In every city, there is a park. In that park, in a long forgotten corner is a public toilet. 364 days of the year, it is a normal toilet. You can go in – if you find it – and do your business and nothing untoward will happen – apart from the rare funnelweb bite. Local legends will revolve around this toilet. Some will say that it just appeared in the main areas and then started to move away. Some will say that satanic rituals were attempted. They will say that they were attempted – because the so-called “Satanists” were found the next day. Some will say that they were found dead, others will say alive. All will say that their bodies were covered in horrific wounds.

Usually, most went missing on Halloween.

All bodies were usually found on February 26.

If you were to find this toilet in the early hours of February 26, you would be greeted with an unsettling sight. Both entrances would be pulsating with a sickly brown light. If you gathered up your courage and stepped in to the entrance corresponding to your sex, you would be sucked in rapidly. The light will still be pulsating, but everything will be silent. If you were able to look behind you – you would be greeted with inky blackness. Of course, this would be the last thing you would see.

If you resist the temptation and stare straight ahead, the urinals would start to move and contort – as if they were talking. Hold onto your sanity long enough and a hollow voice will ring out from the rusted pipes. It will know your name, your age, your job – everything about you. It will promise you wealth and power for one little favour. No matter how tempting the offer is – do not accept. If you resist, the voice will seem to smile in satisfaction and congratulate you on your resilience. It will then make another offer. It will give you a choice between two things. One will be what you desire the most and the other will be whom you desire the most. Woe betide those who make a choice here – they are usually never seen again. Upon resistance, the voice will laugh – a horrible echoing sound that threatens to make you go mad. Then, it will sigh and give one last choice. Knowledge of your future for a single drop of your blood.

Do not make any choice. Those who do are found the next day; their bodies drained of blood – except one drop. If you have managed to hold out – the voice will sigh in disappointment and ask you what you want. Here, you can say anything – money, fame, women – and it will come to you in the following week. After making your choice, back out the door. The very moment you leave, the building will shake violently. Run away as fast as you can – do not look back. You will receive what you asked for in one week.

Do you wish to know what happens to those foolish enough to make a decision at the first choice? On the 25th, if you find the toilet – walk inside and count the number of urinals. On the 27th – find it again and count the urinals again.

The newest one will be ringed with blood.