[ WP ] You discover a pill that paralyzes you for the next 12 hours . Curiosity leads you to try it in the comfort of your house . You take the pill and drink a glass of water as you proceed to lie on your bed ... .

John Johnson, breathed, rubbing his hands together as he stared at the completely black capsule. He did n't actually expect it to do anything, but after all his planning, there it was, right in front of him, the *new* drug, known only as VOID on the streets. It was still flying under the radar of the FDA and DEA, so not technically illegal, but still very difficult to come by. The clock on his phone showed 11:59 AM. John presses the proper keys on his keyboard and activated the webcam of his computer. 12:00, he was now live streaming. 
 
 `` What's up world, it's me JoJo365, where I take your dares, none to big or too small, within an inch of the law! Today is March 12th, and I am taking on the dare of user InTheOpiumDen. They actually posted this one on my website a few weeks ago and I was not actually sure I would be able to get it done. But after bracing myself with a few drinks, digging around on the spookier parts of the internet, and literally having to meet a guy in a dark alley, I got it!'' John held the tiny pill, black and about the size of an apple seed. `` That is genuine VOID, right there in my hand. I have demonstrated taking drugs on this channel before, in fact many of you keep suggesting I do acid again. Apparently it's my most watched video. But no thanks, once was enough. This little beauty right here is supposed to paralyze you for up to twelve hours. It's not technically illegal, but what I could find out about it is that its a concentrated version of a discontinued kind of anesthesia that the pharmaceutical company that created it is not allowed to make anymore. And, I do n't know, maybe a year ago someone somewhere found a warehouse full of the stuff and decided to start selling it on the streets I guess. So not technically illegal. 
 
 `` From what I could find out, it affects each user a little differently. No surprise there. Some people only lose the ability to get up and move, but can still move their head and neck, and there are some people that ca n't even move their eyes around. And then still some people lose the ability to breathe. Yikes. Which is why I've got my buddy Juan in the corner over there. You remember him from the other substance videos.'' Juan waved to the camera. `` I like to have an idiot around when I do things that could kill me. Which says something deeply disturbing about me, I know.'' 
 
 `` Hey!'' says Juan, only mildly offended. 
 
 `` Ok, internet, without further ado. Here we go.'' John hesitated but placed the tiny pill on his tongue and followed it with a sip of water. He smacked his lips. `` Weird flavor as it was sitting on my tongue. Kind of like cough syrup and what I imagine gasoline tastes like. I'm not noticing too much difference yet. The time is 12:07, so that is our starting point.'' John stared into the computer. `` Ok, I'm reading the comments, and some of you are telling me that my eyes are completely dilated. I did n't really notice it happen, but, uh, Juan come here. Are they?'' 
 
 Juan gets up and walks over to John, stowing his phone in his pocket. `` Oh, shit, man. Yeah your pupils are huge!'' 
 
 `` Grab a miwwa,'' John said. 
 
 `` What?'' Juan giggled. 
 
 `` Gwab a miwwa. Ah, shith, I'm slwurring my words.'' John begins to giggle. `` Damn that was fafst. I sound wike I have a speetch impep -- impedimwent. Doddamnit.'' 
 
 Juan was laughing at him now, as he held up the mirror. `` Look at your face. It's just like hanging there! Hah hah hah!'' 
 
 `` Take meh to da behd! I ca n't move mah damn feet!'' 
 
 Still laughing, Juan hooks John under the arms and drags him over to the waiting cot, already set with pillows to prop him up facing the webcam. Juan sets upright in place, still giggling. `` You ca n't move your feet?'' 
 
 `` Yeah,'' replied John, his head slumped over to look at them. `` Wike, I cahn still feel dem, but jus ca n't move dem.'' John tries to grab the bottle of water, but he knocks it over, the decreasing motor function in his arms already appearing. `` Damn it.'' 
 
 `` Dude, it's like you turned into a giant baby. But a baby with a beard, that weighs too damn much.'' 
 
 `` Shu up, *Juan! * You da fat one! Go wead da comments.'' 
 
 Juan sat in front of the computer, scrolling through the thread, giggling ever couple of sentences. 
 
 `` Wat dey say?!'' 
 
 `` They are saying you are like a retard. Some people are thanking you for trying VOID because they were too afraid to. Some people are saying you are going to die. Some want to know if it feels good, like are you high?'' 
 
 `` Nah, jus ca n't move. Juan, hey, Juan. Muh butt itches. Come on buhddy. Help a brudda out. Heh heh heh!'' 
 
 `` Hell no,'' he says. `` Hey user InTheOpiumDen has checked in.'' 
 
 `` Hey! Waddup, man! This is cwazy, but I'm not really high yet.'' 
 
 `` InTheOpiumDen asks if you see it yet. See what?'' Juan asks the webcam. He looks around at John. `` He's not doing anything yet,'' Juan says. 
 
 InTheOpiumDen responds with the following text: 
 `` The reason we gave this pill the name VOID is because it allows you to see it. Void is a being that is always there but the pill was the only way for us to access it. You should be seeing him soon. I sold you the pill so that when you did this episode, the world would see Void. Only when he is really connected with someone who has taken VOID can others see him. I think that this person is you.'' 
 
