Totem (2/2)
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lalalive23Title: Totem (Installment 1: 13 Days of Horror Series)
Author: 
lalalive23
Pairing: Implied Belldom
Rating: PG-13
Warning: Swearing, horror, paranormal situations, nudity except not explicit
Disclaimer: The locations in this story - Borley Rectory, Boxer's Lake, Liverpool Street Station, Suffolk, and Sudbury - are all real places. Borley Rectory was known as 'the most haunted house in England' and it did get severely burned in 1939. There is actually a woman who haunted the building named Marie Lairre. Matt and Dom do not belong to me. They are real people. I am not affiliated with Muse aside from the fact that they own 96% of my bank account.The character Geoff belongs to me. The events are entirely fictional.
Feedback: HELLZ YES
Summary: AU. This is a report of YouTube video bloggers DH2026 and theMProject. In April of 2010, Dominic Howard went to England to visit his friend Matt Bellamy for a week. They went into Borley Rectory. This is an account of what happened.
Note: I HAD TO BREAK THIS INTO 2 PARTS WHYYYY LJ??? Apprently it was too long?? WHATEVER KEEP GOING
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#189
Duration: 8:32
[Interior. Mid-Day. Matthew's car, again. Dominic holds the camera as Matthew drives, lens pointed out the windshield]
D: Slow down, man.
M: [voice hollow] No. The fucking watch is ticking…and existing. How is any of what just happened possible?
D: I don't know, I don't know.
M: This is fucking twisted.
D: What are you going to do?
M: Leave it in a field? Pawn it off? Whatever, as long as it's far away from me.
D: Why not burn it?
M: Any fire I make wouldn't get the metal hot enough.
D: Just don't get reckless.
[Cut. Interior. A Pawnshop. The camera pans along a shelf. Various objects come into focus. A door opens and an older man comes into view from the back of the store. In the left of the frame, Matthew walks over and introduces himself]
M: Hi. Uhm, I'm Matt. I need to sell a pocket watch?
[The store clerk looks from Matthew to Dominic]
Clerk: Get your mate to turn the camera off and then we can do business.
[Cut. Interior. Matthew's car. Dominic has rested the camera on the dashboard, pointed at the passing scenery]
M: WOOOO! £650 for a shitty old watch!!
D: I think the fact that it was still working was what sold him.
M: Who knows how long it will work for. We practically robbed him.
D: You practically robbed him. I almost got thrown out for having a camera.
M: Eh. He was probably pissed up. I would be if I had to sit in that drab building eight hours a day.
[Cut. Interior. Night. Matthew's kitchen. Matthew presses play on his answering machine as he takes off his coat. Dominic sits at a chair at the kitchen table and zooms in on a Sainsbury's frozen dinner.]
D: Mmmmmm.
[In the background, a voice is heard on the answering machine.]
Recorded: Bellamy. It's Geoff. You sold me a watch not two hours ago. I don't appreciate being fucked with. [Dominic brings the camera around, landing on Matt who is paused at his refrigerator staring at the machine] I get enough shit in my town, I don't need non-locals breezing through and pulling pranks. I'm giving you 24 hours to return the watch or my money to the store. If you don't, I'm calling the cops and we can settle this with legal action. [Machine beeps]
[Matthew remains paused at the refrigerator - frozen. He begins to tense and Dominic gets up from the kitchen table. He approaches him slowly, before Matthew slams the door shut and rushes into the living room]
D: [shouts] Matt!
M: [yells] Where the fuck is it? WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU WANT WITH ME?
[Dominic enters the living room and turns right. Matthew is standing in front of his mantle, arms hitting his chest. He stares at the ceiling and screams]
M: YOU CAN HAVE YOUR FUCKING WATCH BACK, I DON'T WANT IT.
D: MATT, THERE IS NO ONE ELSE HERE.
M: [looks at Dom] Of course there is!! How else would any of this be happening? [Turns abruptly and heads down the hallway. He disappears into his room.
D: Shit.
[Dominic follows and enters Matthew's room. Matthew is pulling books out of shelves. He abandons that project and quickly goes to his bed, where he upturns his mattress]
M: WHERE IS IT, HUH?
D: Matt, calm the hell down!
[Matthew turns and rushes past Dominic. Dominic follows]
D: Matt, ripping up the house isn't going to solve anything!
