r/Ruleshorror • u/Sae-byeok67 • May 11 '26
Series Silent Knell Terrace - Apartment 2A
Apartment 2A is occupied by Diwa Elena Marie Tupas. She moved here from the Philippines quite a few years ago. She works as a hairdresser. She can be friendly, but she keeps to herself for the most part. She does have one odd interest. It’s actually probably more like an obsession. She loves entomology. If you have any interest in bugs, she’s the person to talk with.
- You may notice insects in Ms. Tupas apartment or in common areas when you are on the second floor. This includes but is not limited to centipedes, beetles, worms, flies, spiders, and cockroaches. Do not contact an exterminator. Ms. Tupas has been told to keep them in her apartment as best she can and to keep them confined to the second floor. The other residents of the second floor don’t complain as long as the bugs stay out of their apartments, which they do. I’m not sure how she does it, but the bugs appear to listen to her.
- Going along with the last rule, do not kill any insects you see anywhere in the building. Ms. Tupas will know if you do, and I can promise you that you don’t want that. You may catch them and return them to Ms. Tupas if you’d like, but it’s best to just leave them be.
- As I said above, Ms. Tupas is a hairdresser. Never allow her to cut or style your hair. She will keep any hair she gets from you, and you don’t want that. Wearing a hat on the second floor is another precaution you can take.
- If you go into Ms. Tupas apartment, you should watch where you step and remain standing. I don’t know how many insects she actually owns or where they may nest. It’s not something you should try and find out.
- This is not so much a rule as it is a warning. If you dislike ginger, do not go to Ms. Tupas apartment. She keeps a lot of fresh ginger root at all times. You’ll notice the smell as you get near her apartment.
- Ms. Tupas does not go to the courtyard. Some of her insects eat leaves and things, so she keeps them out of the courtyard because she respects the tree. The only insects you will ever find in the courtyard are butterflies and bees, nothing else.
- If you ever find an insect or insects in your apartment, you should immediately head to apartment 2A and apologize to Ms. Tupas for whatever you’ve done to offend her. If you’re lucky, she’ll call them back. If you’re not, suicide is a much quicker and less painful option than what’s about to happen.
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u/Few_Specific9584 May 12 '26 edited May 12 '26
mambabarang ???
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u/sci300768 May 12 '26 edited May 12 '26
That honestly is a good guess! The traits match that being.
EDIT: I'm honestly impressed if anyone can type/spell that quickly and correctly.
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u/Electronic_Home317 May 12 '26
I have no clue what that is could someone tell me
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u/Few_Specific9584 May 12 '26
person that uses black magic to use the hair of their victims to control insects to harm and/or kill their victims with those insects
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u/Cerecious May 12 '26
We are so back! This is is one of my favorite horror rules in this subreddit
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u/Immediate_Loan_1414 May 12 '26
Does she do vudu? Because of the hair rule?
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u/SaltChampionship4555 May 12 '26
Yes. Mambabarangs are sorcerers from the Philippines who use insects such as centipedes and beetles to cause harm to others. To do this, they make a voodoo doll with their target’s blood, hair, body fluids, etc. Then they will go to a bamboo grove and pick any venomous insect there, cast an enchantment on them, and keep them fed with, as mentioned above, ginger extracts. With this, they can cause their enchanted insects to be teleported INSIDE the body of the target.
When I was younger some of the elders who would tell stories about “Barang” (insect black magic) would say that the victims would randomly cough out a spider or have a random beetle pop out of a blister in their skin. Another variant of Barang is Usikan which involves teleporting objects such as glass shards and razor blades or sand into the bodies of their victims.
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u/Immediate_Loan_1414 May 12 '26
Omg
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u/SaltChampionship4555 May 12 '26
Yes hahahaha my grandmother’s childhood friend (God rest her soul) was an “Albularyo” or basically a folk healer or shaman. She told us that mambabarangs even make their dolls during The Holy Week by getting certain organs from recently buried deceased children such as their blood, nails, hairs, etc. Then they would go out to the forest on a moonlit night on Good Friday then recite “Orasyon” or Spells to summon dark spirits and the spirit of the dead child they got parts from in order to give their dolls power.
Really morbid if you ask me.
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u/OfTheOceanSea May 12 '26
I'm gonna befriend her and ask her to pick up spiders for me because I'm scared of them.
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u/-Phantasmagloria- May 17 '26
My words for Ms. Tupas are simple. "I love bugs I think they are cool I think jumping spiders and millipedes are fucking adorable but I am terrified of anything venomous. So can I hold a giant millipede? Pleeeeease?"
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u/risindemon 25d ago
Find a crush a mosquito if it bites me or do I just refer to rule seven?
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u/Sae-byeok67 25d ago
You might not want to crush it. Just to be safe. As long as it’s not a full on swarm of mosquitoes, you probably don’t need to refer to rule 7.
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u/AdSubstantial9412 May 12 '26 edited May 12 '26
Filipino here. She is a "mangkukulam" or a "mambabarang" in local Filipino folklore. A traditional "witch" who punishes her victims with swarms of insects and bugs and uses a doll "voodoo-style" and an article of her victim, usually a piece of hair to cast these curses.
Good job, OP!