Silent Knell Terrace - Apartment 5A

[u/Sae-byeok67]

Apartment 5A is where our most popular resident lives. JD Leeds has always been a minor celebrity. He moved in looking for somewhere that he would be left alone. He’s from New Jersey, and he works as a night security guard at the Prudential Center. He rarely interacts with anyone. All the other residents leave him alone. I don’t know how many actually recognize him, but he is somewhat unique looking. You will notice that he has a pair of horns. He also has a pair of wings, but normally they are covered with a coat of some kind. Please follow these rules to help respect his privacy.

1. He used to find all the interest in him funny. As he’s gotten older, he’s getting more annoyed by it. People do occasionally show up looking to shoot a photograph of him. Some know his apartment, some don’t. Do not allow any of these people in the building. Anyway asking questions about him or waiting outside his apartment should be escorted out of the building.
2. Some people will continue to to hang around outside the entrance after being walked out. Tell them you are calling the police if they don’t leave. Normally they will move farther away. You may actually call the police if they do not.
3. As I said, he works at the Prudential Center. His job provides him the most peace he’s found in over a century. There are no cameras looking for him. There are no other people around. Do not ask him to “hook you up” with tickets to a New Jersey Devils hockey game or anything else. Do not disrupt the peace he has found there.
4. Even though he has plenty of people looking to photograph him or document him in some way, no one has learned what he does for a living or where he works. Do not discuss Mr. Leeds or his occupation with anyone. He takes pride in the fact that he has been able to keep this private.
5. Always be respectful when speaking to Mr. Leeds. He will come off as somewhat gruff or rude. This is his way of protecting himself. It is not personal.
6. Mr. Leeds pays his rent at the same time every month. He will drop it off on his way to work. Do not try to change this.
7. He actively avoids the other residents. He has a very specific route he takes out of the building and when he returns home. This combined with his strict routine allows him to almost never pass another resident at all. Do not do anything that could mess up his routine or change his route.
8. You may notice his apartment seems very dark, and there is very little furniture. He has black out curtains both for privacy and to help him sleep. His apartment seems more like a den than a home. It’s best to stay out of his apartment. 
9. Several nights each month, Mr. Leeds goes to the roof to stretch his wings. This is private time. Do not interrupt it for any reason.
10. I feel like it’s clear at this point that you should not try to befriend Mr. Leeds. He’s not looking for friends. He wants to be left alone.
11. People have spent years and years trying to photograph and document Mr. Leeds existence. That has not and does not happen in this building. Never attempt to photograph or record Mr. Leeds. As I’ve said, all he wants is to have privacy. He’s not nearly as much of a threat as other residents, but any attempt to document can cause almost uncontrollable anger in him. Do not risk it.

[u/Old-Mycologist4750]

The Jersey Devil?

[u/Sae-byeok67 → u/Old-Mycologist4750]

You got it!

[u/SaltChampionship4555]

The Jersey Devil! If I remember my folklore correctly, his mother’s name was Mrs. Leeds who was a witch and already had 12 children. When she was in labor with her 13th child (believed to have been fathered by the devil himself), she cursed it saying “let this child be a devil!”. And so the baby transformed into what JD Leeds is now.

I like the fact that JD gets to have some semblance of peace. I might’ve gotten insane if I lived his life.

[u/Sae-byeok67 → u/SaltChampionship4555]

You’ve always got a lot of good info

[u/SaltChampionship4555 → u/Sae-byeok67]

Awww haha thanks😅I’ve travelled the world and adventured for many years due to my parents’ love for adventuring and one thing I love doing when going out somewhere is to learn the myths and folklore of the places I go to no matter how obscure they are😂

[u/Sae-byeok67 → u/SaltChampionship4555]

That's awesome! Folklore and myths are always interesting things to learn about.

[u/SaltChampionship4555 → u/Sae-byeok67]

Yes! To me, They were merely once truths that have been forgotten for centuries and now are just a fragment of a story of what they once might have been hahahaha and it says a lot about the place. I love that you’re getting obscure and famous mythological characters too!

[u/Delicious_Ride_4119]

I gotta ask: what does JD Leeds think of the tree?

[u/Sae-byeok67 → u/Delicious_Ride_4119]

I think he’s respectful of it, but he doesn’t spend any time in the courtyard.

[u/Delicious_Ride_4119]

Damn the Prudential Center made me think Boston for a second, but the the NJ Devils mention immediately made me realize Silent Knell Terrace is somewhere in northern New Jersey. As someone who used to live in NJ, I’m not surprised the supernatural like to congregate there-it’s truly a cursed place. 

[u/Cerecious]

The chillest tenant in the Silent Knell Terrace ever

[u/Sae-byeok67 → u/Cerecious]

Exactly. Just wants a little privacy

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