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Day 3:
Three days.
Three days I've been trapped here, in this damp and mossy cave. Three days of no food and I can feel my strength dwindle with each minute. I was trapped under a fallen stone, the entrance to the cave was maybe a mile away, it was a deep cave. My pack had fallen just out of reach and I had given up on grabbing it just yesterday. I wore an olive T-shirt and brown cargo pants, I had used my cap to gather up some water that feel from the cave roof. So far, I'd heard nothing, no people had come looking for me and probably won't until it's far too late. I can't see more than five feet ahead of me, and the only thing I can make out clearly is the boulder on my legs. I couldn't feel them, they might be broken or just dead now. No more jogging for me. I felt some drips of sweat trickle down my forehead and I stuck my tongue out in an effort to catch the few drops. I have nothing but this journal and a pencil.
My skin was pale, the color of paper, and I could easily see my bones. I had no strength in my arms, only the ability to lift them and reach and even that took a large amount of effort, but I can write still, slow but I want someone to know what happened. To at least, have some vague image or memory of who I am, or was. Cold, hungry, thirsty, I felt like things were as low as they could be.

Day 4:

Skittering sounds raced across the stone floor around me, rats I think. But things weren't that low. Spiders, it turned out, huge and hairy spiders crawling over my chest, under my shirt, and I could feel them make webs over my body. I didn't care, I was low. I would die here anyway, whats a few spiders making the foundations of their home?

Day 5
No energy, can't right today. More spiders, though.

Day 6:
The spiders began to feast after the fourth day. Little holes began appearing in my arms and even as I right, they chew my flesh. I can barely feel it, maybe I'm just running on pain at this point. Right now, one looks like she's laying her eggs in my arm, can't feel it, and I have a feeling I won't be alive once they hatch.

Day7: The spiders are GONE. I don't know why, don't know how, but in the night, they left. The bites are gone and so are the webs. Am I going mad?
Caught a rat just now, it was investigating when I grabbed and squeezed it's life out. Guess I'll live another day.

Day 9: Wish I saved that rat, I'm starving. The bites are back, red and bleeding all over my arm from wrist to elbow. They fade in and out every couple minutes, maybe I'm hallucinating but GODDAMN IT HURTS!!!!!

Day 10:
Well, this is it. I'm losing my vision in this darkness and I can see something walking towards me, don't know what it is, but it looks like some sort of dark figure. Maybe death. It's got long arms and legs and it's wrapped in a black cloak. The face is the purest form of black and I can see something in it's hand, some sort of ball on a chain. Whoever gets this please tell my wife I love her.

Day 11: MAKE IT STOP MAKE IT STOP MAKE IT STOP! HELP! I DON'T WANT TO DIE! GOD MAKE IT STOP SOMEONE HELP HELP HELP HELP HELP!!!!!!!