Interview With The Tentacle Demon Chapter 5: Sorority

CHAPTER 5: SORORITY

“Julie Rhodes?”

“Yes?” Julie barely glanced up from her work. There was always more paperwork to do. Accounting, payroll, purchase orders, work orders, the job of an office clerk was never done. It was better than the being on the factory floor, but not by much. She was looking forward to retirement.

“Formerly Julie Stone, of Eta Nu Tau?”

“Goddammit!” Julie hissed. “What are you, a reporter? When are you people going to leave me alone? It was forty years ago, and you cock suckers still come crawling up my ass every few years trying to get the ‘real story’. Get this straight. Nothing happened! It was all hyped up bullshit rumors started by rival houses to destroy us and it worked, okay? Now leave me the hell alone!” She had been trying not to raise her voice, but everybody else in the office was staring anyway. The reporter bitch leaned in close.

“That’s not how Gruthsorik tells it,” she whispered. Julie turned white as a sheet.

“Where did you…” she muttered, then abruptly stood up, grabbed the strange woman by the arm, and dragged her into an empty conference room. She locked the door behind her and demanded, “Who the fuck are you and how did you hear that name?”

“Dr. Claire Thompson, from the U.S. Armed Forces Institute for Xenobiology and Cryptobiology,” she replied. “And he told me himself.”

“Oh my God, the government captured him?” Julie said with a gasp. “Is… is he okay?”

“He’s fine, don’t worry,” Claire said.

“Thank goodness,” Julie said as she sank into a chair. Claire sat down across the table from her. “I’m sorry I snapped at you out there. Have you… you know… with him?” Claire blushed and slowly nodded. “Oh, you lucky girl. God, those were the days. We all never talked about it afterwards, and I try to forget, but you just can’t, not completely.”

“Do you mind?” Claire asked, presenting a digital audio recorder.

“No, go ahead, I guess you have to.” Julie waited for Claire to press record down and then asked, “So how did you track me down? There were so many of us, I don’t think he ever bothered learning any of our names.”

“He didn’t, but after a little searching I managed to figure out which university he was talking about. I visited your old campus and read the old School newspapers from that year, and they identified you as the sorority president during the scandal and suspension of Eta Nu Tau. The alumni office was very helpful, and had current info on you. I’ve heard the story from Gruthsorik, but I’m here to hear your side.” Julie nodded and began:

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It was my senior year, and as you said, I was president. We had a little over forty members, twenty of them living in our house, the rest mostly in the dorms. It all started with Amy Brennen, another senior. You’re a scientist, you would like her, she was very smart, and very hard working. It wasn’t unusual for her to stay late on campus, working away into the evening. But one night, she was much later than usual getting back. When she finally showed up, she was a total mess. Her clothes were torn to rags, she was clutching them around herself just to keep covered, and she was absolutely covered with some kind of sticky mess. But she had the biggest smile on her face you could imagine.

We asked her what the hell had happened. She said, “Something wonderful. Let me get cleaned up first, get everybody together and I’ll tell you all about it.” So we gathered up, and when she had showered and got into some intact clothes, she started spinning this insane story of a man that interrupted her, told her that she had to leave the building, got in close and groped her, and then turned into an eight foot tall Monster that stripped and raped her with huge tentacles.