Sept. 5, 2025

Fairground Frights: 7 Carnival Nightmares

Fairground Frights: 7 Carnival Nightmares
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Here come the lights, the laughter… and the dread. “Fairground Frights” is a bumper-pack of seven horror stories from Weekly Spooky that turns the carnival midway into a gauntlet of cursed curios, vengeful spirits, and wishes you’ll regret the second you make them. Step into a clown’s funeral where the punchline won’t stay buried. Duck into a toy store after dark, where smiling dolls sharpen their grins. Beat an unbeatable arcade cabinet that might be playing you. Get lost in a mansion’s velvet-dark corridors, run afoul of a man named Jerry who won’t stay down, bargain with a devil you didn’t mean to summon, and tour a museum of artifacts that should never be cataloged.

If you love horror anthologies, creepy clowns, haunted attractions, cursed objects, and theme-park terror, this episode’s for you. It’s perfect for September chills and Halloween build-up—packed with creepy carnival vibes, midnight-movie mood, and the kind of campfire storytelling that makes you keep one eye on the shadows. New to Weekly Spooky? Start here: it’s a self-contained thrill ride with killer pacing, atmospheric sound design, and seven complete, binge-worthy tales. Hit play, throw on your headphones, and let’s go get lost on the midway.

  • Fun in Funerals — David O’Hanlon.
  • Babes in Terrorland — Morgan Moore.
  • Ophiuchus — Daniel Wilder (listed as “Aphiuchus” in the transcript).
  • Ghost Story — A.N. Ominous.
  • Old Jerry — R.T. Raynaud.
  • Careful What You Wish For — David O’Hanlon (name misspelled in shownotes). 
  • The Black Museum — John Oak Dalton.


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Hello there, my Spooky, it's your narrator and host, Enrique

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Kuto here. Step right up and mind the gaps between

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the boards. They're deeper than they look. Tonight, Weekly Spooky

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presents a dive into the deep vault of horrors we

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have with a little fair ground frights, seven tales of cotton,

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candy that tastes like dust, prizes that come with an

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additional cost later, and rides that don't always end where

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they began. Behind the sideshow curtain, a cabinet of curiosities

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keeps souvenirs that remember every one of their owners and

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how they die. A painted grin follows you past the

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funhouse mirrors, and a smaller grin on a little clown

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that wasn't there a second ago follows you too. In

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the arcade, a humming cabinet knows your name and is

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very sure you owe another quarter to start, So get

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your hand stamped, keep your eyes on your operator at

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all times, and whatever you do, don't take the free

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upgrade to a longer ride. Make sure you're subscribed on

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your favorite podcasting app, because Weekly Spooky brings you something

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new and terrifying every Wednesday. Now enjoy the ride. And

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don't just keep your hands and arms inside the vehicle,

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just try to keep them at all fun In Funerals

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by David O'Hanlon, the death of a clown is no

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laughing matter. It leaves a bleak, unhappy void in the

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universe equal to the amount of joy the departed had caused.

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FeNiS farcemeister white Face of the Amityville Shutter, had brought

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happiness to millions. His body rested in the lavender casket,

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with his bright red shoes sticking straight up and his

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orange hair jutting over the side. Before him, a pedestal

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too large for its contents stood erect, as a grim

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reminder of the task to come. The remainder of his

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shutter mourned in their own ways while they awaited the

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arrival of Pastor Crumb. How are we supposed to close

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the lid, Popsy Pringle asked, gruffly, wiggling the toe of

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Fenis's shoe. Might as well just slap some crocks on him.

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You don't have to be in such a hurry, Popsy,

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sweet pea cheapskate sobbed. Sweet brother Blippy put an arm

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around her shoulders and nodded in agreement. The twins were

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the shutter's resident tramps. The tears rolled down Blippy's rotund

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cheeks and disappeared in the smear of his grease paint beard.

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The siblings both focused on the pedestal, or, more accurately,

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the egg resting atop it. Blippy chewed his lip nervously

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and tipped his torn top hat respectfully. We all know

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you'll be the next whiteface, he said softly. You don't

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have to be so eager to take it. Callousness is

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for humans. Clowns are better than that. Popsy groaned and

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gave his nose a squeak. Spare me. Blippy gasped at

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the insulting gesture and sobbed on his sister's shoulder. Waldo,

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Tatter's tied eye shit kickers, clopped across the wood floors

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with his spurs jangling, until he stood before the egg.

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Its scaly vermilion shell was painted with Fenis's likeness, and

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locks of his hair snipped and glued to the sides.

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Every clown had an egg in their shutter's reliquary. Waldo

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traced his fingers across the curve of the egg. He

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took off his cowboy hat and pressed it to his

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denim shirt. Rodeo clowns were rogues and rarely allowed membership.

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In a shudder, Fennis saw beyond Waldo's wily, psychotic demeanor. However,

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don't you worry none, partner, the cowboy said lowly, We

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won't take too long. We'd better not. Popsy checked his

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oversized watch. Where the hell is crumb? No one likes

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a sad clown. Sweet squirmed uncomfortably in her pew. She'd

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seen a pureaut once. It was the worst thing that

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could happen to a clown. The code called for funerary games,

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so that the laughter of the shutter could carry the

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soul to the Palace of joy. If the games didn't

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appease the soul of the departed clown, however, it would

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become trapped in the void, and they would return as

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a pierrot, a hideous, undead monstrosity that devoured flesh and

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spread col phobia. You can't bring joy if the audience

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thinks you might eat their faces. The code don't cop

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to convenience, Waldo reminded him. He looked at the flower

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on Phenis's lapel. Its petals danced in the artificial wind

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of the oscillating fan, but FeNiS remained still. Rather get

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on with the chase myself, all the same, it'll be

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a hell of a blow off. Blippy tugged the handkerchief

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from his breast pocket, dragging out an extra three feet

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of multicolored linen. He blew his nose on it and

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folded it back into his pocket, a sad smile stretched

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across his chubby cheeks. Fenis'll be able to rest easy

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in the palace seeing the party we threw for him.

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Gonna be a different kind of party if an we

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don't get a move on. Waldo patted the egg and sighed.

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He turned to Popsy, who's the pecker head anyway? His

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name is al A new voice said, al Muse. The

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shutter turned their attention to the tiny trapezoidal door leading

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to the church's rectory. Pastor Crumb's four foot height made

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it through the door easily, but the prisoner he escorted

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on a leash took to crawling on his knees to

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fit through. Pastor Crumb jerked backward as the leather strap

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went taut. He huffed and waited for the prisoner to

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catch up, using the moment to attend an urgent itch

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south of his bulging belly. Al doesn't like clowns, the

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pastor said. He adjusted the white collar beneath his second chin.

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I imagine he's really going to hate us after tonight,

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the shutter laughed. Al tried to stand when eighteen inches

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of checkered vinyl kicked him square between the shoulders. Popsy

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knelt on the human's back and held his hand out

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to Pastor Crumb. Enough propriety, give me the biscuit. Crumb

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took the revolver from the inside of his jacket and

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twirled it clumsily on his finger. He shook his head.

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We have one more point of business. He waved for

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Popsy to move. The august clown growled, but rose none

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the less. Popsy rolled his gloved hand theatrically and gave

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a phony bow. He slapped the toe of his shoe

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down on Al's face. There's no reason for you to

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get up, he said, the nub of the smoldering stogy

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between his yellow teeth. Get on with it. Pastor FeNiS

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Farsmeister was a clown of the highest order. We gather

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here not to just honor the code. He glared over

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his shoulder at Popsy, nor to anoint a new white face.

