Audio Log 92

August 12th 2017

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Branderhorst: Hello? Is this on? Oh it is…

Hello, I have no idea before we start if I will ever find anyone or this log will get to anyone but I may as well record this just in case

My name is Hugo Branderhorst

I'm a student at Argosy College, California studying Computer Tech, hence the recorder

I have no idea how or when I got here but I do remember one thing, an Ikea bed

So basically, I was in Ikea with my best friend because he had just moved into campus and wanted a new bed for his room because the person before him had left a weird smell on it. I thought it was ridiculous but I went along with him. Once we were in the bed section, my spare cable dropped out my hand and under a bed, I crouched down to get it and somehow… fell?

I hit a carpet thankfully but I have no idea what to do now so I'm sort of just wondering around this place. I think this is some kind of Ikea but it's not the one I was in…

I just hope it doesn't get dark soon… If Ikea even gets dark…

August 13th 2017

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Branderhorst: So uh, hey again…

Last night was… eventful, I'm not really sure what happened

I met a man, he was a human, thankfully, and he said something about it's not safe and something like that, I didn't really hear because I got distracted by some distant sound away from us

That scream haunted me the whole rest of night

We camped out at a small cafe we found behind the counter. It wasn't ideal but it was safe. He explained that every night the employees try to kill you explaining that you need to exit the store but apparently, there isn't an exit…

And that's what worries me the most

He explained how he has a base camp called "Collection", it's named after the sign above it, Delivery Collection. I find that cute, like a toddler naming its teddy bear Teddy. But I'm still worried that we have no way of ever getting out of here

We're nor far from the base, only a couple of minutes, he says his name is Chung-Hee but his real name is Ha Joon, there are 14 other people at the base camp, that's reasonable I think

So, we're here at the camp

I've met 3 of the 14 and so far they all seem to have similar stories, they somehow got here but never sure how. I met a boy called Ethan and his older brother Alex, apparently, they have a similar story to mine except they ran through a door in a science exhibition and somehow ended up inside a wardrobe

Ethan: HELLO!

Alex: Ethan leave him alone, he just wants to stay here stop messing around. Sorry for my brother, he's only 6 so you can understand

Branderhorst: Yeh that's fine, anyway so it's pretty weirdly built, it has walls built mainly of fridges and beds and some other things I didn't think Ikea even had

But it feels safe, I think…

September 23rd 2017

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Branderhorst: Wow, I can't believe I forgot about this, so right now, we're under… siege I guess?

It started about a week ago. Those staff members really want us out of this place but what I've heard, there isn't a way out, proving my fears

I was assigned the "head chef" which I thought was stupid but it really means, go out and collect food, which I think I could do, at least I'm not a building collector

Chung-Hee: Hugo, get over here we need to get these staff members bodies out the way before the next round come in

Branderhorst: I have to admit, I like being here more than I like being at campus

Sounds of groaning

Oh god, Jen? Are you okay?

Jen: Yeh, just, one of them took off with my shoe, and I have a wound there

I don't think I can help much, I'm going back to my room

Chung-Hee: Hugo, go with her, Max, Alex, Jake and Peter, you're with me

Branderhorst: So, I guess this is it, I can't record this anymore, I fear, if anyone finds this and gets out or if I get out, I don't want the shouts and screams of the night to be known to anybody, only to haunt those who stay or escape from this place

October 2nd 2017

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Michael: And it should be on now!

Brandehorst: Thanks Mike

Well… what to say, these past months have been really hectic, Alex and Jen are expecting a baby in 8 months, I personally, found it a bit stupid, what if we're attacked and she's over here, having early morning sickness when we're trying to fend off the stupid employees of this place. I guess there is one thing, for all we know, we'll all become godmothers and fathers when he's born. The employees seem to have left "Collection" alone and gone after some other place called "Toys" I think.

We gained another 5 people a week ago, they were pretty scared and 4 of them don't speak English very well. But they're actually very helpful, one of them from Thailand become Head Chef with me and she has eyes like cat's, we wouldn't have spotted a warm pastry if it wasn't for her

The attacks took quite a lot of damage on our walls, we've expanded a lot and Chung has even considered renaming our tribe, "The Country of the Central Supplies". Of course, nobody wanted it. But with all this land at our disposal, I guess we should take advantage of it. We're currently negotiating with another close tribe, I think the name is "Mattresses" if they would join our tribe and we absorb their land. I'm not sure what the current offer is, Jen and Chung control that, but I do know if we do do it, we'll control everything in between pillars A-G-N-U-15 to A-G-N-V-15

So our explorers came back with someone from "Mattresses" who wanted to join us, I thought they were messing with me but when I saw who it was I just couldn't believe it…

I mean, how did he find me? He saw me disappear down that bed 3 months ago, did he follow me and end up somewhere else? How is that possible?

October 13th 2017

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Branderhorst: We lost Chung…

It happened last night. We were wondering around, minding our own business you know, then these 20-odd teenagers come, jumped over our walls and pointed guns at us, this Ikea really is weird. But anyway, they demanded that we give up half our supplies because they were recently raided, the 16 of us ran back inside to our "rooms" whilst Chung stayed upfront to stop them. He said something about that we'll help them to gather supplies but they refused so they just killed Chung then took almost all we had. It was crazy I mean, Jen was screaming and Julian was just shaking whilst he was there, it was, terrifying…

From then on we vowed to never let anyone kill anyone in our tribe again. We took "Mattresses" but they don't really like the prospect of us controlling them, we decided to make Julian head of Tribal Affairs