Escalation

Unlike a lot of other things, the Fears won’t just go away if you ignore them. I knew this, and it was only a matter of time before I started getting visits. I was expecting the usual thing. Stalking, slowly increasing paranoia, the works. I suppose I should have known that They are not so predictable. They’ve pretty much done everything to prove that, but I seem to be a slow learner. Sometimes I forget that I’m just another sheep to be slaughtered. They don’t care about playing if They want you dead.

I was sitting in my room, when it got even colder. I anticipated what was going to happen next, so I grabbed my bag, baseball bat in hand. I watched as frost slowly crept over my windows, obscuring the outside world. My fish tank froze solid (poor Archimedes, you were an awesome goldfish).