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We are here to say a final goodbye to a

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clown that was more than a mere leader or friend.

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FeNiS was a mentor when we were ignorant, a father

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when we were alone, and a force of will when

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we were rebellious. He brought joy to the humans like

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no other clown before him, and in doing so, he

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restored this shudder to a place of reverence among all

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clown kin. Amen Pastor Crumb sweet agreed, FeNiS did such

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wondrous works in his two and a half centuries. Crumb continued,

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why if it weren't for him, we might not even

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have the squirting flower gag. He took juggling to new

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heights literally by doing it on the tight rope. He

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restored the pooting bag to glory when he showed the

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humans how to make their whoopee cushions. There has never

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been a more beloved and potent clown than FeNiS, and

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never shall there be. We have had a grand day

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of remembrance. However, the time has now come to say

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our final goodbye. Goodbye. They all shouted in unison. Pastor

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Crumb flipped the lid of the casket shut on Fenis's corpse.

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It remained propped open by the bulboust toes of his shoes.

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The shutter chuckled at Penis's final gag. Crumb's belly jiggled

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with raucous laughter. His laughter cut off as abruptly as

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hitting pause. His smile fell, and the grease paint did

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nothing to hide the dour expression etched on his face.

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Al Musing, you have been chosen as the guest of honor,

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Crumb grumbled. He waved his fingers to signal, popsy away.

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A clown is dead, A human must die. That is

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the code to which both our kind are bound. Al

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stood up slowly and tore the burlap sack off his head.

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He glared around the room at each of the clowns.

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You've gotta be fucking kidding me. Do we look like

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the joking kind? Blippy asked. Sweet stood and sauntered to

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the casket. She dragged a wicker basket from underneath its

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stand and knelt with a smile toward Al, before dumping

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the contents out. Her aquamarine hair tapered to fusia end

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that acted like arrows, directing all gazes to the struggling

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buttons of her unkempt hobo sheik blouse. It took great effort,

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but finally Al's eyes jumped from the cleavage to the

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cleavers skittering across the floor. They were oversized and ancient,

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specked with rust and old blood, and accompanied by matching mallets.

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So m Al cleared his throat. Which one of you

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makes the balloon animals? We all do, dummy, Blippy informed him, good,

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start with a cock and go fuck yourselves. Waldo, chuckled.

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Partner's got some guts, I'll be wearing them like a

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big pink Boa. Sweet hissed sordidly. The blade of her

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cleaver scraped a divot in the floor. I'll keep you

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alive while I pull them out, so you can tell

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me how ravishing I look before I split your skull open.

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As appealing as that sounds, how about we just split

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and fuck each other. Silly Al winked and blew her

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a kiss. Blippy jumped up fast enough to knock the

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church pew over. That's my sister, dick weed. Your sister

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Al gave the clown a critical once over. Your mom

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had an affair, You son of a bitch enough tom Foolery,

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Crumb shouted. He jammed the revolver into Al's waistband. We're

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not animals. We'll give you a shot, but just one.

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Fuck it? Why not? Al pulled the leash off his

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neck and threw it down. What's the game? Time for

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games is past, Popsy said. The chase begins now. All

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you gotta do is survive until midnight. Al grabbed Popsy's hand.

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The clown jerked away, but Al held firm and turned

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his arm over to look at the face of the

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oversized watch. Forty seven minutes remaining. Probably be easier just

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to kill you all, Al suggested, that's funny. Popsy shoved

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Al away from him. You're a real comic, Al choke

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on my McNuggets. Ronald Al jogged for the door. The

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clowns set off giant party poppers, showering him with confetti

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and whooped with excitement behind him. Once he was outside,

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he took in his surroundings quickly. A polka dot Volkswagen

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Beetle was parked along the front of the clown church,

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which looked more like a converted funhouse with its colorful

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facade and odd angles. It was also smack dab in

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the middle of fucking nowhere. Rows of tombstones extended as

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far as he could see by the moonlight. All right,

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all right, think al you need a plan. He had

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a head start, a gun with one bullet and five

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clowns hell bent on murdering him in less than an hour.

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The outline of a mausoleum then caught his eye. You

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can't spell slaughter without a laugh. A train whistle screamed

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inside the church. Waldo rubbed his ears. Crusty h Christ

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Blippy Pastor Crumb mirrored Waldo. You don't sorry. Blippy hung

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his head and tucked the whistle into his overalls. I

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just wanted to let everyone know the chase is starting.

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We're all in the same room, dipshit. Popsy slapped him

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in the back of the head. Besides, Crumb starts the chase.

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Crumb padded Phenis's corpse and proceeded to the pulpit. Popsy

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tapped the back of his cleaver against the metal head

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of the mallet until he got the precise rhythm. The

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toes of clown shoes tapped in harmony with it. Popsy

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scowled and licked his lips with excitement. Strike up the band,

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We got us a human to kill. Popsy roared, Crumb

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pressed the button, and Stars and Stripes Forever blared to

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life through the church's PA system. The four others roared

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and stormed for the building in pursuit of their quarry.

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Blippy took aim and smashed the handle free from the

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mausoleum door. It wasn't his first chase, and the prey

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usually went straight to the nearest shelter. He twirled the

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mallet in his hands and kicked open the door with

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a floppy torn shoe. Sweet rushed into the building with

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her weapons at the ready. The place was empty. The

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bronze nameplates of the dead spread across the two longside walls,

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and the back wall was occupied almost entirely by a

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stained glass window depicting the first clown at the center

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and his six disciples and pains around him. Sweet crossed

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herself and approached the ornate tomb that sat in the

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center of the room. She took a deep breath and

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pressed against the top with her shoulder. Its heavy stone

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lids scraped open slowly. She expected al Musing to reach

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out for her, but nothing happened. She peeked inside and

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muttered an apology to the skeletal remains within the tomb.

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Dowey the mine rested as silently in death as he

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had been in life. Sweet turned to her brother and shrugged,

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he's not here, Blippy. She looked around the otherwise empty room.

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Guess we got it wrong this time, rats. Blip threw

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his hammer down with a clatter. I just knew he'd

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come straight here. Where else could he be? Probably headed

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to the hedge Maze. Let's meet Waldo there, Sweet suggested.

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The two tramps skulk out the front door and froze

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as the headlights blazed before them. Circus music sounded from

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the VW Bug's horn as it sped toward them, throwing

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a shower of dirt and grass from its spinning tires.

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Sweet cartwheeled out of the way, but Blippy was too slow.

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Sorry to bug you, Al howled with a laugh. The

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car struck Blippy low, flipping him onto the hood. His

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face smacked against the windshield, streaking the glass with his

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grease paint. Al smiled at him from the other side.

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The car smashed through the front wall, ramped off the

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tomb of Dowie and launched into the air. They crashed

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through the massive window, showering the yard beyond in its

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psychedelic haale. The car landed hard, the tires exploded, the

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shocks collapsed, but its momentum kept the beetle careening forward

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until it hit the oak tree. Al batted the air

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bag down and beat his shoulder against the bent door.

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It finally squeaked open and fell off beside the car.

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Al got out and popped his neck with a groan.

