Board Thread:Writer's Workshop/@comment-31073921-20170331123400

Flick

“What do you see here?”

“A… crowd of people.”

“Does this make you uncontrollable?”

“Yes. It does.”

“Ok, interesting.”

Flick

“What about here?”

“An Arcade. With tons of kids.”

“Does this also make you uncontrollable?”

“Yes.”

“Ok…”

Flick

“And here?”

“Doctor please… I really just want to leave.”

“Not yet. Don’t you want to know why you're afraid? Or what you're afraid of?”

“No… I just want to go home.”

“For now this is your home. What do you see on the slide?”

“I… I…”

“Yes?”

“I see Rat Claw.”

“Rat Claw?”

“Y… yes. Rat Claw.”

“Who is this… Rat Claw?”

“The ball pit…”

“The ball pit? You’re not making any sense Louis.”

“Yes! The ball pit! There was this place near my house. It just came unannounced, one day there was nothing and the next it was there. I was 10 I think when they built it, and it looked pretty cool I have to say. It looked like a chucky cheese crossed with mcdonald's, shining games and fast food. I was walking home to my house when I saw it. ‘Rat Claw and Friends Family Friendly Fun House!!!’ was jutting out at the front. I remember it had 3 bulging red exclamation points at the end. The rest of the sign was in a cheese sorta color with holes in it. The sign always looked unnerving up close. At first sight I knew I just knew I had to go there. You see, I sorta was going through a tough time. My brother, along with some other neighborhood kids, disappeared. The investigation had been going on for weeks, and nothing was found. This place seemed as a safe haven from reality and the outside world.”

“I’m sorry about your brother.”

“It’s ok. We were close but still, we were only ten. He was younger, about 8 or something I think. I really don’t remember. When he… disappeared… I really didn’t know too much about death and thought he would be coming home soon.”

“Continue…”

“So after a while I got my mom to take me and my friend Dex to the place, we were calling it the RCAF back then, and we were damn excited to go. We rushed in and it looked like a paradise. There were kids all around, eyes glazed onto consoles. We immediately went to the most important part, the food. They sold these pizzas with heaping amounts of cheese on it, the fake cheese - like the one you would find in a can. It was disgustingly delicious, if you understand that I guess. After playing a while the ‘Rat Song’ started. These cheap animatronics came onto this stage, and started singing and singing. ‘Rat Claw! Rat Claw! He’s your best friend!’ that’s really all I remember, but it still felt slow and deep. I ignored it, and that was that. But it wasn’t. The figure of Rat Claw himself just let itself be burned into my mind. His long yellow nails and beady eyes. His extended legs, it was horrid. But I ignored it, and I thought that would be the end of my fear of Rat Claw. But as I was rushing from one game to another I caught a glimpse of… it.”

“It?”

“The ball pit! The damned ball pit! I walked over to it in a trance, past the caution tape and unlit sign. And knew I had to go in. That’s when Dex pushed me. I freefalled down into it, grasping for air. When I hit it I sunk down, very far down. It was deep, deeper than anything I knew before. I sunk slowly, more and more down to bottom. I shifted so my feet were facing the bottom instead of my head, which I still don’t know if it was blessing or a curse. A cold hand started to curl around my ankle. I couldn’t scream or cry out as its long nails scratched my skin. And then I hit the end. Under was a small room, filled with bodies. They were ripped to shreds, blood splattering the walls and floor in grotesque patterns. Entrails and limbs were sprawled along the floor, and the dead eyes of children stared up at me. I noticed they were the one’s that had disappeared. And after looking around I found him, my brother. And I looked at him scared, below his waist was ripped and bloodied. And he started moving, he jolted in different directions, his eyes jiggling, and he started slowly singing in an electronic voice. ‘Rat Claw! Rat Claw! He’s your best friend!’. That’s when I felt cold fingers curl again around my shoulder, and I turned. It was a stretched figure, hunched over and limping. Its extended fingers were sharp and jutting, covered in blood. The whole being was black. It was a demented Rat Claw, I knew. Suddenly, Its head snapped back and a gurgling sound was heard through it as a red liquid shot out in streams. At this point I couldn’t control myself anymore, I screamed and heaved myself up the balls above. I swam to the top, and when I surfaced Dex was there. He said something, but it was just a blur. I screamed again and started running out. I heard ‘Louis!’ screamed but I just kept running until I got to my house.”

“Wow, what happened after that?”

“I told them about the bodies, and the police came down. They found them - but not the ‘Rat Claw’ like creature I had seen. The RCAF was closed after, and disappeared as it had appeared. But that ‘Rat Claw’ creature thing I saw didn’t stop fallowing me, he kept asking me to help him find food, find more…”

“Louis? Hello?”

“Doctor, can we please stop?”

“What! This is a remarkable breakthrough! Why stop now?”

“Listen closely doctor.”

“Ok…”

“Can you hear it?”

“Hear what?”

“The scratching at the door. We should let Rat Claw in. He’s probably hungry anyway.” 