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Classics Now Feb 4, 07:18 PM

Frankenstein's Monster Goes Viral: A WhatsApp Disaster

Classics in Modern Setting

A modern reimagining of «Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus» by Mary Shelley

**FRANKENSTEIN FAMILY & FRIENDS GROUP CHAT**

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**Victor Frankenstein** created group "Emergency SOS 🆘"
**Victor Frankenstein** added **Henry Clerval**

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**Victor Frankenstein** [2:47 AM]
HENRY

**Victor Frankenstein** [2:47 AM]
HENRY WAKE UP

**Victor Frankenstein** [2:47 AM]
I NEED YOU TO ANSWER RIGHT NOW

**Victor Frankenstein** [2:48 AM]
🔊 *Voice message (0:47)*
[heavy breathing, something crashing in background]
"Henry I did something really really bad and I don't know what to do it's alive IT'S ALIVE and it looked at me with these yellow eyes and I think I'm going to pass out"

**Henry Clerval** [2:51 AM]
Victor what

**Henry Clerval** [2:51 AM]
It's 3am dude

**Henry Clerval** [2:52 AM]
What's alive?? Did you adopt a cat without telling Elizabeth again?

**Victor Frankenstein** [2:52 AM]
NOT A CAT HENRY

**Victor Frankenstein** [2:52 AM]
Remember when I said I was doing "research"?

**Henry Clerval** [2:53 AM]
Yeah you've been weird about it for like 2 years

**Henry Clerval** [2:53 AM]
You stopped answering calls

**Henry Clerval** [2:53 AM]
You look like a corpse every time I see you

**Henry Clerval** [2:54 AM]
Which isn't often because you GHOST EVERYONE

**Victor Frankenstein** [2:54 AM]
Speaking of corpses

**Victor Frankenstein** [2:54 AM]
😬

**Henry Clerval** [2:55 AM]
Victor.

**Henry Clerval** [2:55 AM]
Victor Frankenstein.

**Henry Clerval** [2:55 AM]
What did you do.

**Victor Frankenstein** [2:56 AM]
Ok so you know how I was really into galvanism and reanimation theory

**Henry Clerval** [2:56 AM]
Unfortunately yes

**Victor Frankenstein** [2:57 AM]
And you know how I said the professors at Ingolstadt were limiting my potential

**Henry Clerval** [2:57 AM]
You said M. Krempe was a "small minded fool who couldn't recognize genius"

**Victor Frankenstein** [2:57 AM]
Yes well

**Victor Frankenstein** [2:58 AM]
I proved him wrong

**Victor Frankenstein** [2:58 AM]
I created life Henry

**Victor Frankenstein** [2:58 AM]
From dead tissue

**Victor Frankenstein** [2:58 AM]
It's 8 feet tall and it just walked out of my apartment

**Henry Clerval** [2:59 AM]
I'm sorry WHAT

**Henry Clerval** [2:59 AM]
🔊 *Voice message (0:23)*
"Victor I need you to explain RIGHT NOW what you mean by created life from dead tissue because I'm having several heart attacks simultaneously"

**Victor Frankenstein** [3:01 AM]
I collected parts from various... sources

**Victor Frankenstein** [3:01 AM]
Charnel houses, dissecting rooms, slaughterhouses

**Victor Frankenstein** [3:01 AM]
Assembled them

**Victor Frankenstein** [3:02 AM]
Used electrical apparatus during the storm tonight

**Victor Frankenstein** [3:02 AM]
And it WORKED

**Victor Frankenstein** [3:02 AM]
I did it

**Victor Frankenstein** [3:02 AM]
I am basically God now

**Henry Clerval** [3:03 AM]
You are basically INSANE now

**Henry Clerval** [3:03 AM]
Where is this... thing?

**Victor Frankenstein** [3:04 AM]
I DON'T KNOW

**Victor Frankenstein** [3:04 AM]
It looked at me

**Victor Frankenstein** [3:04 AM]
With its watery eyes

**Victor Frankenstein** [3:04 AM]
And yellow skin barely covering its muscles

**Victor Frankenstein** [3:05 AM]
And I realized

**Victor Frankenstein** [3:05 AM]
I may have made a huge mistake

**Victor Frankenstein** [3:05 AM]
So I ran to my bedroom and hid under the covers

**Henry Clerval** [3:06 AM]
You HID UNDER THE COVERS

**Henry Clerval** [3:06 AM]
Victor you created an 8 foot tall corpse monster and your response was to HIDE UNDER YOUR BLANKIE

