Talk:Chatroom 98/@comment-30203470-20161012010343

Whoah. So... it's real. Hmmm. This is not a dream.

To everybody commenting on this post, I'm actually the guy who wrote the story, all those years ago. I've only just rediscovered this right now. I battled the sensation of cringe that coarsed through me to actually read it, and it's reception - and I too am baffled by it's perculiar success.

I was 16 years old at the time when I wrote this, and had already consumed a wide variety of Creepypasta, and internet literature. In addition, I was noticably more profane, socially awkward, and had less of an understanding of what is deemed "appropriate" by society. Also I had just completed my GCSEs - hence the spare time, and plus I thought I could write. I didn't realise that I was actually about to give birth to a cult on the internet. I'm amazed how far this joke been taken - somebody actually created a face - somebody narrated it on Youtube - it's like a nightmare coming true. I'm also surprised by the mostly positive feedback from the comments section. All I can say is... Wow. What have I done?

I literally came up with the name "Darwyn Clarke" because firstly I briefly touched upon Darwin's "Origin of the Species" in my Biology class, and I thought Clarke was a cool name. I spelt it in that particular way, to make it more Welsh-sounding. See while I was busy bouncing on the trampoline in my garden, after school, I had these exciting daydreams of a psycho killer who went by various names, and this was the one that stuck. But yes, as you can tell, he is rather bland and uninspiring - the whole A.I. business was practically ripped off from BenDrowned, and he could just as easily be JEFFTHEKILLER. And since when did vengeful Victorian-era sororicides take classes in IT, and learn how to programme a computer?

I'm currently 22 years old, and completing a Major in Classics at the University of Reading. I don't think I'm going to sleep tonight. Not because of Darwyn Clarke, obviously - but because of this very dark fragment of my embarrassing past I've just discover.ed I can't even remember the username I used to submit this, so I don't know how to get rid of it - and now it's here to stay forever... oh well, I guess this is the price we all pay for having free, easy access to user-generated content sites at the age of 16. Be warned people.

Oh and one little word of advice to all you folks out there - if you see a random disk lying around in the attic, don't do something idiotic just put it in the disk drive. Just throw it in the rubbish. Darwyn Clarke can't go around taking over peoples' lives when he's busy being compacted and recycled.

I wish you guys well,

- Benjamin Stevens