Life and Death

## Overview

> After the tyrannical chronicle, we will now take a look at life after Forestier's decease and see how it impacts the unfortunate souls of Mr. Barron and his son while exploring their different perspectives.
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## Act List

* Prologue - Desperate Times
* Act 1 - Disinterest
* Act 2 - Endless Reconnaissance
* Act 3 - The Cautious and the Concubine
* Act 4 - Forever Feeble

## Characters

Primary characters
* Matthew Barron (protagonist)
* Jane Barron
* Charlotte Barron
* Jeffery Barron

Secondary Characters
* Carl Barron
* Daisy Kinley
* Quindarious Aycock

Tertiary Characters
Tom Breto

* "Victoria Timothy"
* Mortis Breto

Important entities/locations
* Flairblaze
* Malek Anti-Lawbreaking Crook Organization
* Aycock Labs
* Breto Space Organization

## Acts

### Prologue - Desperate Times

It begins. The start of a new year, a new decade, a new century, and even a new millennium. While some were afraid of major computer systems crashing, others were anticipating this day to escape from the stink of the 20th century and its few, yet too many, global conflicts. People were just looking for a change of pace and to leave all their woes behind; and who better thought of that other than Jeffery Barron, the younger brother of the titular founder and CEO of the treacherous megacorporation Carls Ultimate Streaming Service, Carl Barron?

Due to the events 17 years prior, Jeff would be more reclusive and asocial since he was fearful of making close friendships with people thinking he would try to kill them. Of course, this irrational thought process practically ruined his livelihood, he currently has no companionship, no girlfriend, is working at a dead-end job, and is miserable. Therefore he aspires to reconstruct the bridges he once burnt, not the one with Carl though, when he was invited to his marriage, Jeff suspected that something fishy was happening there so he didn't stick around for much longer than he needed to be.

Conveniently, two days after New years of 2000, Jeff received a phone call from someone familiar, it was his old neighbor, Charlotte Meriwether. He was never close with her unlike his brother but he was still happy that she is still alive and well. The first thing he asked her after a wellness check is if the marriage with Carl is going well, to which she replies that they have been divorced for two years. Jeff apologizes but this was followed by Charlotte giving him her address to her new home in North Carolina. Awesome! Finally, Jeff can finally attain companionship.

He was luckily in the same state, therefore, the drive there wasn't too long. He knocked on the door and eventually it was opened by a slightly overweight ginger boy with glasses who shyly introduces himself as Matthew Barron. Jeff says it's nice to meet him before noticing Charlotte walking to the door behind the child, she was holding the hand of a brunette toddler. She greeted then hugged him while saying that she missed him, at this point, Jeff felt something he hasn't felt in over a decade, that being romantic interest, even if he was barely friends with her. Charlotte invites him into her house, which he was impressed by despite being a little rustic.

They sit in their living room and they have a little bit of banter, Charlotte was mesmerized by Jeff since he was as, if not more, charismatic than his brother before the latter won the lottery, she quickly fell for him and didn't mind recounting all her tales from the past decade when she was working with Carl, Jeff emphasized with her, yet he can't help but believe all of this was his own fault since he thought that him stabbing Carl and his mother's heart attack all those years ago caused him to go insane. Deep in thought, Jeff looked at the time and saw it was 9 PM and said that it was getting late and he should go, and so he did after Charlotte told him if they can meet up sometime soon once again, to which he reluctantly agreed to.

As for CUSS, things weren't going so well, the systems have been hijacked multiple times by a certain agency, the sales have been plummeting, the quality of life for the employees has been decreasing, and most of all, Carl is lonely once again. The only person who he has as company is his dull step-daughter with a one-dimensional personality and his wayward, disobedient, and rebellious step-son. The opposite can be said for his brother, since, after a couple of years of fraternizing with Charlotte, he got close to her and one thing led to another, they went from acquaintances to significant others and finally to husband and wife in two years. Jeffery Barron has also come to take a liking to her children, Matthew and Jane, and promised to be an excellent father figure to them.

The year 2005 marks the beginning of Matthews's teenage life and as a birthday gift the couple gave him full and unadulterated access to the Internet, he was thankfully for this gift since he can now freely browse 4chan, just kidding he didn't do that, he mostly went on Newgrounds and Albino Black Sheep to play new flash games and watch some animations, he even created an account named "Xx\_TrappedSoul\_xX" (the same name he uses in video games like Counter Strike) on YouTube when it was relatively new. At first, he wanted to do blogs on Newgrounds but after two weeks of posting stuff about his interests and what he did each day, no one viewed his blog posts, it was as if he was inadvertently writing into a diary. He didn't wanna make YouTube videos since he think it would be hard, therefore he searched for a website that will let his stuff be viewed; that was when he found the magical website known as... Flairblaze. He registered an account with the same username and he was ready to blog.

### Act 1 - Disinterest

**(This will take place in the perspective of blog posts written by Matthew Barron)**

 Yo wats up XDDD my name is Xx\_TrappedSoul\_xX but u can call me Matt! :D
I cant wait to get to know yall on this forum so if any1 has got any questions to ask me and if u wanna be web friendz lmk ( う-´)づ︻╦̵̵̿╤──
**Picture of him with a thumbs up**
*Posted on January 8th 2006*

*MasterchiefFan69420 comments:*
Y0 bR0, y0U l00K uGlY 45 4311 l0l g00d lUcK gE77iNg a GF R0FL

*Xx\_TrappedSoul\_xX replies:*
Yea bro mk i just showed up and ur just gonna insult me like that aight fine

*4chanizb3tt3r comments:*
lmao do your parents love you despite how ugly you are?

