WHAT SHOULD I DO TO CELEBRATE 800k?!?! Hey everyone! I hope you have a great weekend! Let me know what you think of the story and if you would like to see more like this!
I really appreciate that it feels like you listen to your audiences feedback dude. The investigator one this week was super neat so its nice getting something similar!
I really like the audio recorder lyrics on the screen. The thumbnail tho, I think it would be cool to use some ai art for title screens, they'd be much more eerie.
I love all the foreshadowing from the getgo- at first I thought Mr Devlin was almost CERTAINLY in the mob, but then it all started clicking. The red trident on the cards was one thing I should’ve noticed sooner.
To be honest, first that card and how it magically influenced the navi (hidden chip, sure) and then this offer that came with those three in context strange rules... I felt immediately reminded at 'The Devil's Advocate' with Al Pacino and Keanu Reeves.
@@BootyYeeter YEAH- I only made that connection when there was the D for ‘Devlin’ on the elevator and then then a bunch of fire, and I was like “HE CALLED HIMSELF *DEVLIN* OH MY GOSH”
I mean, it's a bit of cheek to call it "free will" without the ability to make an informed decision. It just seemed like yet another driving job, which, surprisingly, the guy who drives, accepted!
@@DarksomniumAlways a stunning narration, especially with all the extra little touches you put in and very much enjoyable. Thanks for always coming into the comments!
He considered Devlin suspicious and that the 1-month deal sounded sketchy. Yet he ignored his gut feeling(which one could argue was his morality telling him something wasn’t right), made up, dozens of excuses too(like how he tried to tell himself that he would probably just be dropping off married men having affairs) and then chose to follow that path for the sake of money when he wasn't even in need of it. Devlin told him not to participate in his client's actions “to pick them up, drop them off and leave” but MC didn't do that he stayed watched and continued to pick up clients he was informed and chose to continue. He let his greed for a better future blind his moral reason and suffered the consequences. I'll also add that he had confronted himself saying that seeing the clown beat the clerk to death exited him. This was the first extreme case of his morals clashing with the “Shadows” within him and as Devlin pointed out He could have turned back once he realized this but instead made up excuses, continued in the path, and eventually found himself in over his head with Batman which only then when he considered that he would be in danger did he try and stop.
@@stoamm7412 I didn't think of the instructions to leave, and I wonder if it would've made any difference. I was thinking during that part that you could very easily circumvent the logic that was used. That would be my one critisism of the story, it could've been more clearly a choice that he actually made a ethically wrong decision in, would develop the devil a bit and make him less black and white and more a natural force.
@@thecrazyhobos well, think of it like a perverted take on the story of Adam and Eve. Devlin even mentions the forbidden apple while he's mocking the MC during their negotiations in his lair iirc. Most people blame Eve for the fall of man but the person truly responsible was Adam. Only Adam knew of the true Dangers of Eating the fruit and despite knowing them he still ate the Apple given to him by Eve because of his love for her (reasoning that because it was already eaten he might as well eat it as well as a way to continue his love for her and carry her burden as well. Similarly, MC knew that the Job was going to be Sketchy and involve illegal activity, or else Devlin would have never given him those 3 rules, but MC was so blinded by the Gold Cards and what they could Offer to not only himself but His son that he ignored the consequences until it was too late. If you remember He even rationalized it by saying that the clients Devlin provided would do the heinous thing anyway so he might as well get something out of it. He chose to carry the burden of what his “clients” were doing by watching and “partaking” in their actions even if he was only a bystander, This would be his metaphorical eating of the fruit given to him His participation in immorality, his justification of his participation (which was flawed), and his idea to continue participating knowing what was going on doomed his soul. Now I understand the human aspect that he was afraid for his son and didn't know he was dealing with the actual Devil but that doesn't ignore his moral sins of willingly participating in “taking the fruit (Card from his passengers), Eating it(staying to watched what unfolded from his passengers, which came about from his own curiosities desires), and asking for more( his choice to continue his contract after his instincts were confirmed that his clients were bad and up to no good after the Clown incident)” the same way that Eve eating fruit from the forbidden tree first doesn't exonerate Adam from eating it as well. The fact that because others have or would take the deal and “eat the fruit” doesn't exonerate his moral choice to partake in sin despite his own Morals telling him it wasn't okay.
