DAYMARE 1: Curiosity Starts part 2

Hmmm…

The title of the book itself stirs my curiosity!

I clicked it.

*whooo*

Out of the corner of my eye, I caught the curtain at my bedroom window sway… even though the air was perfectly still. Strange. The windows were shut tight because the air conditioner is on, yet the curtain moved, as if something unseen had brushed it.

I felt chills run down my spine.

“Aw!” I shrieked when my phone fell on my face.

I shrugged it off.

I saw the book cover. It is almost all black, the font color is red, and the title is in horror font style. The cover is simple. The story genre is solely horror. I clicked the book cover.

What?

No read/s or view/s or vote/s or comment/s or share/s.

I saw there’s a prologue. I see. Maybe the author is still writing and is just a newbie.

Oh, speaking of the author, I visited his/her account. The pen name is yourgreatestdaymare. Your greatest daymare, huh? He/She has no followers, pictures, or whatever. The picture is plain black. I got no more info about the author. I don't know if yourgreatestdaymare is a celebrity, so as not to reveal their information to the public, or maybe their parents are strict like mine? Kidding.

Well, my pen name in this app is bloodyreader

I might end up using this app more often. I'm bored this summer, so I can only use my naughty imagination to travel anywhere without leaving this house. I’d even beat my friends who are on vacation, leaving home, but me? Hmp, I’m just sitting here, but simultaneously traveling around and outside of the world—even in another world.

Aside from that, why 'bloodyreader'? Because I love horror movies! That’s right, movies! I don't read horror stories because, apart from the lengthy story ones, I prefer horror movies over books. After all, there are sound effects, and you’ll be thrilled with the scenes except for the boring ones. You know when a character knows there’s a ghost on the other wall, she’ll dare to peek, that's when she’s caught in the trap! Good for you. And then when someone hears strange sounds, they’ll even look for and approach that strange sound even more. It’s like I want to tell the actors, “Hey, brain-dead! There’ll always be a ghost where you start to hear strange noises!” When the scene is too quiet, someone suddenly will shout, or the ghost will make a noise. Your typical horror movies. It seems that common sense isn’t a trend for them. We can't do anything about that because it was an order from the director.

Anyway, I love horror mixed with mystery. The type that brings me to the scene. I thought he was the killer, but he wasn't. A logical motive of the killer is not just because he is mentally ill, so he kills. Those are bland reasons that authors must have been lazy to think of more reasons for it. The tricky trick of the killer on how he did the killing and got through his alibi is also exciting.

Okay, next topic.

When I clicked the prologue to read, I suddenly felt goosebumps for a second. As if bugs were crawling all over my body. I hugged myself. Maybe I'm just getting cold. I turned off the aircon and turned on the electric fan.

I am reading the short prologue.

I am nothing. My name is Nothing. Just like my name, I am not a thing.

Huh? That was weird. Okay, continue.

I’m just a living person living in a dead world. Living in a dead world is like living as both a living and a dead.

Interestingly weird.

I’m in a world that is not alive. A world without color. A world without sound. A lifeless world. A world where I live, but I feel dead. A world that has nothing but me, Nothing.

I wonder why I am living in this dead world. A world that I was not supposed to be. But I think this is where I belong, just like my name, I belong in the world of nothingness.

I was glad. Despite being nothing, I still have the only thing that I have, my name. Even if my name means ‘nothing’, this means everything to me. In all of the things in the world, this would be the most precious one.

One thing happened that changed my whole world, my whole life.

After being distressed about living in a dead world, in the snap of a finger, the dead world came to life. It has colors and sound. Everything went beautifully. I was not the only one who was living in this world. Everything went so peacefully. I was happy.

It’s been a long time since I used ‘I’, now, I can use ‘we’.

Gosh. What is this?

I rechecked the writer's account, but I still didn't gain any info other than their pen name and the story, ‘Curiosity Kills’. I searched on other social media platforms to see if yourgreatestdaymare has social media accounts, but bad news, there was none at all. I don't think they have created their page yet. Maybe they use real names in their other accounts?

And because I was disappointed, I read the prologue again.

I wondered about the second-to-last line. ‘I was happy.’ Why ‘was’? By reading the prologue alone, my curiosity is killed because of the cliffhanger. When will the author write the next chapters? The start wasn’t that enticing, but I can’t wait.

I saved the story in my library.

Because I'm still bored, I thought of messaging yourgreatestdaymare after following them, so they already have 1 follower.

bloodyreader: Hi yourgreatestdaymare! I’d like to ask when will u update ur chapters? I’m proud that I’m your first reader and I’ll definitely vote! The prologue had a good start. ☺ ☺ ☺ ☺

Why 4 smileys? Because I love your story, even though I only read the prologue.

Hope yourgreatestdaymare can reply soon. And since it’s afternoon and I’m done with lunch, I’ll take a nap first. I turned off my phone and tucked it under the pillow.

***

*yawn*

I looked at the wall clock, and it was 4:45 PM. I was even surprised because I slept too long; it was no longer a nap. Maybe that's because I dreamt of the prologue I read. I dreamed that I was ‘Nothing’. I lived in a world of nothingness, full of mystery.

If LSS means Last Song Syndrome, then I’ll have PS or Prologue Syndrome.

What’s puzzling is that I only slept for a few hours, but I feel like the flesh of my dream lasted a whole day.

I checked my phone to see if anyone had texted or chatted with me, but there was no message.

‘Kay, my friends already forgot about me. I wonder what they are doing right now. Maybe they’ve gone to a massage place near the beach? Are they having snacks or tropical fruits? Did they buy me a cute keychain souvenir? D*mn, they could’ve updated me! At least, I can picture what their beach vacation looks and feels like.

I accidentally clicked on the bookfiend app. And since I already clicked it, I'll check if yourgreatestdaymare has already messaged and… they have replied!

Hopefully, their reply is good news about the update of the upcoming chapters. I wish there would be a new chapter tomorrow. I clicked it and read the reply.

yourgreatestdaymare: I’m glad that you liked it. Tomorrow, chapter 1 will be released.

I said “yes!” inside my head.