User:Noctevoire

"Says the nihilist to the existentialist, 'Why am I not enlightened, because I do not believe in a purpose? The purpose for our existence is not to question existence, but rather to accept its spontaneity for the short time that we are graced with it.' some other pretentious fuckwad, probably"

I prefer to go by pretentious, made-up words like Noctevoire, but you can call me Ronan if you really want to. My creepypastas concern the folly of mankind as a whole, usually through science experiments gone wrong, and rarely the supernatural.

As a huge horror movie fan, I use filmography as a major inspiration for my work, with my favorites being The Thing (1982) and 28 Days Later (2002). I admire works that deal with nihilist philosophy, especially concerning the dismal state of the human species. I also enjoy dystopian fiction, specifically the stories of the Strugatsky brothers and George Orwell.

I’ve dealt with depression and crippling anxiety my whole life. There have been countless days where I couldn’t even bring myself out of bed to face the world outside. I turned to writing stories as an outlet for the pain, and fortunately, it worked. In every pasta I write, you can find a little bit of me inside, whether it be in a character contemplating the shadows that surround them, or lurking within the darkness itself.

Though my outlook on life may be bleak, I make the best of what I have. In fact, I consider it a sort of enlightenment. It’s helped me realize what has been proven time and time again for me: Life is finite, predetermined, unpredictable, and incomprehensible. And that’s the most terrifying idea of all.

You can check out some of my stories on r/nosleep and r/creepypasta, but I'll be posting all of them on here. My username is TF2Milquetoast.

Here are all the creepypastas I've written for the wiki so far:

r/nosleep stories
A collection of stories first posted to the nosleep subreddit.

The Psychology of Conspiracy, or The Conspiracy of Psychology
A woman finds herself in the center of a baffling government conspiracy."'...that fax machine still whirred endlessly, displaying that one message:""'transmission in progress'""'It made me even more uncomfortable, somehow. I just couldn’t place my finger on exactly why, though.""'I bullshitted my way through the interview, pretending to concentrate. As soon as the cops had gone, I made sure nobody was watching and dashed inside the security room.""'There was no fucking way I was turning back now.""'I was going to be next.'"

If You Live Near Shiloh, Alabama, Don't Let Your Power Go Out
A man trapped inside his house during Hurricane Irma realizes that he isn't alone."'Then I heard the creaking.""'It came from somewhere behind me, probably from the stairs. My heart raced. I heard about how people go crazy and start looting places in a disaster. The last thing I wanted was someone stealing my things while I was down there. Against my better judgment, I called out into the pitch blackness.""“'Hello?'”"

My Sister Got Stuck in a Gap in Our House's Foundation
A young girl and her sister stumble upon a hole with disturbing noises coming from within."Wow. Amazing. An old house has a big hole in it.' She clutched my wrist. 'Now, come on. It's gonna start raining any second now.' ""'Suddenly, a scraping noise rang out from the darkness. We looked at each other, clearly confused."" 'Probably some of the floorboards falling in,' she said. 'Or an animal or something trapped down there.'""'And then we heard, just barely over the rushing of the wind, a very distinctive, very human sound.""That's... crying,' I whispered. 'Someone's crying down there.''"

Death of a Starman
A user insists he saw something during SpaceX's stream of Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster in space."'After the 4:13:11 mark, the shot continued with the Roadster slowly rotating away from the sun’s light. It was the same scene for about ten or so minutes. But then, at about 4:23, the tedium was broken.""'If you looked closely in the other shots, you’ll have seen the miniature Hot Wheels car just under the windshield, complete with a little Starman to keep it company. A cute gag, an example of Musk’s childlike sense of humor.""'But then the little figurine started blinking with a tiny yellow light. It looked like there was an LED planted inside its head. This continued for about two minutes, with no apparent effect.""'After a period of nothing happening, the blinking abruptly stopped.""'Then Starman twitched his left arm.""'I blinked in disbelief, thinking I had hallucinated.""'The screen, which had previously displayed ' DON’T PANIC!' flashed briefly. The pixels distorted and switched between colors, before it shut off completely. About thirty seconds later, it came back on.""'It now read:"" WAKE UP."

