The Elevator

The one who answers it all

Have you ever wanted to know the answer to an unsolved question, perhaps a mystery that has been in your head your whole life? Or did you ever wanted to be the only one who knows a secret that no one else knows?... Whether is a philosophical question, a personal question or any kind of question, you may imagine there is a way to find out the answer.

The predicament here is: Are you willing to take the risk? Does it really worth it? I won't be responsible for what could happen to you or your sanity if your own curiosity takes you to the other side, where not even the most powerful imagination can't even describe a fraction of what's beyond line that separates our world from one of the other worlds out there... or should I say underworlds?

If you still think you´re able to handle it, then this is the way... Simple steps will give you the answers, you need a house, it is imperative for your safety and for everyone else’s safety that you make sure you are all alone in the house. Just you and what you are about to invite.

Once you´re alone you need a couple of candles, make sure they are new candles because, trust me, you'll need them. Some matches will be needed too, there is no specific amount, just make sure you carry enough with you.

You'll need two glasses completely full of red wine, a small table and two chairs, you´ll be sitting in one of them. The other chair must be located opposite to you, so that the only think you can see from your ¨guest¨ is his back.

Once everything is ready you must start this ritual at 3:00 o´clock, not after, not before. Put some fire on one candle, the one closer to the spot where you'll be sitting, the other one must remain without light. Take one of the glasses of wine and don't drink, just hold it like making a toast. Don´t search for anything in the room through the mirror just look directly to the reflexion of your own eyes. After a moment that won't take long you'll feel something you've never felt before, this feeling and the smell of rotten flesh will tell you that your guest has finally arrived.

Turn around and don't panic, he'll be sitting in the chair opposite to you, if you did it correctly you'll never see his face. Offer with your hand a match to illuminate his part of the table with the other candle; he'll accept extending something that looks similar to a human hand but you'll know is not. You must make sure you candle is always shining, if it turns off you have 20 seconds to illuminate it again, otherwise the creature will leave his spot and will get you in a way you can't imagine.

Invite the creature to drink from the other glass of wine by saying ¨I would like to propose a toast in the name of knowledge¨ You'll notice he drinks slowly a bit of wine. You do the same.

Now you are free to ask whatever you want to ask, a bit of wine per each question, the creature will do the same with every answer. The creature won´t lie, the creature will always tell you the truth. Ask as many questions as you can, as long as you handle the answers.

But there is always a price; it is a game, yes a game. If he finish his wine first he'll blow up the candle and he'll go after you, chasing you until he gets you, there is not escape from the creature, who is going to rip you apart and take what´s left back with him, to the place where he belongs, to become you some sort of a ¨puppet¨ to entertain him.

But if you finish the glass of wine first it means you won, you must turn off the candle with your hand and say “Goodbye, thanks for the knowledge” to the stranger. He'll reply “You're welcome” and leave without you even notice. Turn on the lights of the entire house so that he doesn't find a place to hide and play again without your permission. You'll always dream with the creature in the strangest locations and circumstances.

Because there is always a price to be paid for everything, isn't it? But at least you'll know what no one else knows.

Writers

Alexis Guzmán, Sofía Blanco

Falling

I bet you've had those dreams where you 're falling and falling, feel the brink heart burst of heartbeats caused by the terror of knowing that at any moment will come the end of the cliff, and every bone in your body will shatter in a fatal, but fast, impact.

But what if you don’t wake up? If you realize that you are somewhere else entirely? There is only darkness around you, utter blackness. You think that you are in the “nothing" but you're falling and falling and falling . But this is much worse, because you know there’s no end , you know you will fall for the infinity of nothingness forever, just fall and fall and nothing can give the rest of the sudden impact with the ground.

Writers

Sofía Blanco, Alexis Guzmán

The bus

The old man

Knowing if there's something else beyond what our senses can perceive has always been a necessity for human beings.

In a different corner, every night, there is a man who travelled to another dimensions. They said he was a successful and smart man, who despite his good luck, never was satisfied and never rested until he travelled and got wealth and power from dark and sinister places we can not even imagine. This man as said before, lays in a different corner every night after 10 pm. He never repeats corners, he has no legs and he is missing a hand and he is wearing dirty clothes.

If you ever find him while walking on the street and you feel this is the right man, this is what you have to do. You must not ignore him because he'll know you've seen him and he'll keep showing in every corner you walk from now on. You must stop, give him some change (give him a bill not coins) and go away, if you want to be alone.

But if you want to know what is like to be in other "dark places", ask him: "How is it out there?", and sit next to him. He'll tell you things you never thought could be possible, you'll be amazed but horrified at the same time, but whatever you hear, don't panic, don't you never do it. Pay attention to him always and never get distracted by walkers, because you are not in the same corner anymore. No matter what you think, you see or hear, pay attention to what he says. If you get distracted and pay attention to the walkers you'll see hell with your own eyes and the old man will chase you until he gets you, even when he has no legs in that "alternative reality", and make you part of that hell.

But if you pay attention to him, be careful with time, you can't listen stories after 12 pm, you must be aware of time, don't forget this. When 12 pm has come, you must stop him by saying "Thanks for the stories, but is late and I have to come back". Stand up and don't look back under any circumstance no matter what you heard or fell...

Walk 100 mts without looking right or left even if you hear familiar voices, they are not humans. Just walk, cross the street and you'll be back in the same corner where you saw that old man but with one difference: he is not there anymore more. You won't see him again in your life time, but at least you'll now and you'll be told how is to be trapped in another "dark place".

Writers
Alexis Guzmán, Sofía Blanco