*Xx\_TrappedSoul\_xX replies:*
Yea they do, well not my old dad i think mom said he hated me even tho i only remember him being very nice 2 me

*4chanizb3tt3r comments:*
well he had reason to not like your ugly fatass

*JessicaSprite comments:*
Haiii <3 dont listen to some ppl here you look kinda kawaii :3 so ya wanna PC4PC with me?

*Xx\_TrappedSoul\_xX replies:*
hey thank u Jessica these ppl kinda suck :/ but im glad theres at least 1 person here who is good :D
also wat does pc4pc mean does it mean u wanna play pc games or smth i have counter strike, WoW and runescape or maybe even gmod i have the same username in there as here if u wanna add me

*JessicaSprite comments:*
ew no it means that you comment on my pic like i did on yours but you play video games like my drunk brother nvm go fuck yourself die

*Xx\_TrappedSoul\_xX replies:*
ok then :(

Hey every1 i hav somethin important to tell yall

My lil sister Jane came home from school crying today and we asked her what was wrong she told us that someone in her class called her annoyin and stupid or some shit, well mom told her that she was gonna call the principal to do smth about the bullies but yall know they do nothin bout anythin lol XD. Jane knew that too so she stayed sad. Yknow it really hurts me to see the person I luv the most (not romantically you dickheads ik ur gonna write smth bout this in the replies) on this shitty planet be this distraught so I went into the backyard and picked up the sexiest aster flower (cuz thats her fav thing in the world for som reason rofl) and gave it to her and that cheered her up lol

So moral of this story is that u should ALWAYS give to ppl, especially those in need, without expecting anything return. Hopefully this helps at least 1 person lel

*Posted on January 9 2006*

V1kk1e\_<3 comments: LMFAOOO TYPICAL NICE GUYS omg like I bet you wrote this so like some chicks think youre like really nice so you can score them on the web bc like you cant do it in real life omg like lol little didja know that literally no one cares <3

Xx\_TrappedSoul\_xX replies: No wtf dude I was tryna motivate people in to becoming better and making the world better too

VintageGamer replies: Sorry man but it really seemed like you were gloating

Xx\_TrappedSoul\_xX replies: Dude I was tryna give an example before the moral

Brugers replies: Who does that tho I only ever saw people do the opposite

Xx\_TrappedSoul\_xX replies: Jean de la Fontaine does I guess

candelkween989 replies: Literally no one knows who that is lmfao just take a hint and go the fuck outside oki? lylas <33333

OnlyMeaty445 comments: Hey mind sending me pictures of your sister? Are her feet soft?

Xx\_TrappedSoul\_xX replies: What the fuck?

Zarlid$$$$ comments”: This is copypasta material ROFL imma post it everywhere lol

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And so within a week, Matthews's post has become the most popular and widespread copypasta on Flairblaze and it became a meme on the internet, this discouraged him from continuing to engage with the community. Yet, a couple of months later his friend from school Mortis Breto asked if he can be more active in the community since everyone was using it.

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 Hey guys Im back 2 months after my 2nd post bc u all were douches (sorry if this offends u but its the truth honestly) but my friend Mortis convinced me to post here more

P.S He is the son of the real Tom Breto lol yk the guy who owns BSO and also our school is right next to Aycock Labs

Posted on March 19th 2006, 4:51 PM

ZzCannoliStrokzZ comments: No way rofl r we supposta believe this guy is freinds with some1 from the breto family lol

MortisB. replies: He is telling the truth.

WillyCrunka replies: OMFG HE GOT ANOTHER ACC TO TRY TO CONVINCE US XD

ZzCannoliStrokzZ: Look he even changed his typing style!! roflao

MortisB. replies: No.

Xx\_TrappedSoul\_xX replies: Forget it man it's not worth it :/

Xx\_TrappedSoul\_xX comments: Alright since u guys always like doubt everything then here is a link to mah new post with a picture of me and mortis: [REDACTED] now u cant say “pIcS or iT dIdNt hApPeN” or whatevs

Matthew goes on to post an image of him and Mortis to which everyone thinks it's either photoshop or its a lookalike. This prompted Matthew to not post on Flairblaze, or any social platform once again. That was until... CUSSs deregistration on September 1st 2006, was caused by accumulated lawsuits, horrible treatment for non-YoY cult employees, budgetary deficit, diminishing sales, and most of all, the founder has gone more insane than usual. Two days before, an undercover detective named Blake Douglas disguised as an interviewer to get deeper into CUSS, Douglas claimed to have entered a room filled to the brim with pictures of the well-known and well-feared entity known as YoY and the detective even claimed to have witnessed it talking to him, Barron tried to cover it up but Douglas knew better, therefore he informed the Sharmont Police Department and the YMalek Anti-Lawbreaking Crook Organization.

