Chapter 1
Dear Fellow Readers,
Hi, my name is Linux, and I am here to share my story about how I experienced one of the most terrifying moments of my life. I live my whole life as a simple entrepreneur or business owner, as I am running my family’s diner. My diner is called Generic, and from the term itself, it’s called generic because it’s nothing special, and you can most likely see other diners that look exactly like ours and serve the same foods. One thing that I can say, though, is that since our Diner is located in the middle of nowhere; this has become the place where people stay to get a quick meal since there are no other establishments around the area except us. Well, there’s also a factory nearby around the area, and that is where I usually go to drive around with my truck to get the stock and supplies for the diner. I was living the perfect life. I had such a loving wife and an adorable baby that we were raising during that time, and I definitely couldn’t ask for a better life than that. Yes, we are not the richest nor the most famous, but having those two individuals around me is enough and all that I will ever need. Apparently, just like they said, all good things must come to an end. My wife and our baby died due to a car crash while we were on a road trip to get supplies for our diner, and I was the only one that survived.
That car crash incident broke me into pieces and almost made me think of killing myself, ever since at that point breathing and living would just be completely pointless without those two. But for some reasons, I was able to still continue on with my life. And I am still able to run the diner all by myself. If you ask me how that car crash happened, I don’t even think I can explain or describe it to you. The only thing that I can remember is seeing a bright light flash into my eyes as if I were flashbanged. And lose sight for a brief moment. Losing sight was the main factor in how the truck lost control and ran into the big pole. Explaining and telling you guys this story breaks my heart and makes me cry as I remember my wife and our lovely baby. No words can describe how much I miss them. One odd thing that I remember from the incident is that once I got out of the truck, I did see a quite strange-looking elf standing behind the large pole. I was only able to see the elf for a glimpse of a second since it vanished pretty fast. But one thing that is even more weird is that it was the same elf that has kept haunting me in my dreams ever since I was a child. It’s hard to admit it, but even now, as a fully grown adult, that specific elf still somehow appears in my dreams from time to time.
The Generic Diner is not only known for its good food, but it’s also known for one more thing, and that thing is not so good... Unfortunately, my diner is also known for paranormal activities. While managing and working at the diner, there are definitely some countless sleepless nights I have experienced because, for some reason, every time the diner closes at midnight, I am always hearing some weird, creepy noises downstairs. Just to let you guys know, the diner actually has a basement area that I have never checked since the landlord advised us to never go to the basement. I did ask him why we were prohibited from entering it, but he just completely ignored the question and drove away. At first, I didn’t really care since I wasn’t really going to use the basement of the area. But the noises from the basement have been so loud that there are times when I’m getting mentally crazy from the noises. Plus, one more thing that I forgot to add is that the creepy noises from downstairs only started happening after my our wife and our son died in the car crash incident.
One night I came to the decision to finally courage up to enter the basement and not care what the landlord will say since I couldn’t take it anymore. It was 3 a.m. at midnight, when I went outside the diner to head straight to the basement door. I had my flashlight with me while entering the basement. As soon as I entered the basement, it was empty. It’s pretty much just pipes and some machines for the air conditioning. But while I was in the basement, I was still hearing the creepy noises, which was weird since I am in the basement now, and no one is here. But for some reason, the creepy noises have started coming from above now, so as I slowly looked up, my eyes were looking completely at the ceiling. I couldn’t describe what I saw. I saw the same elf that haunted me throughout my whole life, but I also saw my dead son in that elf’s body. It almost looked as if their bodies morphed into a single body. I was in such disbelief that I had a heart attack and immediately passed out. Apparently, ambulances and emergency vehicles came by to rescue me and bring me to the hospital right away. Unfortunately, since that specific moment was way too extreme for me upon heading to the hospital, I was unfortunately in a 4-year coma.
4 years later... Here I am telling my story, and if you are curious about what happened to the elf and my dead son when the ambulance came to pick me up, Well, when I asked them everything about it, unfortunately, all they said was that they found no trace of the figure that I am asking for. As for the diner, well, it’s abandoned now, and the factory that I used to buy supplies from is now a trash recycling factory. A lot of stuff has happened, and if you are curious about me, well, I am now a game developer for Hexbit Studios, and my current project is is now a game called Generic Cooking Game. I’ve always wanted to create a game where I can put my life experiences into it, and that one creepy and life-changing experience that I had is definitely something that I will never forget.
Sincerely, Linux
Author: XhiN