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Blippy bee Cheapskate's eyes dangled from his skull, forced out

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by the impact. The rest of him just burst open

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like a confeti filled balloon animal and sprayed the area

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in viscera. Al chuckled, guess that answers how many cars

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you can fit in? A clown? Sweet jumped over the

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car and slashed at Al with the cleaver. He ducked

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and rolled, grabbing the car door and swinging it by

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the window frame to bat the diminutive nymph away. Let

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me get the door for you, Al quipped, hardy fucking

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har harror. Sweet spat blood with jokes like that, you

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could be a birthday clown. Do you think I have

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the chops? I'll give you some chops. Sweet lunged forward.

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Al held the car door up like a shield. Sweet's

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cleaver cut through the thin metal with ease. Al fell backwards,

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flipping the tramp over him in the process. He snapped

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to his feet, but Sweet was up before him and

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climbed his body, Her stocking legs wrapped around his neck.

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She locked her ankles behind his back, twisted her fingers

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into his mop of blonde hair, and squeezed her thighs tighter.

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Lucky fella, dying with your face in my cotton candy,

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Sweet laughed monion. As Al weakened and fell to his knees.

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Sweet dropped backwards, grabbing her own ankle to tighten the hold.

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Al threw ever weakening punches at her. She drove her

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elbow into the top of his head like a jackhammer.

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Al slumped over his fingers, tapped, and dragged through the

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grass for anything that might help enough, clowning around, Sweet

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stretched out, reaching for her cleaver. I'm going to cut

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off all your appendages in alphabetical order. Ah. Sweet rolled

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away from Al. She prodded the ragged hole in her

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thigh tentatively. The human choked and gagged behind her fucking

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clowns always leave a funny taste in my mouth. Al coughed,

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scouring his bloody face with the sleeve of his sweatshirt.

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Blood spurted between Sweet's fingers while she worked a fuchia

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tie from a pigtail to tourniquet the gaping bite mark.

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She seized the cleaver while she could and turned around

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to find him Miss fuck. Sweet panned around searching for him.

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She limped back to the church to regroup with Pastor Crumb.

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In case the others had failed to kill Al in

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the allotted time, someone would need to be there to

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smash the egg. Whoever it was would be the next whiteface,

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and Popsy would not be pleased it beat the alternative.

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Sweet stopped in her tracks. Of course, if the human

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killed them all, there'd be no one left to laugh

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for any of their spirits. Sweet gulped at the thought

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she needed to stay in the hunt. Al groaned and

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rubbed a rising knot on the back of his head.

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The she clown had kicked his ass. He needed to

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fight smarter. If he made it to midnight, they'd all

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leave him alone. That's what they said. Anyhow, if you

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can't trust a clown to keep his word? Then, who

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can you trust? He crept along the hedge row f

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following the shouted goating of one of his hunters. He

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slipped through a gap in the wall and realized he

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was standing in a maze. Of course, I fucking am,

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he whispered. Well spaced led lights shone on the gravel

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track between the verdant walls on either side of him.

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They didn't give him much light, but enough to pick

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out the deep grooves of cowboy boot tracks. He stayed low,

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as much to keep his eye on the trail as

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to avoid detection. His sneakers gave him some advantage on

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the shifting rocks. As he moved through the corridors. The

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cowboy's voice grew louder. Then he heard the jingle jangle

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of the spurs. Al sank to his knees and crawled

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to the edge of another opening, peeking around cautiously. The

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boot heel struck him square in the forehead. Al toppled over,

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blinking spots from his vision. He got to his hands

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and knees when a kick met his ribs. Giddy up, fuckeroo.

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He watched the rodeo clown thumbs hooked on his belt

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loops dancing closer to him. The Tidiye boots shuffled through

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the gravel and then buried into his side again and again.

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Al tried to escape. Waldo kept pace with the human,

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kicking him like a soccer ball. As he rolled away

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from the deranged clown, Al felt the poke of branches

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in his back. When he reached the wall, another solid

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kick went into his gut. His microwave dinner splattered on

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the clown's boots. You dirty, some bitch, Waldo licked his

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glossy red lips. I'm gonna lie and dance your fucking

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face into puddin' for that. Waldo's smile faded when he

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saw the gun barrel jabbed into his crotch. He patted

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the air and took two steps back. Ever seen a

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clown juggle without any balls, Al groaned and pressed himself up,

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Keeping the gun trained on Waldo, He steadied his aim

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between the clown's eyes. You only got the one shot, partner,

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There's only one of you. Al straightened his aim and

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squeezed the trigger. The flag snapped out of the barrel,

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unfurling in an orange banner that read bang in Big

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purple letters. Al sputtered his lips and shook his head.

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Waldo slapped his thighs and whooped happily. The clown danced

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in a circle, booming with laughter at the timeless gag.

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He turned back around and snapped his fingers, holding them

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at his hips like firing pistols. The miniature flagstaff rammed

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straight through his eye. Al swung the dummy revolver like

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a hammer, driving the spike through the back of Waldo's skull.

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The flag sticking out of his face fluttered lightly in

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the breeze. Bang, you're dead. The gloved hands burst through

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the brush and seized Al around the throat. He battered

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the geometrically patterned yellow silk sleeves. His knuckles clanked off

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the oversized wristwatch. The clown's muscles tensed, and Al's face

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was pulled closer to the protruding branches. Al closed his

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eyes tightly, feeling the twigs clawing at his lips to

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get to the soft tissue. He who laughs. Last, Popsy

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shouted with a great guffaw. Al reached through the bush

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and grabbed the first thing he could. Popsy's laughter turned

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to high pitch wailing, let me go, Al growled. Popsy's

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white gloved fingers sprang open, and Al released him. The

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human strolled around the corner, popping his knuckles. Popsy rubbed

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his sore crotch and growled angrily. All right, Bozo, big dick,

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it's just you and me, he said. We're about out

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of time. Popsy checked his watch. Shit, I really wanted

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to enjoy killing you, but I can't be late getting

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back to the church. Spent too many years in the

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shadow of FeNiS. It's my time to be the white face.

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You killed your boss, didn't you. Popsy glared at him, quizzically.

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How'd you know? Al shrugged? Everyone wants to kill their boss.

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Hugh killed Fennis, A soft melodic voice said from the

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shadow between the two lights. He was never going to

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rest until his egg was smashed. That's why you were

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in such a rush to kill this human. You two

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clearly have things to discuss. Al said, holding his hands

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up defensively. I'll show myself out. You're not going anywhere.

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Popsy adjusted his absurdly large tie. Sweet, I understand you're pissed.

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Sweet hobbled forward, brandishing her cleaver. Oh that's an understatement.

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If the human lives, FeNiS becomes a pirole. Popsy drew

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his weapons from his pockets. We have to kill him first.

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It's the code. Sweet looked at Al, then back to Popsy.

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She kicked the gravel with a frustrated shriek. Two of

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us have a better chance, Sweet, Popsy smiled at her.

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Al took his shot while the august was distracted. He

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lunged to tackle him, only for the hammer to come

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down on the small of his back. Popsy drove a

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knee into Al's chin. The human wrapped up in Popsy's

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legs clown shimmy, trying to get his ridiculous shoes through

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Al's grip. Finish him, Sweet, Popsy shouted. Sweet gripped the

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cleaver in both hands and raised it high as she

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stalked closer. Break the egg, Al yelled. Popsy stopped struggling.

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Sweet lowered her weapons slightly become the white face. Al said,

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shuffling his feet under him. Stop him, no, Popsy hissed.

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He glared at Al, then shot a glance to Sweet.

