Molly's basement smelt heavily of mildew and dust, the technologically ancient VCR left atop an older projection television. The Tape, marked with the same strange symbol that seemed to follow Mr. S wherever she would find him. That same Circle with a large X through it.<br/><br/>As The video begins she is met with the same face she had met outside her school. he looked less like a crack addict with his hood and hat off and more like a stress induced insomniac.<br/><br/>"Hello. I'm sorry if our first meeting was...overstepping. I will begin again. MY name is Seth and for the better part of several years I have been encountering the same creature your town and the internet has adopted as "The Slenderman". It seems your encounters with him have not been negative which is something that interests me because in the years I have been involved with him.." He sighed, looking away, over his shoulder a moment, a sense of paranoia in the man.<br/><br/>"All of those involved with a student film known as Marble Hornets have gone missing besides myself...I have had long chunks of time missing from memory during which my encounters with him and his cohorts have been numerous...I have been beaten and relocated and sickened upon numerous occasions....This creature is dangerous and I am out to learn the entire story ....this video is to give you a taste of what I have been through.."<br/><br/>The video cut to static a moment, cutting back to a camera view of a tall man with red hair and glasses speaking toward the camera about locations for their student film, a caption coming over the screen. "This was the beginning.." As the camera panned, Mr. S came into view lurking in the background as he followed the red headed man's movement and words, as he came into view the sound would become heavily distorted, their voices falling apart and the screen discoloring and breaking in quality, a small click of quality coming back to normal and Mr. S would be gone. After he had disappeared, a man addressed as "Tim" began coughing mercilessly.<br/><br/>The video would then move through other clips of footage, often with Seth behind the camera or in front of it speaking of his experiences, all of which came across as violent and personally horrifying. She was shown images of men in thin beige coats and white masks appearing moments before or moments after Mr. S violently attacking Seth or other subjects he was near, even the same red haired man who throughout the video came to seem as an enemy to all. After nearly two hours of images of Mr. S appearing and distorting footage with his presence before horrible events would take place, including violent attacks upon Seth that never seemed to result in his death. Seth would appear once more, sighing.<br/><br/>"Now that you have seen what I've been through in my time involving your "Slenderman" I want to have the chance to talk to you about him because..." He stopped, bringing up his footage of her and when her voice raised the footage would distort just like it would around Mr. S or his cohorts in masks. on the back of the Tape was Seth's cellphone number.