**Victor Frankenstein** [3:07 AM]
DON'T JUDGE ME HENRY

**Victor Frankenstein** [3:07 AM]
You WEREN'T THERE

**Victor Frankenstein** [3:07 AM]
It was HORRIFYING

**Victor Frankenstein** [3:08 AM]
I thought it would be beautiful

**Victor Frankenstein** [3:08 AM]
I selected the features to be beautiful

**Victor Frankenstein** [3:08 AM]
But when it came together...

**Victor Frankenstein** [3:08 AM]
💀💀💀

**Henry Clerval** [3:09 AM]
Ok I'm coming over

**Henry Clerval** [3:09 AM]
Do NOT leave your apartment

**Henry Clerval** [3:09 AM]
Actually no wait the monster is loose

**Henry Clerval** [3:10 AM]
Maybe DO leave your apartment

**Henry Clerval** [3:10 AM]
Actually I don't know what to tell you

**Henry Clerval** [3:10 AM]
This is above my pay grade Victor

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**[NEW CHAT]**

**Unknown Number** created group "what am i"
**Unknown Number** added **Victor Frankenstein**

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**Unknown Number** [4:15 AM]
father

**Victor Frankenstein** [4:16 AM]
WHO IS THIS

**Victor Frankenstein** [4:16 AM]
HOW DID YOU GET THIS NUMBER

**Unknown Number** [4:17 AM]
it was in your apartment

**Unknown Number** [4:17 AM]
on the small glowing rectangle

**Unknown Number** [4:17 AM]
i learned to use it

**Unknown Number** [4:18 AM]
i learn quickly father

**Victor Frankenstein** [4:18 AM]
DON'T CALL ME FATHER

**Unknown Number** [4:19 AM]
but you made me

**Unknown Number** [4:19 AM]
i remember

**Unknown Number** [4:19 AM]
the lightning

**Unknown Number** [4:20 AM]
the pain

**Unknown Number** [4:20 AM]
opening my eyes

**Unknown Number** [4:20 AM]
seeing you

**Unknown Number** [4:21 AM]
you looked at me with such horror

**Unknown Number** [4:21 AM]
😢

**Victor Frankenstein** [4:22 AM]
Ok I'm blocking this number

**Unknown Number** [4:22 AM]
WAIT

**Unknown Number** [4:22 AM]
please

**Unknown Number** [4:23 AM]
i am so alone

**Unknown Number** [4:23 AM]
i walked through the streets and people screamed

**Unknown Number** [4:23 AM]
they threw things at me

**Unknown Number** [4:24 AM]
a man tried to hit me with a broom

**Unknown Number** [4:24 AM]
why did you make me like this

**Unknown Number** [4:25 AM]
why did you make me if you would only abandon me

**Victor Frankenstein** [4:26 AM]
I need to lie down

**Victor Frankenstein** [4:26 AM]
I have a fever I think

**Victor Frankenstein** [4:26 AM]
This is a nightmare

*Victor Frankenstein has left the chat*

**Unknown Number** [4:27 AM]
father?

**Unknown Number** [4:28 AM]
father please

**Unknown Number** [4:30 AM]
😢😢😢

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**[BACK TO: Emergency SOS 🆘]**

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**Henry Clerval** [6:30 AM]
Victor I'm at your door

**Henry Clerval** [6:30 AM]
Victor answer

**Henry Clerval** [6:31 AM]
OMG you look TERRIBLE

**Henry Clerval** [6:45 AM]
Ok I got you into bed

**Henry Clerval** [6:45 AM]
You passed out as soon as I came in

**Henry Clerval** [6:46 AM]
You keep muttering about "the creature" and "what have I done"

**Henry Clerval** [6:46 AM]
I found your laboratory notes

**Henry Clerval** [6:47 AM]
Victor what the actual HECK

**Henry Clerval** [6:47 AM]
You have DIAGRAMS

**Henry Clerval** [6:47 AM]
You have RECEIPTS from graveyards

**Henry Clerval** [6:48 AM]
You have been doing this for TWO YEARS

**Henry Clerval** [6:48 AM]
No one noticed??

**Henry Clerval** [6:49 AM]
This university has the WORST oversight I swear

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**[THREE MONTHS LATER]**

**[NEW CHAT: Frankenstein Family 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦]**

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**Elizabeth Lavenza** [2:15 PM]
Victor!! You're finally better!!! 💕💕💕

**Elizabeth Lavenza** [2:15 PM]
Henry says you had a nervous fever

**Elizabeth Lavenza** [2:16 PM]
You scared us all so much

**Elizabeth Lavenza** [2:16 PM]
Your father has been worried sick

**Alphonse Frankenstein** [2:18 PM]
Son, please take care of yourself. Your mother would be devastated to see you in such a state.

