No Escape: 5 Minute Freewrite
It had been five weeks since the first night she was awakened with some sort of creepy crawly skittering across her face in the dark. She had nearly come unglued, jolting upright out of a dead sleep, screaming loud enough to bring down the walls.
It had literally taken an hour before she could stop shaking and shuddering at just the thought of some sort of bug crawling across her face. They had said they would call the exterminators the very next morning, but she didn’t think they actually would. They just thought she was crazy. That’s why she was locked in here in the first place. Crazy. Mad. She was “mental” they said. They never fucking believed her!
She sat in her room… her “cell” as she called it, but they hated that, too. They’d make that “tsk tsk” sound if she referred to it as her cell in the group room or in her sessions. Well it was a cell. She wasn’t allowed to come and go as she pleased. They wouldn’t let her keep her art supplies in her room and just the bare white walls, white bolted down furniture and tiny ass window was enough to make even the sanest person go crazy.
It had been okay at first. She had good food, time to paint and create, time to listen to music and plenty of time alone to just BE. But the bugs had still found her. The reason she felt comfortable here was that they told her that the bugs couldn’t get her here. They couldn’t get in.
That was why she didn’t mind them locking her in each night. If she couldnm’t get OUT, then the bugs surely couldn’t get IN. Right?
But that had all changed. The bugs had found her. They were trying to get in her brain again. They would crawl into her ear canal, chew through her ear drum and… she started crying and moaning, thumping her head against the wall to chase the thoughts away.
It would do no good. She had to get them to fumigate again. The special fumigation team would have to come. She had to convince them. It was imperative. She lay in the stillness as the lights across the ward went out. It was lights out time. She was alone again.
Then she heard it… the skittering sound of little tiny feet.
There was no escape.
Freewrite inspired by @mariannewest Please go visit her page for the Daily Prompt and join the amazing community of freewriters! It is a wonderful, supportive community of all sorts of writers, artists and creators!
Fiction
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Real Life Stories
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This #freewrite is terrifying. One of my biggest fears is losing my mind. I couldn't imagine the fear of being unable to escape insects crawling all around you.
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You know when it comes to free writing, it's just unexplainable.
Incredible stuff.
I'm sure learning from you.
Yarrrgggg. I hate creepy crawlies but I love a good scare @byn. Thanks for the halloween feels ;-) Really atmospheric freewrite 😱
That is where I know you from, the freewrite world!
A great story, painful but amazing, it actually made me want to read more, to know what happens after!
Hello you wonderful Encouragers & Prompt Deliverers!!! First of all, each one of you ROCKS!! 😁 Thank you so very much!!! I'm grateful to be in a group with people who take time out of each day to help their fellow freewriters (insert your pat on the back here would you please)! 🤗
I've attached an editable spreadsheet (Ugg..yes I know - I groaned making it LOL!😂) to help organize our deliveries.
It is also pinned in the room Marianne's Plans on Isle of Write's Discord Channel. Please feel free to message me if you'd like a link to the room.
Many of the Encouragers use the room to leave messages for the others so as there isn't any overlap in delivering the prompts (time is precious and who wants to double back?⌚ ).
Please check the schedule to see if there are others slated to deliver prompts for that day. If so, it would be great if you would message (or leave a comment for them on a Freewrite in case they are not on Discord) prior to beginning and then put that on(update) the spreadsheet. This way, each one of us can check our messages and know who starts where and when. (Again, to prevent two people delivering prompts to the same freewriter twice).
If you have any questions or would like me to adjust the sheet, please let me know.
THANK YOU ALL!!! You're doing this is truly appreciated! 💙
(Sorry for leaving such a long comment!)😿
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1AUTuGRu5pDgYodulDQVHqIth_Bbr3saHde66ErcLhQQ/edit#gid=0
Took care of it yesterday, actually. Thank you :) I'll try to remember to comment on the document in the future.
Thank you so much Byn! It's wonderful of you to go through and do all of these encouragement for everyone on top of how busy you are! It's people like you that help make our group worth being in! (Bonus points for tolerating my awkward comments 😉)
Nothing can scare us better than ourselves. (Skittering little feet give me chills too!) Great story!
Have you seen Brain Dead? If not - you must!!!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BrainDead
Great sense of mood and atmosphere. The impending sense of doom building up. I liked your free write effort.