This initiated a huge investigation by both the aforementioned SPD and YEA inside the 62-floor CUSS Department. They found and arrested multiple YoY cult members and found evidence of previously unsolved cases. They found dry blood stains hidden under a water cooler, they identified the blood belonging to Skorbya Ubezichshe, right beside the stain, and they found three fingerprints all belonging to Carl Barron. Not only that but they also found an empty orange canister in the backrooms of the same floor, it was ridden with Carl Barron’s fingerprints. Amber Kinley, who was a previous victim of a house fire, was working as an agent at Y.E.A investigating the department, noticed that the canister resembled the exact same one she saw 14 years ago, she immediately connected it to the 1992 Sharmont Blaze Incident and declared that the culprit she always thought was named “Jonathon Gooch” turned out to be the former family friend, Carl Barron. The police were beyond a doubt that Barron was guilty of these two incidents, yet they could not find him, his step-children, or YoY anywhere, not even in their mansion, their whereabouts were unknown and it seemed that he ran away after the “interview”. All we know is that Phineas Gonzalez, the original suspect behind the Ubezhishche murders was released from prison with a million dollar compensation and is a free man today.

This event dumbfounded Matthew and he had to voice his bewilderment somewhere, he posted his statement on every single platform he had, including Flairblaze.

Holy fucking shit guys im so happy today CUSS is fucking gone! It shoula happened a lot sooner honestly but its better late than never lol. Plus wtf is the deal with Carl? I thought he was super nice what how could he have been capable of such shit man??? Whatever ill just see more about the story once i come home from school 0\_0
*Posted on September 1st 2006 8:26 AM*

*notismiT\_T comments*: Finally! X3 Now TV can have its resurgance!... or has the internet replaced it :P

*Xx\_TrappedSoul\_xX replies*: Nah all the TVs base are belong to the web now XD

*PS2MasterRace replies*: They set them up a bomb

*FragoutCS0909 comments*: OMFG R U THE REAL MY LITTLE SISTER CAME FROM SCHOOL CRYING GUY????

*Xx\_TrappedSoul\_xX replies*: haha yes glad people are bein are inspired by it now instead of shittin on it for no reason

*DiosmioGaming9764 comments*: Carl fucking Barron, the world renowned criminal, and nice should'nt be said in the same sentence

*987ScrotumEviscerator789*: What about "Carl Barron is NOT nice" there ya go its in the same sentence

*Xx\_TrappedSoul\_xX replies*: Im srs he was real cool tho :/

*MJordonsketballfan*: what are you his boyfriend or something why are you defending him so much lawl

*Xx\_TrappedSoul\_xX replies*: Ig i got nothin to lose, he's my biological dad, my mom divorced him in like 98 or smth oh and since yall never belive me on anything ill send you a link to a video with my mom and her story with dad [LINK REDACTED]

 Matthew posted a video about him and Charlotte, who was well known as a former CUSS chief officer, talking about how they are both really related People would believe Matthew to truly be the son of Carl to which he would get bombarded with mixed messages: its either hate comments from people thinking Matt was "defending" his father or comments from concerned people asking if he was okay

*SiberianWildsEnjoyer comments*: Holy crap are you and ur mom alright man? DID HE ABUSE YOU GUYS??????

*Xx\_TrappedSoul\_xX replies*: My mom said she doesn't wanna talk bout it cuz she doesnt want my sister to know about her real dad or some shit but the most i can tell you is that he called me a mistake or an infidel when i last saw him 8 years ago so yea

*Wimditwumbo143543 comments*: Aw fuck man i thought u were a good person bc of that copypasta but now that your dad is evil your eivl 2!

*Xx\_TrappedSoul\_xX replies*: Uh no dude thats not how that works i havent seen that man in like almost a decade and i could have very well been a victim i just dk yet

*Wimditwumbo143543 replies*: Mommy told me that if a person is bad everyone who talks to him is bad, just like my uncle, i dont talk to my mom anymore.

*Xx\_TrappedSoul\_xX replies*: .

*DoubleYouExWhyZee comments*: u and ur mom should kill yourself LMAO IMAGINE DEFENDING A MURDERER XD YOU DESERVE GETTING PARRED BY EVER1 HERE

*Xx\_TrappedSoul\_xX replies*: Look dude i didnt know bout the whole situ also dont tell people to kill themselves what if i told you that hey asshole kill yourself sorry jk dont do that

*\_Lizzard08 comments*: She's such a brave woman!

*Xx\_TrappedSoul\_xX replies*: Can confirm xd

*Restrictiglobin comments*: u suck i bet u act just like him before too

*Xx\_TrappedSoul\_xX replies*: I dont even remember/know what he acts like lmfao

*Festive Fertile comments*: Hey. Since you attain a lot of these haters, what is the fate you would wish upon your biggest hater

*Xx\_TrappedSoul\_xX replies*: weird question but idk ig i would be a pacifist and sort it out kindly with him/her lol either that or we'll settle this like adults and beat the bare shit outta each otha to the death

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In the following weeks, the hate against Matthew would die down as people realize that he is completely innocent and has publically castigated his father and his actions in multiple instances. As the hate decreased, the praise increased and Matthew would gain a massive amount of followers which pressured him but he still appreciated them. He would find the gaming community lurking in Flairblaze and decided to call it home.

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### Act 2 - Endless Reconnaissance

 On October 16th 2006, an aspiring game developer posted on the Flairblaze gaming thread asking for ideas and as a good samaritan, Matthew Barron would present his concept.

*MissTick90 posts*: Hai forum! ive decided that i rly waant to make a good horror game, what do yall think the main big bad youre running away from should be?

