2024 Han Alone Against The Static

# Alone Against The Static

* Charlie seems agitated. It's been over 3 hours in the car. They continue into the forest
* They arrive at the cabin, and decide on hamburgers for dinner
* They decide to relax, and turn on the TV/VCR combo
* All the 15 tapes are slasher films
* There's an unmarked tape in the machine
* The screen starts with blurry footage done with a hand-help camera
* There is a wall of tall forest trees
* In the middle is the cabin, probably just after Julie's wedding
* With both Mark and Julie in shot, who is doing the filming
* The movie goes into very loud static
* They decide to stay calm and try to watch one of the movies
* They put in one of the movies, and the horrendous noise returns before the electricity goes out completely.
* It is very dark.
* Alex asks Charlie to come to bed, which he does
* Alex wakes up alone. Charlie has gone into town for supplies.
* Alex goes out. She ignores the blueberry bush
* There's a sound from just off the trail
* Alex drinks some of the water from the stream
* Alex comes across a shed that leans lopsided against a rock wall
* They look inside and find a bench, a hammer, and a screwdriver set. They take the drivers
* Alex now goes for the cupboard
* Inside are a bunch of moss over grown tapes, odd labels on them
* Then the boxes are looked at. They're wet and caked with mildew. Inside is a pile of black clothing
* Also dirty glass jars, a dagger in a sheath, and a video recorder
* They take the dagger
* As they take the camcorder, Alex shivers. Using the screwdriver kit, they try and fail to get whatever is in it out.
* Alex heads back out of the shed and back towards the cabin for breakfast
* Alex goes into the shower and washes up, dressing practically
* Food is eaten, alone
* In the cupboard beneath the sink is a small flashlight with dying batteries
* The batteries for the remote control are found, and used to fix the flashlight
* Now Alex is bored and can't think of anything else to do.
* A balding man in a thick winter coat knocks on the door asking for Julie
* The stranger is asked to leave, as he stands close to the door, kinda funny
* Alex goes to head to bed, alone. It's dark.
* There's a single knock on the door
* Alex finishes her sandwich, then goes to bed.
* Now the TV turns back on.
* The power button on the TV does nothing.
* Alex tries to ignore it as it hums there softly
* Shortly after sleep is reached there is a loud knocking on the door that almost breaks it in

### Fit the second

* Dave joins in
* They grab the knife
* A moment later the stranger bursts in, crazed and violent
* The "knife to a gun fight" tickbox is checked
* The stranger smiles as he is hit by the dagger as he talks about being taken and the child being three.
* Multiple tentacles come out of the body
* All the sounds turn to static
* The character runs out of the cabin into the wood
* They get to a path and follow it for an hour, but they have no clue where they actually are.
* They have to take a rest against a tree limb
* Did they just hear a hiss? Or was it static?
* They scan with their flickering flashlight
* A few minutes later they come upon a small tent in a small glade
* A fully clothed man comes out of the tent and nods politely
* The man says that he's also heard the child of the forest, that sounds like static
* The man says that he knows who Alex is as the child has told him
* The child exists alone in the wild places of the world, and is very old
* The Child can talk through the video tapes
* The man has given himself to the child, if it so wishes it can take its form, so it may have been the man they came across before
* As Alex goes to leave, Charlie appears at the edge of the clearing, saying that all is ok (ok, it's Charlie with twigs in their hair, etc).
* Alex goes in for a hug which is reciprocated
* But this isn't Charlie
* It decides to show you what it is. It shows its true form as a dozen voices join in chanting the name "Bush Tick Ah"
* Alex lunges forwards and starts fighting
* Alex lands a solid blow and rips off the face that it stole from its partner, even if it takes no actual damage
* "This is your last chance. Accept the child or Reject it or suffer"
* The tentacles impale Alex
* The final image is crawling static
* Dave reads the acceptance ending

#### Trivia

* Inclusiveness is good for everyone
* Art kept track of the crumble trail