M: It's not in my room, it's not in the kitchen. It makes itself known, right? It wants to fucking be seen. ATTENTION WHORE.
D: It's an inanimate object, Matt, stop it.
[Matthew stomps into the kitchen and picks up his jacket. He pauses for a moment, softening, and reaches into a pocket. He pulls out the watch]
M: [staring at the watch] Something….someone…whatever…wants me to have this. I don't. Fucking. Want it.
[**In the recorded footage, a voice is heard. It clearly says 'but you took it.' Neither boy reacts to it and neither has spoken. This voice was pointed out by YouTube user Sarkozam12**]
[camera turns off]
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#190
Duration: 6:00
[Interior. Night. The couches and chairs have been removed from Matthew's living room. Two pillows are placed on the ground, side by side, beneath the coffee table where a ouija board as been set up. The scene is lit by numerous candles along the floor and mantle. Fingers over the microphone cause muffled noises and garbled sounds. Matthew enters from frame right. He sits, in jeans a tee shirt, on one of the pillows. He takes a swig of cider before setting it next to him. He looks slightly above the camera.]
D: This is a terrible idea, Matt.
M: Is the camera set up?
D: [pauses] Yeah, it's just about….done. Tight on the tripod.
M: Good.
[Dominic enters from the bottom of frame left. It's a long shot of the living room. Dominic sits next to Matthew. They look at each other briefly. Matthew draws his eyes away and onto the oujia board. Dominic's brow furrows, and he makes motions to move his hand towards Matthew before drawing it back. Matthew hardens]
M: Let's do this.
[Dominic pauses. Matthew looks at him once more]
M: Don't tell me you're quitting on this.
D: [looks at ground] Ouija board are scary, serious shit, Matt. I don't think we should fuck around with this.
M: It's just a toy, mate.
[Dominic shrugs and puts his hand on the planchette. Matthew follows and does the same]
M: [uncomfortable] What do I say?
D: [loudly] Is there anyone here with us?
[They remain quiet and wait. The planchette does not move.]
M: What if we contact Zozo? That's the opposite of what I want.
D: Don't be stupid.
[Both are silenced by the planchette which has started to move in swirls across the board.]
M: Is that you?
D: No, I'm barely touching this.
M: It's not me.
[The planchette stops on the word 'Bye']
M: [pauses] Well, that's sinister.
[The video warps into pixels and corrects itself. Three candles have been blown out. Dominic is panicked]
D: What the fuck did that?
M: [loudly] What is your name?
[The planchette moves, quickly. Dominic says the letters it stops on.]
D: L…A…I…R…R…E. D…D…D…E…A…T…H.
M: Lairreedddeath? The hell?
D: I'm busy focusing on the part that - [The video warps. the masked figure from #186 appears behind Matthew, getting closer after each pixel correction. A white hand with sharp nails reaches for his neck. It disappears] in the fire?
[The Marimba ringtone of an iPhone goes off]
M: Shit. That's mine.
D: Leave it.
[The planchette spins out of control and onto the floor. All the candles are blown out. The camera shifts to night vision. The boys draw their attention to the bright light from the camera]
D: Does your camera shift modes automatically?
M: No, what -
[A loud thud is heard, the sound of a door slamming open to the left. The door to what is was considered a broom closet has flung open, but it's interior is black and occasionally rattled with static. Dominic turns to look at the noise, but Matthew disappears from view. We hear him scream]
D: MATT?!? [Dominic searches frantically for where the sound is coming from. He turns his attention back to the door] MATT?
[Dominic gets up and approaches the closet but the door slams shut. The lights of the house come on. Dominic opens the door to the closet. It is just a closet. The tripod falls over. The screen goes blue and flashes NO BATTERY]
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The nature of the editing and allusion by Matthew that Dominic had edited special effects in post production led many initial viewers of #186-190 to believe that the story of Matthew's disappearance had been a clever hoax. While this report remains unbiased, it is important to point out several facts.