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Her tongue pressed against her cheek as she thought it over.

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If she smashed the egg, she would be the white face,

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and her and Crumb would send him to the alley

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for trial. That couldn't happen. There was only one punishment

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for jesterside. The thought of such horrors sent shivers up

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Popsy's spine and stealed his nerve. He swung his own cleaver.

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Sweet's head popped off her shoulders in a fountain of blood.

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She stumbled about, tripping over Al and collapsing beside him.

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The stump gunrushed her body twitched, and Popsy laughed malevolently. Sweetie,

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you always did give the best head. Al kicked off,

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pulling Popsy's legs out from under him. He grabbed Sweet's

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cleaver and swung at the august, slicing the toe of

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his shoe off but missing the meat inside. Popsy rolled

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and kicked the knife from Al's hand before scrambling back

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to his feet. Al spotted Popsy's mallet and rolled across

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the ground, scooping it and coming to his knees in

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a single motion. Popsy brought his cleaver down for a

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killing blow. Al deflected it and smashed the clown's ankle

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with the hammer. Al tried to tackle him again and

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was successful. The mallet swung wildly. It struck Popsy's bright

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red nose with a squeak that drowned out the crunch

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of the bone. Al laughed. It was all he could do,

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laugh and swing, hit and squeak, over and over until

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Popsy's face collapsed and the just made a sticky, thick

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smack with each repeated blow. Al finally stopped and came

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to his senses. He checked Popsy's watch and headed back

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to the church. There was still one clown left to kill,

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and only four minutes to do it in Al stepped

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into the clown church and saw Pastor Crumb writhing on

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the floor. The top of a white head with flocks

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of orange hair was buried in his abdomen, munching noisily

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on the pastor's guts. The pirot lifted its gore streaked

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face and hissed, you must be the famous Penis, the

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clown everyone's been telling me about. Fennis stood in a hunkered,

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crooked mockery of normalcy. He tore at his clothing, revealing

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the Farcemeister family name across his powerful chest. The clown's

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bared teeth wiggled in their sockets and fell away as

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fangs pushed through the gums to take their place. Smoke

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rose from his pores, steaming his grease paint from his

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face and taking the flesh with it. Bone showed through

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in the original pattern of his makeup. The clown shuddered,

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and his chest tore open with a great blooming flower

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that spurted its nectar into steaming puddles on the floor.

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The pirot lunged forward. Al cocked backed the mallet and

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took aim at the egg resting on its pedestal. He

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flung the weapon at it and missed. The hammer sailed

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harmlessly over it and struck the massive cross behind the podium.

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The ornament rocked on its hangers. FeNiS drew closer to Al,

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running his now clawed hands tearing at the floorboards like

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a circuits monkey. FeNiS sprang into the air. The clown

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seemed to fall in slow motion as Al awaited his demise.

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The cross crashed down on Penis's coffin, knocking it into

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the pedestal and tipping it over. The vermilion egg hit

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the floor a moment before FeNiS landed on Al. The

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egg shattered, splattering the floor with its gooey, unnatural contents.

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Fennis exploded. The force knocked Al to the floor ahead

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of a tidal wave of viscera and blood that washed

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over him. He worked to untangle himself from a length

441
00:29:08.640 --> 00:29:14.160
of intestine and stood up, dripping with clown goo. I'll

442
00:29:14.160 --> 00:29:17.920
probably laugh about this later. He spat out a piece

443
00:29:17.960 --> 00:29:22.519
of flesh and shook his head. I hate clowns. Al

444
00:29:22.640 --> 00:29:25.720
limped toward the exit. He just wanted to go home,

445
00:29:26.319 --> 00:29:29.599
back to his shitty basement apartment with his hot pockets

446
00:29:29.640 --> 00:29:31.960
and his porn collection, and he never wanted to see

447
00:29:32.000 --> 00:29:35.319
another fucking clown. He threw open the door of the

448
00:29:35.400 --> 00:29:39.440
church and groaned. Sweet was ambling toward him with her

449
00:29:39.480 --> 00:29:42.960
head in her hands. Blippy dragged his remains across the

450
00:29:43.000 --> 00:29:46.559
graveyard lawn. The snapping of the bang flag blowing in

451
00:29:46.599 --> 00:29:49.839
the wind drew his attention to Waldo helping Popsy navigate

452
00:29:49.920 --> 00:29:53.640
the headstones. Al slammed the door and backed away from it.

453
00:29:54.160 --> 00:29:59.039
The knobs started to turn. It's midnight. He sobbed. I

454
00:29:59.200 --> 00:30:00.680
made it this, this isn't fair.

455
00:30:01.759 --> 00:30:01.799
No.

456
00:30:02.839 --> 00:30:06.000
A pair of bloody hands clutched his shoulders and passed her.

457
00:30:06.079 --> 00:30:09.519
Crumb leaned close to his ear with a giggle. It's

458
00:30:09.559 --> 00:30:14.240
a circus. The door creaked open, and the others shambled in.

459
00:30:14.960 --> 00:30:17.920
Crumb bit into Al's cheek, and the others closed in

460
00:30:18.000 --> 00:30:20.759
around him. Al saw their fangs and the bones showing

461
00:30:20.799 --> 00:30:23.440
where their makeup had been. There was no one left

462
00:30:23.480 --> 00:30:25.640
in the shutter, no one to bring their souls to

463
00:30:25.759 --> 00:30:28.480
joy anymore. Sweep threw her head at him, and the

464
00:30:28.559 --> 00:30:31.240
damn thing latched onto his chest. While Crumb dragged him

465
00:30:31.240 --> 00:30:35.240
to the floor. Popsy stood over him. His words came

466
00:30:35.319 --> 00:30:55.319
in a gurgled mess. Laughter Never Dies. Babes in terror

467
00:30:55.440 --> 00:31:01.799
Land by Morgan Moore. As with many holiday seasons before it,

468
00:31:02.319 --> 00:31:05.519
parents and children flocked to Baron's toy store in the

469
00:31:05.599 --> 00:31:09.160
village of Green Seas. In the middle of the crowd

470
00:31:09.279 --> 00:31:12.160
was Justin Barn, a fourteen year old boy with an

471
00:31:12.200 --> 00:31:15.640
apron featuring a hand sewn version of the store's logo.

472
00:31:15.759 --> 00:31:19.000
In the middle. Justin was staying with his grandmother, the

473
00:31:19.039 --> 00:31:21.480
owner of the store, for the holidays while his parents

474
00:31:21.519 --> 00:31:24.440
were away on a business trip. He was enlisted to

475
00:31:24.519 --> 00:31:27.240
lend a hand almost immediately upon his arrival. With it

476
00:31:27.319 --> 00:31:31.200
being the store's busiest time of year, Justin could never

477
00:31:31.319 --> 00:31:34.559
understand how she managed it all on her own, but

478
00:31:34.640 --> 00:31:37.119
she had been doing it ever since his grandfather died

479
00:31:37.160 --> 00:31:41.039
a few years ago, and was managing it successfully. Somehow.

480
00:31:42.079 --> 00:31:44.440
Justin moved around the store as best he could, seeing

481
00:31:44.480 --> 00:31:47.279
how crowded the small store was. In all, the building

482
00:31:47.319 --> 00:31:50.279
itself was an old brownstone, with the store situated on

483
00:31:50.319 --> 00:31:53.559
the ground floor and Missus Baron's home on the second.

