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Statement of Justin Deo regarding his predicament in the fabrics of reality. Audio recording by Max LaPlume, July 25, 2020. Original statement written on January 28, 2017.

You know when people speak about superpowers and which one they would have? How some would say certain powers such as invisibility, teleportation, flying, etc. Most people don't think of the consequences of certain powers; I know I didn't. Not until recently.

When thinking of superpowers, I always thought of stopping time as a cool one. You could steal tons of money or food without people knowing it was you. So when I started my online "brand" as TimeDeo, I thought it was fitting. The JoJo reference of Dio being able to stop and start time was a neat coincidence.

I didn't notice at first, me stopping time and all. I'm ashamed to admit that it took me longer to realize that it should have.

I soon began to realize that time started to feel longer than it should have. It's similar to when you feel like a day was too long but even slower.

At first it was only short amounts of time that was being affected. Only a few seconds or minutes that I swear would pass but the clock wouldn't move. Then it seemed like hours should have passed when no time had passed. I would watch a movie that was two hours and 30 minutes long, but in reality only an hour and a half would pass.

Looking back, I think I know why it took me thing long to realize what was happing because it would only happen when I was alone. And to be honest, those 'experiences' could easily be explained when your alone because most of the time I'm doing mindless tasks such as playing a solo video game or watching something on YouTube or another streaming service.

So maybe I didn't actually spend as long watching a certain show or spending as many hours on a certain game farming or whatever.

So when I finally realized what was happening, I wasn't in my home but out at the grocery store.

I remember being in the cereal isle searching for a specific brand. I believe it was either Lucky Charms or Froot Loops. That's when I started feeling like I was missing something. It was the oddest feeling because I tend to remember everything.

Checking over my cart and list I seemed to have everything, milk, eggs, cheese, bananas. I had everything so far, so what was missing? Grabbing the cereal I needed, I finished up in the cereal and resumed walking down the isle.

Then it clicked, the music. The music had stopped, you know, the normal grocery store music. It stopped all completely. All the noise in the store was gone. It was completely silent. It wasn't the normal silent either, it was so quiet that I knew, I knew that something was very, very wrong.

Abandoning my shopping cart, I head out of the isle and into the main shopping area. I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw what was happening.

Everyone was frozen.

Not in the sense of ice, but it was like they were stuck in place. Not moving, not blinking, not reacting.

It's almost as if they were frozen in time.

Now, when I saw this, I couldn't help but think that this was an elaborate prank or something. Something similar to that Tv show, 'What Would You Do?'. But when I walked up to someone, they wouldn't react to what I would do at all.

I waved my hands up and down. Touch their face, trying to shake them, trying to see if I could somehow provoke one of them to actually respond. I screamed, begging, trying to see if they would fucking respond.

But nothing happened.

They just stood there, motionless, like statues. Not moving, not breathing, just stuck in place. Unaware that I was there, moving freely in front of them without them knowing. They never knew I was there. They never would. I was alone, and nobody gave a shit because they couldn't see me.

You will never I stand how that felt. To see everybody, them never to see me.

I think that was when I began to cry. Or maybe I already was and I hadn't realized before then. But I fell to my knees and I cried. I screamed in panic and in despair.

How long was this going to last? Was this going to be forever? Was I gonna be stuck here, trapped in time forever with nobody else knowing? Would anybody even care? Would I just rot here, stuck in time as if it it were my own hellscape.

I was there for hours.

The only reason I know for sure, is because when I abandoned my shopping to go home, the clock on my phone did not match the clock on the microwave, nor did it match the clock in the living room.

That was the funny thing, I could interact with inanimate objects the same way I do normally. It's just that everything that lived was like a realistic stone statue or replica. Those living would not move if I pushed them. They wouldn't even move. The leaves on trees, small bush plants, nothing living moved. All stuck in time, motionless and uncaring.

You know, if I had a mind like some of my other friends, I could probably pull of some fantastic pranks. Hindsight is a virtue. Maybe if I could actually control this stupid "power" of mine I would be able to do such evil things. But I can't. I can't control "my power".

Maybe that's why it's so scary. When your in control of something, you know the small details of when, where, how, why, and who. But this, this type of situation does not make you in control. The other worldly being that has control of the situation, controls you. You don't know when it's going to end, or when it'll start up again.

It's happened 3 more times after the grocery store incident and I don't know if it'll ever stop. Each time it's happened since, it's longer than the last. It's longer and the time in between each one has been getting shorter and shorter.

So that's why I came to you. To state my "story". Just to let somebody know what's happening because I know it's real. Whats happening is real. If I go missing and I never return or if something happens and I never show up again. It's because of this- fuck.

I'm sorry. It happened again. I know it has. Even if I am alone in this room, I know I'm stuck in time. The ticking of the clock stopped. Your unblinking eyes staring at me through that tiny window, watching me. And yet you haven't blinked, or moved, or taken a sip of your coffee. You haven't for over twenty minutes. I've checked.

It's funny how I've gotten used to this situation enough to not cry, yet I'm still in despair. Longing in my heart for the normal life I once had.

I'm sorry that you won't see me leave. We had such a lovely convo before I had to write my statement. Again, sorry to leave you without a goodbye so take this as mine since I don't know how long I'll be stuck here. I just can't take this, sitting here in the deafening silence of nothing happening around me. And if this keeps happening, I don't know how much longer I can't keep up with this.

Statement of Justin Deo ends. Hm. Talking to some of the older workers confirms that Justin Deo did come in to write a statement on January 28 but was never seen leaving. Old security footage shows Mr. Deo writing his statement before disappearing from frame.

If I had not just read his statement, this would make no sense as to why Mr. Deo was sitting in his chair for one second, and disappearing the next second. The person on guard of Mr. Deo while he was writing his statement was watching while he "apparently disappeared" in front of his own eyes.

Deo was later reported missing to the police department by his father and was found dead on February the first, 2017. The official police report states a it was an animal attack while he was wandering around.

*sigh*

Unfortunately knowing more ..... "other worldly stuff" from my notes, the police's death report would be untrue. Mr. Deo probably was, somehow, stepping through other planes of existence. And he unfortunately and most likely met his demise by one of the shadow creatures, or as Ross likes to put it, 'void doggos'. Most who meet their demise by the Void/other planes are apparently unkind and similar to Mr. Deo

To be honest, I'm surprised that Mr. Deo did not have an encounter before his end. Due to my notes from my predecessor, I have some sort of inkling that Mr. Deo stumbled onto the 'Fairy Plane'. Which is why his story does not include the 'Void Doggos' but does include time altercation.

Speaking of my predecessor, I wonder what type of conversation he was having with Diesel since apparently he could have either had the most driest or interesting conversation known to man.

*hmmp*

How Mr. Deo met his fate was unfortunate and now has me rethinking the question of which superpower do I want. Next time the question comes around I need to think about my answer carefully.

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