I Bought My Son a Bucket of Slime for Christmas, and Now I Need Some Questions Answered
A father buys his son a bucket of slime with some strange properties."“'Dad? I feel weird.' ""'I looked up. Brandon was dangling his hands about a foot over the bucket, watching as the white goo dripped back into its container.""' What do you mean, ‘weird? I asked. 'Do I need to call Poison Contr--' ''""'I froze.""'As the slime oozed back into position, it should have left Brandon’s fingers exposed. Dribbling away, the knuckles came into view. But that was all that was there---knuckles. More and more of them, stretching down into the bucket, like someone had used a Photoshop tool to copy and paste the same section of finger over and over.'"

Driven Insane series
A series of stories surrounding an Isuzu I-Mark that works its way deep into the recesses of the mind.

Red Tag
An innocent bet between two gearheads turns into a terrifying race to escape the clutches of madness."'I tried to drive away as fast as I could, but the amalgamation that my car had become was keeping up the pace with ease. It wasn’t even walking or rolling; it was just levitating across the road. I was helpless, and within seconds it had caught up. It opened my door and sat calmly in the driver’s seat, staring ahead. Without moving its deformed head, it whispered to me, almost as if into my own ear:""“'Let’s go for a ride, Jake. '”"

Nightmare Fuel
A man details the events leading up to his neighbor's death following his purchase of an Isuzu."...it went from a billion miles per hour to zero. No braking, no nothing. It just… froze, as if time had stopped. I just stared at it for what seemed like an eternity. And then, when I was about to move again, the hood popped open.""“'There was no engine, Mike. It was just a mass of writhing, fleshy appendages, melted around a gleaming metal core."

The Dead Lot
Coming soon

Come In, We're Open series
A series of sick and twisted stories from a sick and twisted mind, revolving around a bizarre convenience store.

Come In, We're Open
A woman enters a strange general store with a disturbing selection of products."'As I rounded the corner, I was startled by another woman who was just exiting the aisle. She quickly shuffled past me, but I was able to grab a brief glance at her face. Her hair was grey and messy, with its ends cut to uneven levels. Her cheeks looked old and sunken, and her skin was deathly pale. But her eyes were what caught my gaze.""'They were young, blue and glistening, but wide open, in a state of permanent shock.""'Yet her gaze was hollow, hollow like the bell on the door.'"

Cleanup in Aisle II
Coming soon

Closing Time
Coming soon

The Folly of Eros series
A series of tales from a series of MKULTRA experiments disclosed from the disused Eros laboratory.

Project Rebreather
feel

Project Bora
breathe

Project Reverie
remember

Project Meridian
pleasure

Project Nemo
connect

Hard Reset series
A collection of notes from a man explaining the sudden disappearance of an entire island resort.

Entry #1: THE BLINK
"'Whatever you do, please, just listen. All that's important is that I keep typing; relaying as much information as possible. If this happens to you in any point in the future, it's absolutely essential that you know what I'm about to say. Because then you may be able to stop it.""'19 minutes and 50 second left. Let's make the time count.'"

Entry #2: THE POWER
"'I remember coming to in front of this laptop, totally confused and disoriented, making whatever sound I could to let the world know I was there. From what little details I can recall, I just felt… alone. Without knowing it, or knowing anything, the concept of isolation… got to me. Mere existence was not enough - I needed to know I existed.""'It’s a comfort we all take for granted, I guess.'"

Entry #3: SOMETHING MISSING
"'Now, seeing the purposeful radiance coming from inside this huge structure… It’s almost as if I’m able to ignore the conditions out here, and bathe in this sweeping, shimmering glow.""'I feel warm and cozy inside, almost as if I’m still at… home.""'Home.""'Why am I remembering this now? Why, all of a sudden, do I have a perfect image of what home is? This entire time, I don’t think I’ve ever considered the concept of having a home. I never even once thought that I came here from somewhere. ""'That warmth, that soothing glow… It feels… What is this feeling?""'It feels… familiar.'"