*Xx\_TrappedSoul\_xX comments*: Make it like a hybrid of a clown and a doll cuz i hate both of those with a raging passion and they scare the fuq outta me LOL

*MissTick90 replies*: OMG that sounds like such a rad idea like its more unique than ur typical zombie crap lol

*Xx\_TrappedSoul\_xX replies*: Haha glad u liked it but still i like the zombie trope :P escpecially in hl2 and resident evil 4

*MissTick90 replies*: yea its fine its just reeeaaally overused XD

*Xx\_TrappedSoul\_xX replies*: Heh fair enough lol

*Festive Pistol replies*: [ADDRESS REDACTED], Effugia, NC, USA. Matthew Recyde Barron. :)

*Xx\_TrappedSoul\_xX replies*: WAIT WTF DUDE THATS MY HOUSE AND NAME MAN

*Festive Pistol replies*: Matthew Recyde Barron.

*Festive Pistol replies*: :)

*Xx\_TrappedSoul\_xX replies*: Wait werent u that one guy who askd me wwat i woudl do to muy bieggest HAWHY THE FUCJM WHY WHAT SI WRONG WITH YOU WHY WHY WHY WHY

*Festive Pistol replies*: Here.

*Festive Pistol replies*: :)

When he saw his house address being leaked online he panicked and accidentally clicked on the front page and saw the same message being copy-pasted by the same guy everywhere, "[ADDRESS REDACTED], Effugia, NC, USA. Here. :)" was all that he could see. He subsequently deleted his account in a state of shock but he knew that it wouldn't save him from the furore that will soon ensue. 10 minutes later, eleven mentally deranged 30-year-old men swarmed in the home and jumped Charlotte but, as if it was a Call of Duty Zombies match, Jeffery blasted them to no more tomorrow using a revolver, which injured all of the intruders but five succumbed to their wounds and died. Luckily, Jane Barron was sleeping in her room since it was so late at night, however, Jeff wasn't so lucky since he got arrested but released a day later with probation since it was an act of self-defense. The usually dormant and uncommunicative Flairblaze admins took action against this cybercrime and banned the perpetrator's account permanently. Matthew broke the tradition of leaving as soon as an inconvenience happens and decided that he will continue to engage with the community since it was one of his two sources of social life AND that he wants to end the everlasting negativity emanating from this horrible platform. A few days later, he received a direct message from someone named "Pestive Fistol" to which he recognizes that the user was the one who caused him a short yet troubling period of duress and that he was ban evading.

 *Pestive Fistol messaged you on October 19th 2006 10:21 PM*: Heyyyy, you still up? ;)

*Xx\_TrappedSoul\_xX*: Who the fuck are you?

*Pestive Fistol*: Oooh he's using correct grammar now, he's so angry! ;)

*Pestive Fistol*: Matthew Recyde Barron.

*Xx\_TrappedSoul\_xX*: Just tell me WHO THE FUCK ARE YOU AND HOW DO YOU KNOW MY NAME

*Pestive Fistol*: I've been here ever since you were born, MATTHEW RECYDE BARRON. :))))

*Xx\_TrappedSoul\_xX*: haha real fuckin funny dude just tell me who u r

*Xx\_TrappedSoul\_xX*: sry

*Pestive Fistol*: It will ruin the surprise if I told you, wouldn't it, Matthew Recyde Barron? :D

*Xx\_TrappedSoul\_xX*: idk what thats supposed 2 mean but srsly dude i just might report u 4 ban evading ur not supposta be here

*Pestive Fistol*: Bans don't do anything, Matthew Recyde Barron. I can just make a new account and in any case, I can go to a new location or something, Matthew Recyde Barron. :/

*Xx\_TrappedSoul\_xX*: oh well can u stop saying my name like that for no reason :////

*Pestive Fistol*: You're really boring, Matthew Recyde Barron. Let's see if she is more engaging than you, Matthew Recyde Barron. :DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

*Xx\_TrappedSoul\_xX*: wha ok whatever mcdonalds worker

And so, Matthew went to bed without any thoughts looming over the back of his head. However, exactly a day later, he heard his sister, Jane talk to someone in her room that was closed, the unknown voice sounded male and mature and it wasn't his dad or anyone she would have as a friend due to her age; yet he noticed that it sounded familiar. He decided to whip out a camera and opened the door and found a strangely tall man wearing a black hoodie and black sweatpants, what was weird is that when Matthew opened the door, the man looked at him and locked... eyes? with each other? Matthew noticed that the man did not have visible eyes nor any visible facial features. He heard some type of strange irritated growling sound originating from the man before vanishing out of thin air. He was in shock but he diverted his attention to Jane and hugged her out of fear and asked if she was ok. She said he was kind and funny but Matthew believed that was some kind of demon thing like YoY and he optimistically hoped that it wouldn't reappear again.

Though, he was glad that he had recorded the video so he could showcase a possible new world threat. He showed his parents and they were shocked and they didn't recognize who or what it was, he then later uploaded it to both Flairblaze in the Hthread and YouTube both titling them "What was this thing doing in my sister's room?!??!?!", this video went extremely viral. The comments on both platforms were akin in reactions some said it was fake, some said it was terrifying, awesome, and life-threatening among other things. However, the comment that stood out to Matthew the most was one of the most popular on Flairblaze and it said "What if it's Carl Barron? People say that he always wears black hoodies when doing something bad and that he inherited YoY's powers." Matthew didn't wanna believe it but at this point, he has no other leads on who it could be since he had a lot of reason to be in Jane's room since that's his daughter.

