The Glitched Tapes

"David Lockwood"

A regular 32-year-old guy who was fixated on the music industry, He noticed that he doesn't have the motivation he once had as a child-noticing that the generations continue to grew, With countless of people that filled in countless opportunities he had to atleast be able to make a "stretch" for a childhood dream...

He was a very creative guy with a spiraling imagination for life and it's history, Wanting to become a historian aswell as a journalist, Both unfortunately failed. Each dream he had on the Crack of dawn living in Wyoming failed miserably.

Not because he wasn't qualified but because the world was so cruel,sick and filled with challenges, I guess luck and David never came in contact with eachother until the time where he found something.

"I'm very fond of tapes, Videotapes, audio tapes and more...I think I'd be able to work as an employee at a local Videotape warehouse" said David with hope in eyes.

Next morning he woke up, Got ready and put on some casual clothes for this day, The day where he went to a local videotape warehouse nearby.

"Tanya Samuels"

A 29-year-old cashier who works at the warehouse where David wants to sign up to as an employee.

"Good-morning Sir, how will I be able to assist you today?" Asked Tanya.

"Could you please assist me in getting to know on where I could sign up to work here? I'd very much appreciate it" Asked David.

"If you need to start your job application here, Then you'd need to go to the room to the left and you'll meet the Owner there Sir, I hope this helps!" Said Tanya enthusiastically.

"Thanks... uh what's your name ma'am?" Asked David with interest.

"Tanya samuels Sir, nice to meet you and yours?"

"David Lockwood, It's a pleasure to meet you!"

"Thank you, sorry now David, right now i need to sort out some things with the cash register, Money wise...since alot of this shit is laying on my desk..." Said Tanya.

"Okay see you next time, Don't fret all of us are currently suffering extreme brainfarts" Said David sarcastically.

*Tanya chuckles*

"Okay I need to get done now, Nice meeting you David" said Tanya.

*David waves his hand low*

"Quite the charming guy with a charming first impression, The Boss would like that for sure" muttered Tanya to herself.

"Otari Originals" was the name of the local warehouse, founded and established since 1982. From the looks of it, It seemed to be a very promising Job to work at for some quick bucks for the week. But this location has underlying secrets hidden to the world to never be noticed until 2013 when things started to spark...

"Dusty old glitchy tapes" said by some teenage Vloggers who apparently broke into the warehouse in 2013 for some "entertaining content for their viewers" this harmless idea seemed harmless enough.

They were a group of 4 teenagers excluding the extra 10 teenage Vloggers that were waiting outside the warehouse to keep watch for any incoming people during the night.

"Hey guys, Today I'll be showcasing the various horrors that lies beneath the pretty exterior of this warehouse... Don't ask how I got in LOL XD i had abit of help by some buddies of mine you see" Said by this one teenager named Nathaniel to his viewers.

His viewer's told him that he made a grave mistake by breaking into a fully active,functional warehouse, But a stupid and stubborn teenager he never listened, As the search went on to find some information about this place...

"Lost Archives,Catagory A"

The Vloggers found a Tape called "Glitched Tape 101" it had a warning at the back stating "This tape shouldn't be watched for 1 minute otherwise the viewer would undergo some serious mental trauma or physical strain, It's advised that you should cut curiosities and leave the Tape to Expire"

The expiry date was set for 1992 and it was 2013 at the time so it's quite the ancient tape. "Man I'll just put the tape in the nearby TV and film this shit" Said Nathaniel with ignorance.

The rest of his crew cheered him on and urged him to let his curiosity get the better of him. And so they played the tape on the TV and filmed it, Twenty Six seconds into the tape so far and nothing happened but saddening static so Nathaniel turned off his camera immediately...

"Fucking disappointment! Old piece of dirt cant even handle it's old ass software!" Angered was Nathaniel for this result. But then as soon as the boy's set foot to leave, They stopped and heard a ominous piano replaying the same rhythm over and over again by Catagory A.

They slowly moved closer and closer to where the music was playing, and started recording. "And here I thought shit was too dusty to play, spank my ass with a fucking flycatcher then!" Nathaniel became excited as he moved in a group with his boy's to the noise.

Drums and a bass that creates a type of accapella with this glitchy noises creates a sense of rhythm never heard before... They started to dance while refilming the video, But the fun would only last for so long until Nathaniel found out they watched over a minute of this tape...

*Tape ends*

*deathly groaning could be heard coming from the static TV*

"Dont... leave... me..." unknown voice.

*TV breaks*

"DON'T EVER!"

"LEAVE ME!"

This spirit looked demented and broken, with unevenly sharp teeth. Something that truly looked like it came from hell and couldn't rest...

This was the exact moment all 14 teenage Vloggers died due to unspecified causes of death, The police were called the next morning by bystanders who happened to walk and witness this atrocitious,gruesome scene, They investigated what happened during that night but the only pinpointing evidence was the broken TV that had no tape which was strange...

Since the boys put the tape in last night before this slaughterhouse... It was even weirder that the tape was back on it's shelf at Catagory A at the Archives with no one placing it back in it's place. Thus this incident would soon be called "The unknown death of 2013" as the people in Wyoming were distraught and confused, as to how these teenagers succumbed to death, Each of their family members witnessed the recent news and felt like they couldn't show their faces to the public, They felt grayer than the rainy clouds outside as high rainfall happened.

It became personal matters to host the funerals privately so that each family wouldn't be filmed in public by officials or random journalists. The family wanted justice against the deaths of their children, But to what do they seek justice against? If the unknown isn't a physical living being? But instead would be vengeful, restless spirits? This is a paranormal drama that still seeks to be discovered by the public...

Present day (2026) to where David now works at Otari Originals...

Daily Recordings...

( April 14, 2026)

"Today is payment day yay!" That's what Tanya said today so enthusiastically like always...

"I'm so tired today but so grateful at the same time, Since this job didn't turn me down like all of the others... Thank God..." Said David with hope left in him.

"Although it's night already about 10-o'clock, I offered to atleast put some things back in place before i hit the road, Boss told me it was okay and gave the keys to the warehouse, So I'm the only person here in the building right now at the moment" David rehearsed his words to himself.

*Before all of this happened*

"I highly appreciate your commitment to our company Mr.David, Yes you may take charge for the night, Just make sure everything is set perfectly in place, Here's the keys and make sure you keep it safely" Said Mr.Yaoming in a carefree but authoritative manner.

"You have my highest honor and respect Mr.David, You've laid quite a good first impression at our company today, I might aswell promote you to a higher class position in our system" said Mr.Yaoming commemoratively.

"Oh no Sir, I'm dearly appreciative of the position I have right now Sir, Thank you Sir" Said David with honesty and humility.

"Alright, You should enjoy your night further on Mr.David- I have quite the amount of paperwork and promotion deals to fill out at the moment, Thank you for your time" Said Mr. Yaoming carefreeingly.

"All good Sir" responded David.

David found these tapes at an Archive gallery called:

☆Glitched Tape 101

☆Glitched Tape 2:Highflow

☆Glitched tape 3: Funky Anomaly

Which peeked his interest, But said to himself that he didn't want to take things out curiosity on his first day-since he wanted to make sure he made a great, strong,truthful companionship bond with his boss Yaoming. But he made sure to make notes about these tapes so that he may not forget next time...

THE GLITCHED TAPES

CHAPTER 1 END...