The House of White Noise
'A woman moves into her childhood home with her husband after the death of her mother. 'My third-place entry for ClericofMadness' Summer Solstice contest."'Silence is subjective.""'It’s amazing how our upbringings can distort our perception of silence. They determine the volume that lulls us into a false sense of isolation. If you grew up in a big city, you’ll have fallen asleep to a backdrop of distant cars and pedestrians, thinking it’s quiet. You’ll be so accustomed to the ambience that you won’t even notice the honks and shouts coming from the streets. It’ll all blend into the white noise of the night.""'Likewise, if you were raised in the countryside, you’ll have blotted out the subtle chirps of the crickets and the howls of the wolves in the distance, drifting off amongst the insects in apparent bliss.""'We need this isolation to fall asleep at night, because when we feel isolated, we can let our minds roam free, able to create whatever we want within the confines of our own subconscious.""'My mother taught me that fact, and I never forgot it. In past years, I’d have tried to experiment with it wherever I went. I’d listen for the subtle sounds of the environment, realizing that she was right.""'Now, though, I find myself looking back and wishing I’d listened to her more.'"

Tranquility's Bounty
A trio of friends embarks on a dangerous journey across the moonlit landscape of their own disturbed psyches. My entry for HumboldtLycanthrope's Werewolf contest, which won third place."“'For fuck’s sake, dude, don’t you know this is exactly like what happened to--' Donnie’s sentence was cut off as his girlfriend punched him in the side.""“'Don’t you say it. Don’t you dare say that name, Donnie,' she hissed.""“'Right. Right.' He cleared his throat. 'Let’s just get going. Please. I don’t want to stay here any longer.'""“'I’m scared,' Ida stuttered.""“'It’s okay, hon,' Donnie whispered, with his own sense of trepidation. 'I’ll be with you every step of the way.' He put his arm around her and she smiled.""'As Cecil turned his flashlight towards the winding road, the trio headed off into the night.'"

Destiny
'A broken man embarks on a quest to follow in his father's footsteps and confront his own mortality. 'My first entry for the Fifth Annual Collab."'The shape emerged from the darkness. Dana staggered back as tears began to form in his eyes from the smell.""'It was a corpse; there was no other way of putting it. It appeared to be a girl in her late teens, but there wasn’t much left of her. The pale, flaked skin left the bones of her limbs exposed, with very little in the way of muscle to be moving them. Thought her head had retained most of its covering tissue, it had become sunken and rotten, devoid of lips and nose, like a wax figure left out in the sun for too long.""'But what caught Dana’s gaze was her hair. It appeared to be grey, but as she moved in the faint yellow light, the ends of the strands glistened and glowed, as if some color should have been there, but had been sucked away by the passage of time.""''I’m the Gatekeeper. Now, please, tell me who you are and why you’re here, so we can get this whole shebang over with.'”"

Rogue
'A wealthy playboy sets out to defy Chaos itself. 'My second entry for the Fifth Annual Collab."'On the outside, for the most part, it appeared just as he remembered it-- a large, two-story brick structure, with no external markings save for the squat neon sign on the door that blinked, BOATE. Nightclub.""'Taking one final smoke of his Sobranie, he plucked it from his lips with his ungloved hand and flicked it to the ground. He hoisted the bag over his shoulder, about to begin the short hike to the doors, but then stopped as his view fell upon the shriveled butt, still smoldering despite the chilly air.""'The dying embers briefly transfixed his gaze. He watched, mesmerized, as they steadily crumbled away into the arid soil.""'It was a sight Ezra had seen many times before, and ignored. Here, though, for some reason, the sight of the end being left to wither away made him deeply uncomfortable, and for once, he felt a pang of guilt at refusing to dirty the toes of his two-hundred-dollar Tafts.""'Raising his head, he snapped back to reality. He lifted his sunglasses to his forehead, strode straight forward, and forced open the ancient doors.'"

