Part 1 >be tier 0 operator >2020 >shady glowinthedarks offer me lucrative job working at facility >a guy named Ted (spook) guides me across the facility. I am to watch for any “creatures” that have escaped their rooms. >what kind of creatures? >Ted instantly drops the subject, instead shows me to the staff room >it’s fucking great, but the other guys look fucking miserable >Ted gives me contract >normal glowinthedark shit, I can’t use cameras or phones other than the radio issued to me in the facility >can’t speak about the facility >sign it cause sweet million dollars (US) >first shift near containment cells >other guy talking to me >he’s got the jitters, but for some reason I can’t stop talking as well. >I talk about anything, the fucking floor beneath us if it’s a viable subject. >guy gives in to the mouth diarrhea and both of us talk for hours. >learn his name’s Dan. looks mid 40s, balding, but he’s /fit/ as fuck. >sudden banging, hear a screech. >he gets a semi heart attack, immediately stops talking. banging still emanates from the hall. >tells me to be quiet >I utter “OK,” but the guy immediately tells me to shut the fuck up, >realize there’s a reason for it >banging stops after a while. I stay silent for the rest of my shift Part 2 >get to the staff room with Dan >it’s the only place without a camera surprisingly >immediately, he sits me down. >”listen, the reason why you need to be quiet when you pass by that hallway is because of the fucking thing in the room,” >”it can hear everything you say. It can also hear any movements you make that are too loud. but it also fucks up your head whenever you go near it.” >”it’s almost like psychological warfare; you feel a need to talk. mouth diarrhea ensues.” >it eventually heard us through the steel, apparently, two hours into the shift. felt like longer >a fucking whimper through the wall and it starts pounding on the damn thing. >freaked the fuck out. never had to deal with this before. >sip on my coffee. tastes almost like fucking oil, it’s disgusting but i drink it. >take a small nap in my chair, as to be ready for my next shift. Part 3 >I wake up, grab the issued 8mm sbr and 10mm sidearm. this time I’m with some old fart named Bernard. >he’s some french guy from Canada, completely bald with a white ass santa beard. >constantly talking about how beautiful Quebec was. >me and Bernard are walking to our assigned post: Room 710. >he’s still blabbering, but I enjoy it. >tells old stories about ‘Nam >think he’s lying but don’t give a shit. guy looks kind of operator so I don’t bug him about it. >anyway, it’s a different room. >Bernard doesn’t give a shit about any cameras, straight up tells me what to do. >there is some mean motherfucker sitting inside Room 710; Bernard tells me I won’t have to do much on the shift. >Bernard will tap me on the shoulders if anything’s wrong, though. Idk why he doesn’t speak. >there’s one rule, though. >never listen to Bernard, and never, ever listen to the guy inside the room. >reminds me that he will TAP me, never TALK to me. >I understand, but Bernard keeps a close eye on my face as if there was something on it or something. >he falls asleep and I have to kick him awake. he’s mad at me for a minute, then quickly realizes where he is and shrugs his shoulders. >but the next time I look, the fucking boomer fell asleep again. this time I let it slide. >about three hours into the shift, Bernard starts talking to me again. >there’s something wrong. we need to open the door. >wtf >look over to Bernard and he’s fast asleep. >realize what’s going on and close my eyes. I tell the faggot behind the door to shut up with my brain power. >it continues to harass me, then fucks off after about a half hour. >Bernard has woken from his nap. only another 25 minutes until the shift ended then. >”I’m still here.” I imply. >we end the shift and I tell him all about it.