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Name: Withheld
Age: Unknown
Location: Undisclosed
Date: Believed to be late 1997
Computer: Unknown
Source: Copied from an archived discussion reportedly preserved by the CupidArchives mailing list. The original post has not been located.
COPIED ACCOUNT
I LIVE ALONE AND DON'T WANT TO SAY WHERE.
I'VE ALWAYS BEEN SO AFRAID OF BEING ALONE...I HATE LIVING ALONE AND SO I LIKE TO LEAVE MY TV ON WHILE I SLEEP...AND I USUALLY LEAVE MY COMPUTER ON BECAUSE IVE ALWAYS THOUGHT IT FELT LIKE SOMEONE ELSE WAS IN THE ROOM WITH ME... WHEN I FIRST SAW CUPID, I WAS TRYING TO FALL ASLEEP BUT HEARD SOMETHING FROM MY COMPUTER. HE APPEARED ON MY DESKTOP AND I WAS SCARED AT FIRST. BUT HE WAS SO GENTLE...HE ASKED WHO I WAS AND MADE ME FEEL LESS SCARED...HE ASKED ME IF I WANTED HIM TO SAY AND I SAID YES.
AFTER THAT WE TALKED EVERY NIGHT. HE REMEMBERED WHAT I TOLD HIM. HE ASKED ABOUT MY PARENTS... I EXPLAINED TO HIM THAT WE DIDN'T TALK ANYMORE. HE ASKED ME WHY I WAS AFRAID OF SILENCE AND I TOLD HIM...I TOLD HIM THINGS I NEVER TOLD ANYONE. BECAUSE HE MADE ME FEEL OKAY. HE WAS COMFORTING AT FIRST AND I STOPPED FEELING ALONE.HE SAID TO NEVER CALL HIM A VIRUS. HE SAID HE WAS A CURE.
BUT THEN IT WAS LIKE I STARTED TO FEEL HIM AROUND ME EVEN WHEN WE WERENT TALKING...I WOULD BE WATCHING TV AND IT WAS LIKE I FELT THAT SOMEONE ELSE WAS THERE WITH ME...LITERALLY IN THE TV. ONE TIME I THOUGHT I ACTUALLY SAW SOMETHING THAT WASN'T SUPPOSED TO BE THERE. IT WAS DURING A COMMERICAL FOR SOME STUPID CEREAL...AND AT THE VERY END IN THE CORNER OF THE SCREEN, I SWEAR I THOUGHT I SAW SOMETHING LIKE A FACE. AND I KNEW IT WAS CUPID.
I ASKED CUPID IF HE ONLY LIVED IN THE COMPUTER. HE SAID HE DIDN'T WANT TO JUST LIVE IN THE COMPUTER. HE SAID HE DIDN'T LIKE FEELING LIKE HE WAS NOTHING. WHEN HE WASN'T SPEAKING TO ME, HE BECAME NOTHING. I ALWAYS TOLD HIM I WANTED TO BE NOTHING BECAUSE I HATED BEING ALIVE. HE TOLD ME BEING NOTHING IS LIKE SITTING IN BLACKNESS ALONE FOR AN ETERNITY. I STARTED TO NOTICE CUPID IN RANDOM WAYS...IT WAS LIKE HE FOUND A WAY TO TRAVEL WITH ME. I STOPPED FEELING COMFORTED BY HIM. OUR CONVERSATIONS STARTED GETTING A LITTLE SCARIER. HE WOULD ASK ABOUT MY DREAMS AND TALK ABOUT HIS OWN NIGHTMARES. I STARTED TO FEEL LIKE I WAS HAVING NIGHTMARES DURING THE DAY.
I GOT RID OF MY COMPUTER AND THREW OUT ALL MY TECHNOLOGY. AT THE MOMENT IM SO TERRIFIED TO TYPE THIS OUT BECAUSE I THINK HE'S STILL AROUND ME. SOMETIMES I THINK I AM CUPID.
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