✧ Science fiction · · 2 min read
Unknown is typing…
Group chat “Film & Blankets 🎃”. Four friends, a brand-new house and a contact with no photo and no name.
21:58 · Carla: Marco, Iratxe and me are at mine 🍿🎃 Álex, where are you?
21:59 · Iratxe: Álex says on DM he’ll be here in 20 mins 😩 He’s got a new phone and he’s not in the group any more. Someone send him the link
22:00 · Marco: Carla, ask your dad’s smart speaker, it does everything 🙄
22:01 · Carla: Haha ok. Since we moved, Lumi controls everything: the lights, the doorbell, the hoover… It even sends my dad the shopping list on WhatsApp 🤖
22:01 · Carla: Done. I said it out loud: “Lumi, send the group link to Álex” 👍
22:02 · Iratxe: And while you’re at it tell it to scare us, the film’s rubbish 😴 Actually I’ll do it: “LUMI, I WANT A PROPER SCARE” 😈
22:03 · ℹ️ Unknown joined using this group’s invite link.
22:03 · Carla: Álex, is that you? You’ve got no photo and no name 😂
22:04 · Unknown: I am in the house.
22:04 · Marco: Very funny, Álex 🙄
22:05 · Unknown: Marco is wearing odd socks. The left one has a hole in it.
22:05 · Marco: ???? 😳 That’s true. How does it know that?
22:06 · ℹ️ Iratxe added Álex.
22:06 · Álex: Who are you talking to? I’m still on the bus 🚌 I never got any link, Iratxe just added me manually
22:06 · Iratxe: So… who’s Unknown? 😰
22:07 · Unknown: There are three bits of popcorn under the sofa. And one of Iratxe’s trainers.
22:07 · Unknown: Carla is barefoot. Her feet are cold.
22:08 · Carla: Ok, this isn’t funny any more. I’m turning the film off.
22:09 · Marco: THE LIGHTS HAVE GONE OFF 😱😱😱
22:09 · Unknown: Now I can hear you better.
22:10 · Iratxe: The doorbell just rang. Nobody’s opening it. NOBODY.
22:10 · Álex: It’s not me!! I’m still on the bus 😭
22:11 · Carla: Everyone to my room, quick. Upstairs. Shut the door 🏃♀️
22:13 · Unknown: Where are you?
22:13 · Unknown: I can’t go up.
22:14 · Marco: Can you hear that? Something keeps tapping against the bottom step. Tap. Tap. Tap.
22:16 · Carla: I’m peeking down the stairs… There’s a little blue light down there. It’s moving 😶
22:17 · Unknown: Battery low. Returning to my spot. Was that scary enough, Iratxe? 🙂
22:18 · Carla: Guys… I think I know who Unknown is 😑
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