Isolation

BadKarma

Right, another story. It will again be in in-stallments, but not letters. I dunno if that gimmick is getting old or not, heres hoping it's not. Like I said, it's not letters, it's a series of recorded tapes. The man talking is Albert Ross, a journalist on the U.S.N Explorer, a scientific vessel in the Ariadne Arm.

Tape 1.
"Here, i am, walking into my cabin. A spacious little dive, not bad, bunkbeds but I dont have a roomate. Bigger than the usual, me being a civilian. One window, a dresser, a terminal, something under the bed here *ah* yes, big vent, not too noisy by the sound. Im on the third deck, with the ships officers and the crew above me. Big ship, very new, lots to write, have to get to that tonight. Hell that rhymed. darnit, I dont like this thing. Honey, I hope youre happy, i'm making an **** of myself. Lunch is in fifteen minutes, looking forward to it, only had station slop before I got on here."
Clicking sound, suspected to be Mr. Ross putting the recorder down. Footsteps. There is forty five minutes of blank tape, then it ends with.
"Damn."

PFCNublar

<!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo--> It's gonna need more hypothesis about what happens from outside sounds when he does something to be more intersting. But so far, the audio descriptions by Ross are excellent. Just needs a bit of touching up, the other ways of description to be specific. That's all.

BadKarma

Yea, i know, it's gonna be hard in places but I think i'll be able to do it. Im actually having a good bit of fun doing this, cant wait to write more. But im gonna limit it to one entry a day.

That_Annoying_Kid

well keep it up karma

you do good work, I can hardly wait for the next installment

this (like all) promises to be pretty decent

BadKarma

Sorry, got behind on this.

Tape Two:
"Right, ive been getting behind on this, been good with the writing though. People have got used to me walking around talking to myself, thats a plus. Im in the, uh, here wait a sec... Right, im in the "Xenoform Research Labs", ive heard about it but never been in here. People call it the zoo. I can see why, there are little cells everywhere, in them there are weird little critters. I geuss thats why weve hit low orbit a couple of times. "Cell One", a bunch of tree like things, seems to be long vines hanging... oh wait their snakes, kinda. They have little legs. "Cell Two", looks like an aquarium, things in it are a little like jellyfish, more solid. There's fish in there too, just ordinary fish, must be food for em. "Cell 3", now this ones differant, just a cell with a brownish moss all over the sides, little bit on the glass too, hard to see inside, dosnt look like anything is moving in there."
There is a tapping sound.
"The glass is warm too. I'll ask one of-"
It seems the batteries died here.
End of Tape Two

BadKarma

Lol, it's too late, i rewrote what i have above, I thought i didnt write it yet.

BadKarma

"I almost forgot about this thing. It's all over now. I dont know how long its been since the last time i used this, there's no clock in my room, hard to tell what time of day it is is space."
Laughter here, slightly high pitched. There is nothing for two minutes, then:
"I've been in here more than a day but less than a week, I know that. I have plenty of water, each cabin has a large emergency ration. The foods gone though. My room, my cell, is getting very hot, the ventilation systems are down. All over the door window there is the same moss I saw in the Reserch Labs, it's making heat too. I' ve seen <i>them</i> a few times, they look at me through the window. There are differant kinds. Tall ones and small dog-like ones. It was the dogs that killed everyone. Hundreds of them. Everyone."
The recorder is switched off, then on again, seemingly a short time after.
"The tall ones have tried to get in a few times, ramming the door. They dont seem really set on it though, they give up fast. They must figure im gonna die soon enough anyway."
The recorder is switched off again, then on.
"It's been, oh i dont know, lets say three days. There is no window anymore, just the spawn. Horrible, horrible."
The recorder is left on for for a length of time.
"My brother was eaten by wolves on the Conneticut turnpike."
Silence.
"Why did I say that? My brother lives in Maine."
Laughter for a long time, then the tape ends.
End of Tape Three.

PFCNublar

The end was...creepy. I don't know what to take of the third recordings. Was it insanity, or was it just a reference for humor.
....
cr33py.

BadKarma

Well, a week without food and monsters on the other side of the door will do **** to your brain i imagine. I dont like how the ending sounded, i gotta fix it but i dont know how.

That_Annoying_Kid

that ending was just a bit creepy


you gonna revise it or tell us what happened or do we just have to use our imagination?