484
00:31:54.400 --> 00:31:58.359
The store could become a claustrophobic nightmare when business was booming,

485
00:31:58.759 --> 00:32:01.680
but he managed stocking the shelves and helping out customers

486
00:32:01.720 --> 00:32:05.160
as best he could. By the time three o'clock came around,

487
00:32:05.319 --> 00:32:07.519
Justin was spent and was ready for the day to

488
00:32:07.559 --> 00:32:10.599
be over so he could finally get some rest. Those

489
00:32:10.640 --> 00:32:15.400
thoughts were interrupted when he laid eyes on Kathy Wilcox.

490
00:32:16.559 --> 00:32:18.480
He had known her since fourth grade and had a

491
00:32:18.480 --> 00:32:22.119
crush on her that never faded. Justin always wanted to

492
00:32:22.160 --> 00:32:24.759
tell her how he felt, but he could never muster

493
00:32:24.920 --> 00:32:27.880
up the courage to do it. Somehow, he could picture

494
00:32:27.960 --> 00:32:30.920
everything he wanted to say, but anytime he saw her,

495
00:32:31.720 --> 00:32:35.759
it all vanished. Justin felt himself beginning to melt as

496
00:32:35.839 --> 00:32:39.000
he kept looking at her. His face turned bright red

497
00:32:39.039 --> 00:32:42.039
and immediately Justin began to do some busy work around

498
00:32:42.119 --> 00:32:45.279
the area, trying to disguise the fact that he had

499
00:32:45.319 --> 00:32:48.880
been staring at her. Justin's heart beat faster and faster,

500
00:32:49.000 --> 00:32:51.880
as if somebody was pounding away on a drum. But

501
00:32:52.000 --> 00:32:54.559
that came to an immediate halt when he felt a

502
00:32:54.640 --> 00:32:58.200
gentle tap on his shoulder. He turned around and saw

503
00:32:58.279 --> 00:33:05.400
Kathy there. Hijen. Kathy said sweetly, Hi, Kathy, Justin stammered,

504
00:33:05.400 --> 00:33:08.599
his face feeling like it was on fire. Kathy gave

505
00:33:08.680 --> 00:33:11.680
him an intimate smile, her blue eyes seeming to shimmer

506
00:33:11.799 --> 00:33:16.000
to Justin. Mind if I ask you a question? Uh oh,

507
00:33:16.359 --> 00:33:20.519
Justin thought, She's gonna chew me out for looking at her,

508
00:33:20.559 --> 00:33:22.680
and in the middle of the store too, everybody's gonna

509
00:33:22.680 --> 00:33:27.839
think I'm some perv. Sure, Justin responded, after a brief pause.

510
00:33:28.920 --> 00:33:32.000
Could you help me and my sister real quick? What

511
00:33:32.160 --> 00:33:36.279
a relief? Justin thought? Oh? Yeah, for sure. What do

512
00:33:36.319 --> 00:33:39.440
you guys need? He asked. She then began to walk

513
00:33:39.480 --> 00:33:43.680
away down an aisle. Justin followed close behind her. My

514
00:33:43.759 --> 00:33:46.279
sister found something she wants, but I can't reach it,

515
00:33:46.319 --> 00:33:49.359
and neither can she. I saw you and thought i'd

516
00:33:49.400 --> 00:33:51.279
ask if you could bring it down for me. Since

517
00:33:51.279 --> 00:33:55.759
you're so tall and all, Kathy explained, Oh, yeah, I

518
00:33:55.799 --> 00:33:58.480
should be able to get it for you. Justin replied

519
00:33:58.559 --> 00:34:04.559
with a smile. Kathy returned the smile. Man, she's so cute,

520
00:34:05.000 --> 00:34:09.000
Justin thought, as they kept walking beside one another. The

521
00:34:09.079 --> 00:34:12.599
two eventually got to their location and joined Kathy's sister, Janet.

522
00:34:13.039 --> 00:34:15.639
Upon seeing Justin and the apron identifying him as a

523
00:34:15.679 --> 00:34:19.320
store employee, Janet pointed upwards toward the top of the

524
00:34:19.360 --> 00:34:23.760
shelf she was standing at that one, Please, Janet asked Justin.

525
00:34:24.519 --> 00:34:26.719
Justin looked up to where the child pointed and saw

526
00:34:26.760 --> 00:34:29.280
a clown doll. The doll had been in the store

527
00:34:29.440 --> 00:34:32.400
ever since he could remember. It had a wooden head

528
00:34:32.400 --> 00:34:35.079
and hands, and was dressed in a hand sewn outfit

529
00:34:35.199 --> 00:34:38.880
colored silver and blue. A jester had adorned its head,

530
00:34:39.119 --> 00:34:44.199
bells dangling down playfully. Justin had always thought it looked creepy,

531
00:34:44.559 --> 00:34:46.519
and other people must have thought the same, as the

532
00:34:46.559 --> 00:34:48.480
doll had been around the store ever since he was

533
00:34:48.519 --> 00:34:53.199
a child. But maybe finally someone had found the doll

534
00:34:53.239 --> 00:34:57.199
appealing and wanted to give it a home. Justin smiled

535
00:34:57.199 --> 00:34:59.840
and reached up just barely able to get the doll,

536
00:35:00.360 --> 00:35:02.079
he got a grip on it and brought it down,

537
00:35:02.239 --> 00:35:05.639
handing it gently to the little girl. Here you go,

538
00:35:06.239 --> 00:35:09.960
Justin said. Janet smiled as she held and stared at

539
00:35:09.960 --> 00:35:12.599
the doll. Kathy turned to Justin and gave him a

540
00:35:12.599 --> 00:35:16.559
big smile. He returned it in kind. I want him,

541
00:35:16.800 --> 00:35:19.880
Janet responded energetically, as she held the clown doll up

542
00:35:19.920 --> 00:35:23.159
to the two. How much is it, Cathy asked Justin.

543
00:35:24.000 --> 00:35:26.239
I'm not sure. It doesn't look like it has a

544
00:35:26.239 --> 00:35:30.440
tag on it. Let's ask my grandma, Justin said. They

545
00:35:30.519 --> 00:35:33.599
arrived at the register to find Justin's grandmother smiling at

546
00:35:33.599 --> 00:35:37.000
the three. There you are, Justin. What cute friends you

547
00:35:37.119 --> 00:35:41.639
have there, she said. Kathy blushed lightly at the comment, Hey, grandma,

548
00:35:41.880 --> 00:35:44.320
how much is this? There's no tag on it, or

549
00:35:44.320 --> 00:35:46.679
even a sign on the shelf it was on. His

550
00:35:46.760 --> 00:35:52.440
grandmother's smile turned to a slight frown. Oh honey, I'm

551
00:35:52.519 --> 00:35:56.360
so sorry that doll isn't for sale. I only keep

552
00:35:56.360 --> 00:35:59.719
it on the shelf for decoration, she explained as sweetly

553
00:35:59.760 --> 00:36:04.559
as possible. But I want it, Janet told her. Are

554
00:36:04.639 --> 00:36:08.960
you sure you're not able to sell it? Kathy asked, Unfortunately,

555
00:36:09.039 --> 00:36:11.960
I am dear. My husband made the doll many years

556
00:36:12.000 --> 00:36:15.480
ago for Justin's mother and it just has too much

557
00:36:15.519 --> 00:36:18.519
sentimental value for me to sell it. It's been watching

558
00:36:18.519 --> 00:36:23.320
over the store for years, Justin's grandma explained to the three.

