Chapter 27 of 44

Sounds You Cannot Locate

You can hear it. You cannot find it. You are not leaving the house until one of those two things changes, and neither of them is going to.

20 verses

1. 1 There's a noise in this building and I have to find it before I can think Concerning
2. 2 Something has been humming since Sunday and it's got louder Not reassuring
3. 3 There's a beeping somewhere and it isn't any device I own Please take the day
4. 4 I can hear water and I can't find water Not reassuring
5. 5 A pipe is knocking and it knocks at the same time every morning Not reassuring
6. 6 Somebody is playing something on a loop and I can't tell which direction Please take the day
7. 7 There's a ringing that stopped when I mentioned it and started again Please take the day
8. 8 The extractor fan has started up on its own twice Not reassuring
9. 9 Something upstairs moved from one end to the other over the course of a week Please take the day
10. 10 I've heard a door close in a house with no other people in it Please take the day
11. 11 A phone rang in this apartment and it wasn't mine Please take the day
12. 12 The radio came on downstairs and I don't have a radio downstairs Please take the day
13. 13 It's gone very quiet outside and it's a busy street Please take the day
14. 14 Somebody is drilling and it's been eleven hours across two days Unverifiable
15. 15 The road works have started at six and the earplugs aren't equal to it Plausible
16. 16 There's an alarm two streets over that nobody is doing anything about Unverifiable
17. 17 My upstairs neighbor has taken up an instrument Concerning
18. 18 Something is scratching and it's in the wall rather than on it Not reassuring
19. 19 I can hear my own heartbeat and I'd like that to stop before I come in Not reassuring
20. 20 The silence in this house has developed a texture Please take the day