Wow, this was GOOD. The ending was incredibly well done. I knew Devlin was, well, The Devil almost immediately, but figuring out his game was great. I don't think he was lying, but he was doing the typical "fine print". The agreement wasn't to save the lineage, it deal was to save his son. His son was freed from the debt. Nothing in the deal freed his grandson, however. When they went into the hospital and the grandson said "Mr Devlin", I audibly gasped. Masterful reveal.
@@TradePrinceNodnarb yeah what I got from it was either that he found a way to make the son indebted to him through a different way (his saving his grandson) or it was technically him fulfilling his deal of protecting the son, however, the latter seems less likely.
Has anyone else wanted a story that’s narrated by all of the big narrators? (Dark somnium, Mrcreepypasya, lighthouse horror etc) That would be a crazy collab and story
@HumanTorch1988 I'm just worried the other narrators would be too monotonous as most scary story readers are. Somnium does amazing voicework, it's essentially why he's the best
I think the MC's biggest problem was that he didn't follow the agreement to the letter. He hung around on a number of occasions and decided to join Pamela as she went into Devlin Regency. The rules (from what i remember) were 1) be punctual, 2) dropoffs only - so leaving immediately is a choice -, and 3) don't participate. As for the larger analogy for *consequences* , it's imperfect. Devlin is proposing that you can never got off the ride, that you're stuck. The issue is that most of what occurs here is compelled whereas natural consequences are: if you get a good night's sleep ~then~ you'll wake up feeling better, if you practice a skill ~then~ you'll get better at it. If you lie to people ~then~ they'll stop trusting you. Something that would have been more apt, specifically about each subsequent "sin," is if the MC had the choice for each drive. From the evidence, he would have been compelled to complete the task simply because he started it. As it stands, it appears he only had two choices throughout: starting the contract - making all drive-related decisions irrelevant if he said no - and the final agreement with Devlin. But for the sake of analogy, Devlin provides a decent argument. Once we do something, the deed is done and the consequences will follow. A single choice (taking Devlin's deal) can have long lasting (the month long contract) and unintended effects (the negotiation).
To me I think it was clear he was lying, Mr Devlin/the devil was deliberately trying to pray on the MC's insecurities (i.e. his son, his level of dedication to him ect) to essentially get him to agree/be more likely to agree, we see it from the beginning with him implanting the idea of using the gold strips to benefit his son's future. The devil's whole concept relies on deception and lies, he is the embodiment of evil. The rules were probably arbitrary, and were probably put in place to test whether the MC was capable of abandoning his morels, or would simply follows the rules without question. The MC even admits that he almost enjoys watching the clown commit crimes, and the devil uses that against him when they talk later on.This makes the MC suffer more over his actions (which the devil obviously enjoys) and to makes it easier to spread more suffering and evil though MC. The MC being naturally curious, decided to see the results of his actions, which played right into the devil's hands. The point isn't really to get MC to work for the Devil probably, it's probably just to make him suffer. The point of the devil is he is pure unbridled evil and chaos. He probably fed all those other people who MC taxied similar lies, just to get them to go out into the world and do evil. The ending implies the deal was just fake, and just a long con by the devil to cause MC more pain and suffering. I think the point of the story is that people do have the freewill to choose to not do evil, but they often do, spurred on by what they consider to be good reasons, when in reality the ends do not justify the means. MC knew the job sounded dodgy, but he let his greed and his pride tempt him into accepting, even if he convinced himself it was for his son and a good reason. "The path to hell is often paved with good intentions".
Sorry but can we talk about how he said "was he even really Ghandi?!"😂 Like thats the most stupid thing lol. Its like asking "was he even really Batman"😂 I cant get over this haha
I didn't realize how living a blue collar middle America life affected my minds eye in this story. The Ledgermen like the one in the elevator was carrying a FILE. In MY mind it was a long metal file- like to file animal hooves or metal.NOT a Manilla folder kind of file!!
