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I needed a break from my psychotic family, if only for the summer and so I decided to go as far upstate as I could till I reach New York City.

Thankfully I had a friend I could stay with and they even helped me get hooked up with a job where they work at some carnival that opens up in the evenings.

Not my first choice, but hey, I could spend time with a friend, watching Louise on my phone and pretty much get paid to do nothing.

At least that's what I thought would happen. Apparently this friend of mine had already been delving into the weirder side of our world.

As soon as the first nine on the job came up, they found out that there's really no escaping the little shadows all over our world.

Once you see it, you really just can't escape it.

Our first night consisted of my friend driving us to our destination. For the sake of the story we'll call her red since she has red hair.

I know, red and I went way back and even went to school together. We joined a lot of the same geek and nerdy clubs like Robotics or Gaming Club and thankfully kept in touch.

She said she'd always wanted to go to the big city and make a name for herself. I guess she didn't expect it to be this line of work.

As we passed all the beautiful lights that is the nightlife, I couldn't help but feel a sense of dread.

I'd always seen red smiling laughing or generally just being a dork.

But tonight, she seems serious.

She seems straight to the point with only the occasional joke here and there to stir the pot.

We made our way down all the streets until finally she spotted a parking garage and pulled in.

We found a spot though she didn't seem to pay anyone for it which was strange. Maybe it wasn't something that happened here?

I'd never really driven along myself so I have no idea. We adjusted the cheap grey uniforms red had prepared for both of us.

I still have no idea how she got my measurements but hey, shopping for men has always been easy.

We made our way across the street and down an alleyway. Stopped by a homeless man that muttered something, red scoffed.

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