Today I was asked who I am. I am a boy with a beautiful mind, in the body of a man with an ugly face.ย
People donโt see me in my town. Here, I am a ghost and a phantom. Some think I am the spirit of some lost villainous soul. Others think I am a guardian angel that looks out for them. In reality, I have no idea. What I do know is that when weird things happen, I am almost 100% always involved with it. The reasons behind this are, as far as Iโve seen, unexplainable. Not stating that I know the reasons as to why this happens but simply stating that I couldn't begin to understand why.ย ย
I have been wishing to reveal myself online for over a year, so that I might be able to share some of my mysterious and sometimes horrendous and horrifying tales. Some may call me crazy but I call myself someone who isnโt in denial. Crazy things happen to everyone. โSaneโ is just thinking that the crazy things didnโt happen and continuing with your life as if a mysterious package didnโt show up on your doorstep with a strange item inside.ย
This happened to me earlier this week.ย
I never saw who placed the box on my doorstep but it had a peculiar label on it which I will get to later, but the peculiar thing is that 6 other people (all under 18 like me) received mysterious packages as well.ย
I looked at the item for a second, blinked, and then it was gone. The item was a cube. I looked all over my house for it. I live alone because the two people who I share DNA with live in Japan and fund my life so that they can be billionaire party people which allows me to live my supernatural and mysterious life as I wish. I found the box among a pile of other strange things but when I found it the box had been opened. I have no idea who put that box at my door but whoever did wanted me dead because the thing in the cube was worse than you could imagine. People have treated me like I am worthless and nothing but yet I wouldnโt unleash that thing on anyone. Even the devil couldnโt handle this atrocious monstrosity. It had many eyes that sprung from its body on tentacles, it had seven mouths, and it was a male (donโt ask how I know because Iโd rather not say). It kept growing, and growing, even though it wasnโt eating anything. It started out smaller than my pinky but within minutes it was as big as my leonberger named Dorothy.ย
THEN IT TRIED TO EAT MY DOG!ย
No one messes with Dorothy.ย
So I ran into the kitchen pantry and pulled out my favorite bludgeon and a bag of salt. The creature was fast, it bolted from wall to wall. I have no idea what it was but whatever it was it was destroying my home. I ran into my room with Dorothy and locked the door to figure out a plan.ย
And no, itโs not weird that my best friend is a dog named after a beloved book character. Itโs just that, sheโs the only one who sees me. My parents didnโt want me but their consciences made them feel bad so they dumped me here and kept sending me checks because they donโt care about me enough to treat me as more than just another bill to pay! Honestly, I wouldnโt be surprised if they sent the package themselves. Maybe they finally got tired of paying for my existence and decided to try and kill me once and for all!ย
Anyway, after conversing with my canine compatriot, I put the plan into action. I would tell you what I did, but for all I know, the person who sent that thing could be among the intelligent, creative, and beautiful people here. I have viewed this community for a long time and today I become a part of it. The life I live is full of danger and darkness. I have done evil things but I am not an evil man. Not anymore at least. I am hoping that for the first time in my life, this ghost might be seen for a person instead of a victim or a phantom or someone to hurt. I am of no threat to any of you, I value a strong mind and a kind heart more than anything. I donโt want your sympathy. All I want is your community. All I want is the possibility of community. Now, some of you may realize that my name, Jackson Crisis, is a pen name. I have reasons for this. I have been hunted and bullied by many. Iโd rather not give these people any information they can use to either find me or torture me while I say what I wish.ย
That box was just someoneโs twisted way of tormenting me. Although it does not make sense because they must have realized that when they gave me the note that said โDo Not Openโ, that I would survive. Though 4 out of the other 6 kids died from those things. I bet they just did that so it wouldnโt be just me.ย
I just have always had this dream of writing something truly bone chilling (they say write what you know and thatโs all I know) and sharing it with the world. Perhaps that dream could be achieved. And perhaps one of you could help me write it. I know you donโt know me, but it would mean the world to me if you would accept me as one of you and if you would talk to me like a person would in real life because this is the only community I have and I want to experience it as much as I can please. Wow, that was a really long sentence.
I look forward to communication and relation with you all. I hope I donโt scare you too much!
Horrifyingly,
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Hello!
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๐ณ๐๐๐๐.
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Who are you? And why do you use such a WeIrD font?
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๐ด ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐. ๐ป๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐. ๐ป๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ด ๐๐๐'๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐. ๐ฌ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐. ๐ฏ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐?
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Um, but there is a comment of yours in normal font. And tell me, is it really worth it, typing all replies, copying it and then pasting them?
