Mumble.zero

Hello, you might remember me when I wrote the Zero.Zero encounter I had in January. Well, things have not gotten any better since then. At the time of writing this, we have just entered March of 2020 and Zero.Zero got some new and interesting updates. I went to sight yesterday and found that the webpage had also been upgraded, from a 2010's virus type sight to an official Minecraft parody site. One of the first things I saw was the new staff page which listed several names along with a more section. The names from the website are listed here.
Bella Strong, Anthony Allison, Larry Corners, Gregory Robinson, Johnathan Triboa, Frederick Dudley, Trevor Decker, Patty Herickson
There was something interesting about this name list to me. Then it hit me, the name Johnathan Triboa, the official name of my friend Johnathan. For context, Johnathan haven't spoken in days now. He started getting really paranoid after he told me he found a job as a coder at a company called "Full and Simpson Inc." Then three days later, he seemingly vanished offline. Bella Strong was another name I recognized. Recently on February 6, a 30 year old woman named Bella H. Strong disappeared after getting a job at Full and Simpson Inc. That company yet again appeared for in a second disappearance case. She was believed to have been kidnapped in her apartment the night before since blood stains on the carpet and front door were noted and her car keys were stolen from her purse. Nothing else was taken from her and she was believed dead.
These two occurrences made me decide to search up all the other names on the staff team and all of the people on the board were currently missing or presumed dead. Anthony was a software engineer who disappeared while hitchhiking to his new job at FSI. Larry was also a software engineer who was recently fired from FSI before vanishing off the face of the Earth never to be seen or heard from again. Gregory Robinson disappeared from a house party after being hired by an unknown company, which considering the other cases can be assumed as FSI and was gone for almost 2 years at the time of writing this. Frederick and Patty were both taken hostage at a nightclub. While several other hostages were released, Patty and Frederick seemingly vanished. Patty had been working for FSI for a month and Frederick was newly hired at the company as well. Trevor, was an interesting case though. He has no affiliation with FSI and had in fact been found alive in the Baja California Peninsula of Mexico.
However, Zero.Zero had also received a game update, if you could call it that. All they did was a few bug fixes and added the version 1.6 to there roster. Another version to be corrupted by this random game. However, something struck me as odd, FSI wasn't a real company. In fact Zero.Zero was reportedly a small business owned by two brothers and operated by 3 people, yet somehow had over 7 newly hired employees working in there field. With all this considered, I opened to Zero.Zero updater and launched the newest version of the game. The first notable thing about this version was it's changed name to Mumble.Zero and that it was under new ownership.
Settings had also been added to lower the creepy factor, or more specifically a setting. Fog was now able to be turned off or on and I gladly disabled it so I could see where I was going. When booting up the old server me and John last played on, I realized how irregular the actual game was. Trees would randomly appear and disappear, holes were scattered throughout the map and it always felt like some kind of entity was to the left or right of me. More importantly, the base me and John had created was replaced by another hole. I debated with myself on what to do. Jump in and risk my computer or let it be and quit the investigation.
"Do it for John..."
I took a long leap into the deep hole and... nothing happened. It was like digging through the old files of Zero.Zero to find out if it was a virus, nothing occurred and I no longer felt watched. What I did notice, was the long interconnecting walkways of these tunnels, sometimes enough for 5 people to walk in side by side and sometimes needing to be mined through so I could connect them. Overall nothing of use came into play via these tunnels except for notes. Notes of names to be exact. Names, of the employees that went missing.
