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The original was posted on /r/maliciouscompliance by /u/zikfrect0r on 2024-03-30 09:01:51.
long ago, in my school, we had a computer lab close to nature, soil, garden and trees. so when it rains, worms crawl into the lab for shelter.
on this fateful day of malice, it was raining and we had a class in the lab. a worm was wiggling around near my chair, in its journey away from rain
and me being a school going child having a repulsion of worms, was uncomfortable with it being there, focusing on where it's crawling to and relocating it away from me, rather than the class.
near this was a teacher who had came to the lab to check her email or something. she being a teacher, i mentioned bout the worm to her but she felt the need to advise me on the harmlessness of the worm and my lack of focus when in class, to let it be and not disturb her when working, rather than resolving the issue of the worm’s presence
being stuck btw an advice entity that wants me to focus on the class, and the presence the worm, i chose to appease the entity for now and got back into listening about daemons or something.
but, the feeling of repulsion and the fear of worm was still there. soo i kept glancing at the trajectory of doom in intervals and to my dread, it was coming towards me.
after like 5-6 mins of this, as if my uncomfort willed chance in my favor, my teacher taking the class called me up to come and answer some question on the board ... so off i went, out of the worm's presence, to mess around in front of the class.
while coming back, i saw the worm was right behind my chair, so me being proud of having answered in front of the class and all, kicked the worm in my stride, away from my chair … it landed near to the advice teacher's chair.
i saw the worm lying there coiled up due to the disturbance of the kick
i saw it uncoil and continue its stride
i saw it for the last time as it disappeared under the advise teacher's saree
this caused a sense of calm to set in, idk why … i was comfortable with the situation and as per her advice, i got back to focusing on the class and not disturbing her by mentioning the situation. later, ig when the advice teacher was done with whtever she had came to do, she enquired about the worm to me, and i said i saw it crawl beneath her saree
i still remember the expression she had when i said that, it was beautiful
to see an adult, who once spoke about the harmlessness of the worm, jump up from her chair and shake away at her saree thinking the worm’s on it, searching for it.
the worm was never found, she calmed down after jumping around for sometime since it made a scene for the whole class to not focus on the lecture
she did slap me on my arm, but i feel a weird sense of joy, even today … the sudden chaos, her fear and the worm that i never saw again.