 Juan reads the comment to John, beginning to feel a little wierded out. `` What the hell? This user is the same guy that sold it to you?'' He looked around at his friend, who had been silent for a few seconds. `` John?'' The man on the bed was quiet, his eyes wide, in shock. `` What is it?'' Juan gets up and checks his friend's vital signs. Still breathing, heart beating a little fast, but still there. `` Shit, John, you are freaking me out. What are you staring at?'' Juan looked up at the air in the same direction that John was. 
 
 `` He is standin' wight in fwont of meh.'' 
 
 `` Stop trying to trick me.'' 
 
 `` I'm naht. He is wight there. He's hooge! How cahn you naht see him?!'' 
 
 Juan stared hard at the spot, almost giving up. Until an invisible shape moved before him. He could not make out much, other than something that was much taller than either of them. As he blinked, he saw it solidify and come into more focus. It was tall and thin, bipedal, but it's feet were not human, but hooves. It was so tall that it had to hunch over in the room, it's arms long and ending in gnarly fingers. The face was the last thing to come into focus. Instead of flesh, it was the bleached white skull of a bull, the horns long and sharp. 
 
 **'' AAAHHHH!!!!! `` ** Juan stumbled backward, tripping over a table, and bumping into a bookcase. Copies of comic books fell onto him. 
 
 `` I know, wight!'' 
 
 `` HOLY CRAP!!! What the fuck is that ugly thing?!'' 
 
 **AH, THAT'S NOT VERY NICE. I'M SURE IF I TOOK YOU TO WHERE I COME FROM THEY WOULD CALL YOU UGLY TOO. ** Void's voice seemed to come from everywhere at the same time. 
 
 `` You can tawlk?'' asked John. 
 
 **OF COURSE, YOU IDIOT. YOU DO REALIZE THAT I WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF SOMETHING. NOW, YET ANOTHER DAREDEVIL WITH A WEBCAM WANTS TO BIND ME TO HIM. GREAT. I DO N'T COME TO YOUR JOB AND PULL YOU OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF A SALE, WITH CUSTOMERS LINED UP OUT THE DOOR, DO I? ** 
 
 `` Uh, sowwy.'' 
 
 Void sighed. **ALRIGHT, FINE. WHILE I AM HERE, I MAY AS WELL GET TO IT. ** 
 
 `` Get to what?'' asked Juan timidly on the floor, still covered in books. There was a bruise forming on the back of his legs where he stumbled, but he seemed not to notice. 
 
 Void huffed, a clowd of dust issuing from the scull. **I AM THE SIN READER. IN EXCHANGE FOR HEARING A LIST OF ALL YOUR LIFE'S TRANSGRESSIONS, YOU MAY ASK ME TO DESTROY ONE ENEMY. I WILL BE BOUND TO THAT PROMISE UNTIL THE END OF YOUR PUNY, LITTLE LIFETIME. BUT I AM NOT SOME SLAVE, THAT WILL JUST DO WHATEVER YOU ASK. I HAVE A WILL ALL MY OWN. ** 
 
 `` Of course you do, oh great one,'' said Juan. `` We are but humble mortals --'' 
 
 **OH, PLEASE. DO N'T GIVE ME THAT SHIT. HAROLD TRIED IT ON ME TOO WHEN I FIRST MET HIM. ** 
 
 `` Harold?'' 
 
 **THE PRICK ON THE COMPUTER. USER InTheOpiumDen. YEAH, THAT LITTLE ASSHOLE. I WAS GETTING ABSOLUTELY SICK OF HIS SHIT, SO I STARTED TO REBEL. THIS WAS HIS REVENGE. NOW THAT EVERYONE WATCHING ON THE LIVE STREAM CAN SEE ME, IF I READ ANY SINS, I WILL BE BOUND TO ALL OF YOU. ** 
 
 `` Not to sound like an asshole, or anything, but why would that be a bad thing for you?'' 
 
 `` Yeah, you gawt wike supa-na-tur-al powas. You wike a god.'' 
 
 Void scoffed, billowing more dust. **PLEASE DO NOT USE THE `` G'' WORD IN MY PRESCENCE. I'M ACTUALLY AN AGNOSTIC, AND A PACIFIST. I HATE VIOLENCE AND DO N'T WANT TO DESTROY ANYONE. BUT HAROLD HAS BEEN WEILDING ME LIKE A WEAPON EVER SINCE HE FOUND THOSE PILLS WHEN HE WAS FOURTEEN-YEARS-OLD. HE WILL SIN ALL HE WANTS, AND THEN CALL ME FORTH TO KILL OFF PEOPLE HE DOES N'T LIKE. FIVE KIDS ON HIS HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL TEAM THAT HE THOUGHT WERE BETTER WITH THE LADIES THAN HE WAS, THAT CANADIAN NANNY THAT WAS THE TOUGHEST ON HIM AS A KID, AND MOST ANYONE WHO CUTS HIM OFF IN TRAFFIC. HE KNEW HOW MUCH I HATED IT, AND STILL DID IT. PRICK! ** 
 
 `` What do da comments say?'' John asked. 
 
 `` User InTheOpiumDen is just writing HA HA HA HA over and over again.'' 
 
 **LITTLE MONSTER! **
