Y-You're crazy." The bike tire ran over his foot at full force, causing it to become fractured. "Does that pain feel familiar to you?"253Please respect copyright.PENANAodNuhVjYfC
"How the hell am I supposed to know?"253Please respect copyright.PENANAn7PZhoqN7v
"I guess I might've damaged the wrong bone."253Please respect copyright.PENANAEhE9UYFAP4
Eren tried to crawl away, only to see the world distort around him. The sky and ground spun together like a spiral. His body pulled and stretched, causing everything to crack and tear inside of him.253Please respect copyright.PENANAxVHoJjZgGY
He could only feel intense pain, and the light laughed at his agony, along with the sound of several others. The voices stacked on top of each other, and as the pain reached its worst, it stopped.253Please respect copyright.PENANAgK5gYK1Qzd
He was sitting across from someone at a table, their face was scribbled out like he was inside a drawing. "W-Where am I?" The new figure didn't respond; they sipped away at whatever it was that they was drinking. "I asked you a question. Answer me!"253Please respect copyright.PENANAWCjemaYqdy
"Look around. You have eyes, don't you? Use them, or I'll put them to better use."253Please respect copyright.PENANARGSNKzwumC
"What do you want from me?"253Please respect copyright.PENANALB3j5PHBeN
"Do I sense submission? It really seems to suit someone so pathetic. I was just going easy on you. It's nothing compared to the hell you will face in the end. I already told you once, I exist only for the purpose of making you suffer."253Please respect copyright.PENANAXtGHCn0b6W
The figure passed him a kitchen knife. "I'll let you decide what you want to do with it, but I already know the decision you will make."253Please respect copyright.PENANAoIS6tqgXab
With that, he woke back up on the roof, holding the knife tightly in his hand. "It's real, it's all real. I can't even sleep without having nightmares of this crap."253Please respect copyright.PENANAVdHXLxTniF
He could hear the voice talking beside him, laughing at him. He panicked, swinging the knife at the air. "Which do you think is more terrifying, Eren? A psychopath like yourself, or a sociopath like Terry? What if his poor little brain breaks again? What do you think he will do to you?"253Please respect copyright.PENANAagNcPOTrOp
"I'm not scared of him."253Please respect copyright.PENANAIvDhY7RyQN
"You have a talent for targeting the mind, that's why you worked so hard in psychology class, right? You wanted to know all the vulnerable parts of the human mind; you wanted to take advantage of it, because you liked the feeling of it. The feeling of having full control over somebody. Now tell me, what if a person doesn't use their head, but attacks on impulse? You cannot make a rabid dog behave."253Please respect copyright.PENANA84TFj0oXN8
"Shut up!"253Please respect copyright.PENANAC7pfUS6LjE
"How does it feel to be on the receiving end, Eren? Are you depressed? Anxious? You can't figure it out with these voices inside your head, right?"253Please respect copyright.PENANAU7IfUkfjfm
He broke into laughter. "You can't control me!" The knife tore through his throat. As he laid on the ground squirming, the distorted figure appeared for a second. "Looks like I already did. Are you scared now, Eren?"253Please respect copyright.PENANA83o1uMA0CJ