Dark Lines

Black Arts

10/March/2021

Hello Peter,

Today I decided that I will be myself from now on, wake up early, take benefit from the pure breeze of the morning, and the peace that come along with it. Drink a special thing and have a tasty breakfast, then read a book, listen to music.

Rather than what I been doing lately, which is waking up at noon, and not having breakfast, then passing the time without investing it, or enjoying anything I do with it.

There are somethings that I read would help my spirit, other than those I have mentioned to you once, having a hot bath with nourishing healthy oils, you should try it sometime.

-ENAJ-

“That was a great idea actually, what would sound more relaxing than a hot bath at night, with some music perhaps”, Peter said to himself, and decided that he would do that tonight. Crystal tried to knock down Peter’s plate, when he finished his lunch, she seems angry, so he placed it in the sink, then checked on her, she looked healthy, but maybe she needs more attention, or she too can get in a bad mood sometimes.

“Come help me “, Peter said to Crystal, while he was folding his clothes, according to their types, the pajamas together, and the pants aside, the shirts are on the hanger, and the t-shirts are stacked on the upper shelf. There, he had finished, ordering things that surround you is really helping the spirit and the mood, as some sources say.

He grabbed Crystal and rolled her up with a blanket, like a new born baby, just to annoy her and make her do something that might get her out of her mood, so she nearly torn it apart, when he did, then he quickly hot it off of her, and held her still to clip her nails, and after one hour of her hitting him with her head, screaming at him, and getting him slightly injured with the clipper, he finally made it, then let her hop off his lap, and as soon as she jumped off, she turned around and gave him a mean and bitter look, then walked away, “Fine!”, Peter sarcastically said with a laugh.

At 8:22 p.m. he had his dinner with Crystal who is still not coming near him, she only passes hatred look every once in a while, to which Peter replies with laugh then sticking his tongue out with a supposedly serious look, and turns his face away.

It’s time to try this hot bath thing, so Peter filled up the bathtub with warm water, set the alarm at thirty minutes later, then slowly got inside and under the water entirely except for his face, closed his eyes and traveled to a whole other universe.

The alarm went off, Peter opened his eyes and was frozen of fear, when he found himself trapped among hundreds of huge dead rats in the bathtub, the were holding him tight, he tried to moving his body as hard as he can, to escape this disgusting and horrendous curse, he got free in an instant, he looked around to see how did he manage to move them away, he didn’t find anything.

Peter showered for a long hour, scrubbing every bit of his body, then he sprayed perfume on himself and in the bathtub, because the stench was still there, even though they disappeared then.

He sipped a cup of green tea, then took his pills and went to bed, he stayed up for half an hour thinking and fearing that something might appear infront of him, but then he fell asleep because of the pills.

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Peter woke up but stayed in bed for a few minutes, then he got up and entered the bathroom, and slowly approached the bathtub to check if there was anything in it, then he felt relaxed when it was empty, and continued his morning routine.

He sat down with the cup of coffee and the pills on the table just in case, the blanket near him, and Crystal was eating her breakfast on the floor. His brain was going to explode from all these thoughts, this stress, pressure and fear, he feels trapped in his own thoughts, no space in his mind for anything except those day nightmares, he is expecting in every corner in the house, at anytime another scaring scene, or breathtaking scenario where you are stuck between the fantasy and the reality, it’s neither a dream that he can wake up from, nor a reality that he can escape.

It’s time for lunch now, a tasty meal might make him feel better. He cooked some meat, and fried some potatoes, with ketchup in a small bowl, and Pepsi aside of the plate, it looked promising, he took the plate and sat on the balcony.

At 9:12 p.m. he put a film on the television, and prepared his dinner with a cup of tea, and some popcorn for later. He is eating a little bit more now, but it’s making him feel glowing, so it doesn’t matter, plus he isn’t skipping his daily exercise.

During the movie, he got his mind off everything, and focused on the plot and the acting in this film, no wonder it got an Oscar prize!, Crystal was opening her eyes wide at the screen, she must have loved the vibrant colors and the animals there. After half an hour during the movie, Peter has already finished his dinner, and starting to conquer the popcorn bowl, but first he refilled his cup of tea.

After three hours, he has washed the dishes already, closed the curtains and the windows, then took his pills and closed the door of the bathroom, it is a new checkup now added to the list, then grabbed the book to continued reading under the blanket with Crystal half asleep next to him.

12/March/2021

Hello Peter,

I want to tell you a story, it happened when we were little, like fifteen or so. I had a couple of female friends, we were so close, that we shared every tiny details in our life together, including our secrets.

There was this friend that confessed her lover for a boy that was in her class, but unfortunately he didn’t welcome the idea, he rejected her, so she was devastated, she felt humiliated, and embarrassed, so she skipped classes from time to time, to avoid him.

We had to help her, because we were worried about her and she was our best friend, so this other friend suggested that we go to a woman’s house that was able to help us, and we did, she requested some items that belongs to both of our best friend and her crush, she said that this would repair what was once broken, and help her gain his love, although we didn’t know how she could do that, and what will she do, but we were ready to cure our friend’s heart and pride.

