Board Thread:Writer's Workshop/@comment-26990009-20190502015042

'''I wrote more of my creepypasta and tidied it up a bit, and now I want more constructive criticism and advice. Thanks.'''

The following is full of previously classified information about an individual by the name of Peter Michaels. The subject was in his mid-twenties and was a Nintendo fanatic before events took place. The events he described included depressing imagery, uneasy feelings, and disturbing moments found on the cartridge which led to Michaels ending up there, however he goes into greater detail later. What our search team found was a voice recorder with the title Sonic2.mp3 on the label. After reviewing the contents, it was found out that it contained the last recorded words between Michaels and his therapist. The whereabouts of these two are unknown, however the therapist is confirmed to be missing.

The subject discusses buying a game cartridge at a popular flea market in his hometown. This cartridge was confirmedto have the same hardware as legitimate Sonic video game copies. Our team took many hours of research to uncover if any alterations to the cartridge could have been created, though they came up with no answers. Michaels goes on to discuss the sticker being torn and dulled in color, as if from overuse. He then begins talking about the title screen of the game, describing a very depressing color scheme with dark and unsaturated colors, and a rainy sky with a rusted Sonic the Hedgehog icon in the midst of it all. He soon begins to stumble over his words. He eventually is able to pull himself together and discuss with his therapist what happened with the cartridge. We will now show you the transcript of the discussion, as Michaels goes into great detail about what he saw.

''"There was no music or introductory segment. The only thing that popped up before the game started was the name of the level, but it all just looked br..broken and unfinished. When the game started, there still wasn't any happy tune. The only thing I heard was a very low and quiet noise droning on in the background underneath the sounds of ocean waves and wind. For a Genesis cartridge, this ambiance would sound too high quality to some people I know. Another thing is that the island was covered in a thunderstorm that had actual fIashes of lightning in the background, and occasional thunder crashes. I paid no mind to it just to keep myself from being paranoid, then began moving Tails to the right. Oh, I never mentioned that. Heh, w-well.. apparently I was playing as Tails, Sonic's sidekick. I never expected to be playing as him since this was obviously on one-player mode. But yeah, I started moving Tails to the right since that's what you normally do in sidescrollers. As Tails walked, his feet made the sound of stepping on grass, which really piqued my interest since now I was playing a game with ocean sounds, wind, rain, and footstep audio, but no music. So a few minutes pass and eventually I bump into one of those cartoon animals from the robots. By bump into, I mean there was actual collision detection when I touched it. It didn't move or talk or anything like that, though. It just stood there. It had wide eyes, a gaping mouth, and it was shaking pretty violently. I jumped over it and moved along, but not before I heard a loud snatching and crushing noise behind Tails. When I went back, the animal was gone. By that point I just wanted to shut the game off because of how unsettling it was, but something just.. compelled me to keep playing."''

''"After a few more minutes of walking, I found that there wasn't a sign post at the end like most Sonic games I see. The only thing I saw was, um, Sonic standing a few feet in front of Tails. He didn't move from his spot despite the rain. I guess some sort of cutscene happened because Tails started walking to Sonic on his own. Nothing odd happened yet but when Tails reached out to touch him, the screen cut and went to the No Signal screen on my TV.  Weirdly enough, the cartridge was starting to smell like burnt plastic so I took it out almost immediately and waited for it to cool before I put it back in. When the game booted back up, the title screen was different. The rain was gone, and the sky was now a bright orange color. The most disturbing thing was the ongoing forest fire in the background behind Sonic who had a grin instead of a smile now. The emblem he was in was also still rusted, but it just looked.. worse." ''

''"When I clicked the button to start, it tossed me into another level with another broken title. This time, Tails was on the island that had the forest fire going on. I swear that when I saw this, I could hear a really low giggle in my head and that really freaked me out. My urge to keep playing grew and I started moving Tails through the fiery and bumpy landscape as fire raged on. Wildlife on the ground were all burnt dark red and black as I passed each of them. When I was walking through one of the forest areas, I saw something move between trees and bushes in my peripheral vision, but I just thought I saw some weird scenery addition in the corner of the screen. This happened a few times, before I reached a clearing with the background showing the island covered in flames. A few holes were in the greenery revealing the other islands, which were all on fire too in the farther back. I stared at this for about thirty seconds before I felt the quick and loud sound of a blown breath in my right ear. This one sound made my blood run cold with paranoia because I knew there wasn't anybody else in the house with me. I started to make Tails run as fast as he could go almost immediately. In a short time, I saw the quick figure darting between burning bushes and trees again before Tails hit a wall. I was able to spin-dash through it, but doing that almost resulted in Tails getting thrown off a cliff on the other side of the secret passageway. Before I could turn around, a figure rushed at Tails and the screen cut abruptly. It quickly returmed showing Tails losing his balance before falling down the large pit in front of him. I guess it was him that let out a short scream when he fell down. Before he hit the flaming terrain below him, the screen froze and freaked out before it made an extremely loud buzzing noise, then the screen cut out yet again. The TV went to the same No Signal screen again too. After witnessing something like that, I really just wanted a nap so I decided to turn off the console and hop into bed for a short while."'' 