It would later be reported on the news that Carl Barron could have been spotted in the house of his children, Charlotte who was watching the news was distraught at this information, after all, she just wanted to start a new chapter in her life but her past will always find then hound her endlessly. Eventually, the police arrived at the Barron household and asked if they could install some security cameras all around the house in hopes of capturing Carl Barron once and for all, which they do.

Despite the cameras, this really didn't help anything, Jane is still meeting that monster anywhere and everywhere except for the place they want him to be, she met him at school, art classes, the playground, and many more. Matthew asked if the police can trace the location of the yet-to-be-banned Pestive Fistol Flairblaze account but the location led to a random empty field in Pennsylvania. The police will try as hard as they can to finally track down this evasive criminal once and for all.

### Act 3 - The Cautious and the Concubine

As the man keeps appearing in Jane's life, Matthew's anxiety vigorously increases day by day. Despite it being a year since the discovery of the threat where nothing has happened yet, Matthew couldn't help but live in constant fear of something finally ending up happening and ultimately, he can't help but feel extreme guilt by the end of it. After all, it's his little sister whose life is at risk of being in peril and it's his duty as an older brother to not make her experience such oddities in her life but he tried all he can and he ran out of options.

However, an aspect of Matthew's life is certainly looking up though and that would definitely be his virtual life, more specifically his Flairblaze and YouTube accounts. On Flairblaze, he has amassed a somewhat decent following and earned an honorable reputation due to his positive attitude and tried helping out the userbase in what he can so they wouldn't become toxic anymore. He and his real-life friend Mortis Breto met a group of people who are doing the best they can to purify the murky and dismal waters of Flairblaze into a more cleansed and effervescent version of itself, however, despite sinking many, many hours a day for the plan, it obviously wouldn't succeed, and was over-ambitious; Flairblaze stayed the toxic cesspool it always was but at least he's trying and he's having fun while doing it. His YouTube channel is no stranger to arising popularity, he accumulated fifteen thousand subscribers within a year since the recording of the man but people stuck around to see his gaming videos on topics such as Counter Strike and Garry's Mod. However, he couldn't help but feel as if his presence on social media is the reason behind the endless anxiety he is facing in the real world.

On September 8th 2007, as he was laying down in his bed in a dilemma, he heard a Flairblaze direct message notification sound loudly emitting from his computer's speakers. He apprehensively got up and checked his messages in hopes of it not being the man, Pestive Fistol, who he hasn't interacted with in months. To his dismay, it was him. He sent no words, just a 7-minute long video of him holding a camera in a graveyard. The man recording walks and walks until he finds what he was looking for, a tombstone with the name "Daisy Barron" inscribed on it; Matthew remembered his mother, Charlotte, telling him that Daisy was the name of a woman that Carl married for a year and immediately divorced after a year due to "being a superhero and traveling the world to help anyone she finds", seems like she passed away during her noble quest.

After panning up and down to capture all the nuances of the tombstone, the man set down the camera haphazardly before equipping a shovel and digging through the grave which is a criminal offense but Matthew was intrigued into viewing more. After a little bit of digging, his shovel collided with an unusual material, producing a "clank" sound, it seems to be a wooden coffin. The man, wearing the same black hoodie that Matthew saw before, seemed excited and sped up his digging and opened up the coffin to find a skeleton. Matthew couldn't see the decomposed corpse yet he imagined it. After kissing the skull of the empty husk, the man dragged a... human-sized doll dressed up as a clown? Matthew was appalled by the site of this thing before the man threw it inside the coffin, subsequently closed it then recovered it. He got close to the camera with the same near-featureless dark face and said "This is what you answered, Mat-" which was cut off by an unknown voice that yelled out "HEY!", to which He is seen mortifyingly saying "SHIT!" before cutting the video short and running away.

Matthew did not want to text him back so he resorted to pressing alt f4 on firefox and calling it a day. He just hopes that the unknown person at the end of the video was a cop so this needless torment could end once and for all.

The next day, during school, Matthew's daily daydreaming session was disrupted by the biggest explosion he has ever heard right next to him. This startled the entire school and they wanted to see what happened. Apparently, after a haphazard inspection, they found that the building right next to the school, Aycock Labs, was completely engulfed in flames from top to bottom. The principal called the fire department to solve this, in the meantime, they dismissed the entire school day and everyone called their parents to send them home, including Matthew. In the evening, the news talked about this incident and said that it was caused by faulty wiring mixed in with unattended chemicals which caused a chain reaction of explosions within the building which spawned a multitude of flaming areas. This event caused 91 injuries among employees and 39 deaths including the founder and CEO, Quindarious Aycock.

Since this company was one of the most influential companies in the United States, every establishment was forced to take a week off to commemorate the victims of this tragedy. Some conspiracists, led by Matthew, believe that it was the fault of Carl Barron or the like due to the negative history between him and the founder. Despite that, there is no evidence pointing toward him. However, Matthew isn't satisfied with leaving this case a brooding mystery so he decides to take initiative. He opens the direct messages with the man on Flairblaze and says:

 *Xx\_TrappedSoul\_xX messaged on September 12th 2007 at 3:18 PM*: hey the explosion a few days ago, was it ur doing? Ik u'll be like "Matthew Recyde Barron, I cannot tell you because I'm so cool, enigmatic and foreboding", no srsly i need to know respond pl0x. Dad.

