Event Log 352

5 am. Call placed to the police. Report of intruder in room. Intruder apparently forced entry through the third story window. Guest moved from room so the lock could be replaced. Due to lack of availability, this results in guests designated Hermit Thrush and Onyx City sharing a room.

12 pm. Phone call of unknown origin placed to room [REDACTED]. Transcript unavailable.

1 pm. Hermit Thrush signs in for a volunteer shift at the first annual Prose convention. 

1:30 pm. Onyx City enters the convention as a guest.

3 pm. Guests near the horror booth report flickering lights, cell signal loss, and lowered temperatures. Maintenance is dispatched to the area, but find no problem with the lights or thermostat. Surveillance footage confirms that Hermit Thrush and [REDACTED] were both in the area.

3:05 pm to 3:08 pm. Onyx City receives a series of texts from an unknown origin. Transcript as follows.

Unknown Sender: Can we meet today?

Onyx City: Who is this?

Unknown Sender: We've already met. This morning.

Unknown Sender: I'm with your friend now.

Unknown Sender: All right then, I'll find you myself.

3:30 pm. Fire alarm triggered in the convention center. Evacuation of all guests takes place. The alarm was triggered manually. Surveillance footage unavailable for room where the alarm was triggered.

4 pm. Hermit Thrush and Onyx City arrive at the police station together. They report being stalked. Excerpt from interview transcript as follows.

Officer: Can you describe the person following you?

Onyx City: I haven't seen him, but I know he's following me. My room got broken into this morning, and then I got these texts.

Hermit Thrush: I did see him though. He was hanging around the volunteer table, and he only left after I got off my shift. We only lost him after I... after the fire alarm went off.

Officer: Can you describe him?

Hermit Thrush: Oh. Right. He's tall, white, and has blond hair. Kind of pale, actually. He was wearing jeans and a red shirt.

Officer: Did you notice anything else about him?

Hermit Thrush: Well, he was wearing gloves which was kind of weird. Um... I can't really remember anything else about him. I'd recognize him if I saw him though.

6 pm. Hermit Thrush and Onyx City leave the police station, accompanied by a non-uniformed officer. Surveillance footage does not reveal anyone matching the description given by Hermit Thrush in the area.

7 pm. Hermit Thrush, Onyx City, and the officer all receive the same text from an unknown number.

Unknown Sender: I AM COMING

7:15 pm. Hermit Thrush and Onyx City check into a hostel without returning to or checking out of the hotel. Records show [REDACTED] was staying in the room next door.

8:04 pm. The officer accompanying Hermit Thrush and Onyx City reports being ordered to assist with a nearby emergency by radio and leaves the hostel.

8:06 pm. Emergency call to 911 placed by Hermit Thrush. Except below.

Operator: 911, please state your emergency.

Hermit Thrush: I'm at the [REDACTED] Hostel, room [REDACTED], and someone is trying to break in. Right now my roommate is holding the door shut but *indistinguishable*

Operator: Are you in immediate danger?

Hermit Thrush: YES!

Operator: We are dispatching help right now. Are you able to escape or hide?

Hermit Thrush: *Splintering Noise* Hold that thought.

Call disconnected

8:10 pm. The officer who had accompanied Hermit Thrush and Onyx City discovers there was no nearby emergency.

8:12 pm. Several officers arrive on the scene. Room [REDACTED] had its door smashed down, and there are blood spatters on the floor. The window is open to the fire escape. No one is in the room.

8:13 pm. A surveillance camera identifies Hermit Thrush and Onyx City in a parking garage near the hostel. Hermit Thrush is carrying a knife. They enter a car, but it does not start immediately. A blond man, limping and clutching his arm, comes into view. As he approaches the car, the security feed shorts out.

8:14 pm. Onyx City runs over the blond man. The feed shorts out again.

8:15 pm. The car is gone, but the blond man stands up. [REDACTED] is now on the scene. [REDACTED] throws the man into the back of a van and the feed goes down for the rest of the night.

9 pm. The body of the blond man is found in a dumpster. Cause of death appeared to be a gunshot to the head.

10 pm. The body of the blond man is missing.

Both Hermit Thrush and Onyx City have been put into protective custody. It is unclear whether [REDACTED] was in league with their stalker. Neither [REDACTED] nor the stalker has been found, and the stalker has yet to be identified.