Vol. 2

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The video starts with white text against a black screen that says, "Winter Break 2009."

[phone dialing]

Two images of Adam Murray and Jonah Marshall are seen; the text states, "Wanted by the FBI / $100,000 reward."

There are captions above the photo, writing out the dialogue.

Adam: You've reached the Bythorne Paranormal Society, how may I help you?

Woman: Hello? Uh, may I schedule an appointment?

The woman's photo is a stick figure with a question mark over the face.

Adam: Of course, ma'am. where is the location?

Woman: My home, one [silence]

Adam: Okay, thank you. Would you mind giving a brief description of what you've been experiencing?

Woman: I've been hearing...things.

Adam: Like what, ma'am?

Woman: I still hear the meows of my old cat, Jonny. But the little guy passed away a few years ago...

Jonah: Ugh, really? A freaking cat alternate?

Adam: Shhhh!

Woman: I don't think it's an alternate! I just think his soul still roams the house still. I want to make sure he find peace in whatever realm he resides in. Do you think you could help guide him?

Adam: We can...certainly try, ma'am. When would you like us to visit?

Woman: As soon as possible, please. When's your next opening?

Adam: Well, we could do tonight if you want.

Woman: Can you do... 3 nights? I'm away from home on a business trip. I'm sure this will give you enought time to...deal with him.

Adam: Uh...well...

Woman: How about $500 a night?

Jonah: Oh hell yeah!

Adam: Alright, sounds like a plan. Uh.. we will help your cat, ma'am.

Woman: Thank you so much, I appreciate it more than you can think.

Adam: No problem, ma'am. It's just what we do.

[phone clicks off]

[wind]

Text on screen states that the recording device is, "CarCamGPS HD, v0.58." The text on screen reads, "Alert. Please enable camera for video recording." This message blinks on and off.

Jonah: Okay, back it up, back it up, you got it?

Adam: Yeah, I got it.

Jonah: You sure you got it?

Adam: Yeah, just open the trunk.

Jonah: Now are you really sure you got it? 'Cause I can—

Adam: Just open the damn trunk, Jonah!

Jonah: Hm. I guess you do got it.

[trunk closes]

Adam: Such a dickwad...

Jonah: [laughs]

Adam: You think we got anything we actually needed?

Jonah: Well, not like we can do anything about it now.

[click]

The camera turns on, showing an empty snowy road in the middle of the day. At the bottom, it states that the GPS signal is "OK," and it is 11:41PM at ETA time.

[car stalls]

Adam: Shit...we got anything left?

Jonah: Uh..no..?

Adam: You used everything already?!

[car stalls again]

Adam: Damnit.

Jonah: Well, we don't gotta worry about income anymore since we got this massive fucking payday, right?

Adam: Uh, well, we got a couple options.

Jonah: Which are..?

Adam: We either one: ask someone to help start our car with the cables, or...

Jonah: Steal another one?

Adam: ...Yeah..

Jonah: Uh, it's broad daylight now... but it's not like anyone is gonna call the cops here.

Adam: Right...

Jonah: And we'd be doing yet another delinquent act, but it's not like we aren't already on the run anyway.

[silence]

An photo of Adam, in a Bythorne Paranormal Society hoodie, at the opened engine of the car. It is labeled, "IMG_016" with the description, "adam trying to fix he car while i eat chips LMAO -jonah."

A second photo shows a blurry sign that says, "Wecome to Mandela County," it is labeled, "IMG_024," and "(No Description)."

4:47

[car driving]

A view of the backseat window can be seen, the sky is a midtone blue with trees passing by. The screen breifly goes dark before returning to the car window view. It is now nighttime with yellow street lamps being the only source of light.

Jonah: —And who's to say that she's not even crazy. Who's to say she's not as high as I'm gonna be in thirty minutes?!

Adam: Uh.. I would hope us, because the last thing I need is getting a weird house call from a stoned lady about a dead cat, and then there'd be nothing there [glitches] nothing there-there-there-there.

The video blinks and even becomes upside down birifely before turning bright green and then returning to normal.

Jonah: Right? Half of me thinks there aren't even alternates and the mayor was just too stupid to make that entire, uh, infographic.

Adam: Yeah but then like, why are we getting so many calls about alternates in the first place.

Jonah: Maybe it's because every—maybe it's mass hysteria, right? Do you think this is the rise of the war on alternates?

