2003-09-01

Worst. Labor Day. Ever.

Jay, Krin, Autumn, and Madison went to the community Labor Day BBQ. Madison and Autumn swam while Krin socialized and Jay cooked fish on the grill. A woman began screaming that her child was missing. Krin saw the kid at the bottom of the pool but no one else could see it. Jay and Krin dove in to save him but it was murky and far away. Autumn put in a pole for them to grab, Madison held on to her, and called for other people to help pull them out.

Krin tried to revive the boy, who was cold and grey. Autumn saw his spirit(?) standing at the edge of the pool. She freaked out and grabbed Madison’s shoulder, who saw it and had an asthma attack. When the spirit noticed them, he disappeared and suddenly the kid was revived. While he was rushed to the hospital, Madison asked Autumn to go get her inhaler.

Autumn went to the house and got the inhaler, but when she came back the world was lightless and empty. She couldn’t find anyone and went back to her own home to wait for the end. When she didn’t return, Madison sent Jay to find Autumn. Jay saw wet three-toed footprints leading away from the pool towards Madison’s house. After he came out of the house the same thing happened, and he eventually found Autumn naked on her front porch. When neither returned, Krin took Madison in the golf cart to go look for them.

Madison noticed her bathroom mirror did not show her own reflection but her hand-held mirror worked fine. Autumn wasn’t there so they went to search at her house. There Madison saw Autumn and Jay inside Autumn’s bathroom mirror. She also saw a shadow of something monstrous moving outside. Madison tried to communicate through hand signs and writing. Jay searched for a weapon on the other side, but most things were missing and everything crumbled at the touch.

Autumn pressed Madison’s inhaler against the glass. She grabbed on and pulled, eventually pulling Autumn through with it. Jay grabbed ahold of her ankles and came through after. The monster was in the house and close behind him.

Madison put the hand-held mirror face down on the ground but could feel something trying to push through as she stood on it. Krin got a hammer and smashed it from behind. Then the group ran around to each others’ houses and smashed all mirrors that didn’t show proper reflections. The golf cart and bathrooms were okay.

Krin suggested that they may have been drugged at the BBQ. It seemed plausible, and the group waited to come down from their high in the middle of the park away from all reflective surfaces. The buzz wore off around dawn.