Welcome to Creep's Cast.

Our security camera captured something disturbing,itten by Sunhead Prime.

As a teenager, I discovered that I was a night owl.

I blamed the internet partially, but also there was a weird thrill associated with being awake while the rest of the world slumbers.

You feel like an explorer, glimpsing something that few people have ever seen. Granted most of the time growing up,

the only thing I glimpsed during those hours were video games and, well, you know what,

but you get my point.

It's unnatural to be nocturnal as a human.

There's a thrill to being out of step with the natural order.

To that end, I started working the overnight shift at the front desk of a hotel.

While there isn't a ton of people who come brazing in at those hours, you see more traffic

than you would imagine.

It mainly was exhausted road-tripping families looking for a place to catch some zees before

the next leg of their trip or couples meeting up for a clandestine affair with lust

to clouding their eyes.

It's always easy to spot a cheating

couple. Still, there was enough of them to keep you busy, not overworked, but steady.

While I had never intended hotel work to be a career, I did find a lot of joy in the work

and as an added bonus, I was really good at it.

About a year into the gig, the big boss sat me down and asked what my plans were post-college.

I said I thought I might move to the coast and look for work that would take advantage of my major.

At the time it was psychology,

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