Firstly, it is true that Matthew Bellamy went missing from his home April 25, 2010. The phone call on his mobile was from his mother, mentioned in Dominic Howard's police report, who had not seen her son since April 11, 2010. Secondly, the pocket watch and the clothing that Matthew disappeared in have never been found. Until August 2011, the footage seen here depicted the last known whereabouts of Matthew Bellamy. When Dominic deactivated his account, #184-190 was removed from YouTube, but not before user TwerK had downloaded the video to a flashdrive. In June of 2010, the video was uploaded again so fans and interested parties could continue to study the video in search of clues or proof of a hoax. It is worth noting that while there is a documented friendship between DH2026 and theMProject (ie: both were subscribers to each other's channels, the earliest comments on each party's videos date back to 2008, DH2026 tagged theMProject in a video called Top 10 Films of 2009, etc) TwerK did not subscribe to either channel, nor has he confessed to knowing either personally.
It is because of this reason that the footage in Help Explain This is, in a word, astounding. The film itself was uploaded with a description that consisted of a personal plea from Kirk to help explain what he had caught. Once the video was live, Kirk experienced a brief period of notoriety on the internet, while also going under fire by those close to Matthew who called his video 'tactless and cruel.' It is also worth noting that Dominic Howard has become reclusive since these events and has not been available for comment since late 2010, on advice from his therapist.
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Help Explain This
Duration: 4:03
[Interior. Mid-Day. Footsteps thud up the stairs of the Borley Rectory. The camera is pointed at the landing, but the painting is gone. The person arrives at the landing and he speaks. He is Scottish.]
T: Ok. So. Tom Kirk here. You buggers wanted me to visit the rectory while I was on hols. Yes, yes, I know it's weird that my YouTube channel only has one video on it, but you bastards on Reddit convinced me to make this. Here we are [camera pans right to left]. Exact same spot where DH2026 stood. As you can see there is no painting on the wall. Ehm.
[He turns to his left and enters the bedroom, panning the camera right to left as Dominic had done. A naked figure stands in the back right corner of the room, his back to the camera, facing the wall]
T: Again, the room is completely empty. The walls are badly burned. I know you all want to believe this was a hoax, but there's no way these two lads had the budget. You can't even get up the staris proper without worrying about falling through.
[He turns left, zooming to an extreme long shot. The right side of the room out of frame.]
T: This is where theMProject found the pocket watch. No chest of drawers here. You can see the boards of the floor are burned. I'm too afraid to even put weight there.
[He turns the camera back to right, slightly, showing the whole of the room. The figure from the corner has turned around and is standing naked in a full body shot. The camera pixelates. The figure is now close to the lens, able to be viewed from the middle of the waist up. His mouth and eyes are wide open, but blackened as though holes. The figure is clearly Matthew Bellamy.]
T: That's it, then. Sorry the video was so lame.
[He turns and leaves the room. The camera does one last pan from the landing back to the room. The foyer below is empty. The room he had just exited is empty]
Fin.
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Date: 2012-10-19 05:11 pm (UTC)Kat this was amazing. Had to go back and re-read, but damn, this is spooky. Loved it!
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Date: 2012-10-19 08:19 pm (UTC)That was really spooky. And I feel so sad for Matthew, what the fuck happened in there? I loved it.
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Date: 2012-10-23 12:02 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-10-19 09:40 pm (UTC)Just.
I LOVE YOU.
My roommate and I are huge mythos fans, so even reading the opening of this piece had my jaw on the floor with how clever and brilliant you are. AND YOU PULLED IT OFF. You pulled off wonderfully something that is SO DIFFICULT to pull off. OMG THE MASKY REFERENCE I AM CRYING.
*rolls around, falls in slow circle, dies*
Well executed and flawlessly paced. The ending is spot-on.
This is exquisitely terrifying.
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Date: 2012-10-23 12:03 am (UTC)Just....i love you <3
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Date: 2012-10-20 04:49 am (UTC)Holy fuck. That was...that was fucking awesome.
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Date: 2012-10-20 09:46 pm (UTC)There. I said it.
You're a genius and I don't like horror and holy crap this was so good and so... D:
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Date: 2012-10-21 04:13 pm (UTC)Matthew hardens i'm sorry but
and kirk you troll lmao but still omg wow more pls
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Date: 2012-10-23 08:45 pm (UTC)i mean, respect for creating such a (fucking!) creepy atmosphere in this unemotional writing style! that's just brilliant!
poor matty though. and poor dom :( yeah.
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Date: 2012-11-30 09:49 pm (UTC)thank you so so much for reading and commenting<333
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