Hi somnium, I've been a payed member for almost 2 years now, I just wanted to say I'm proud of how much you grown in these years, the development of your video making skills impress me every video
@Darksomnium I'm doing fantastic thank you for asking! I'm super glad I get to support you for years to come, your the best narrator on the internet. I hope you have been well and I hope you have a great weekend:)))
This! Being an older woman this is "new" for me, used 2 b a TV watcher, SO got me into creepy pasta 8 years ago, now it's a daily ritual I can't imagine being without. Nothing makes our day like discovering u got a story out. Your our 100% favorite!.
After having finished the story, this was one of the best you have released in a while. It add a lot of personal notes And the generational debt was a very interesting concept. The voice over work and storytelling, Were expertly done. I always enjoy when you Choose a story that touches on the Christian faith in one way or another. And I thought this take on the devil was rather intriguing. I left the story feeling genuinely Sorry for Matthew and Luke. Thank you for the escape@@Darksomnium
@@Darksomnium this was an Incredible story. I meant to comment on it again earlier but got side tracked. I love stories that touch on Christian concepts and this was a unique and in my opinion very well done version of the devil. Especially with the ending you grasp how utterly despicable he is. I really felt for Matthew all the way until the end then the spotlight turned to Luke and dusky and finally Sam. 4 generations 🫰, just like that. Thank you for the great story, Excellent voice work. Great music and expertly done narration. Thank you for the escape.
.... Oh... That ending is rough when you think about the implications. Crimes can't be anywhere near as heinous as the one that got you packed up in the first place. Meanwhile the threat looms in to collect his due
I don't get the end why can't he just put the gold bars in his underwear drawer and most importantly the story didn't explain why spending the gold bars would be a huge deal Or am I missing something I'm a little confused
@@AG-en5yThe tickets follow you forever, you can't just get rid of them, and *eventually* they will be spent (intentionally or not). It's a big deal because that spending is meant to symbolize "paying for your sins", which results in you being owned by the devil.
@@AG-en5y it essentially boils down to those bars representing the weight of his sins. Those bars invite dangers that will have him eventually do what the devil wants him to do. Spent the gold so he can take the next in line.
Idk what's more terrifying, the stuff he witnessed or the fact that someone found him so fast and gave him a "warning". The rich and powerful are not to be trifled with
God the ending to this one... it honestly made me so mad. Leave this family alone! Great narration though, I watch your videos pretty sporadically, and always enjoy them.
Wow.... The end of the story was not expected.... but, it was. Great, but, heart breaking at the same time. I would do literally ANYTHING for my little girl. In fact, I do so now. I could go into detail, but, nah. Great story. Awesome production, as always, Ronnie. Great job. Cheers!
The last few lines of the story are some of the scariest things I’ve heard on you channel, second only to the grave scene in “Penpal” and the entirety of “Borrasca”
I'm loving seeing this radio effect in your new videos. since I have ADHD I often tab in and out of the vids while watching, and I think that having that sort of backdrop really helps
Howdy, I never comment anything, but I’ve been listening to you for years, and just am constantly blown away by the quality and how much it has developed. This has become the only channel I listen to, and have listened to literally every video, thank you for the stellar work!
The story was amazing. I really like the plot twist about the devil. I assumed the main character is going to get killed by the end of it but the author pulled through. The ending was good, too. As the saying goes: the house *always* wins.
This is profoundly sad. Even when his sins stacked up in tickets and he had the choice to leave he didn't. He had so many chances to leave, and he kept going to his detriment the devil had no real power and the driver made all the decisions. He could've left even when he already did his 30 days and was meeting the devil himself.