559
00:36:23.480 --> 00:36:28.000
Janet frowned, tears starting to well up. Justin smiled a

560
00:36:28.000 --> 00:36:30.880
little bit at the two and at his grandma. It's

561
00:36:30.920 --> 00:36:34.000
all right, I'll put him back, Justin said. He then

562
00:36:34.039 --> 00:36:36.599
made a motion with his head for Kathy and Janet

563
00:36:36.639 --> 00:36:39.119
to follow him. The three of them made their way

564
00:36:39.159 --> 00:36:42.519
back to the aisle. Janet looked utterly devastated that she

565
00:36:42.599 --> 00:36:45.920
couldn't have the doll, and Cathy looked equally saddened for

566
00:36:46.000 --> 00:36:49.320
her sister. Once they got back to the aisle, Justin

567
00:36:49.400 --> 00:36:52.320
put the doll back up. He then turned to Kathy

568
00:36:52.360 --> 00:36:55.880
with a small grin. She tilted her head in confusion.

569
00:36:57.199 --> 00:37:00.400
What is it? Why are you grinning like that? She asked? Asked,

570
00:37:01.039 --> 00:37:04.239
because I know of a way to get that doll

571
00:37:04.320 --> 00:37:08.320
for Janet, he explained. Janet's face brightened up at once.

572
00:37:08.840 --> 00:37:13.159
Really how Justin moved in a bit closer to Kathy

573
00:37:13.239 --> 00:37:15.559
so that he could talk to her. In semi privacy.

574
00:37:16.199 --> 00:37:19.920
Janet frowned when she realized what was going on. My

575
00:37:20.000 --> 00:37:22.159
grandma is gonna go out to a party tonight and

576
00:37:22.199 --> 00:37:25.119
I'll be alone for hours. Come on buy around eight

577
00:37:25.159 --> 00:37:27.320
and I'll let you in. We can get the doll then,

578
00:37:27.719 --> 00:37:32.280
he explained to her. But she'll notice, won't she, Kathy asked,

579
00:37:32.840 --> 00:37:35.400
don't worry, I'll take care of it. Just be here

580
00:37:35.440 --> 00:37:49.280
by eight. Later that night, Justin made his way downstairs

581
00:37:49.280 --> 00:37:51.360
to the store and opened the front door to find

582
00:37:51.440 --> 00:37:55.639
Kathy and Janet standing there. Justin frowned a tiny bit

583
00:37:55.719 --> 00:37:58.960
as the two girls made their way inside. Why did

584
00:37:58.960 --> 00:38:01.280
you bring your sister, he asked, doing his best to

585
00:38:01.360 --> 00:38:05.639
hide his disappointment that it wasn't just Kathy. She wanted

586
00:38:05.639 --> 00:38:07.199
to come, and I couldn't get her to stay home

587
00:38:07.239 --> 00:38:09.719
without spilling the beans. I told my parents I was

588
00:38:09.760 --> 00:38:12.079
going out with friends, and she threatened to tell them

589
00:38:12.119 --> 00:38:16.719
what I was really doing. Kathy explained, I mean it

590
00:38:16.800 --> 00:38:21.400
isn't entirely untrue. You are hanging out with a friend,

591
00:38:21.840 --> 00:38:26.000
Justin said, with a small smile. I'm going. Janet blurted

592
00:38:26.039 --> 00:38:28.880
out and ran towards the aisle with the doll. So

593
00:38:29.360 --> 00:38:31.480
how are you going to explain this to your grandma,

594
00:38:31.960 --> 00:38:34.320
Kathy asked as she walked past the display of a

595
00:38:34.360 --> 00:38:37.760
toy war scene. Oh, I'm gonna tell her I ordered

596
00:38:37.760 --> 00:38:39.559
a pizza and just forgot to lock the door on

597
00:38:39.599 --> 00:38:41.679
my way back up. I'll take some money out of

598
00:38:41.719 --> 00:38:44.360
the register and hide a few other toys, maybe knock

599
00:38:44.440 --> 00:38:46.559
some displays over and make it look like somebody broke

600
00:38:46.599 --> 00:38:52.239
in and robbed the place, he explained. That's pretty clever. Mean,

601
00:38:53.039 --> 00:38:56.119
but clever, she responded as she stopped by the register,

602
00:38:56.800 --> 00:39:00.840
Justin stopping in front of her. Hey, what can I say?

603
00:39:01.280 --> 00:39:04.599
Justin said? Kathy smiled a bit as she fiddled with

604
00:39:04.679 --> 00:39:07.679
some small toys by the register. She looked around, then

605
00:39:07.760 --> 00:39:11.079
returned her gaze to Justin. Why are you doing this

606
00:39:11.119 --> 00:39:14.519
for us? Why are you risking getting into so much trouble?

607
00:39:15.280 --> 00:39:17.679
His mind raced at a million miles an hour, trying

608
00:39:17.679 --> 00:39:19.840
to figure out how to explain why he was so

609
00:39:19.960 --> 00:39:24.800
willing to help her sister out. No, help her out.

610
00:39:24.920 --> 00:39:27.239
Before he could give it any more thought, he'd blurted

611
00:39:27.280 --> 00:39:30.960
out his response, It's because I like you. I've always

612
00:39:31.000 --> 00:39:32.840
liked you. I think you're sweet and cute, and I

613
00:39:32.880 --> 00:39:34.519
just wanted to help because I like you, and I

614
00:39:34.519 --> 00:39:36.159
thought maybe you'd like me back if I did it.

615
00:39:36.800 --> 00:39:40.039
He gasped for breath, Justin closed his eyes and took

616
00:39:40.079 --> 00:39:43.480
several deep breaths, eventually regaining control of his breathing. After

617
00:39:43.519 --> 00:39:46.760
a few brief minutes, he opened his eyes, finding that

618
00:39:46.840 --> 00:39:49.320
Cathy was staring at him, her mouth dropped open some

619
00:39:49.840 --> 00:39:53.679
and her eyes wide dread filled. Justin his heart beating

620
00:39:53.800 --> 00:39:57.159
harder and harder. Oh no, she's going to leave and

621
00:39:57.199 --> 00:39:59.159
never speak to me again and tell everybody I'm a

622
00:39:59.159 --> 00:40:03.199
loser and a freak. But she surprised him by smiling

623
00:40:03.239 --> 00:40:09.079
at him warmly and widely. Justin slowly smiled back. They

624
00:40:09.119 --> 00:40:12.360
brought their faces close to one another, only a hair's

625
00:40:12.360 --> 00:40:15.920
breath apart. The scream that ripped through the air put

626
00:40:15.960 --> 00:40:18.960
an end to that. Janet Kathy called out and rushed

627
00:40:18.960 --> 00:40:22.199
toward the location the scream emanated from, just In following

628
00:40:22.239 --> 00:40:25.159
in her wake. The duo arrived to find Janet laying

629
00:40:25.199 --> 00:40:28.159
on the floor, screaming and crying in agony, her eye

630
00:40:28.159 --> 00:40:32.039
sockets bleeding profusely. As for the former resident of those

631
00:40:32.119 --> 00:40:35.440
yawning black holes, they were in the hands of the

632
00:40:35.480 --> 00:40:41.400
clown doll. The toy turned its head and looked at them.

