HollowHemlocks



Jesse Davis Wells has just bought a relatively dated video camera from a pawn shop, to film the forests in their natural beauty. What could possibly go wrong?

Characters


 Jesse Wells (He/Him) 17 

He is our somewhat reliable protagonist. Jesse never thought he would end up where he currently is. He has dealt with his fair share of paranormal experiences, and really wishes it would stop.

Adam Williamson (He/Him) 17

[Deceased] Our Protagonist's best friend. The main driving force for Jesse's investigation.

 Maxwell Snyder (He/Him) 18 

Max is one of Jesse and Adam's friends from Elementary school. He's extremely superstitious about the stuff Jesse has dragged him into.

 Charlotte (Charlie) Alinsky (They/Them) 18 

Charlotte is one of Jesse's closest friends and a lover of all things paranormal, Which means they were ecstatic when he sent them links to a few of his youtube videos. They gladly agreed to help Jesse with the mystery

 Kai Dempsey (She/Her) 18 

Kai is Charlotte's girlfriend, who really had no choice but to tag along with the new mystery gang.

Villains

 * SmileForMe

Deaths

 * Adam Miller, Suicide - September 30th, 2021

Crossovers

 * REM Sleep
 * Broken Canvas

Videos
 Introduction  - Jesse explains the meaning behind the channel, and what he plans to do with it. This short explanation is overlaid with footage of passing trees, a pool, and a dirt path.

 Entry #1 - Local Bike Paths  - Jesse finally steps out into the world, and walks a nice bike path. There are traces of video and audio corruption. But still, He persists forward to make a good start with his new channel!

Entry #2 : Nature Walks - Jesse and Adam go out together, and have a blast in the woods! The two bros found some weird pages though. Yet neither of them have no clue as to what they could mean.

 Entry #3 : Sleepovers  - The two homies play Mario Kart, Watch YouTube, and fill up on Chicken Nuggets! While Adam is in the bathroom, Jesse goes outside to find a new page in his Mailbox, and a tall watcher across the street. Adam refuses to believe anything strange is going on, and tells Jesse not to worry about it.

Entry #4 : Recent Affairs - Jesse goes into full detail about everything that's going on. He has begun coughing up abnormal amounts of blood, but the doctors are telling him that it's a stomach ulcer created by the stress of his friend's suicide. Along with the bloody coughing fits, he's been suffering from minor memory loss. Nightmares about Adam and the Tall man plague his sleep. After talking about the nightmares, and how the tall man is faceless, Jesse suddenly gets a nosebleed which he cleans up with some tissues from behind his bed. That's when he announces that it might be the last entry.

 Entry #5: State Parks  - After a little bit of convincing from one of his followers on Twitter, Roxanne Meadows from REM Sleep, Jesse decides to venture back out into the woods for the first time since Adam's suicide. But once again, the footage is plagued with audio and visual distortion. Jess coughs up blood at the canyon vista after taking a good look at his surroundings. Both at the canyon vista, and the creek, he is followed and stalked by a man in a suit. Even his dad claims to have seen him, and dubs it "weird for a guy to be dressed like that, in woods like these". Needless to say, Jesse finds himself paranoid.

 Entry #6  - On the afternoon of October 31st, Jesse woke up coughing up blood in his kitchen, with no memory since Adam's funeral on the 29th. He checks his camera to find clips of him being followed from varying distances by the tall man in the suit. In one clip, while Jesse's heating up some chicken parmesan, the tall man is standing in the back of his kitchen unnoticed. On Saturday, Jesse goes outside to investigate a noise. He ends up face to face with the, well, faceless being. He runs back inside, tripping in his hallway. Jess screams, the camera cutting before the footage picks back up with Jesse laying in the hall the next afternoon. Somebody in boots walks down the hall, and begins to drag Jesse into the kitchen. Whoever dragged him into the kitchen sets the camera down. A few minutes pass before Jesse wakes up, coughing and hacking. After he gets to his feet, he finds a paper with "The Sun Will Rise", a weird symbol, and "Happy Halloween, Jesse" written on the back.

 Entry #7  - After speaking with Roxanne Meadows from REM Sleep over twitter once again, Jesse takes her advice to arm himself. He decides to take his grandfather's Beretta 92 as protection.

 Entry #8  - Jesse and Roxy talk over discord. During the call, SmileForMe leaves a package on Jesse's front porch.

 Entry #9  - A small mailtime review of Entry #8's package, Which contains a map and a 9mm bullet casing.

 Entry #10  - Jesse introduces some of Adam's old friends, Max, Charlotte, and Kai. They all agreed to return with him to the Bike Path, where Kai stumbles upon an envelope. Inside are several pieces of paper and some photos.

 Entry #11  - Its Jesse's birthday. He talks about being isolated due to his father having the big covid-19, then about a phonecall he got from Charlie and Kai. The tall thing was in their house, and they havent been heard from by anyone. Jesse goes to the bathroom, smileforme entering, then exiting the room. Once he notices the camera, he books it back to his hiding spot. Jess comes out to investigate, finding nothing.

 Entry #12  - Jesse talks about possibly making a house visit once his quarantine period ends, but ends up not following through completely. The last shot is Jesse having a moment on the couch while Super Mario 64's menu screen plays on the tv.

 Entry #13  - Jesse attempts to resume a normal life, reporting no fluxuation of nightmares. The bloody coughing fits have gotten worse, and so has the insomnia. Jesse expresses his lack of surprise on how bad its gotten. He then talks about rearranging his room, and possibilities regarding going to pittston and finding SmileForMe's packages. Jesse does what he can to keep himself safe, locking doors and checking windows. The Guardian shows up, scaring Jesse into his room.

 Entry #14  - SmileForMe has been breaking into Kai and Charlie's house, and so Jesse has decided to take Charlie and Max to the range.

Cast
Robin Joline : Jesse Davis Wells

Julian Boyer : Adam Miller

Gerard "Gerry" Ryan : Maxwell Snyder

Erisa Lou : Charlotte Alinsky

Kai Henry : Kai Dempsey

Locations
World's End State Park - Entry #5

Fun Facts / Trivia

 * This series has taken me from the 6th grade (Began filming in the 10th grade) to produce
 * There have been two other renditions of this Slenderverse. One had my town name in the title, and the other was called "The Chesterfield Files"

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