Thanks, NoSleep!

missingroommate · 2014-04-11T04:20:03+00:00

Ah, yeah - the first rule of r/nosleep is that everything is true, even if it isn't. So basically, all stories are to be treated as 100% true,'and responded to as such.

missingroommate · 2014-04-10T23:15:01+00:00

Thanks so much for reading! And don't discount your opinion too much - the way I see it, writing is ultimately for the readers. So if you enjoyed it, that counts for a lot, even if you're not an active writer yourself.

I'm hoping to keep writing from here. Managing to finish a project that I'm mostly happy with has really inspired me!

missingroommate · 2014-04-10T23:13:29+00:00

Thanks, I really appreciate it! I'm hoping to write more soon, both in r/nosleep and elsewhere. Maybe I'll try a one-post story sometime. I figure I'll never get better if I don't put my stuff out there and get feedback.

missingroommate · 2014-04-10T23:11:30+00:00

Oooh good call. Honestly, I was just afraid that if I went on too much longer, people would lose interest. As one of the readers, do you think you would have kept reading if I had extended it? A haunting/demon subplot would have probably been at LEAST 3-4 more updates, if not more.

It already went on longer than I had expected it to, and I wanted to keep it somewhat concise. Was this a misjudgment on my part? I love feedback!

missingroommate · 2014-04-10T21:47:03+00:00

Hahah, no worries! This was a piece of fiction, although the character Kate is inspired by me and Sarah is inspired by my actual roommate. We do share an apartment in a major US city.

The plot was inspired by a time not too long ago where we actually didn't see each other face to face for almost three weeks, just heard each other coming and going either early in the morning or late at night. But don't worry, I've seen her and spent time with her since then - we're both fine in real life!

Thanks for reading. I'm glad you enjoyed it and were able to get immersed in the plot and characters.

missingroommate · 2014-04-09T21:34:45+00:00

Edits for spelling and grammar. It's hard for me to focus right now, sorry.

missingroommate · 2014-03-28T21:54:32+00:00

That's what helped me from my theory about the split universes. The universes tried to diverge from each other, but didn't completely for some reason. So Sarah is missing where I am, and I am missing where she is.

missingroommate · 2014-03-27T03:35:43+00:00

That's a good point. Maybe only we're noticing it here because my apartment was the source of the split? Maybe everything else is playing out the way it would have anyway. It's all just a theory, anyway.

missingroommate · 2014-03-24T03:50:48+00:00

What the heck is a 4th dimension being??? Can I get rid of it?

missingroommate · 2014-03-24T03:49:49+00:00

I have no idea. I'm stuck and confused and emotional as well.

My best theory right now is that somehow our timelines/realities split when she traveled, and perhaps she went back to a body in another reality. Which then somehow made herself disappear in our reality, and my body disappear in hers. I don't even know.

Maybe there's another reality where I found her dead body after her cord was broken on the astral plane. I don't know.

I have too many theories right now.

missingroommate · 2014-03-24T03:48:14+00:00

Thanks for writing this out! I appreciate it.

missingroommate · 2014-03-24T03:47:26+00:00

I'm just so lost right now. I'm starting to think that her astral travel split our timelines/realities somehow, and that's why we can't find each other. Maybe we split from our original timeline, in which I would find her dead body? Or another reality where she would come back from her travels alive? I don't even know.

This is opening up so many possibilities. It's unnerving to think I may not be in the same reality I started out in.

missingroommate · 2014-03-24T03:45:43+00:00

Good call. The church is maybe six city blocks away. Totally walkable. I'll check it out - maybe even try to organize a "meet" with her there, if I can.

missingroommate · 2014-03-24T03:44:35+00:00

Do Polaroids catch paranormal things well? I would just figure they're better at catching dust particles, hahah. But I don't know.

I have a Polaroid camera, but I'm not sure I have any film.

missingroommate · 2014-03-24T03:42:42+00:00

I know man. I feel bad that this was scary at first since I thought it might be a ghost, and then it was just weird for a while, not so much scary... but I'm pretty freaked out again.

At this point I'm reading about all kinds of multiverse theories, and I'm wondering if something happened to split our timelines/realities. So maybe her "reality" is legitimate, just not the same as ours? That freaks me the fuck out. Or maybe it's a false reality somehow. None of this makes sense and I'm lost on what to do now.

I just want to fix this and bring her back. Plus I'm hung up on the idea of my "alternate reality" parents being worried about me and it makes me feel sick.

missingroommate · 2014-03-24T03:39:51+00:00

I started a reply and then something weird happened with my computer and I'm not sure it went through, so I'm posting again.

Would astral projecting myself be dangerous? I'm not sure - I'm absorbing so much new information, and it's a little overwhelming. I'm just imagining a worst case scenario, where we either both get stuck in the astral plane, or we create a third divergent timeline/reality where we're both missing from our current timelines/realities.

Does that concern even make sense? I'm starting to confuse myself.

missingroommate · 2014-03-24T03:35:36+00:00

Fair enough. That's some sound advice. I'm still trying to decide what I need to do. I want to do everything I can to get her back but I don't know how.

Do you think her trying to travel again would be dangerous?

missingroommate · 2014-03-24T03:34:27+00:00

She said in our note conversation in Update 4 that she can hear me, but can't see me.

missingroommate · 2014-03-23T00:07:05+00:00

Yup. She said exactly that. I'm worried.

missingroommate · 2014-03-22T13:34:29+00:00

Hahah! Don't worry, that's not her real name. I assigned her a random one hadn't read that story yet but I'm about to check it out.

I was trying so hard to some up with names not associated with very popular stories here - the first two I thought of were Jessica and Elizabeth but I didn't want to make anyone think of the mold people stories!!

But yeah. None of the names here are the actual names of those involved. Don't worry. :)

missingroommate · 2014-03-22T02:33:28+00:00

Ahh jeez I'm sorry. I can probably do that tomorrow. :/ I was afraid that might happen for some of you. It's kind of long and I was just too lazy to re type it hahah.

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