It was a Day like all other. An empty campus, blinking fluorescent lights, a slight breeze, the rustle of the fall leaves. No one in sight, it wouldn't be surprising if it stayed like that for the entire night. However, all things considered, that would be quite boring wouldn't it? slowly, checking the perimeters, he jumped over the wall and made his way past the Founding Statue. They say that thing was here before the university was even made! he looked at it one last time before scoffing, like hell, this looks like it was erected last week. checking his backpack in the mirror under the statue, he breathed a sight of relief. he had his Gas mask with him this time. god knows the one time he forgot about it was a hell he didn't want to ever experience again. god knows his lungs cant take it!

Slowly walking past the statue, he approached his target, the wall under his literature teachers room. finding the perfect place right under her window, he took out his backpack and started prepping his gear. first he brought out his trusty spray cans, than the mask, than the design. it was a drawing of a gardening hoe with 'hoe' in bold shades of magenta under it. after a bit of prep and setup, he started working on the graffiti. the sound of the spray can endlessly pushing out the color, the dark sky and the random whistle of some nocturnal birds served as a great symphony for him, as he went over the general shape and started coloring it. a streak of green here, some pink over there, add a bit of shading and Voilà. would you look at that! perfect.

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Pulling out his phone, he sat down to take a good picture of his labor. checking the time, he suddenly noticed how late it had gotten. 4. A.M. only 20 minutes left until the first of the faculty comes in. rushing to gather all his stuff, he forgot the paper his girlfriend drew the graffiti design on. as he was rushing through the campus, he tripped. His arm scraping against the statue and bleeding. using his shirt as a tissue, he cleaned whatever of the blood he could before standing up and continuing his run. slowly, he faded from the main campus and disappeared into the side streets before completely getting out of the campus.

breathing a sigh of relief, he walked towards his dorm, hoping that the uncomfortable feeling in the back of his head was unfounded.

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"Has anyone seen my boyfriend?" She shouted as she came to the teachers office, it was unexpected of her to show such behavior, a model student and all. one of the faculty asked "Jacob I assume?"

"Yes, he hasn't answered to none of my calls for the past week and when I called, they told me no one has seen him come to the dormitory either. Im worried sick!" one of the members tsked before saying "I have not seen him in any of my classes either! he was a trouble maker, but this is beyond him as well!"

She felt her heart sank, this was completely out of character.

Jacob was missing!