Weird Stories: Gothic Lolita Begins

Dark abyss, cold water.

In the pain of suffocation, sporadic bubbles were spit out, floating upwards in strings.

I am sinking, sinking...

...

That day, Donahue came to the office early, ate the simple and delicious nutritious breakfast made by Valya, which could be reimbursed, and opened the door early to enter the business state.

Based on the so-called "commonality of bosses" summarized from rich working experience, Donahue and Valya discussed and decided to be more diligent and open the door on time from nine to nine.

——Although the office has been open for so many days, no one is interested at all...

In addition, the two have only been in contact for a few hours. Donahue, who is young but has rich social experience, can easily see that Valya is a delicate flower in a greenhouse, and she is the kind of person who has no opinion...

So, he took the leading power of the office without the boss and other seniors.

Donahue and Valeria thought they would spend the day quietly practicing, but unexpectedly, a middle-aged woman in the waitress uniform of the coffee shop downstairs came in worriedly just after the door opened. She brought a tray of snacks and a pot of signature coffee, and said she had a commission.

The first business since joining the company suddenly came, and Donahue was shocked. He took the tray and coffee pot from the woman and reminded Valeria, who was still in a daze, to quickly enter the process.

Valeria came back to her senses and took the pen and the power of attorney in a slightly flustered manner. She invited the woman to sit on the sofa booth and began to ask and register according to the process written on the document (given by Anthony).

The woman is called "Eda" and her supernatural power is "cleaning bubbles". The effect is to summon temporary projections of various detergents that have been touched by hand. The detergent can be used normally and will disappear after a period of time - usually an hour, or when the supernatural power is actively canceled.

Ada was originally a housewife from a wealthy family. After years of childlessness, she accidentally discovered that her husband had cheated on her and made a scene, and was ruthlessly kicked out of the house.

- Although a series of bloody events later showed that the reason for the childlessness was the man, it was a pity that she, a housewife who married into her husband's family when it was poor and had nothing, could not afford the cost of the lawsuit...

Fortunately, Ada's bad luck seemed to have come to an end. When she was about to fall to the point of sleeping under a bridge, she met the owner of an afternoon tea cafe and successfully found a job with food and accommodation, and a salary that was quite good among her peers. At the same time, she finally didn't have to hide her "abnormality".

A few years later, Ada's life was smooth sailing. She even started to talk about marriage with the middle-aged widowed truck driver in the store with the help of her boss.

Ada thought her life would continue in such a bland and happy way, but "bad luck" came to her again...

Five days ago, Ada's boyfriend who was about to get married suddenly told her that he had a terrible dream. In the dream, he was in a dark, dark, extremely cold water, sinking and sinking continuously. His limbs were out of control, and there was silence all around. Only the pain of suffocation and choking accompanied him until he was awakened by the alarm clock in the morning.

It was just a dream, no matter how terrible it was, it was just a dream.

At first, Ada thought so, and even the boyfriend himself thought so.

Until the second day, the third day... the fifth day, the boyfriend had the same dream, and the suffocation and choking became less and less severe, and the boyfriend's skin began to grow fish scales...

What's more terrifying is that Ada, who listened to her boyfriend's story every day, also began to have the same dream...

...

It is said that in a law firm, Valya shuddered when she heard this and quietly touched her arm with goose bumps.

Next to Valya, Donahue, who followed and listened and took the initiative to refill the woman's cup from time to time, became solemn unconsciously.

——Nicole's new job is to be a waitress at the "Afternoon Tea Cafe" downstairs, and Ada is the senior who guides Nicole, the newcomer...

As the boss said, he and Valya can only stare blankly at the incident that came to the firm...

The most critical problem is that this abnormal dream is obviously "contagious"...

Thinking of this, Donahue couldn't help but interrupt and asked, "Who else did you tell about this?"

"I realized the problem when I was woken up by the alarm clock today. I first received a call from my boyfriend saying that he had fish scales, and then I directly asked the boss for help." Ada, who has worked in the Afternoon Tea Cafe for many years and is not completely ignorant of ghost stories, said worriedly, "After listening to it, the boss told me and my boyfriend not to tell anyone for the time being, and then asked me to come to the firm to place an order."

Hearing this, Donahue quietly relaxed a littleA breath of relief.

A half breath of relief, because Nicole would not be "infected"; only half a breath of relief, because this abnormal dream may not only be spread through "speaking and listening"...

After glancing at Valya who still did not realize the problem, Donahue took over the conversation and said seriously: "The boss is not in the office at the moment, I will notify her as soon as possible."

"Thank you!" Ada said gratefully, and then she hesitated.

"Just say it." Donahue encouraged.

"The boss said, said... let me stay here temporarily until the incident is resolved..." The trust in the owner of the cafe was already full, so the kind-hearted and thin-skinned Ada hardened her heart and stammered to finish this unreasonable request.

"That's no problem." Donahue said.

Although he was young, his inexplicably calm and reliable temperament made Ada's tense mood relax a little, and finally she had the energy to remember that she hadn't had breakfast today...

A loud "grunt" sounded, and Ada smiled awkwardly, trying to explain something.

Seeing this, Donahue, who had a high EQ, said naturally: "It just so happens that we haven't had breakfast yet, let's have breakfast together."

On the side, Valya was stunned for a moment, and was about to say that we had just eaten, didn't we?

Then she thought that this should be just a "white lie" to make Ms. Ada not embarrassed, so she was relieved, got up very consciously, and went upstairs to prepare some convenient food.

——There is only a small tea room on the first floor of the office, and you can only go to the kitchen upstairs to prepare food.

...

Let Valya accompany Ada for dinner, and Donahue went to the living room upstairs on the pretext of reporting and took out his mobile phone.

After hesitating for a moment, considering the high probability that the abnormal dream was contagious, Donahue finally gave up asking for help from the "reliable and powerful senior" Miles, and instead nervously clicked on the private chat interface of "The Eternal Gothic Lolita" in the office chat room.