*Pestive Fistol*: Thank you for your fhifg message, Matthew Recyde Barron :). However, it was NOT me who caused the incident. It was someone we both know. Well, you used to know her a long, long, long, long time ago, Matthew Recyde Barron. It was when you both were cute little kiddies. :)

*Xx\_TrappedSoul\_xX*: who??

*Pestive Fistol*: Dig deep in your memories, Matthew Recyde Barron. :)

*Xx\_TrappedSoul\_xX*: wtWAITTT HOLY SHIT

*Xx\_TrappedSoul\_xX*: I FIGURED IT OUT

*Xx\_TrappedSoul\_xX*: ITS

*Pestive Fistol blocked you.*

Before Matthew could confirm his suspicions, he got blocked by the recipient, which he ironically was happy about, even though the man messaged him twice in the past. However, three hours later he received an email from an unknown person by the name of victoriatimothy92@yahoo.com and it reads:

 Haiii! Are you THE Matthew Barron??? even tho im a bigggg fan I just wanna tell ya that you need to STOP blaming LIKE EVERYTHING on daCarl Barron!!! I dont like him either but like you know better!! LIKE OMG HELLO???? THEY SAID IT WAS AN ACCIDENT AND YOU SHOULD BELIEEEEVE IT OMGGG! SORRY FOR GETTING SO ANGRY but like cmon stop it!

P.S if ya wanna talk with me a bit my flairtag is V1kk1e\_<3 i cant add you cuz you disabled ittttt :'(((((

Matthew was intrigued, he was interested in seeing where this would go so he would go to Flairblaze and add this victoriatimothy person there, this sparked the beginning of a conversation:

 *V1kk1e\_<3*: OMGGG thx so much for adding me!!!! ^3^

*Xx\_TrappedSoul\_xX*: ur welcome haha so anyways whyja defend that guy lol

*V1kk1e\_<3*: BC like i said it was an ACCIDENT

*Xx\_TrappedSoul\_xX*: well yea but there were many things chalked up 2 being accidents but really werent yk????

*V1kk1e\_<3*: Oki but literally any1 can do it not just him

*Xx\_TrappedSoul\_xX*: didnt the fuker hate the founder of aycock labs like wtf bro im rly sorry if this sounds rude but its so obv

*V1kk1e\_<3*: any1 could have hated ayc\*ck i hated him i could have done it

*Xx\_TrappedSoul\_xX*: ok wat

*Xx\_TrappedSoul\_xX*: send me some pics of u i need to c u

*V1kk1e\_<3*: EWWW WTF YOU DISGUSTING PERV ILL TELL THE WHLE FORUM ABOUT THIS >:((((

*Xx\_TrappedSoul\_xX*: wat NOOOOO i didnt mean it liek that i mean that u can possibly be freaking Carl barron or smth roflmao

*V1kk1e\_<3*: Ohhh oki since im like a big fan ill show ya bb ;)

*V1kk1e\_<3*: okiii bb here you go **sends picture of a brunette girl with green eyes doing the peace sign**

*Xx\_TrappedSoul\_xX*: thats u?

*V1kk1e\_<3*: Mmmmhmmmmmmmmmmmmm ^0^

*Xx\_TrappedSoul\_xX*: mmm ok kewl

*V1kk1e\_<3*: do i look hot??? ;)

*Xx\_TrappedSoul\_xX*: yeah ig but i don wanna seem like im objectifying girls by saying it

*V1kk1e\_<3*: OMGGG I WAS SO WRONG ABOUT YOUUUU YOU'RE THE MANLIEST MAN TO EVER MAN I LOVE YOU SO MUUUUUCH LETS FUCK :333333

*Xx\_TrappedSoul\_xX*: ???? woah what idk u yet XD

*V1kk1e\_<3*: oki oki ill tell you everything ik about myself ^\_^

*V1kk1e\_<3*: my name is victoria timothy but ye can call me vikkie and i love anime and video games and internet stuffs ohhh and am 15 years oldddd ^\_^

*Xx\_TrappedSoul\_xX*: ye im 15 too XD

*V1kk1e\_<3*: kool ALSOOOO when can we meet up??? i live in sharmont with my dead beat bro xdddd where do you licve??

*Xx\_TrappedSoul\_xX*: Oh uhh not in sharmont XD

*V1kk1e\_<3*: ok but where.

*Xx\_TrappedSoul\_xX*: my location got leaked some time ago im sure you can find it somewhere lmfao

*V1kk1e\_<3*: WHAT WHO COULD DO SUCH A THING TO MY BAE D:<

*Xx\_TrappedSoul\_xX*: Carl Barron ofc

*V1kk1e\_<3*: Man FUCK that guy ! he's sych a diiiick >:(((((((((((((((((((((((

*Xx\_TrappedSoul\_xX*: ayup

*V1kk1e\_<3*: but seriously where do you live tell me please :p

*Xx\_TrappedSoul\_xX*: why?

*V1kk1e\_<3*: Please.

*Xx\_TrappedSoul\_xX*: i forgot my address

*V1kk1e\_<3*:hiufhiufhiufh fair enouh i wont fight ya forit

*Xx\_TrappedSoul\_xX*: ...ok then?????

*Xx\_TrappedSoul\_xX*: Also you said you played vidya games

*Xx\_TrappedSoul\_xX*: which ones exactly?

*V1kk1e\_<3*: oh rite! hang on brb in like a minute!