Okay, I began listening to Creepypastas's alil over *4yrs ago,* a couple a night ALMOST every night, so *I've quite LITERALLY listened thousands!* I have a top ten that I choose as my favorites within the genre, I mean these have to hit *ESPECIALLY hard* for me to LuV, AND I *genuinely think* this has made it...I LuVd every krazy creative second of it! Completely unique and original on so MANY levels 💜🖤💜 *10/10*
I’ve been listening for about 9 months now, I just wanted to say I absolutely love your delivery and story telling abilities. Hands down my favorite place to listen to scary stories and creepy pastas now. You are the best!!
Oh well, thanks for that.! I haven't seen the last episode of Fallout yet, maybe you could give me spoilers for that too.? 😂 😂 😂 (I'm only joking, it's obviously my own fault for reading the comments.. Though it's a bit hard not to since RU-vid have started scrolling through them while you watch).!
Really liked this one! Great job Ronnie, RomNex and DusklightRadio narrating this. Just realized that I always liked stories about deals with tge devil, ever since I was a kid.
I was about to comment that I found this story weirdly beautiful until I heard your thoughts. Yeah, that's probably what happened. Either that or I was right, but I'm leaning more towards your explanation now. Anyway, amazing story and you and the guys did an amazing job bringing it to life. Cheers!
Wow, what a wickedly good story. A new take on an old classic and absolutly nailed it. I know this is going onto my favourites list and will be listened to many times. Thanks so much for all the hard work by the team of talented people that made this as boss it is. Cheers, Lee.
'My chauffeur company contracted me to escort a Mr Devlin who requested to be driven in a red caddillac Deville with yellow flames. I pulled up to Diavolo Street at 6:66pm and picked him up. He was wearing a spirit halloween devil costume with the horn headband and forked tail, holding a plate of devilled eggs. I wonder who this guy is??? He directed me to Hell, Michigan and began throwing taco bell Diablo sauce packets at the back of my head while screaming "IM THE DEVIL!!! BLAH!!!" This guy seems familiar I said, stroking my big, deformed chin. Then... devil door hand hook car door devil' 😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱
Man. Let me tell ya. You come at me with a shady job offering me tiny gold plates as tips. First you got me. My raccoon brain was sold at tiny gold cards. Shiny shiny. But second. You got THREE rules. If you think I wouldn’t have been writing them on my arm. Repeating them. Then going. So what does this ticket go to? What’s it for? You don’t give me an answer? Fine. Either way I’m already hired. I won’t be using this ticket tho. And bet your ass. I’d be leaving after my door shut every single time. Like I don’t want your name. I don’t want to know what your face looks like. Give me the card and sit back, shut up, and enjoy the ride. Then I’d take my kid and bibbety bobbity boop disappear. Unless of course. You wanted to hire me forever. . I’m sure we could strike a deal. And my first investment would be a car with the divider window. Like nah. Don’t even speak. Put the card in the drop slot and I’ll take you there. I didn’t see or hear shit. My boss who? Bro I’m just a driver.
The Devil uses such stupid logic here. After accepting the first job (without knowing what it was) the mc couldn't leave. Thus he was under duress and forced to continue. Also, the MC didn't know what he was getting himself into. The Devil only said there might be some legally gray stuff going on. That means people snorting coke in the backseat, not blowing up police stations! What could he have done to get out anyway? He had no clue this was demonic stuff, so it's not as if he could habe gone to church. The MC didn't even do this for himself. He wanted to send his kid to a good college. The Devils resoning here makes no sense!
Honestly most of the issues he has is hos own fault. He was given 3 rules to follow.like god homself laid them down, Dont stick around, he did at every case, no attempting to quit once you start, he got 2 jobs in then bitched out and pitched a fit getting his friend killed. AND DONT PARTISAPATE! he did in the end.
I mean if someone give you rules and don't participate and you can leave midway is spoken why you gunna do it then get all well ill just leave bruh great story but damn always Makin them sound stupid
I thought this was a perfect spooky story! Well-performed, unpredictable, and had all the elements of gruesome! Thanks for really doing a good job on this!
Excellent narration as always. I totally agree that the Lord Of Lies is fibbing. The whole thing about the multiple generations didn't seem to make that much sense. How can you promise something that isn't yours to give and how is free will applicable if you're supposed to be bound from birth?