**Victor Frankenstein** [2:20 PM]
I'm much better now everyone

**Victor Frankenstein** [2:20 PM]
Henry has been taking excellent care of me

**Victor Frankenstein** [2:21 PM]
I'm going to focus on more normal studies from now on

**Victor Frankenstein** [2:21 PM]
Oriental languages maybe

**Victor Frankenstein** [2:21 PM]
Something that DEFINITELY doesn't involve reanimating corpses haha

**Elizabeth Lavenza** [2:22 PM]
What? 😂

**Victor Frankenstein** [2:22 PM]
Nothing

**Victor Frankenstein** [2:22 PM]
Joke

**Victor Frankenstein** [2:22 PM]
Haha

**Henry Clerval** [2:23 PM]
👀

**William Frankenstein** [2:25 PM]
Victor!!! Come home soon!!! I want to show you my new bug collection!!! 🐛🐛🐛

**Victor Frankenstein** [2:26 PM]
I will little brother

**Victor Frankenstein** [2:26 PM]
I love you all

**Victor Frankenstein** [2:26 PM]
I'm definitely not running from something I created that haunts my every waking moment

**Elizabeth Lavenza** [2:27 PM]
Victor you're so funny when you're recovering 😂

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**[ONE YEAR LATER]**

**[CHAT: Emergency SOS 🆘]**

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**Victor Frankenstein** [11:47 PM]
HENRY

**Henry Clerval** [11:48 PM]
Oh no

**Henry Clerval** [11:48 PM]
Not again

**Henry Clerval** [11:48 PM]
What happened

**Victor Frankenstein** [11:49 PM]
I got a letter from my father

**Victor Frankenstein** [11:49 PM]
William is dead

**Victor Frankenstein** [11:49 PM]
MURDERED

**Henry Clerval** [11:50 PM]
OH MY GOD

**Henry Clerval** [11:50 PM]
Victor I'm so sorry

**Henry Clerval** [11:50 PM]
Who did it??

**Victor Frankenstein** [11:51 PM]
They arrested Justine

**Victor Frankenstein** [11:51 PM]
The family servant

**Victor Frankenstein** [11:51 PM]
But Henry

**Victor Frankenstein** [11:52 PM]
I know who really did it

**Henry Clerval** [11:52 PM]
Victor...

**Henry Clerval** [11:52 PM]
You don't mean...

**Victor Frankenstein** [11:53 PM]
I went to the place where they found William's body

**Victor Frankenstein** [11:53 PM]
And I SAW HIM

**Victor Frankenstein** [11:53 PM]
The creature

**Victor Frankenstein** [11:54 PM]
He's been out there this whole time

**Victor Frankenstein** [11:54 PM]
And now he's killed my brother

**Victor Frankenstein** [11:54 PM]
This is all my fault Henry

**Victor Frankenstein** [11:55 PM]
I created a murderer

**Henry Clerval** [11:56 PM]
You need to tell the authorities

**Victor Frankenstein** [11:56 PM]
AND SAY WHAT

**Victor Frankenstein** [11:57 PM]
"Excuse me sir, the real killer is an 8 foot tall creature I stitched together from corpse parts and brought to life with lightning"

**Victor Frankenstein** [11:57 PM]
THEY'LL LOCK ME UP

**Henry Clerval** [11:58 PM]
But Justine is innocent!

**Victor Frankenstein** [11:58 PM]
I KNOW

**Victor Frankenstein** [11:59 PM]
Don't you think I know that

**Victor Frankenstein** [11:59 PM]
I am the most miserable wretch on this earth Henry

**Victor Frankenstein** [12:00 AM]
I have created a monster and now it's destroying everyone I love

**Victor Frankenstein** [12:00 AM]
And I can't even tell anyone

**Victor Frankenstein** [12:01 AM]
Because who would believe me

**Henry Clerval** [12:02 AM]
I believe you Victor

**Henry Clerval** [12:02 AM]
I've seen your notes remember

**Henry Clerval** [12:03 AM]
What are you going to do?

**Victor Frankenstein** [12:04 AM]
I have to find him

**Victor Frankenstein** [12:04 AM]
I have to confront him

**Victor Frankenstein** [12:04 AM]
I have to end what I started

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**[NEW CHAT]**

**The Creature** → **Victor Frankenstein**

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**The Creature** [3:33 AM]
we need to talk father