Adam: I don't know, I—We're just two guys driving—

[silence]

The GPS camera is used again, with the signal being "OK," and the time being 11:42PM at ETA time. A barren road near a bridge can be seen, surrounded by trees. There is a wooden cross on the side of the road.

5:05

[car driving]

They drive down the barren road.

GPS: You will arrive at your destination in ten minutes.

Jonah: Holy shit, that's actually really useful. [sigh] I mean, they didn't have have to outlaw these things, did they? Like I doubt that guy's face could appear on something like this, and y'know, kill you, I don't know.

Adam: No, they did not.

Jonah: I guess crime really does pay.

Adam: I like how you're making us out to be like gangsters when all we did was ...y'know. Get all this.

Jonah: I know, I know, it's just..[sigh] We lived out whole lives under the radar, right? Like the quiet kids—

[silence]

[car driving]

They pull into the drivethrough of a house that appears to be Cesar's old house. The GPS signal is "4/10," and it is still 11:42PM at ETA time.

[car turned off]

The screen turns dark as the text on the bottom says, "Powering Off... Please Wait."

[wind]

6:07

The text on screen reads, "Night 1, January 12, 2009, 11:45PM."

[keys rattle]

[car door closing]

[footsteps in snow]

Adam walks across the snowy lawn, shining a flashlight along the side of the house, he peers into a window. Text at the bottom reads, "Empty room with cat door?"

Jonah (radio): There's one camera in there, already. But it's one of those old ones with the tapes and stuff. It will record but I won't be able to see it in real time. We'll just have to look at it afterwards.

[footsteps]

Adam (camera mic): Here kitty kitty...[snaps fingers]

The camera is pointed at a window covered by large curtains.

[clawing noises in background]

Adam: Everything okay? You at peace here?

The camera switches to a view of the hallway, there is text saying, "recording," at the top right. It switches to a shot of two small devices on a wooden floor.

Jonah (camera intercom): [laughs] You look so stupid right now.

Adam: Dude, what am I supposed to do, for a literal ghost cat?!

Jonah: What's— What's it gonna do, just [meow] us to death? Like, what are we doing here?

Adam: Would you mind taking this seriously for once?

Jonah: I mean [sigh], in the end, I don't really have to take that much seriously at all 'cause I'm in here, and you're in there, and you're—

Adam: Yeah, because you were too scared to go inside to begin with.

Jonah: Not too scared, I'm not too scared—

Adam: Yes you are.

Jonah: No I'm not. I'm not scared. I'm not. I'm not. I just..

[click, the clawing stops]

Jonah: I'm just allergic to cats.

Adam is now shining the flashlight at a door.

Adam: You seeing this?

Jonah: Uhh...the door?

He attempts to turn the knob.

Adam: It's locked tight...kinda weird.

Jonah: Try and um...do you have anything to, y'know, tear it down?

Adam: I'm not gonna bust down this random lady's door.

[photo taken]

Jonah: It's fine, she's not gonna find out.

Adam: Anyways, moving on.

[silence]

The photo taken is titled, "IMG_032," and has a description saying, "The only locked door in the house. -Adam." It shows the door.

Jonah: So you uh... you see anything in there?

The GPS camera is filming the house, it is snowing. There is an alert that says, "Internal Hardware (Microphone) is Damaged for an Unknown Reason. Please Visit Your Local Electronics Retailer for Assistance, or Recalibrate Yourself (Page 34 in Manual)." The GPS signal is "3/10," and the time says, "No Input Detected." The windshield wipers swipe occaisonally.

Adam: No, I mean, there was nothing. besides that weird kinda locked door. Not a meow, not a noise, nothing. See anything weird on the cameras at all?

Jonah: Yeah, I'm not...I'm scrubbing through this, I don't think I see anything either.

Adam: I mean, [chuckling] who knows. Maybe that thing's just locked downstairs.

Jonah: Yeah, the more—I'm not gonna lie to you man, the more I look at this house, the more I—the more I really don't wanna be in it.

Adam: I mean, I don't see anything, I think we're just kinda babysitting an empty house for three nights.

Jonah: I mean, I think the best thing that could happen is we just leave now and then we just say we were here the entire time. 'Cause—I'm-I'm looking at this house, and I'm looking at this footage, and even though there's nothing too threatening about it, I don't—I don't like it. I really don't like it.

Adam: It's literally just an empty house, bro. Can you suck it up for three nights?

Jonah: [sigh] Suck what?!

[distant and distorted screaming]

The screen goes black; the GPS signal is weak and the time says, "Error 333."

