The Changes I Made

After my search turned up empty, I scrambled to find Erika's old beat up prepaid phone to contact her. As soon as I found it, I attempted to turn on the phone by holding down the "end" button with as much force as possible. After more than a few seconds, nothing showed up on the screen. I tried frantically tapping the button with my thumb but it was as effective as trying to fix a sinking ship with a band aid. I quickly pulled out all of the kitchen draws and fished around for the charger, hoping that it would actually be the solution to the problem. When I spotted an outlet on the left hand side of the oven, I dashed over there as fast as I could. I forcefully shoved the box like end of the charger into the outlet and pushed the smaller end into the bottom of the phone. The moment I had gotten everything plugged in, I didn't even wait to see if anything would happen and bolted up the stairs and slammed my bedroom door shut.

I made my way towards the closet and carefully slid the door open. When I got in there, I did my best to make sure that I made as little noise as possible while closing the door. I sat in there for at least a half hour until I decided that whatever that thing was downstairs had left and it was safe to come out. I breathed a sigh of relief and soon plopped myself on the daybed, and hit the play button on the remote without hesitation.

As the episode began playing, the setting had been switched to modern day Japan. There was flat hooded black and white truck parked alongside the half opened steel gate of a two story home. From what wasn't blocked by the truck, the house seemed to have a large, green trapezoid shaped roof with rectangular windows on both sides of the house front. The siding had a beige colour and its texture reminded me of those "echo reducing" panels that are sometimes implemented into large rooms like concert halls. This shot was focused on for a few seconds with almost nothing but the ambience of humming cicadas and the occasional chirping of the birds alongside calm but faint orchestral music.