Personal Vlogging of a Hungry Mind
Posted: 21 May 2014, 02:08
A soft slew of curses is heard in the background under a constant shuffling noise. A man messes with the laptop, adjusting it until only his upper half is seen. Behind him is a dark brown headboard with a dingy tan wall just behind that. He sits, getting comfortable, then reaches out with his right hand again to adjust the camera once more. He clears his throat.
"It is now...." He looks to his watch, " 9:32 PM on Tuesday, May 20th, 2014. I am sitting on the bed of my current hotel room. It's not too bad. Bed's shitty though but I can't complain; I've had worse. Ummm...this is my ninth evening in Harper Rock and I think I found my next adventure. The first few days of being in this place wasn't too bad. I won't say it's a lot like America because that would be a cliché thing to say. But this place does have an interesting atmosphere to it for sure. But yeah...I spent the first few days getting settled in, looking for a cheap place to stay, which I obviously found. Um, getting to know my surroundings like where is the nearest coffee shop and where is the nearest convenient store. The usual landmarks I need while I'm in between adventures. But uh..yeah. I think I found my newest adventure, or at least, my newest candidate for my adventure. As accustom, I did visit a cyber café and hopped on one of the computers. I decided to check out the history to see what the most visited site was. Among the many sites..I found this place called Fact or Fiction."
Pausing, he brushed a few strands of hair out of his face.
" I haven't read too many of the threads on the site. I'm sure there are plenty there to keep me occupied for the next few days. But from the looks of it, there isn't a main administrator to the board. I mean, not that I could find much information about the admin anyway even if I wanted to. So far, I've seen plenty of threads where people are calling out someone they know on the board, or someone is saying something about vampires. Which brings me to next site I oogled in on. I don't know what kind of forum it is. It doesn't seem to be a dating site of some kind, but more of a... meeting place for people new to the city. I took a chance with signing up for it. I didn't have much expectations for the site really. I just expected to poke around a little bit and see if I could catch wind of some interesting characters. Sure enough..." He laughed," ...first post I read, this...dude, I think it's a dude. I couldn't really tell by the name. But this person named Jessy, spouted out some pretty outrageous proclamations of vampires...uh, shifters, and zombies. I skimmed through most of the thread. Saw a woman disputing their claim. She also mentioned this place called...what was the name of this place.. I...uh..wrote it down once I saw it. Now...where is that.."
He shifted to his left and began to search on the bed before he turned to is right and did the same thing. "Wher-****." He got up and walked to his left, disappearing from the camera's view; though, sounds of shuffling papers could be heard clearly in the background. He once again entered the view of the camera, flipping through a spiral pad quickly.
"Quarantine Zone. Some place the government has sent up for whatever reason. I haven't had time to actually look this place up. But for the most part, it sounded interesting. But I can't help but to be a bit more interested in the claim of vampires. With vampires and werewolves gaining an increasing amount of popularity, I think it would be a nice story for the readers to see me get close and examine this lifestyle being made popular through movies, books, and of course, tv shows. I think it'll be an eye opening experience. Of course, I need to get a bit more research and it probably wouldn't be a bad idea to talk to this Jessy person. See if they know the best place to meet one of these 'vampires'." He glanced at his watch like he did earlier.
"It's now 10 pm. Still Tuesday. Still the 20th of May, year 2014. This video is for me, but also for whoever may find this video just in case something happens to me. My name is Michael Allen Parker. And good night." Reaching out, he closed his computer screen.
"It is now...." He looks to his watch, " 9:32 PM on Tuesday, May 20th, 2014. I am sitting on the bed of my current hotel room. It's not too bad. Bed's shitty though but I can't complain; I've had worse. Ummm...this is my ninth evening in Harper Rock and I think I found my next adventure. The first few days of being in this place wasn't too bad. I won't say it's a lot like America because that would be a cliché thing to say. But this place does have an interesting atmosphere to it for sure. But yeah...I spent the first few days getting settled in, looking for a cheap place to stay, which I obviously found. Um, getting to know my surroundings like where is the nearest coffee shop and where is the nearest convenient store. The usual landmarks I need while I'm in between adventures. But uh..yeah. I think I found my newest adventure, or at least, my newest candidate for my adventure. As accustom, I did visit a cyber café and hopped on one of the computers. I decided to check out the history to see what the most visited site was. Among the many sites..I found this place called Fact or Fiction."
Pausing, he brushed a few strands of hair out of his face.
" I haven't read too many of the threads on the site. I'm sure there are plenty there to keep me occupied for the next few days. But from the looks of it, there isn't a main administrator to the board. I mean, not that I could find much information about the admin anyway even if I wanted to. So far, I've seen plenty of threads where people are calling out someone they know on the board, or someone is saying something about vampires. Which brings me to next site I oogled in on. I don't know what kind of forum it is. It doesn't seem to be a dating site of some kind, but more of a... meeting place for people new to the city. I took a chance with signing up for it. I didn't have much expectations for the site really. I just expected to poke around a little bit and see if I could catch wind of some interesting characters. Sure enough..." He laughed," ...first post I read, this...dude, I think it's a dude. I couldn't really tell by the name. But this person named Jessy, spouted out some pretty outrageous proclamations of vampires...uh, shifters, and zombies. I skimmed through most of the thread. Saw a woman disputing their claim. She also mentioned this place called...what was the name of this place.. I...uh..wrote it down once I saw it. Now...where is that.."
He shifted to his left and began to search on the bed before he turned to is right and did the same thing. "Wher-****." He got up and walked to his left, disappearing from the camera's view; though, sounds of shuffling papers could be heard clearly in the background. He once again entered the view of the camera, flipping through a spiral pad quickly.
"Quarantine Zone. Some place the government has sent up for whatever reason. I haven't had time to actually look this place up. But for the most part, it sounded interesting. But I can't help but to be a bit more interested in the claim of vampires. With vampires and werewolves gaining an increasing amount of popularity, I think it would be a nice story for the readers to see me get close and examine this lifestyle being made popular through movies, books, and of course, tv shows. I think it'll be an eye opening experience. Of course, I need to get a bit more research and it probably wouldn't be a bad idea to talk to this Jessy person. See if they know the best place to meet one of these 'vampires'." He glanced at his watch like he did earlier.
"It's now 10 pm. Still Tuesday. Still the 20th of May, year 2014. This video is for me, but also for whoever may find this video just in case something happens to me. My name is Michael Allen Parker. And good night." Reaching out, he closed his computer screen.