The Kill Order
A Korean War veteran relives the first and most horrifying day of his deployment. Originally my first entry for the Fourth Annual Collab."'As we struggled to lift our wounded friend, Tae simply stood there. I shot him several pleading glances to get him to help, but he was too absorbed in his fear.""'Then Sergeant Ji did something I would never forget.""'He walked up to our group and pulled Seok-Ho aside, handing him his T-38.""'And he told him to shoot Hyun-Wook.'"

Agent Indigo
A document recovered from an abandoned Vietnamese bunker details the alleged disappearance of an entire military outpost in 1977."'The mouse’s skeleton was forced out of both the mouth and anus, and the skin receded into its ears, eyes, and genitalia. Its muscles were clearly spasming out of control, forcing out anything inside the body that was not Agent Indigo. After the process was complete, we could see clearly that its veins were pumping the chemical rapidly, with its heart, lungs, kidneys, liver, and stomach were hanging by thin strands of flesh, attached to the skeletal midsection.'"

Vesper Service
A young boy describes a confusing series of events that occur to him."'Mom and Dad say I’m special.""'They say I’m not like the other kids. I have a mark on my hand in the shape of a circle, and every night they hold the mark up to my face and tell me that it is what makes me unique.""'They take my brother and me to the park every day to watch them play on the playground. I see them laughing as they swing on the metal bars and climb up the ladders. I imagine what it would be like to experience that. I tell Dad I want to join the others, but he tells me that I can’t.""'Dad says I have a greater purpose.'"

The Zebra
A man recalls an experience with his teacher in the fifth grade."'I clearly remember that one March afternoon, when Miss Valerie showed us a video, simply entitled, 'The Zebra'. She inserted the tape into the VCR and told us that we should pay attention, because the message was very important. She dimmed the lights and flipped on the TV. I wasn’t awake for most of it, but what I did see was a bit confusing.""'It started with a cartoon scene of Africa, with no title sequence or anything. A poorly-drawn zebra moved into view, coming across a pack of lions, encircling an antelope. That’s all I saw before I rolled my eyes, leaned back in my chair, and fell asleep.'"

32
An archived blog from a school website details the last conversations held by a school computer class."'Jzaphoro20- wait ursula u said there was someone named yates""'Ughia02- Yes, for some reason I looked up whether someone with that name worked here…""'Ughia02- Wait, is it because of another person from this blog?""'Jzaphoro20- guys, look there are 3 people in this blog who weve never heard of: yates, peter farley, and louis ray""'Jzaphoro20- this is really strange, cant be a coincidence""'Ughia02- Yates’ last message and Peter Farley’s last message both consist of frantic typing, acting like they were in some sort of life-threatening situation.""'Jzaphoro20- from what it says, i definetely knew peter and louis well""'Merskine66- but if we interacted with them that means that they were real'"

Hangnail
A monster details its leap year ritual and its fascination with fingernails."'I walk out of the basement, becoming briefly blinded by the harsh lights of the bulbs. But not for long. Before the man and woman have a chance to react, I am upon them.""'I do as Mama always tells me. I take the dirty rag, pour the special juice onto it, and hold it in front of their noses. They fall to the floor. She smiles at me.""'We pick up the man and woman and bring them into the basement. My time on the surface is done, for now.'"

Upcoming Stories
Stories labeled [on hold] are stories that I still plan on making, but I have chosen to stop due to writer's block.

Stories labeled [next] are most likely the next pasta to be released.

The Nerve Hammer
A group of schoolkids discovers lost plans to an abandoned government installation in their town.

Corpse Flower
A story surrounding a man recalling a vacation to Borneo.

Long Walks Across the Plain
A demolition specialist reflects on some strange things that have happened in his line of work.

The Riverdale Run
A gang challenges a teen to a simple initiation ritual: Drive down Riverdale Road, at midnight, and come back alive.

Hutuknga
Don't trust your senses. If you start seeing the flicker, you're already lost.

The Refracted
Watch the eyes. You never know whose corpse you could be talking to.

Flesh and Ivory
Legends speak of a mass grave that draws elephants to die. But the tales only run marrow-deep.

Perpetual Sunshine
A woman recalls her late grandmother's decline after ingesting a curative known as Radithor.

The Wall
You may really want to look at this...