*Xx\_TrappedSoul\_xX*: hey its been 3 minutes where have ya been XD

*V1kk1e\_<3*: heyyy im backk ok so i play this 1 called cownner strike and this one called hey low

*Xx\_TrappedSoul\_xX*: ya mean counTer strike? and what is hey low lol never heard of it

*V1kk1e\_<3*: its another gun game

*Xx\_TrappedSoul\_xX*: ohhhhh wait HALO that game! i luv it

*V1kk1e\_<3*: oh yeeaaa sorry im just bad at remembeing stuff

*Xx\_TrappedSoul\_xX*: donut wory bout it lel

After this "sterling" conversation, Matthew and Victoria went on to be great friends despite the latter constantly begging the former to show her his house address. Their bond has become so strong to the point that Matthew wants to upgrade their link from platonic friendship to a romantic relationship, which was convenient for him since Victoria took action asked him on February 14th 2008, valentine's day, if they can become online boyfriend-girlfriend to wish he happily accepts. In spite of Matthew being shy at first, Victoria begged him to do a video call with her on skype to which he disagrees with this idea but eventually warms up to it. He gave her a friend request on skype that she accepts, they begin the call:

 *Victoria*: **looks at Matthew's webcam surprised** O-Oh Em Gee!

*Matthew*: Hey, haha. How ya doin'?

*Victoria*: You look... kinda ugly...

*Matthew*: ...wow okay... **awkward laugh**, well you certainly... don't look like your picture...

*Victoria*: Hey shut up! That's because I had, like, a growth spurt!

*Matthew*: Oh. Okay...

*Victoria*: I-... you... I-I thought you would look, like, hotter... y'know... guess i was wrong...

*Matthew*: What? What do you want me to say? "Sorry I'll do better next time"?! ...sorry for yelling

*Victoria*: Grrr I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN NOT TO TRUST YOU, YOU'RE A LIAR

*Matthew*: Wha-What did I lie about???

*Victoria*: You made me think you're, like, hot!

*Matthew*: I didn't do shit bro!

*Victoria*: FUCK YOU IT'S OVER **immediately hangs up**

After that NPC conversation, Matthew instantly felt depressed and as if the last few months of talking to Victoria were for naught and that he would never get a chance like this in his life unless he changed the thing he hates the most about himself: his weight. He thought it would be a great idea to exercise every day, he asked his parents to buy him a fitness set so he can be physically attractive. After all, he hasn't forgotten about the man that keeps visiting his sister and if the worst-case scenario occurs, he can beat the shit out of him.

### Act 4 - Forever Feeble

A week later, Matthew's fitness set was ready and he was ready to exercise! He planned that every day he would spend an hour and a half of his day exerting himself to the maximum capacity. He was excited to make this healthy lifestyle change, it was for his own good. At 8 AM that day, he did nothing but lift some weights epic gamer style! He continued to lift and lift and lift UNTIL HE gave up and never exercised again. He thought it was way too much effort and that he felt excessive amounts of pain in his left elbow joint. Welp, what more than to keep continuing on living comfortably without worrying about it, after all, he's only 16 years old, there's plenty of time for opportunities to come, right?

Welp, he has nothing important to do now, despite his two years of effort Flairblaze is still a pathetic, morally corrupt platform. After the breakup, he lost all motivation to do anything to improve the quality of life for himself and others so he does nothing but helplessly mope around for a month in his room, doing nothing but nothing. His friends, and Mortis Breto noticed how pessimistic and defeatist he became and tried to cheer him up but nothing would work; before he was depressed but usually would handle it with a stoic approach now he's letting it eat him whole. He tells them that he feels useless and nothing he does works, Flairblaze wouldn't become toxic-free, his sister is still being stalked by his biological father, and he is still obese, basically, nothing is working. Mortis tells him what his father always says: "When there is a will, there is a way." before the bell rang that indicates the school day's end.

On his drive home, he thought of those inspiring words, they were ringing in his head like a siren or an alarm clock. It was just a month after his first workout and he did his best, instead of the initial hour and a half he resorted to twenty minutes a day and will gradually increase it if he sees progress, he even thought of going on a diet. Two months later, he lost a ton of weight but he wasn't muscular, he thought it was good enough and stopped for a while. Everyone was happy for him and his progress, his family, his friends, and his fans on Flairblaze. Coincidentally, the man who was hounding the family for a while mysteriously hasn't shown up since late May of 2008, well that's great, no skin off of anyone's nose.

However, on August 16th 2008, late at night, Matthew received two new messages by "Pestive Fistol" on Flairblaze, he's unblocked now it seems. The messages are two separate pictures of the same grave that was displayed in the video Matt was shown months ago. The first photograph shows the same tombstone of Daisy Barron but with one stark difference: The grave was open. It didn't seem as if somebody used a shovel to dig all the dirt up but it seemed more as if it was frantically dug in a state of desperation. The second photo was more alarming than the last, it showed the details of what was inside of the grave, an open coffin. As he was about to close the chat he saw a new message being sent which read "that is your biggest hater. :)". Matthew doesn't comprehend what he is being fed so he decides to log off for the day and head to bed for the night.

He quickly was transported to the whimsical land of slumber where he sleeps peacefully. Notwithstanding the physical peace, mentally, he had a horrible nightmare. He apparently had bowel issues in the dream, therefore, he wanted to look for a toilet but he couldn't, he was in an unfamiliar office building environment. Although it DID seem familiar, it was as if he saw it somewhere in his early childhood. On top of that, he heard something behind him, to which he looked over his shoulder and found the clown doll from the video that Pestive Fistol showed him, he decides to run away and it chases him. He noticed that in the dream he looked like his previous obese self. He kept on running and running until a window to the outside world spawns right in front of him and inevitably, his body breaks through the window and falls from so high up and hits the ground on a random road, he wakes up in real life. What was weird is that the words "biggest hater" were repeated over and over again. How strange.