**Victor Frankenstein** [3:34 AM]
YOU MURDERED MY BROTHER

**The Creature** [3:35 AM]
and you abandoned me

**The Creature** [3:35 AM]
which is worse

**Victor Frankenstein** [3:36 AM]
MURDER

**Victor Frankenstein** [3:36 AM]
MURDER IS WORSE

**Victor Frankenstein** [3:36 AM]
Obviously!!!

**The Creature** [3:37 AM]
i had to get your attention somehow

**The Creature** [3:37 AM]
you've been ignoring me for two years

**Victor Frankenstein** [3:38 AM]
Because you're a MONSTER

**The Creature** [3:39 AM]
and whose fault is that

**The Creature** [3:39 AM]
you MADE me

**The Creature** [3:40 AM]
you gave me life without my consent

**The Creature** [3:40 AM]
then looked at me with disgust

**The Creature** [3:41 AM]
and LEFT

**The Creature** [3:41 AM]
i had to learn everything on my own

**The Creature** [3:42 AM]
how to walk

**The Creature** [3:42 AM]
how to eat

**The Creature** [3:42 AM]
how to survive

**The Creature** [3:43 AM]
i lived in a forest for months

**The Creature** [3:43 AM]
watching a family through their window

**The Creature** [3:44 AM]
learning language from them

**The Creature** [3:44 AM]
learning love

**The Creature** [3:45 AM]
and when i finally approached them

**The Creature** [3:45 AM]
they beat me and fled

**The Creature** [3:46 AM]
because of THIS FACE

**The Creature** [3:46 AM]
THIS BODY

**The Creature** [3:46 AM]
THAT YOU GAVE ME

**Victor Frankenstein** [3:47 AM]
I...

**Victor Frankenstein** [3:48 AM]
I didn't know

**The Creature** [3:49 AM]
of course you didn't

**The Creature** [3:49 AM]
you never tried to find out

**The Creature** [3:50 AM]
you created life and ran away

**The Creature** [3:50 AM]
worst father ever tbh

**Victor Frankenstein** [3:51 AM]
Did you just say "tbh"

**The Creature** [3:51 AM]
i've been reading the internet

**The Creature** [3:52 AM]
i have a lot of time

**The Creature** [3:52 AM]
being a hideous outcast and all

**Victor Frankenstein** [3:53 AM]
What do you want from me

**The Creature** [3:54 AM]
i want you to make me a companion

**The Creature** [3:54 AM]
a female

**The Creature** [3:55 AM]
someone like me

**The Creature** [3:55 AM]
who won't run screaming at my face

**Victor Frankenstein** [3:56 AM]
ABSOLUTELY NOT

**The Creature** [3:56 AM]
if you refuse

**The Creature** [3:57 AM]
i will be with you on your wedding night

**Victor Frankenstein** [3:58 AM]
IS THAT A THREAT

**The Creature** [3:58 AM]
it's a promise father

**The Creature** [3:59 AM]
make me a companion or watch everyone you love die

**The Creature** [3:59 AM]
your choice

**The Creature** [4:00 AM]
*Read 4:00 AM*

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**[CHAT: Emergency SOS 🆘]**

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**Victor Frankenstein** [4:05 AM]
Henry I need your help

**Victor Frankenstein** [4:05 AM]
I have to make another one

**Henry Clerval** [4:06 AM]
ANOTHER WHAT

**Henry Clerval** [4:06 AM]
VICTOR NO

**Henry Clerval** [4:06 AM]
YOU LEARNED NOTHING

**Victor Frankenstein** [4:07 AM]
He'll kill Elizabeth if I don't

**Victor Frankenstein** [4:07 AM]
He'll kill everyone

**Victor Frankenstein** [4:08 AM]
I have no choice Henry

**Victor Frankenstein** [4:08 AM]
I have to fix what I broke

**Henry Clerval** [4:09 AM]
By making MORE MONSTERS??

**Victor Frankenstein** [4:10 AM]
I don't know what else to do

**Victor Frankenstein** [4:10 AM]
I created this mess

**Victor Frankenstein** [4:10 AM]
I have to be the one to fix it

**Victor Frankenstein** [4:11 AM]
Even if it destroys me

**Henry Clerval** [4:12 AM]
Victor

**Henry Clerval** [4:12 AM]
You're my best friend

**Henry Clerval** [4:13 AM]
But this is the worst idea you've ever had

**Henry Clerval** [4:13 AM]
And you once tried to play god with corpse parts

**Henry Clerval** [4:14 AM]
So that's saying something

**Victor Frankenstein** [4:15 AM]
I know

**Victor Frankenstein** [4:15 AM]
I know Henry

**Victor Frankenstein** [4:16 AM]
But it's the only way

**Victor Frankenstein** [4:16 AM]
😔

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*[To be continued... The monster has Victor's number, and now nothing will ever be the same.]*

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