NOVEL SIMPLE Chapter 3 – What I saw…
Seriously this girl…
Is she picking a fight on purpose?
I'm genuinely wondering how she got accepted as a cashier.
The manager must’ve been desperate if he had to resort to hiring narcissists.
Ahh, fuck…
…
“… Noh mask.”, I muttered.
The girl was confused, “What..?”
“I… Nevermind.”
Doesn’t seem worth it.
I’ll just vent my anger in a MOBA game at home.
Acknowledging my submission, the girl plastered a huge grin on her face.
Tch, annoying.
Then she began counting the drumsticks, and tapping on the cash register.
“That’ll be 5 dollars and 25 cents.”
I searched into my wallet and handed over a 10 dollar bill.
The girl took the 10 dollars and began taking out change from the register.
She dropped it on the counter.
“Word of advice, hit on someone that’s actually in your league.”
I could say the same to you.
You can find a lot of them at the circus.
I’m never coming back here. I should look for another store…
The girl took out her phone and began tapping on her phone…
She murmured, “What’s a Noh Mask..?”
Heh…
Seems like she’ll soon get the idea.
I quickly walked over to the entrance.
Ding~!
Oh crap, I almost bumped into someone again.
But this time, in front of me was a very tall person in a black suit.
Their arms were very elongated, and their face was covered by the header of the sliding doors.
As they ducked under to enter the building, it revealed a creepy sight…
It was a man who was wearing a realistically-detailed grinning pumpkin mask on his face.
Give me a break, how many weirdos am I gonna see today?
“Excuse me…”, I apologized.
As I walked around him, his eyes followed me with his luminous purple pupils.
His eyes were entirely black, did he get it dyed?
…
Walking through the doors, I heard someone scrambling behind me.
“YOU FUCKER! WHO’RE YOU CALLING A NOH MASK?!”, the girl screamed.
She messily started climbing over the counter.
Fucking crazy bitch!
I held tightly onto my drumsticks and got ready to sprint.
“NO! Stop him! Stop him!”
But before I could leave, the man from before grabbed onto my wrist.
In a calm and monotone voice, he slowly asked me, “What… Did you do… To my… employee..?”
You’re the manager?!
I’ve literally never seen you at this store!
“Thanks, hold him still…”
“I’m gonna castrate you… You fucker…”, the girl pulled out a pair of scissors from her shorts.
She walked towards me with a demonic face.
Why the hell do you have scissors!
I shook the man’s arm, “Fuck! Let me go! Let me go!”
The man looked back at the girl, and then back at me, “Well… Let’s… Have a talk.”
…
In the store’s storage room. Both me and the girl were sitting at a foldable table.
Directly across from each other, we were glaring each other down.
Sitting beside her was the manager of this store.
Honestly, I’d never seen him here before. It’s my first time meeting him.
…
The silence was loud.
But the man who called himself the manager broke the silence.
“Allena… Apologize… To the little boy.”
“What?!”, the girl slammed on the table.
“What do I have to apologize for?!”
Heh, serves you right Whiteface Princess.
The man continued, “You… Belittled… And… Disrespected him…”
“Very… Unprofessional… I’m disappointed.”
The way he talked was awkward, I wondered if his parents were sloths.
Ah, sorry for my rude comment…
The girl stood up, as if the world was crashing down on her, “I… Even you… I trusted you..! Are you abandoning me too?!”
Hahaha, cry about it.
“ARGHHH! Damnit!”
The girl kicked a nearby shelving rack.
The two fully-filled cardboard boxes at the top started tipping over.
The girl looked up, “Oh-”
It was about to fall over the girl, until…
The lights suddenly flashed off and then back on.
The manager was positioned to where his long arm was balancing the tipping side of the boxes.
Stopping them from falling.
!!!
What the hell…
“Are… You… Okay..?”, the manager asked.
In a momentary daze, the girl realized what had happened.
She blushed, “T-Thank you…”
No wait, what was that..?
The man stared at the girl, “Now… Apologize… To the little man…”
Did I, somehow… Imagine that..?
“I… Sigh… I’m sorry, sir. I won’t treat you like that again…”, the girl apologized.
No seriously, w-what was that?!
Chills ran down my back.
Something’s wrong.
I need to get out of here.
“N-Now if you’ll excuse me…”, I quickly walked towards the emergency exit.
“Ah, your drumsticks!”, the girl called out.
That tall man…
No... That thing..!
I looked back at the tall man.
Still staring at me with the grinning pumpkin mask.
“I-It’s fine, keep it… It’s probably melted anyway-”, I hurriedly pushed the crash bar of the door.
…
It’s not budging.
I pushed harder on the crash bar.
Why isn’t it opening?!
Then, an ominous voice rang behind me, “You… Saw it… Didn’t you?”
…
Thinking back on it, did he ever blink..?
“You definitely did.”
I turned backwards.
Only to see the man staring at me with the same grin on his pumpkin mask… No…
That was his skin.
On the floor, next to the table…
The girl was flailing her limbs and uncontrollably having a spasm.
“HAHAHAHAHAHA!”
The girl was hysterically laughing.
Blood was dripping from her neck. It was leaking from an abnormally large stab wound.
W-What’s happening.
“I thought turning off the lights would impair your vision…”
“You’re quite… Observant, aren’t you?”
Soon the light bulbs, starting at the emergency exit, began exploding towards the direction of the table.
The darkness swallowed my whole body.
Click. Click. Crack. Click. Crack…
Soon, the storage room was engulfed in darkness… Except… For…
A single light bulb dangling above the tall man’s head.
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...
I knew what I saw.
…
Back then, the boxes were already falling on top of the girl.
…
But…
Within the flicker of the lights...
...
The man stopped them with his eight arms.
Btw, here's what a Noh Mask looks like.
