The night shift
First night shift and a sheet of rules: stay out of the warehouse after one, do not watch camera six, do not answer the phone at 3:15.
- YouFirst night shift. Boring
- ThemJust sit on your phone
- YouThey gave me a sheet of rules
- ThemRead them
- YouOne: do not go into the warehouse after one
- Two: if someone is standing on camera six, do not watch longer than two seconds
- Three: the phone rings at 3:15, do not answer
- pause 1.5 s
- ThemThey are winding up the new guy
- YouThat is what I decided too
- It is 3:12 now
- ThemWell, we shall see
- pause 1.2 s
- You3:15. The phone is ringing
- ThemDo not answer
- YouI am not
- It has been ringing four minutes
- pause 1.8 s
- ThemIt will stop
- YouIt stopped
- ThemThere you go
- YouNow my mobile is ringing
- pause 1.5 s
- ThemWho is it
- YouThe same number as on the desk phone
- ThemDecline it
- YouDeclined
- pause 1.2 s
- A message came in
- ThemSaying what
- You"You broke the second rule"
- pause 1.8 s
- I did not look at camera six
- ThemYou are sure you did not
- YouSure
- pause 1.5 s
- I am not looking at it now either
- It is looking at me
How it works
The rules come as a list, and the one that turns out to be broken is the one he never broke. The camera at the end reverses the direction of looking, and the roles with it.
How to make it yours
Every rule on the list has to be specific: a time, a camera number, a number of seconds. A vague "do not go out at night" does not stick, and the viewer has to hold the list in their head until the end. Only two rules are tested, and the broken one is the rule he honestly kept. The warehouse can be a car park, a museum or a hospital front desk. Give him the last two lines with no reply: the gaze turns around, and there is nothing to add.
Every story here is fiction. Any resemblance to real people or events is coincidental.
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