Afterlife
by Miguel Cortes
DILLY!
omg
meredith!
how are you?!?
FINALLY on facebook lol
I know I know
always late to the party hahaha
and I’m good! how are classes?
excellent
im digging it out here
you should come to boston sometime mer
aww happy to hear it
and ugh maybe if I can ever get out of this freaking lecture
>:(
lmao
ur in class right now arent you
uhhhhh
let’s just say I’m typing this under a pile of notes
typical merbear!
glad to see nothing has changed since high school lolol
what lecture is the class for?
it’s super weird, it’s called Ancient Eastern Spirit Mysticism
it has nothing to do with my major, just doing it for the credit haha
:-O wtf lol
is it easy tho ? thats all that matters
there are only like 10 or 12 people in this entire class
and the professor is this tall creepy white haired guy
like I swear he’s probably blinked once this whole class
haha
thats so weird!!!
lmao not as weird as some of these profs here tho
single spaced 7 pager due the next day??? get outta here
oh god
he just gave me the death glare
definitely knows I’m on my phone haha
if u want we can talk l8r
don’t wanna get u in trouble
sorry I know I suck
ttyl Dilly, let’s catch up some more soon, okay?
peace out mer!
two months later
mer!
been tryna catch you online
but ur never on anymore :(
ugh I’m sorry
this Eastern Mysticism class is actually killing me!
I have practically no time to do anything else EXCEPT work for this stupid freaking class
omg
why don’t u just drop it??
i thought u said it wasn’t related to ur major and u were
only doing it for the creds
it’s too late! plus 6 people have already dropped it.
there’s only about 5 of us now.
and tbh
wut
what’s up?
i’m too nervous to ask the professor if I can drop it
lol what
just ask
he cant get mad esp. if its not what ur there for
you don’t understand!
he’s actually a lot weirder than I told you at first
plus the things he lectures about are so weird
omg mer
put me on the phone with him ill talk 2 him 4 u
lmao
dont be such a scaredy cat
eastern mystologies or wutever cant be that crazy
like this last week he went off on this whole tangent about
how our lives right now are useless in the "grand scheme" of the universe
and how we all have past lives that we’re not aware of
and then he started talking about how anyone of us could’ve been a killer or insane in our past lives
and how it would transfer over into now
wow that is actually v creepy
and the weirdest part is
he said if we like live our lives a certain way
and die in a certain way
that we can all go on to "greater things in the afterlife"
wait mer
what do u think i was in my past life
just askin
oh my god I hate you
this is serious!
no 4 real
do u think i had like
a really nice car w like crazy bass speakers
ugh you don’t get it
plus all the books he has us reading have to do with these crazy rituals and practices
like cutting off parts of your own body that have been "infested" with a bad spirit
like this guy really believes all this stuff!
wait wtf
mer thats actually rlly weird
i mean w/e
on the bright side
thisll just be ur crazy college class story
just ride it out i guess
I don’t know Dilly
oh god speak of the devil
I just got an email from him
!!!
what does it say
2 other people just dropped the class
there’s just 3 of us now
what the hell
shouldnt ur school just stop the class @ this point
I wish!
maybe the faculty is just as scared of him as we are
yeesh
just hang in there
ur tuff
u can do it
only a couple of weeks left in the semester!
I know
ugh I should probably go
whenever people drop the class he gives the rest of us even MORE work
I have no idea why he’s trying to keep us so f’in busy
ill see u mer
g luck with everything
try to take it easy ok?
i’ll talk to you soon dil
hopefully...
one week later
Dillon
DILLON
PLEASE ANSWER
Mer whatsup
I’m in class
and wtf isnt it like 3 am where u are?
I know I’m sorry
but I just had to message you
is everything alright
you know the really weird class I told you about
and how everyone kept dropping it
yeah what happened
well there were only 2 other girls in the class besides me
but just this morning
the university sent out an email to everybody - those 2 other girls are missing Dill
oh my god
what the hell
does it have anything to do with the class u think?
that’s not all
apparently the 5 or 6 last people to have dropped the class in the last month
haven’t been seen at all since dropping it
wait so then it def has to do with the class
wtf have the police or anybody tried asking the prof about it
i mean he is obvi the main suspect if u ask me
that’s the thing
no one has seen him since that email was sent out
his office was found with all his things gone
everyone thinks he’s skipped town at this point
oh god that is rlly weird
dillon
i’m really scared
that’s why I messaged you
I feel like I’m going crazy
i dont blame u
that is super scary
no but I mean
ever since that email
I feel like...
I’m next
what r u talking about
he prolly skipped town like u said no?
but I was the LAST ONE
why would he just stop at me???
this whole day I’ve been looking over my shoulder
mer
go to the campus police or something if its that serious
i’m too afraid to even go outside
to even sleep
then why dont u ask ur roommate to go with you
that’s the thing dillon
this morning my roommate left for class
and it’s about to be 4 am
and she still hasn’t come back
oh my god mer
what’s the number to the campus police
i’ll step out and call them for you
it’s no use dil
don’t you get it
he’s too strong for them now
what are you talking about
he said in class the more lives you "absorb" the stronger your life becomes
mer cmon dont drink the kool aid on me
i’m looking up the police number right now
he said the only way to find peace was to find it in the afterlife
what the hell are you saying
dont buy into any of that stuff cmon
dillon
ever since I started typing this to you
i’ve been under my covers in bed hiding
and now I swear I can hear a tapping on the window
oh god I don’t want to check but
he makes it sound so good
so nice
so peaceful
I don’t know
should I go check
I’m on the phone w the police right now hang tight
whatever you do DO NOT leave those covers
i can hear him now
his voice sounds so soft
wow
it’s beautiful dilly i wish you could hear it
he says he’ll make it easy for me
he says when it’s done
I can have whatever I want
MEREDITH STOP
DON’T DO IT
Dillon thank you so much for your concern
but I think I’m going to go join him outside now
and join the others
don’t worry
I’m sure we’ll meet again someday somewhere
if not in this life then maybe the next
MEREDITH!
MEREDITH!!!!!!!!
DON’T DO IT WHATEVER YOU DO DON’T DO IT
the next day, Meredith Runi went missing
police are still searching for her body
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