The next day, he woke up to a new message, not from Pestive Fistol but by... Victoria Timothy? He was both excited and afraid of what this message would be, after all, they haven't spoken since the skype call 6 months prior yet she lives rent-free in Matthew's mind. The message read "Heyyy <3 I'm totes so so so so so sorryyyyyyy about what I said in feb!! i wanna be with u again sooooo wanna date??? again?? ;)". Matthew wanted to reply with "You look... kinda shitty..." but even he knew it was petty and childish and was above that so consequently he replied with "Heyy hru aight sure! yes i missed you so much!", they talked for hours on end about nothing.

Everything was looking up for Matthew, virtually and in reality. He can now happily start his junior year of high school. Now let's skip to December 25th of 2008, before this, Matthew was at his happiest and everything was going great for him; especially today since it was his 18th birthday. Jane wanted him to celebrate it at the school festival that was taking place at her elementary school. She asked Charlotte and Jeff if they could hold it there to which they agreed, despite Matthew wanting to celebrate it at home. Matthew was in his room at the time and was chatting with Victoria who wished him a happy birthday and asked him where he was celebrating it, to which he replied with "the Effugia elementary school!". She replied in understanding and said that she would drive there on her own so they can finally meet face to face in real life for the first time.

As the conversation ended, Charlotte called Matthew down and noticed that all of his friends were there and the decorations were put up, since they were already there, why not throw the party there? He didn't even get a chance to tell his girlfriend that they're throwing the party at his house which kind of worries him, yet he still has a good time. Amidst all the happiness and joy, Jane looked a little displeased, Matthew noticed this and asked her why is she malcontent to which she said "We didn't go celebrate it at the festival!", he instantly thought of his girlfriend too. So, as a resolution, he decided to go to the festival as an "after-party" where he would invite Mortis Breto, and his sister Jane Barron only. He wanted to see his girlfriend there anyway.

As soon as he got there by car, he did nothing but try to find his girlfriend, and eventually, he spotted her: a girl with brown hair and green eyes. He instantly approached her and Victoria's slightly irked expression turned into a happier one. They hung out a little bit until Jane tells Matthew that she wanted to eat something so they went to a corndog booth and ordered 5 for each. However, when Jane was eating she noticed something odd about Victoria she was laughing to herself insidiously, and that was when she perceived a strange mannequin-like clown behind her. Jane notified Matthew of this oddity yet it was too late, the light of the festival shut off which rendered it only illuminated by the moon and the stars. The clown doll dashed at Matthew and started beating him to a pulp. Matthew tried to fight back with some hits landing and others missing, his screams being drowned out by the screams of the other children afraid of the dark and the night sky. Breto tried to help but to no avail, as did Jane. After the doll was done with Matthew it tried to attack Jane but it was blocked by Mortis who was eventually mauled to death, this rendered Jane powerless and helpless therefore she had no other choice but to run home to safety, carrying the trauma and guilt this experience had on her.

As Matthew was about to succumb to his wounds, Victoria Timothy the girl who he thought loved him, stood over him and took off her brown hair wig revealing a blonde hue. In his final moments, he heard her say "Good riddance, little piece of shit vermin of a step-bro." before kicking him, thus killing him. The glitz of the festival lights returned only to shine on the corpses of the two teenagers which unfortunately scarred more children.

### Act 5 - Life Without Matthew

**(You can probably tell that I don't feel like continuing this one lol so ill just keep it short and it'll be even more poorly written)**
As you can imagine, after witnessing the catastrophe involving her brother and his friend, Jane was traumatized and she was never the same again. Her entire demeanor and personality changed. Her parents, who are also devastated, noticed this and decided to uplift the family's happiness by adopting a dog, it was a male English Mastiff that they named Takeo, however, this didn't help.

Two years later, Jeff decided to take Takeo (lol) for a walk but he saw an 80s car rapidly approach him, he couldn't see who the driver was but didn't have any time to detect who it was since the car collided with his body, Takeo just ran away out of fear. The driver exited the vehicle and it was the man who was previously stalking the family, Jeff didn't know who he was but when he talked he remembered him having the same voice as his brother Carl Barron. The man took out a box cutter and stabbed Jeff twice, once in each hand, before fleeing the scene. Jane was the first to discover her father's body, which traumatizes her more. This traumatizes her. During christmas day of 2012, she heard her mother arguing with a familiar voice, so she went downstairs and found the same black hoodied man wielding a gun to Charlotte's head. Jane ran as fast as she could and punched the man in the back of his head which caused him to shoot her mother in the upper extremity of her thigh before falling unconscious. The man looks behind him and finds Jane, he had a look of docility but Jane recognizes him as the man in her childhood and never realized how ugly and abnormal he looked. In a fit of rage and self-defense, she shot the man in the head, rendering him deceased. Jane snaps out of it and immediately regrets her decision, she cries due to her immoral actions and the at-the-time belief that her mother had deceased. She called the police on herself and was ready to face consequences.

**(Finally im finished with this i got so bored of it, maybe in the future ill make it more polished but now holy shit did this burn me out)**