Adam: Where did that—[glitches] Where did that come from?

It now says, "Error 333 Please Recalibrate your CarCamGPS HD v0.58."

Jonah: I think it came from that house man. I really don't like this now..

Adam: I'm the opposite, this is kind of interesting!

Jonah: [sigh] I don't-don't think you should go in there now.

Adam: I'm going back in. There's something [silence] deeper than a cat here.

Jonah: I think that's the problem, I—

Adam: I think it's fine, you're overr[silence]. Do you realize what this could do for us?

Jonah: Do what for us? We're already on the run, we don't need attention again[glitch]gain-gain-gain.

Adam: Whether you like it or not, I'm going back in.

Jonah: Adam, please!

Adam: It's too late, I've already made up my mind.

10:06

The text onscreen says, "Night 2, January 13, 2009, 12:32AM." Then, it says, "The Exposure to the [blank] Causes a Great Increase in Video Corruption and Deterioration."

[silence]

[click]

EMF Meter: [unintelligible talking on radio] [static]

Adam stands in the hallway and holds the EMF Meter.

Adam: How did you die? Where are you from? What year were you born in? Are you lost?

Jonah (radio): Am I coming through?

Adam: Loud and clear.

Jonah (yelling): Oh my god, behind you!

Adam: Shut up.

Jonah: [radio silence]

Adam: You see anything on the cameras?

Jonah: Oh my god, behind you!

Adam: Dude, cut it out.

Jonah: Oh my god, behind you!

Adam: Dude, seriously, stop.

Jonah: Oh my god, behind you! Behind you! Behind you!

Adam: Dude, fucking quit!

[whispering]

Jonah: What the hell did I do?

Adam: Just forget about it...

The video is now upside down. There is also a large graphic showing the wanted sign for the pair from the beginnning in the top left corner, also upside down. The video goes black.

11:20

Jonah: Uh...what are you—what are you seeing exactly?

The bottom half of the screen briefly turns bright green.

Distorted Voice: I've been watching you.

Jonah: Dude, that's not funny.

Adam (overlapping): Dude, that's not funny.

Distorted Voice: I can see you.

Jonah: What's not funny, are you alright—

Adam (overlapping): Why—what's going—

11:29

In a cartoon, Eve gives Adam the forbidden fruit, there is a bite taken out of it already.

Eve: Just take a tiny bite, God's probably not even looking. Oh go ahead.

Adam takes a bite. The Devil, in the form of a snake with arms, watches over them with a grin.

Devil: [snickers]

Adam: I-I don't know. It was good but, suddenly I feel kind of scared.

There is a large gray box along the bottom of the screen with the caption, "suddenly i feel kind of scared."

11:57

[silence]

Another photo, this one is of an empty room, outside the window is a tree. It is titled, "IMG_030," and says, "Guess this is where I hit the hay. -Adam."

[low rumble]

In an otherwise dark room, a door can be seen.

Distorted Voice: You followed the Sheperd. You are a fool. Follow my voice instead. You will find great happiness. Wake up, Adam. Do not make me wake the others.

[silence]

The window with large curtains blinks in and out of view.

Jonah (radio): Hey, I lost visuals on cam three. You think you could check that out?

[silence]

The curtains are now slightly ajar, revealing a glass door. After a moment of darkness, the windows are shown billowing in the wind as the glass door is slid open.

[knocking]

[beep]

A picture of the wood door is taken. The camera flash is red at first, and then is white.

[door creaks open]

[beep]

A picture of the door open.

[door creaks, rustling]

[beep]

A picture of the door now wide open.

[rustle]

[beep]

A flash.

Distorted Voice: Open your eyes.

[silence]

14:15

[distorted whispering]

A distorted face, similar to 'The Scream', with a dark hood and a gaping long mouth.

[cc: Patients report multiple sleepless nights after their symptoms intially become apparent. It is not difficult to avoid, however. The patient must actively seek it out. ]

[silence]

A photo, this one is completely black. It's titled, "IMG_333" it's description is a large block of questions marks.

Another black photo; it's titled, "IMG_142" the description says, "adam why didn't you come back to the car after you tried talking to it -jonah."

Another photo; this one is "IMG_143", it says, "dont act like i dont knw you stare at these stupid pictures all day. i know you are reading this -jonah."

A fourth photo; "IMG_144," it says, "look man im hungry and i dont wanna leave without you. im kinda worried -jonah."