633
00:40:42.039 --> 00:40:44.679
Justin and Cathy bolted from the aisle, the clown doll

634
00:40:44.840 --> 00:40:47.360
right behind them. As they ran down the aisles, Cathy

635
00:40:47.400 --> 00:40:49.440
shrieked as the other toys began to spring from the

636
00:40:49.440 --> 00:40:52.840
shelves and joined the hunt. Stuffed bears and lions pawed

637
00:40:52.880 --> 00:40:55.679
at them with vicious claws that sprang from their plush baws,

638
00:40:55.719 --> 00:40:58.320
as metal model cars pelted down on the teens like rain,

639
00:40:58.480 --> 00:41:02.280
leaving bruises and cuts. Justin managed to grab a baseball

640
00:41:02.280 --> 00:41:05.199
bat from a nearby barrel and started swinging away, as

641
00:41:05.280 --> 00:41:07.639
Kathy grabbed a stick horse and did the same. The

642
00:41:07.679 --> 00:41:10.719
two sent toys flying left and right, but more and

643
00:41:10.760 --> 00:41:14.639
more came forth. Soon Justin and Cathy found themselves surrounded.

644
00:41:14.840 --> 00:41:17.960
They continued to swing away, but soon the terror toys

645
00:41:17.960 --> 00:41:22.119
grabbed their weapons and pulled them away, leaving the pair defenseless.

646
00:41:22.800 --> 00:41:24.960
Justin and Cathy looked at each other and took hold

647
00:41:25.000 --> 00:41:28.679
of each other's hand, ready to accept their doomed fate.

648
00:41:29.840 --> 00:41:32.760
The store lights came alive and bathed everything in a warm,

649
00:41:32.800 --> 00:41:37.440
fluorescent glow, causing the pair to start, oh no, look

650
00:41:37.480 --> 00:41:40.639
at this mess. The voice of Justin's grandmother rang out.

651
00:41:41.199 --> 00:41:43.880
The older woman looked around at all the toys, who

652
00:41:43.960 --> 00:41:47.719
now looked back at her. She stopped a few feet

653
00:41:47.719 --> 00:41:53.199
away from the rattled teens. Grandma, what's going on? Why

654
00:41:53.280 --> 00:41:55.599
are you home? Justin spat out, in a mix of

655
00:41:55.679 --> 00:41:59.440
confusion and anger. And why did they attack us and

656
00:42:00.159 --> 00:42:04.519
my sister, my god Janet Cathy started, but soon stopped

657
00:42:04.840 --> 00:42:08.159
as she succumbed to raw grief. The senior shook her

658
00:42:08.199 --> 00:42:12.599
head and sighed, I suppose I should explain. You see

659
00:42:12.599 --> 00:42:16.840
these toys, all of them, they come alive every nightfall.

660
00:42:18.280 --> 00:42:26.760
But why how, Justin demanded Justin, dear your grandfather, Your

661
00:42:26.800 --> 00:42:31.320
grandfather made them that way. Business hasn't been the same

662
00:42:31.400 --> 00:42:35.639
for years, not since that damned department store opened up. Then,

663
00:42:36.440 --> 00:42:39.639
when we learned your grandpa didn't have long left, he

664
00:42:39.760 --> 00:42:42.760
was afraid of what would happen to the store. To me,

665
00:42:44.000 --> 00:42:46.639
it was his opinion that without any help, the store

666
00:42:46.639 --> 00:42:51.280
would have shut down, So he decided to create some help.

667
00:42:52.440 --> 00:42:55.639
Your grandfather came across a strange scroll during the war

668
00:42:55.719 --> 00:42:58.719
in a bombed out toy store, a store he swore

669
00:42:58.920 --> 00:43:03.880
was filled with screaming, burning toys. You can guess the rest.

670
00:43:04.320 --> 00:43:09.159
These toys have been cleaning, stocking, and providing security as

671
00:43:09.199 --> 00:43:15.440
you've seen here ever since. These wonderful toys. They're loyal

672
00:43:16.039 --> 00:43:21.320
and always have been and always will be. Justin and

673
00:43:21.400 --> 00:43:25.280
Cathy were taken aback. They believed it all, after all,

674
00:43:25.760 --> 00:43:31.679
how could they not, But something still bothered them. Oh

675
00:43:31.719 --> 00:43:35.840
thank god, we're safe, then, Cathy told them. The two

676
00:43:35.920 --> 00:43:38.800
smiled as they looked at each other and then at

677
00:43:38.960 --> 00:43:43.360
Justin's grandma, but the smiles faded as they saw that

678
00:43:43.440 --> 00:43:48.400
the elder in front of them was grim. Grandma Justin

679
00:43:48.480 --> 00:43:53.119
started with a shaky voice. I'm sorry, love, but you

680
00:43:53.199 --> 00:43:56.679
were trespassing. You know. I don't like you coming down

681
00:43:56.719 --> 00:43:59.320
here at night to say nothing of your friend here

682
00:43:59.400 --> 00:44:04.159
and her sit. The store was closed. Besides, they don't

683
00:44:04.199 --> 00:44:08.039
move during the day, but they can still hear. When

684
00:44:08.079 --> 00:44:10.039
I left for the party, they told me about your

685
00:44:10.079 --> 00:44:14.199
little plan. That's why I came back early. You mean

686
00:44:15.320 --> 00:44:18.920
you're gonna turn us into the police, Kathy asked, No,

687
00:44:19.920 --> 00:44:22.960
Unfortunately for you two. I leave all my security matters

688
00:44:23.039 --> 00:44:26.039
up to them, and I believe I know what they'll

689
00:44:26.039 --> 00:44:30.599
do with you. She explained. The toy soldiers from the

690
00:44:30.639 --> 00:44:33.519
war scene filed in aiming their guns at the teenagers.

691
00:44:34.320 --> 00:44:39.239
Justin and Cathy's faces displayed pure and utter terror. With that,

692
00:44:39.800 --> 00:44:42.360
Justin's grandmother left and made her way to the stairs.

693
00:44:42.880 --> 00:44:45.639
She looked over at the two again and shook her

694
00:44:45.679 --> 00:44:49.239
head and sighed. Then, with a flick of her wrist,

695
00:44:49.400 --> 00:44:53.280
she turned off the lights. A stream of sharp bangs

696
00:44:53.320 --> 00:45:18.920
filled the store. Aphiucus by Daniel Wilder. Hey, my name

697
00:45:18.960 --> 00:45:22.079
is Darcy. We aren't familiar enough for last names, but

698
00:45:22.679 --> 00:45:27.840
after this maybe who knows. Anyway, we need to go

699
00:45:27.960 --> 00:45:31.480
back to that day if we're going to continue. I

700
00:45:31.559 --> 00:45:34.239
hopped on my green bike with the banana seat, the

701
00:45:34.280 --> 00:45:36.519
one with the metallic paint that made it shine and

702
00:45:36.519 --> 00:45:39.280
shimmer like those flies you'd always see in the summer

703
00:45:39.360 --> 00:45:42.239
on piles of dog poop at the park. But today

704
00:45:42.320 --> 00:45:45.519
there was no sun to make my baby pretty, just cold,

705
00:45:45.559 --> 00:45:48.960
gray clouds and plenty of rain. A real bummer, I thought,

706
00:45:49.039 --> 00:45:52.519
as I inserted the ACE card in my spokes. Oh,

707
00:45:52.559 --> 00:45:55.440
that we all did it. I don't know why. Some

708
00:45:55.480 --> 00:45:58.199
said it made our bikes make noises like a motorcycle,

709
00:45:58.239 --> 00:46:00.559
but I always thought it was a load of garbage.

