Tuesday, May 21, 2013

NFTF: Missed Missive V

[The following is hanging from the rafters of the large barn that Veronica should not have entered. It was hastily hand-printed on yellow legal pad paper, taped to a rope.]

VERONICA, GET OUT OF HERE! 

GO OUTSIDE. LOOK UP AND TO THE RIGHT OF THE DAIRY BARN!

HOW MANY TIMES DO I HAVE TO TELL YOU --

[It is clear that the author of this note was in a rush and in some way upset. The cause of this upset is unknowable at this juncture. However, it is noteworthy that on the back of the paper, in an entirely different hand, ink and style, the following is written:]

twice now two of you have teamed
once more there will be no light
thrice the brightly blossom beamed
ever after nothing bright
once your notes might home have reached
thrice the bell of anguish rung
twice the tainted peach is breached
nicely wrung from demon dung
fourth the loss of certain things
fifth of bourbon burning hot
going down or up it stings
scalds your belly, like as not
seventh before sixth un-luck
sex'd for pain of words unspoken
blood of unborn babies suck'd
broken sucking rhyme as token
eight the number of your doom
nothing nine shall happen here
locked in thickly padded room
scream and scream and scream and scream and scream and scream and scream and scream

whispering laughter is your only answer

bites and splinters are so fine that
none can send them, save for REINBLATT

[Each corner of the paper is marked with curious symbols, over which have been smeared what appear to be crushed moths. A webbing of some brittle and unidentifiable substance covers this side of the paper, and one or two edges appear to be crystallized, but this effect disappears in sunlight. When this side of the paper faces up, a smell of tooth rot permeates the area. It is theorized that this work is unfinished, as a series of interconnected symbols and lines terminate abruptly before reaching the lower right-hand corner of the paper. NOTE: Extreme caution is advised when handling this document; do not under any circumstances touch it to your forehead or groin, regardless of how strong the desire may seem; in no case should this document ever be exposed to the light of a full moon conjucnt Saturn and if at all possible should not be seen by human eyes during a new moon in Scorpio. See Hazel, Dark Hexing For Lost Chance, 1937; Cribbing's Ipswich Uncertainties & Jinxbane Shadowbook, 1862,  is the definitive authority on the subject, but few if any copies remain in existence.] 

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