Tunnel 1, Bella Strong: Employee at Zero.Zero
Tunnel 2: Gregory Robinson: Employee at Zero.Zero, former employee of FSI
Tunnel 3: Frederick Dudley and Patty Herickson: Employees at Zero.Zero
Tunnel 4: Anthony Allison: Employee at Zero.Zero
Tunnel 5: Johnathan Triboa: Employee at Zero.Zero
Tunnel 6: Larry Corners: Employee at Zero.Zero
Tunnel 7: Trevor Decker: Knew to much
Tunnel 8: Cody Marcus: Data not found
The workers at FSI, had been lied to. All these names had been hired by the people of Zero.Zero and likely kidnapped by the people running the operation. Trevor Decker, probably knew about the operation considering "knew to much" is written on his sign, so they probably tried to dispose of him so the truth didn't get leaked out. However, who was number 8. Cody Marcus, I again recognized that name. He was an old school friend from 3rd grade. He was in love with football and video games and had a passion for free versions of video games. If anything is known he probably got caught by the entities to. I hope he is doing well.
There was one thing of notice that made me confused. Instead of Zero.Zero, Cody Marcus's sign has Mumble.Zero written on the bottom of it. In fact the same was written on other signs I had not mentioned as no names were written on them. In the same hole that Anthony Allison's sign had been written, a mumble.zero sign had been put in it's place. I wondered what it all meant. That's when it all clicked. The final call I had with Johnathan he had mentioned a constant sound of mumbling all around him, whether alone or not the sound of mumbling that no one else heard would follow him. Eventually it was to much and he said he would go take therapy sessions to try and help him out. Then he vanished and hasn't been seen since.
Mumbling. That was the key factor. The employees weren't kidnapped, rather they were driven to a point of insanity by an unknown force. My realization was interrupted by a phone call. An unknown number showed up as the other line. I picked up the phone and was in awe at what I heared. "Hello is this ******, it's Cody from school. How has life been for you?" Cody had found my phone number.
Me: "Good, how about you"
Cody: "Pretty good myself."
Me: "..."
Cody "..."
Cody: "Alright, I can't hold this up dude, all I hear is just mumbling whispering your name and to call you, I don't know what they want or who they are I just did as they said and now I am stuck and need help."
Me: "Woah, woah, woah Cody takes some deep breaths. Are you sure they said to call me?"
Cody: "How would they whisper you name ******?!"
Me: "How would I know?"
Cody: "Listen, I can't take it, I just got a job application from a place called Full and Simpson Inc. I need a job and am desperate since my parents are gonna kick me out of the house if I don't get one."
Me: "..."
Cody: "Should I take it dude or should I not and just fill out an application at a burger place."
Me: "Cody... Come to my house, now."
Cody: "..."
Cody: "I'm coming."
I sat there waiting for minutes for Cody to arrive and in that time began to hear my own mumbles. Will he arrive. Will he disappear. Will he end up like the previous people who accepted the jobs. About at that time I heard a car pull up outside, I looked out of my window, it was an old black Honda will noticeable paint wearing, dirty windows and a cracked mirror. Something was not right about the car, I knew this wasn't Cody, he would leave the car if it was his. That's when Cody arrived at my house, he asked who the other car was and I told him, don't get out of his car and I would open the garage for him. Cody parked his car and entered through the door. I begged for him not accept the application and told him all the research that had previously been done. His jaw dropped at the thought that all this was being done to him by a company with only 30 members. 30?
That number struck me as odd, I asked if he had the application and he said he brought it over. I skimmed the document looking for numbers and found it.
"Full and Simpson Inc. is currently hiring for it's Spring Fling program where it will join up with No Branch Enterprises to host the largest Spring Sale in the entire country. Currently 30 members have joined out Spring Fling program and we need more to join."
Me: "This application is a lie Cody, listen if you need a place to stay, I am open anytime for you to relax."
Cody: "Could I stay with you if I get kicked out."
Me: "I just said yes!"
Cody thanked me as he hopped in his car to leave, that's when I noticed it. When he opened the garage door, the black Honda has seemingly vanished. no car tires or curb damage not even an imprint left by the old and worn rubber. Currently this is where the story ends at the time of writing this. I'll check in when a new update comes out. Just remember, don't except a job application from a place called Full and Simpson, No Branch Enterprises or a company that sounds to good to be true. As my current experience tells me nothing goes right in life.
Category:Creepypasta