After one week, she said that things should start changing, and so it did. The more weeks went by, the more he was in love with our friend, everything was going great, until that day when he fell on the ground in the during of a regular school day, and dead.

We certainly knew it had something to do with what we did, although we didn’t know what we were dealing with, or what this woman was exactly doing, but when we visited her again to tell her of what had happened, she just blamed us, and said that we knew that their were risks, and you took them, the life of this boy was threatened the minute you gave me his stuff.

We couldn’t do anything back then, we couldn’t call the police to arrest her, because we would be going with her, but after two years, I just couldn’t handle the guilt, so I confessed to the police, but didn’t snitch about my friends, I was ready to take all the blame, if that would make me feel better, and as for the woman, she got arrested indeed, and she is till now in jail, but since I was a minor and I confesses, in addition to the fact that I didn’t know what she was doing, I knew nothing about black magic, they let me go after only a few months.

Please Peter, don’t hate me, we all do mistakes, and kids do them a lot, it’s enough that we confess of what we did, and never repeat it, in my case it even was by accident, I didn’t mean to harm anybody.

-ENAJ-

Peter was reading this letter while he was setting on his balcony, with his cup of coffee and some cookies, then Crystal joined him, when she felt bored, and because he was setting their too long. This letter was disturbing indeed, he never knew that dark side of Jane, he never suspected that she could do that, and that story was like it came right out of a horror movie, or a story that happened in a very far away village, that still believes in the myths and superstitions.

Though, Jane wasn’t evil in this story, Peter knows that anyone could have done some big mistakes without them knowing, it was scary how a little thought and a little act that we decide to make, can actually lead to the death of someone. There is things that are evil in this world indeed, and there are stuff that we humans can’t miss with, there is some evil invisible creatures that we can’t invite to join our world. Peter couldn’t believe that there still is people that mess with dark stuff, to harm other people, people that they have never even met before.

It was 3:22 p.m., time for lunch, he chopped some lettuce, garlic and boiled some eggs with potatoes, then put them in the plate, and headed to the living room, he noticed that Crystal has already finished her bowl, which he prepared for her five minutes ago, but she look full, so no need to refill.

He was watching some talk program on television, and he looked at the guest, he had seen him before, then suddenly a very old memory struck his mind, it was a friend or rather a classmate, he was charismatic indeed then, confident and brave as well, this have helped him to reach the place that he wanted to be at, a well-known economic professor. Peter listened to him, and payed attention to his tone and choice of words, as well as his thoughts, all of it was sounding fancy and sophisticated, at least for someone who knew little about economy, but it was a great thing to see, a big motivation for him, that no matter what you once were, how much not popular you were, nothing can stop you from being who you see yourself as in the present and in the future.

It’s pitch black outside, Peter put some cereal and milk inside his bowl, and some cat food in Crystal’s bowl, then sat down and opened his i********: account, just to pass time, and see some funny posts, or some interesting stuff if he find that. Regardless of the annoying people there, and the fake ones, there is something entertaining as well, so relatable jokes, point of views, and astonishing videos and pictures of some wonderful things in life, like places, countries or accomplishments.

Peter felt so sleepy, so he decides that he will call it a night, he turned everything off, closed all of the opened windows and door, took his pills, and paused before the bathroom door, looking up at the closed attic, wondering if he will have to deal with any trouble coming from there soon, then he continued walking towards his room, read a couple of pages, then fell into a deep sleep.

Peter’s favorite times now, are the times when he is eating, drinking, on the balcony, listening to music, watching television, reading and last sleeping, where he is completely detached from his reality, and living life with events that would only happen while he is dreaming. Everything that was mentioned other than sleeping, was a way to escape this world too, but while he is awake and for a very short period of time, and some were completely attached to the reality but were like toppings, modifications, polish to this reality, such as food, music and the good view on the balcony, they are like patting on the back.

He was enjoying his peaceful morning, while thinking of all this, and of course while implementing some, that was at this time of the day, the cup of coffee and then the breakfast, and Crystal was indeed on the top of his list.

Few hours later, he was cleaning the floor with a vacuum machine, while listening to music, and Crystal acting like a spoiled princess, sitting wherever Peter wants to clean, and not moving away till a few seconds later, when Peter gives her a threatening look, of course he wasn’t meaning to scare her, but he loves bossing her around.

When he was finished, he had a piece of stake with mashed potatoes, and vegetables, while he was sitting on the couch under his blanket. He settled on watching a movie that looked okay, but better than anything that he saw on the channels that moment, and made a cup of latté to really sink deep in the moment, and try to enjoy the scenes, but it has very vivid colors, so that was a deal for him.

At 10:03 p.m., he had his lunch, just some sugary, extra calories food, with a cup of iced and also sweetened milkshake, then he played peekaboo with Crystal, he wasn’t really understanding the game, nor enjoying it, but Peter enjoyed giving her a little scare jump. Two hours later, both of them walked half asleep to the bed, after Peter made sure to take his pills.

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