Umbra

My Friend had dared me to visit the deep web to find a game named Umbra. I was hesitant at first. However, once he told me the software that would protect me, should keep me safe from the horrors of it. I knew nothing of the software before this point. I knew the dangers of the deep web. I've heard of the horror stories. I heard the trend of people visiting the deep web.

So I felt a bit at ease that ordinary folk were surfing it out of pure curiosity. I wasn't sure of the game in question as anybody who I talked to about it didn't know of it's existence. The fact my friend knew about it but most did not know about it made me curious. So I asked him how he knew about the game. He said it was an obscure game and that only those who truly look find it.

He himself did not play the game but heard it was scary. He said that he knew I was a big fan of horror so it was why he recommended it.

This time I was certain he was just fucking with me. That he played the game knew of it's content and wanted to scare the crap out of me. So I told him I wouldn't play it or go on the deep web.

He started mocking me and calling me chicken. I was getting frustrated at him and decided to block him. After I cooled down a bit and unblocked him he messaged me seeing if I was going to still look for it. I finally thought that the game couldn't be that bad. So I downloaded the software and searched on the deep web to find it.

I found a slew of horrible content that I was already expecting. Some of it chilled me to the bone. Seeing human torture pages, drugs, children, women, anything and everything was bought at sold there. It took me hours of searching to finally find the download to the game.

I scanned it for viruses and it had a horrible virus that took complete control of the computer. Luckily I had virus protection so it wasn't going to harm me. I downloaded the game and it was a surprisingly quick download for a game that seemed to have massive amount of data.

I opened the game and it was a very simple screen. It said "UMBRA" and had a play, and load option. It's intro music was some sort of odd theme played in reverse. I pressed enter to start the game. The basic pc controls were shown on the screen briefly and then vanished.

It was a first person style game and it had a black and white style. The music playing made me feel motion sick. I felt like I should stop playing. However the taunting words of my friend echoed through my head. I wanted to finish it and finally find out what the game was all about.

I ventured on forward and a woman in it's poor graphic qualities was sulked in the corner of the corridors my character was within. The character laid a hand on her in some sort of C.G.I. cut scene. The person who made this game must have been very dedicated. As he turned her around she seemed frightened and slumped to the floor crying. The crying sounded like actual crying and then my character did something horrible. The character I was playing as unzipped there pants. It became clear they were male. He then proceeded to brutally rape the woman.

I closed my eyes in horror listening to her screams and cries. I was horrified by what was happening. I began to regret playing this game. After he raped her he began to brutally torture the woman. He then murdered her. I only could imply this as I refused to watch the scene.

Once it was over I refused to play any further. I didn't care about the bet. I knew now why it was scary. I exited the game. I reported the game to the authorities. They begun an investigation in the content and finding whoever created it. It was taken down so no one else could experience the horror of what it possibly contained.

I contacted my friend and wondered why the hell they thought I would even remotely enjoy the game. They were scared as they said when they themselves went on the deep web they didn't have protection from the viruses.

They played the game and stopped playing at the same cut scene and their computer overridden. They watched as a hacker recommended the game to everyone in his contact list on skype. He quickly called the authorities himself and soon got a new computer. He got his account back in his control and now we were left knowing to never visit the deep web again. The only thing I wondered why the hacker would want me to get virus protection. I only guessed the hacker was arrogant with how elusive his hack was. Whatever the case I hope this is warning to anyone curious about the deep web.