Quotes / That Was the Last Entry

Aliens disguised as typewriters? I never heard such—

— Drabble by Colin Greenland

Major Tom:
Though I'm past one hundred thousand miles,
I'm feeling very still,
And I think my spaceship knows which way to go.
Tell my wife I love her very much.
Ground Control:
She knows!
Ground Control to Major Tom,
Your circuit's dead, there's something wrong!
Can you hear me, Major Tom?
Can you hear me, Major Tom?
Can you hear me, Major Tom?
Can you...

—David Bowie, "Space Oddity"

The ship pulled in without a sound
The faithful captain long since cold
He kept his log 'til the bloody end
Last entry read: "Rats in the hold
My crew is dead, I fear the plague"

—Blue Öyster Cult, "Nosferatu"

DAY 7.

I can't tell the real from unreal
anymore. My limbs refuse to move
the way I want them to. I feel
like I'm wading in a deep river
that is always flowing against
my direction.

Now I will lay down and let the
river flow over me.I will let it
guide me to it's end.

I know where I'm going anyway.
This place,this entire place,
is just a gyrating screaming
rock in the vastness of an
infinite kingdom.

I'm going to rest now.
I'll be watching over you.

— A note in Spooky's Jump Scare Mansion

I fell asleep.
My leg still hurts.
I see Daddy he came for me..

It's not Daddy.

— A note in Spooky's Jump Scare Mansion

You have to keep it close.
It becomes something else
when it gets too far away.

Something I can't out run.

— A note in Spooky's Jump Scare Mansion

I believe Subject 5 is loose.
The glass around its container
is shattered, and I can faintly
hear clicking coming from the ceiling.
I don't know what will
happen now. If it is out and
alive then this is probably my
last report. The clicking is
getting louder now.

- Generic Lab Assistant

— A note in Spooky's Jump Scare Mansion

"They have taken the bridge and the Second Hall. We have barred the gates but cannot hold them for long. The ground shakes...drums, drums in the deep. We cannot get out. The shadow moves in the dark. We cannot get out. They are coming."

— Book of Mazarbul last entry, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

One by one the file downloads had stopped. One had signaled that it would try to decoy SecUnit attention away from the others, and three acknowledged. One had heard screams from the control center and diverted there to try to save the humans trapped inside, and two acknowledged. One had stayed at the entrance to a corridor to try to buy time to reach SecSystem, and one acknowledged. One reported reaching SecSystem, then nothing.

— Artificial Condition by Martha Wells