Ne+ULTRA
An MKULTRA weapons research facility ceases communications after an experiment goes horribly wrong.

Winchester Syndrome
A teenager begins constructing a bizarre series of structures in his backyard.

When All Blood is Spilt
An Iraq war veteran retells his final weeks of deployment, stranded at an abandoned oil drilling facility.

Juneau
A sheriff of a remote Alaskan town begins an investigation on a series of missing persons reports.

Dracula Drive
A film crew ventures to Dracula Drive to investigate rumors of "melonheads"-- a clan of deformed inbreds connected to an abandoned asylum.

Lost in Reverie
A new technology allows people to walk among their memories.

Taps
A couple purchases a maple sap farm with whispers in the trees.

Schrodinger's Monster
Of course you know monsters can't be real. But does probability care?

The Daedalus Complex
Another title I really liked Had a couple of vague ideas for this one, but for now I'm putting it on hold.

Volume
A teenage girl becomes obsessed with a fragment of audio that appears on one of her cassette recordings.

The Other Side of Riker Hill
A detailing of the strange occurrences of Riker Hill Art Park (a real location by me that looks like it's straight out of Marble Hornets).

The Living Infinite
An analysis into the strange occurences of Point Nemo, the furthest point in the ocean from all land.

The West Speake School of Advanced Sciences
A vocational school recruits students for a terrifying experiment.

The Vulture's Circle
A scavenger hunt app has players searching for intangible objects.

Follow the Trail Trees
Never stray too far from the path.

With My Last Breath
A group of kids discover a tree carving with each of their last words on it.

Ancora
On a spaceship evacuating the remaining population of Earth to an outpost called 'Homestead,' one passenger begins receiving cryptic messages warning her that their destination is not as it seems.

The Sharpshooter's Totem
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Other Projects
A full-length horror anthology:

The End: An Anthology for the Apocalypse
...and eventually two full-length novels:

My Favorite Pastas
These are, in my opinion, the top-tier of creepypastas. I highly recommend reading these.

Roses Don't Belong on a Ford Mustang

The Black Square

Burgrr Inc.

Psychosis

Fuck Oranges

Heavy Rain

Penpal

Borrasca

Room Zero

The Russian Sleep Experiment

1999

The Arkansas Sleep Experiments

I'm a Search and Rescue Officer for the US Forest Service, I have some stories to tell

Anansi's Goatman Story

I've been trying to leave my bathroom for the past 30 minutes.

EMERGENCY ALERT

I watched video footage of a camping trip that my friends never actually went on.

Notes to the girl whose house I live in

My Son Brought Something Home From The Woods

most amazing weight loss treatment EVER!!!

My friend recently committed suicide and I found these chat logs with a bot on his computer

NoEnd House

Candle Cove

What is water made out of?

An unmarked building in Colorado is using as much electricity as a small city

The same hitchhiker was waiting at every stop for the last 100 miles

630-296-7536

The 32

My dad was a safety officer at Chernobyl during the meltdown.

My son won't take off his Halloween costume

The First Thing to Die was the Class Goldfish

The Best Candy in Beverly Valley

The Carayas Worm

Lost and Found

Suicide by Search Engine

I Used to Work Night Security At A Zoo.

Bull #5825

In the Assassin's Orphanage

You saw this too late

Crawl

Ted the Caver

Has anyone ever heard of the Left/Right Game?

Congratulations! You've reached my bonus features!

I usually listen to atmospheric retro-synth music when I'm writing, and I've made a playlist here of what I use to really get me in the writing mood: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLp_Qj_GCRBBHz9nvntQos58hzHbKA64up&disable_polymer=true

As you can see from that, I'm also a big horror movie fan. Here are my favorites; if you haven't seen these, I highly recommend you do:
 * The Thing (1982)
 * V/H/S 2 (2013)
 * It Follows (2014)
 * Alien (1979)
 * The Fly (1986)
 * Psycho (1960)
 * [REC] (2007)
 * The Babadook (2014)
 * The Conjuring (2013)
 * The Descent (2005)
 * Get Out (2017)
 * 10 Cloverfield Lane (2016)