For End Master's Manifest Destiny Contest. Expanding horizons and all that.

You grew up here. All you've ever known is sitting in your little box of metal. Daddy takes care of you. He says the world is dangerous, that there are monsters looking to take you away. He protects you. At least, that's what he tells you. You know better...

(You are Tess, an 11-year-old girl who was abducted as an infant and grew up inside a cage that 'Daddy' built for you in the basement.)

WARNING     WARNING      WARNING

This story contains graphic depictions of violence, nonconsensual sex, and other sensitive topics. If any of these are triggers for you, I IMPLORE you not to read this. This does not reflect my personal views in any way. So in other words: This shit WILL be downright disturbing. Don't bitch if you get uncomfortable because that is the point. Thank you and have a wonderful read!

There are 26 endings. Play to see them all.

You can hear it ringing again. The endless droll of mechanical laughter that mocks you. Without fail, it rings at precisely 3:02 in the morning, never a good nights sleep allowed. Some days you yearn to smash it, others you let it ring until you think you may go deaf. And even still others lead you to answering...

the phone call.

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Just an extremely, bare minimum game (though this says nothing of quality) to test the waters on this site before I finish up the game I've been chipping away at for almost two years. Don't expect too much from it, I just wanted to tell a simple and short story!

I will definitely add this.

Thanks for the review, Green! The monster was fun to make and conceptualize. As for the tense change, that was a stylistic choice that didn't work the way I wanted but I was lazy. And no, that wasn't a reference to Five Nights at Go Fuck Yourself Scott. How would it be?

Varying sentence structure. Thanks. Good tip, I'll work on that.

Lack of intelligence

8 Pm Est was the cut off, yeah

Well then you're fine and succeeded in not completely failing your own duel

You're late by like an hour

I meant the discord didn't lose much. I definitely want back in, but I'm okay with just the forums. Just can't help but poke fun at myself sometimes.

Yeah, well, there's a good thing. And bad, I suppose. No matter what, I'll be figuring out my next story so nothing changes

Lol doesn't change how much of a dumbass I am sometimes. As far as I know, you still think I'm Sherbert sometimes so this isn't a shock in the least. Honestly, if I don't get back it's fine. I came here to write so the discord was just for fun.

Yep, like someone ODing on Rat Poison. Choked to death. Oh well, not much of a loss!