The next photo; "IMG_145," it says, "idk what youre so busy doing in there. just come out to the car and lets go get a pizza and then come back home. please -jonah."

A photo of a staircase; "IMG_146," it says, "Jonah, look. The locked door is open. I finally hear the cat. It's meowing. Call me on the radio and you can help me with this. -Adam."

15:36

[meowing continues throughout dialogue]

A photo showing, "Nothing is worth the risk," spray painted on the wall.

Pictures of Adam and Jonas are very faintly seen, their dialogue clearly written on top.

Adam (radio): Did you just pick that up? What's the matter, cat got your tongue?

Jonah (shaky): Don't. Just don't, okay? Please.

Adam: Oh, so now you're taking this seriously.

Jonah (shaky and angry): Dude, I don't know what you want from me. I'm as serious as I've ever been.

Adam (angry): [laughs] This whole time, huh? So you fucking with me was you being serious?!

Jonah: I get that I screw around sometimes, okay? But that's just what I do.

Adam: Well, maybe it shouldn't be.

Jonah: Look man, I'm just devastated that I'm not as broken as you still are, with everything that's happened, and I'm sorry that I can't keep helping you carry this burden.

Adam: What does that have to do with anything?

Jonah: But I am reaching my fucking limit here. These things have taken so much way from us. Yet you still run to them every chance you get!

Adam: No I don't—

Jonah (yelling): Fucking listen to me! You're not invincible, okay? I know you thought that when we started doing these fucking death marches and nothing happened and I get it. But this, right here is real. And you should know that, more than anybody.

Adam: What's that even supposed to mean?

Jonah: I wish we never looked for your [beep] because she is dead and gone, and we were never gonna get her back.

Adam (angry): What did you just fucking say to me?!

Jonah: And I'm sorry that these are the lives that we lead today. But Adam. if you walk down those stairs, you'd be joining her. And if by some miracle you come back out, I don't think you'd be yourself. And I'm telling you right now, that I won't be here to confirm that.

Adam: Well then just fucking leave then! Leave!

[meowing continuing]

[rustle and door creaks]

Vague camera footage of a dark room.

[rickety footsteps]

Adam find a television with a gray cat, he zooms in.

[silence]

[white noise]

The interuder is now smiling on the screen.

Adam: What are you?

[static]

The intruder face turns pitch black except for the eyes. The television glitches out and flips through several images: The screaming face from earlier, a person peering upside down, Mark and Cesar (Cesar is upside down), The U.S. Department of Temporal Phenomena logo, the person with their face shadowed out except for large eyes, the USDTP logo colors inverted, the hanged mother, the church photo of Mark and Sarah. These loop several times.

[cc: You don't remember me. ]

[music box playing "Clair de Lune" by Claude Debussy]

Distorted Voice: What. Have you. Done.

The room is pitch black, save for the red light from the EMF Meter.

[silence]

Adam: I did the right thing.

Female Voice: Nobody is coming to help you[glitches]you-you.

Distorted Voice: Nobody knows where you are.

[radio silence]

Adam: Jonah? You there?

Distorted Voice: Nobody knows.

Different Female Voice: Do you understand?

The television now displays the words, "Do You Understand?"

[static]

[silence]

The TV bluescreens and shuts off.

19:38

Jonah drives down the highway, the GPS signal is "OK" and it is 4:34AM in ETA time.

[faint distorted pop music]

Distorted Voice: You left him behind.

Jonah: [heavy breathing]

Jonah (whispering): Fuck.

Distorted Voice: What will he do without you.

The screen turns bright green, the CarCam label is in the corner. At the bottom, it says, "Who Are You Running From?"

Distorted Voice: Open your eyes. Open your eyes. Open your eyes. Open your eyes. Open your eyes. Open your eyes. Open your eyes. Open your eyes.

The screen is no longer green, now with the camera recording pitch black. The words, "Error Code 333, You left him to die," flash on and off screen.

Jonah (shouting): Shut the fuck up! Shut up! Shut up!

[car door opens and closes]

The car lights flicker on the side of the road, the GPS signal is weak and it is 5:23AM ETA.

Jonah: [crying and then screams in pain]

[beeping]

The videos ends with text that says, "the mandela catalogue volume two by alex kister."

Then, there are the credits, which say, "Adam Murray: Ty Osborne, @TyDoesVoices (IG/Twitter). / Jonah Marshall: Gabriel Linan, @SilverSlippedVA (IG/Twitter). / "Woman": Faith "BQ" Cunningham, IG: @valentinegrrrl."