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๐บ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐ด ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐. ๐ด ๐๐๐'๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐
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Wow lol sure does make for a great story, especially if you happen to like Thrillers and whatnot :D Welcome, I must say. Maybe if you wrote something about you in your bio, people could understand more about you :) I like the mYsTeRiOuS vIbEs that you give off for some reason, Jack (if I may call you that). I'm Wolf Warrior, but you can call me Wolfie or any other nickname that you may come up with. I'm excited to read more of your stories :DDD
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๐๐๐, ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐. ๐ด๐ ๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐. ๐ด ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ด ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐. ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ด ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐? ๐ด ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐, ๐ด๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐. -๐.๐ฎ.
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Okay :D Well, maybe some facts about you or smth or a message you want people to read or idk itโs your bio, you can do whatever you like lol Thatโs an interesting phrase you added there, what does it mean?
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๐ด๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ "๐ฒ๐๐๐ ๐บ๐ ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐." ๐ด ๐๐๐๐, ๐ด ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐. ๐ธ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐.
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I am. Thatโs cool! I donโt want to assume anything, but are you a boy?
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๐ด ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐. ๐ด ๐๐ ๐ 16 ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐.
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๐ฟ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐, ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐. ๐ด ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐. ๐ด๐'๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ด ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐. ๐ฟ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐.
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๐ฟ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐. ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐. ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐.
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๐ฟ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐. ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ฌ๐๐๐๐๐๐. ๐ฌ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐.
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๐ด'๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ "๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐" ๐๐๐ ๐ด ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ด'๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐. ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ด ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐.
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๐น๐, ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐บ๐.
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๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐'๐ ๐๐๐๐. ๐ด'๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐. ๐ด'๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐.
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Woah, great first submission! I really loved the vocabulary you used and the way it seems almost like the person could be someone I know but the memory seems to slip through my fingers (or maybe it's just me, I don't know lol, I'm a mystery unto myself) Would love to read some of your other works if you're up to it! Have a great day and take care! :)
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Thank you, it feels so refreshing to receive a critique from a graduate of hogwarts, even if youโre a griffindore
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I'm having a bit of a dilemma to be honest, not sure whether to keep supporting harry potter or not, considering what the author did. What do you say? :) And that's where you're wrong :)
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What did she do? Youโre not a filthy grifendore?
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No sir, you can guess what house I am in if you wish however :)
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Ravenclaw?
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Roller coaster but..I wish I could write so beautifully and expressively like you..๐ KUDOS dude..you're frigging awesome ๐
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Thank you. I do not understand the meaning of โkudosโ, but given your emojis I am inferring that it is a good thing.
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It means praise.
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I like this story. Your writing has character and is very original. I do hope you'll write more! (I filled out your form, by the way!)
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Whelp, two seconds after I submitted the form, I realized I didn't finish one of my responses..... *ashamed*
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Lol, thanks! Iโm glad you think so.
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Hi Jack. This was a great story and gave away so many emotions. I truly enjoyed reading this, and I'm sure your very talented. You should definitely keep writing because u have talent! You are surely very unique and bring a charm to the Reedsy community, and surely you are accepted in this community for who you are.
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๐ฟ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐. ๐ด ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐.
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Of course! And for sure you do:)) I love ur font btw, its really my style. Oh, and if possible could u read my story. It's not as good as yours, but it would mean a lot.
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Wonderful story, Jack! I look forward to reading more of your stories and I really like your writing style.
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๐ฟ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐. ๐ด ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐.
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Hey Jack! This is a wonderful story! I love your writing style, it's kinda intriguing and keeps the reader wanting more. Will we get more of this story/anecdote? :)
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๐ณ๐๐๐๐ ๐ป๐๐๐๐๐. ๐ฟ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐. ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐?
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I mean will we get a sequel. You know, like a series?
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๐ฌ๐, ๐ด ๐๐๐. ๐ด ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐.
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Well written first submission Jack. I like that you showed more than you told. I look forward to hearing more about your life and experiences and invite you to read and share your thoughts on my entries in this community. Have a great day and an even better Holiday Season.
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Hey Jack! I just wanted to wish you a Happy New Year! I hope youโre doing alright and I miss talking with you <3
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Hey Jack, how have you been lately?
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Iโve been sad. A lot is happening in my life so I have considered taking a break
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I understand you in that aspect. I hope itโll get better for you eventually <3
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Then I am certain we shall enjoy each other.
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Possibly
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I love the way you write, but I must admit that the story was a little hard to follow. Definitely good though, keep and eye out for my first story(if I ever get it to sound right)
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Great story. I truly enjoyed reading it. :)
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heyyy Jack! I see you've made a bio for yourself, that's coolio! :) how's life going for you?
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Hello, crisis of Jack.
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If I didnโt hurt her, then who did and why is all this drama happening at once?
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I just wish there was something I could do. And I feel like even if there was something I could do then if I try to make things better Iโll just make things worse.
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