u/DottedWriter

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The Candle Ritual

tenorstorm: has anyone heard about this one online ritual? i think it was called the can something ritual?

vibr@ntfogs: i think i know what you're talking about, the candle ritual?

tenorstorm: OH MY GOD YES THAT

vibr@ntfogs: yeah, there used to be a forum about it, but it's long gone now

tenorstorm: why wtf happened?

vibr@ntfogs: no idea, it just disappeared one day with no warning

tenorstorm: damn

tenorstorm: wait if you know about it do you know how to do it?

vibr@ntfogs: u actually want to do it?

tenorstorm: yeah overheard some classmate talking about it

tenorstorm: figured i might as well do something to kill time

vibr@ntfogs: alright lemme fill you in on how it works, it's actually really simple

vibr@ntfogs: first you need a candle. if you can't find one in your house try looking to see if a store has some.

vibr@ntfogs: then you gotta do it somewhere around 10PM, and you need to be completely alone, if there's anyone else with you or if you do it before or after 10PM it won't work

vibr@ntfogs: now you gotta light the candle and place it in front of you, then sit in front of it and close your eyes and say 'bring me to her'

tenorstorm: who's her?

vibr@ntfogs: i was just about to get to that part idiot

vibr@ntfogs: once you finish saying that sentence the moment you open your eyes you'll find yourself in a dark hallway, there's nothing you can see or touch, and i mean nothing

vibr@ntfogs: it's gonna be like youre in a LITERAL void

vibr@ntfogs: but there's gonna be a light in the distance, and you gotta walk to it until you a see a small candle on a wooden table, and this woman in white is sitting there, waiting for you

vibr@ntfogs: and i mean LITERALLY in white, her hair all the way down to the clothing she's wearing is purely white

tenorstorm: is she hot?

vibr@ntfogs: dude

tenorstorm: just wondering

vibr@ntfogs: forget it

vibr@ntfogs: she's going to gesture for you to sit down and she's going to look you in the eye and ask you a question

tenorstorm: which is?

vibr@ntfogs: "What wish do you yearn to be granted?"

tenorstorm: what? so she's basically like a genie?

vibr@ntfogs: you can say that

tenorstorm: so like what happens when you tell her your wish?

vibr@ntfogs: you wake up where you were and the candles are blown out

tenorstorm: damn you were right about it being simple

vibr@ntfogs: yep, and you just gotta wait a full day for your wish to be granted

tenorstorm: huh

tenorstorm: how do you even know so much about this?

vibr@ntfogs: my brother told me about it, he's the reason i kinda got into learning about the candle ritual in the first place

vibr@ntfogs: but get this, he had a friend who did it and he went from a D student, to a freshman at STANFORD

vibr@ntfogs: wanna know what happened to him?

tenorstorm: he got a degree and went on to live a happy life?

vibr@ntfogs: he's in a mental hospital

vibr@ntfogs: lost his damn mind

tenorstorm: holy shit really?

vibr@ntfogs: yeah, and even had a total breakdown about how there's too much in his brain and even tried to lodge a pencil into his head before his parents stopped him, and he kept on screaming about how he needs to get it all out

tenorstorm: jesus

vibr@ntfogs: yeah, and you wanna know the crazy part? as they were trying to get him under control they noticed this marking on his wrist that resembled a flame and i kid you not it actually felt HOT to touch too

tenorstorm: is he still there or

vibr@ntfogs: my brother hasn't spoken to him in a while, don't blame him though

vibr@ntfogs: *doesn't know if he got better, or if he got worse*

vibr@ntfogs: really messed up shit man

vibr@ntfogs: you still thinking about doing it though?

tenorstorm: eeeeehhh i'm not sure now, don't plan on ending up like that dude

vibr@ntfogs: don't you think you should warn your classmate though?

tenorstorm: well it's not my issue if his brain gets messed up

vibr@ntfogs: true lmao

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