There are small towns across America that contain their own unique culture.
But just as cities, these towns are dangerous places but the malice and hate of man spreads through them differently. Cultivated like a petri dish, this violent instinct mutates into something else entirely.
Elsbeth and Kenna are longtime friends who moved away from one another years ago.
This reunion was a long time in the making...
THIS STORY CONTAINS EVERYTHING THEY HAVE.
THIS STORY IS UNFINISHED! DON'T READ AAAHHH!
I know that there's a dark natural entity standing over us, clouding us in it's shadow.
There's a reason I never followed you to Blanket
~~~~Vinjeto Fino~~~~
My best friend moved away in September of 2025 to Blanket County. You've never heard of Blanket, I know that because I hadn't heard of it either 'till then.
She always talks about how we should meet up, I should visit Blanket, she should do a homecoming to Joliet and how short the drive is. She has a rather warped view of what a 'short drive' is, all because it's "less than a day away!"
That is to say, in short, that she's a dumbass.
~~~~Vinjeto Fino~~~~
There's a beautiful field of honeysuckle out here on the edge of town. You'll just love it! I know you will!
I don't really want to go adventuring through nature. When I get out of that car after this fucking drive I want to sit on a couch and eat junk.
That sounds beautiful! I've always loved honeysuckle.
I force this out regardless.
Also did you see the driving playlist I sent you? It takes more than half a decade to change my music taste, which is to say I still only listen to bangers. Party.
I don't know about that...
~~~~Vinjeto Fino~~~~
Taking a nap before you go?
Yeah, I want to be well rested before I go.
Honestly I'm a bit surprised to be seeing you again. I don't really get recurring dreams.
My sister, Do-Do, does and it always made me jealous. Hers even had these narratives that would continue from dream to dream...
Do you remember my name?
Not. At. All.
Enoh.
No...That wasn't your name, what was it...? It was something really close to that.
I'm going to visit you again. A third time; next time you sleep. When that happens I want you to bring me some information.
Information?
Yes. I'm...Like your brother.
A pervert?
Yes.
What kind?
Bring me a revelation. One strong enough to wake me up. I'm still dreaming, dreaming inside of you. I want you to see me side by side.
What?
At this point I start to laugh at him. Enoh's sentences are starting to get mixed up, sounding like they were mixed together from different samples. There's something kind of inherently funny about it.
S-Sorry! That just didn't make any sense.
When you wake me up. When you wake me up. It will all make sense when you wake me up.
~~~~Vinjeto Fino~~~~
I set my phone down in the passenger seat and buckle up. I hate, no loathe long ass drives like this.
Especially when I have to make them alone.
A mopey song comes on the "YIPEEHOORAYMYFRIEND" playlist and the monotonous highway in front of me turns out to be the perfect canvass for my memories to paint. Or maybe I'd rather say something about them projecting from my head onto the road in front of me. No, I prefer the canvass one more.
~~~~Vinjeto Fino~~~~
I love you Els.
That's why I'm showing you this.
In front of us was the battered body of my ex boyfriend. His face caved into his head.
I had a tough time knowing what exactly happened to him because of all the blood.
At the time I was panicking and screaming at her. Thinking back on it now, it all feels...Empty. If a little funny.
What the fuck did you do!? Wh-
Just remember that I love you Elsbeth. I love you.
My boyfriend did it. The two got into an argument. He wants to hide the body, he left to go get some supplies to clean this all up.
He's going to be a while. I know he will. That's why I called you.
I don't u-understand!
I know it's confusing. You see, my boyfriend made a comment about you. Said he wanted to rape you. He was joking, of course.
Your boyfriend got worked up and wanted to, like, defend your honor but he was no match. My boyfriend knocked him out and everything was all good but then he started having a seizure...Or, like, something because he started flailing around and foaming at the mouth.
Don't give me that look. I didn't hit him! I love you Elsbeth. Anyways, we threw him in the basement and kept him for a few days. I mean, you're the one who didn't get concerned when your bf stopped messaging you for multiple days!
Why did we do it? Oh yeah! Cuz he threatened to call the cops on us! Yeah when my boyfriend was beating his ass, he escalated things. My boyfriend was cornered! Totally cornered you know and you can't blame someone for what they do when they're cornered!
Sorry! I t-told myself I wouldn't cry but it was all sooo scary!
Anyways they got into another argument, about you again, and my boyfriend...H-he was cornered so he kept going and going and going!
Next thing we know...He just stopped moving.