Hello there good Sir, I just wanted to say hi to you and say that i love your work. I adore your narrations and i listen to them everyday regularly on my way to work and back home. Sorry for my poor english. And i wanted to add that im in proces of translating your narations and making them into a Book. My name is Alexander and a live in Bosnia And Hercegovina, city Banja Luka, here not a lot of people speak english which is a shame, because they canot enjoy your work. so i took on myself to translate so that people around me can enjoy your work, it wont be easy cuz i have a full time job and a little baby at home, so time is precious to me, but from that little time i can find i translate your stories. So I just wanted to say that u have a lot of love half way across the world Thank you
This is my attempt at constructive criticism. I think the author did a great job and obviously I like the narration. I wonder why the protagonist immediately disregards the rule about not getting involved? He's told that he is supposed to drop the clients off and then leave. Yet on his first assignment instead he waits there to watch a murder transpire. I also recall a part where he is asked something to the effect of if he's been in the chauffeur business long enough to know when to look the other way. To which as an answer he nods his head in the affirmative. And yet he quite literally does not look the other way. Assuming a single person wrote this story, if the author's original intent was to have the protagonist watch the clown beat a man to death then I wonder why even write the lines about dropping them off and then leaving, or looking the other way? Was it to make the original client sound more like an old world chicago land gangster? Or was it maybe just an oversight? I think probably it was an oversight. I think many of these stories, while expertly written , could still use an editor. Or If not an editor then someone to help them clean up the story a little bit. Either way as I said before it was a great story, and I think the author did an excellent job. I thought the narration was excellent as well.
Remember Uber drivers, never drive a clown to a pharmacy, for that is Hell’s point of no return (no matter how much you think working for Uber is already Hell).
Another great story! This weekend I have celebrated my wedding anniversary, and today I'm sat working, and inwork best when I listen to dark somnium as your voice keeps me calm and relaxed. Thank you once again for these great stories!
Devlin promised that nothing would happen to Luke, but he never said anything about Luke's son and onwards, so the OP should've phrased his words well when making a deal with the Devil. 😅
Spoiler: I really wanted this to be a rip off of DC characters… here I thought Devlin was Kingpin followed by the other 2 but was definitely a great story nonetheless
For 800k you should just do a talk with the fans (us). We dont really know your personality and it would be great to match the voice with a character. 😊❤
AH, my poor heart :,( Amazing story as always. Sad tone overall, but somehow left me feeling something positive, not sure what emotion though. That ending just kills me though
Ahhhh perfect timing! This is JUST what I needed to motivate me to start on homework!! Playing your stories in the background really help me be productive, thank you!
This story is 2000 years too late. Christ already defeated the devil, and he paid the cost of those "tickets" with His life on the cross. But Rose again three days later to even defeat death with its own weapon.
Wow i am a weird one because i understood the story until the end, then got lost. But wow what an awesome story. I didn't understand the end until I listened to the narrator talk. Lol...❤❤❤
Good story untill dude ended up being the devil i ln my opinion i would have liked it better if it had a bit happier or whimsical out turn like the "i ride for ceber" stories (sorry probably not spelled right)
Listened to this one as I was making som dinner lol. I enjoyed it the devil is definitely a dick in this one. He's way too young to listen to any of your content right now but I definitely can't wait to share all these stories with him once he's older
Mr devilen said no need to wait for the client to come back and he's stayed to witness the clown and now batman the directions were so simple a dog could follow them and then there's this guy.
Only 30min in, and I do not feel bad for this guy at all. How tf you do literally EVERYTHING you were told not to and think shit would still be sweet? Shouldn't have taken the shady deal then 😮💨😒
I’m sorry, your narration is great but the story was so exhaustingly predictable and I’m sooooooooooooooo tired of hearing people be told what they are involved in only to still go off on skeptical tirades. I had to shut the story off at 23mins in because I’m just not interested in listening to yet another protagonist act like a 7yr old female when the events he was told might happen take place. Perhaps I’ll try it again some other time but I just can’t do the whiny, self righteous protagonist stories anymore
