I guess in an attempt to solidify my memory, I'll write a bit about myself... At least, myself before... that.
My name is Joseph Schreiber. I'm 39 years old, single- divorced. No kids. I'm tall, sort of looming at times. I shave my head every now and then. I am a very active journalist for Concorde, focusing on local news and human interest pieces. I like fishing and reading, and I have a pretty extensive collection of books and magazines. I don't own a TV- TV journalism is worthless. I'm a little bit of a luddite, as I keep my typewriter that lasted me through college with me, but I have an old laptop that I use for most of my editorial pieces.
I live in room 302 of South Ashfield Heights, a cozy apartment complex. Recently, I've started doing research on the Walter Sullivan case, a case that I started following after I did my piece on Wish House, after one of the people I interviewed was murdered by Walter Sullivan. Recently there's been a copycat killer, using the same MO. Police think it's a copycat, at least- my theory is that the Walter 'copycat' is actually Walter himself, and that the original Walter Sullivan the police caught wasn't the real guy.
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That was me, at least before what happened in 302. I became locked in, and then everything went to hell. I started having Migraines, and pretty soon it was apparent that I wasn't going to be able to get out- Walter Sullivan was still alive, at least... Partially alive. He was inhabiting 302, possessing it. He locked me in and left me to die, but before I did, I explored his subconscious the best I could- It was the only thing I could do. Holes started appearing in the walls, big enough for me to crawl through. They led to various places in his memory, but they were all distorted and evil. However, I slowly began to gain hope as I found ways to fight against his influence, but in the end, the exposure and starvation killed me. I was just his toy.
But I left notes for the next occupant, and never really left 302. While I was dead, I wasn't fully dead- I was part of the apartment, a ghost if you will, a seed within the monstrous entity that was Walter, and I was able to maintain a presence in 302 through him.
Whether or not I have freewill or if Walter is just willing me to exist I do not know, perhaps some element of guilt or an inability to be rid of me, as I am part of 302 and thus his delusion of his mother. I do think the true Walter was corrupted by something- he had a human side, and seemed to be prone to emotional instability. However, the thing he is now is inhuman, a product of the cult's power, the cult's gods.
I can't help but feel that this was my punishment for shutting down that orphanage, but I stand by my article. The world needed to know what sickness was brewing in that horrific place, and I showed them the real truth, the tangible truth, not some sick distorted religion.
Anyway, what's happened to me now, I don't know. I'm sitting in an abandoned building with my laptop getting a very weak wifi signal, getting a distinct feeling like I've been ejected from 302, at least for the time being.
I don't know about my safety, though. Walter has reemerged, but so has Henry. It doesn't make sense that they are both alive. Also, there's been the emergence of a few of the cult's clergy, who I am hesitant to trust, to say the least. Their value system created an abusive orphanage that used state money to create cultists and a serial killer, all for a dogma that doesn't make sense.
Given the history of Silent Hill, though, I think the bad karma there just needs something to latch onto, and with that cult... Well, any port in a storm. I've read their dogma a bit and met their priests, and it's as goofy as any other cult, but for some reason, this one packs a punch. It can't be real... But it is.
Anyway, there's not a lot I can do right now. I need to figure out what happened to me, and I doubt asking my killer directly is such a good idea, unless I want a clip emptied into my face.
-J.