Building 13

Meshal Almutairi

Saudi Arabia / 2024 / Fiction / 9’0”I2502099

Building 13
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SYNOPSIS

Safwan is a 24-year-old young man. He loves horror and adventure movies. Curiosity pushes him to enter a mysterious and unknown building at King Abdulaziz University in Jeddah called (Building 13). Sultan’s close friend advised him not to enter, but that warning increased Safwan’s desire to enter the building and explore it. Safwan enters Building 13 through a small opening after finding the door closed. Safwan begins to walk around the place eagerly and finds an old paper dating back to the year 1994. He is surprised for a moment and continues his walk. As he leaves one of the halls, he notices something strange that passes in front of him. He enters one of the halls, and Safwan follows him. He enters the hall and looks around him and finds nothing. He is about to leave and then the door closes in his face. Safwan stays in place for a few moments, then rushes to open the door, but he is unable to open it. He finds a piece of iron thrown aside, takes it and tries to open the door with it. Whoever hears the squeak of a pen writes on the blackboard, turns around and finds the phrase (If you look at the numbers on my face, you will not find the number 13?) written in color. the Red. Safwan wipes the phrase with his finger and finds it sticky. Safwan returns and tries to open the door again and hits him with the iron piece repeatedly, but again he hears the squeak of the pen as he writes again. He turns around and sees the pen rolling until it reaches him and finds the words (If you look at the numbers on my face, you will not find the number 13??) written bitterly. Other. Safwan shivers for a moment and thinks for a while, then picks up the pen and approaches the blackboard with full concentration. Safwan looks at the watch on his wrist. It reads 9 o’clock and 13 minutes. After a few moments, he looked at the clock again and looked at it for a long time. He says in a loud voice, “The answer is the hour,” but nothing happens. He writes “the hour” on the blackboard. Finally, the door opens and Safwan comes out, running in fear in the corridors, wondering where he came from. He encounters a strange man standing in front of him, his face covered in blood. Safwan stands and is frightened and looks at the strange man. Suddenly, the strange man runs towards him. Safwan runs away and enters one of the halls and sits aside while breathing hard. Safwan notices that there is a phrase written on the blackboard, which is (I am strong, but it breaks me to say my name). Safwan stands and picks up the pen and the strange man begins to push the door. Vigorously trying to enter, Safwan walks in the hall thinking and then writes on the board (light) and nothing happens. He goes back and writes (darkness) and nothing happens either. Safwan despairs, puts his hands on his head, and silence prevails around. Safwan thinks for a moment, then writes (silence), and the door opens forcefully. Safwan rushes out of the hall running, goes down the stairs, and goes to the door of the building, trying to open it, but he cannot. He finds the words (It is harder for you to catch me the faster you run). Safwan picks up the pen and writes (death) and nothing happens. He turns around and finds the strange man staring at him from the top of the stairs. He quickly returns and writes the word (time) and nothing happens. He turns again and finds the strange man directly behind him, looking at him laughing. Safwan is afraid and leans against the door, breathing fast and hard and thinking. For a moment, he quickly picks up the pen while shouting (the breath) and intends to write the word on the door and writes (the breath...) and before he finishes writing the word, the strange man drags it with his foot.

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