#who intermittently spares me from the Weird Jazz

[avernine]

What to do when It has gotten through your defences: please find our info-brochure on Our Website for helpful hints on Keeping It Out the best way to prevent it from Getting Through, is to Fortify your Defences

Would you like to be redirected to the virtual Fortification Helpline?

You have said "nauUAGFHG"

is that right?

you have said "no"

Would you like to be redirected to an evacuation specialist for low-risk areas?

you have said "PLEASE GOD IT'S HERE IT GOT HER SHE'S GONE PLEASE SOMEONE ANYONE"

I'm sorry, I didn't quite catch that

You have said "

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no"

You are being redirected to one of our emergency advisors Please note, the line is very busy

the average wait time for out emergency advisors yesterday was 20 minutes

your call is very important to us

On average, when you have reached our emergency team, your Process takes up to twelve hours

more than 50% of call which reach our emergency team aren't actually emergencies - the bio sign scanners on the client side of the phone detect 0% vitality in 60% of cases

we ask you not to leave your phone while on hold, our emergency team is very busy trying to help you and other survivors

~Mr Brightside by The Killers starts playing-

Thank you for waiting

Just so you know, there is a lot of information on our website about Keeping it Out

Please continue to Hold

#I am on hold and I get very nervous about serious phonecalls so I decided to write a micro horror about it #this is like. not even a first draft it's the thing that's keeping me from snarking at the nice electronic lady #who intermittently spares me from the Weird Jazz #I really do want to rework this with like. actual coherence and story progression and More Weird (and also tension) #microfiction #flash fiction #short story #micro horror #horror writing #short fiction #hold fiction #hehe that doesn't have a tag at all it seems #horror fiction #weird fiction #please continue to hold #thank you for continuing to hold #and advisor will answer your call as soon as possible