710
00:46:01.119 --> 00:46:03.440
It was a trend, So we all jumped on it

711
00:46:03.480 --> 00:46:06.239
and did it. And that was that, plain and simple,

712
00:46:06.760 --> 00:46:09.239
and far be it from yours truly to buck a trend.

713
00:46:10.039 --> 00:46:12.960
So I jumped on my green machine and began pedling

714
00:46:12.960 --> 00:46:16.639
on into what turned out to be a pretty solid rainstorm,

715
00:46:16.679 --> 00:46:19.840
not uncommon for upstate New York in June. But you're

716
00:46:19.880 --> 00:46:23.679
not here for the weather report, I'd wager on and

717
00:46:23.719 --> 00:46:27.840
on I peddled. Why well, Billy Macintosh had claimed that

718
00:46:27.960 --> 00:46:31.760
Roco's Gas and Go accidentally received a rare arcade cabinet,

719
00:46:32.039 --> 00:46:36.159
and that was my thing. Video games. Now, this being

720
00:46:36.280 --> 00:46:40.119
nineteen eighty two, and this being a sleepy, backwards mountain town,

721
00:46:40.880 --> 00:46:43.000
it was a big deal for us kids when some

722
00:46:43.079 --> 00:46:46.920
pizza parlor or supermarket got themselves a new game, but

723
00:46:47.039 --> 00:46:50.239
for a gas station to get that game, that game

724
00:46:50.280 --> 00:46:54.599
whispered about middle school cafeterias and under bleachers. Wait, did

725
00:46:54.599 --> 00:46:57.760
I mention my mono? I got mono that kept me

726
00:46:57.800 --> 00:47:00.239
in bed from mid April to late May thanks to

727
00:47:00.280 --> 00:47:04.000
an experimental French kiss I gave Sammy Finelman behind the

728
00:47:04.000 --> 00:47:07.480
bleachers during third period. Pe You can imagine that by

729
00:47:07.599 --> 00:47:09.719
June I was more than ready to stretch my legs

730
00:47:09.719 --> 00:47:13.599
and venture out, my first real excursion since April, before

731
00:47:13.639 --> 00:47:17.960
Sammy gave me as rather substantial cooties after checking in

732
00:47:18.039 --> 00:47:21.320
on Mage. That's my grandmother, by the way. She watches

733
00:47:21.360 --> 00:47:23.039
me in the summer while my parents do the nine

734
00:47:23.079 --> 00:47:25.880
to five deal, which proved to be unnecessary as the

735
00:47:25.920 --> 00:47:29.280
combo of her cough medicine and her stories had sent

736
00:47:29.320 --> 00:47:33.199
her into a deep slumber. On our overstuffed Davenport, I

737
00:47:33.239 --> 00:47:38.119
headed out the front door so card bike rain. I

738
00:47:38.159 --> 00:47:41.880
wheeled up to Roccos, completely soaked but undaunted to see

739
00:47:41.880 --> 00:47:44.119
if what I'd been told by my eighth grade cabal

740
00:47:44.280 --> 00:47:50.960
was actually true. And then I saw it. It practically

741
00:47:51.000 --> 00:47:54.239
glowed neon hot as I threw down my kickstand and

742
00:47:54.320 --> 00:47:56.599
dragged my soggy bottom from the seat of my bike.

743
00:47:57.000 --> 00:48:00.320
Now my short's hanging heavy from the quarters in my pott,

744
00:48:00.360 --> 00:48:02.440
coupled with the drenching rain that just wouldn't give me

745
00:48:02.480 --> 00:48:05.639
a break. I stood under the rafters of the covered

746
00:48:05.679 --> 00:48:09.559
porch that surrounded Rocos. Before I get to the juicy bits,

747
00:48:09.880 --> 00:48:12.639
let me get some basics about the game out of

748
00:48:12.639 --> 00:48:16.039
the way. The cabinet was called Aphiukis and it was

749
00:48:16.079 --> 00:48:22.079
supposedly some unholy combination of space invaders and a tarot deck. Also,

750
00:48:22.239 --> 00:48:27.360
it didn't display any manufacturing info. No Williams, no Bally Midway,

751
00:48:27.599 --> 00:48:31.679
no Namco, no nothing. While that was odd enough, the

752
00:48:31.760 --> 00:48:35.119
rumors from the underground game zines in schoolyards scuttle but

753
00:48:35.519 --> 00:48:38.039
painted this thing out to be some sort of government

754
00:48:38.119 --> 00:48:42.079
sponsored training device created to determine who among the world's

755
00:48:42.079 --> 00:48:45.440
citizens would be the best recruited to fight some sort

756
00:48:45.440 --> 00:48:49.800
of evil alien invasion. But come on, that's just the

757
00:48:49.920 --> 00:48:52.639
jazz you throw on something to get quarters in the slots.

758
00:48:53.559 --> 00:48:56.519
In truth, I suspected this was merely a new game

759
00:48:56.639 --> 00:48:59.679
being tested anonymously by one of the big boys, who

760
00:48:59.760 --> 00:49:01.800
left their name off in case the game was a

761
00:49:01.960 --> 00:49:05.800
steaming pile. In an act of willpower I can't believe

762
00:49:05.800 --> 00:49:09.039
I could perform. I walked past that machine, its cabinet

763
00:49:09.079 --> 00:49:12.800
decorated with a vinyl silk screened image of a Victorian seance,

764
00:49:13.400 --> 00:49:17.119
all Ouiji boards and crystal balls. But the image being

765
00:49:17.199 --> 00:49:20.199
revealed by the psychic was of an alien firing a

766
00:49:20.239 --> 00:49:23.719
flintlock laser gun, and a mummy of all things loomed

767
00:49:23.760 --> 00:49:26.559
in the background. I chuckled at that one as I

768
00:49:26.599 --> 00:49:29.400
opened the screen door, flapping weakly in the light breeze

769
00:49:29.840 --> 00:49:32.800
kicked up by the rainstorm, a storm that now made

770
00:49:32.800 --> 00:49:38.599
the air ripe with the barf inducing scent of displaced earthworms. Yo, Rocko.

771
00:49:38.760 --> 00:49:40.559
I came to check out the new game. My man

772
00:49:41.599 --> 00:49:45.159
no answer. Maybe he stepped out for lunch or something.

773
00:49:45.599 --> 00:49:47.519
I mean, this isn't the town where you need to

774
00:49:47.559 --> 00:49:51.400
lock anything up. Everyone is everyone's shirt tail relative, and

775
00:49:51.400 --> 00:49:54.119
no one would touch a thing. The honor system is

776
00:49:54.159 --> 00:49:57.960
alive and well here. Speaking of which, I grabbed one

777
00:49:58.000 --> 00:50:00.719
of those fruit pies the superheroes are hawkin' in the

778
00:50:00.719 --> 00:50:03.719
comic books, and a root beer, chucked some random coins

779
00:50:03.719 --> 00:50:06.039
on the counter, and strolled back to that most holy

780
00:50:06.519 --> 00:50:09.800
of holy grails. I took a moist quarter from my

781
00:50:09.920 --> 00:50:12.519
pocket and I let the quarter slot take it away.

782
00:50:12.840 --> 00:50:15.599
I heard it land in the machine's cash box, and

783
00:50:15.679 --> 00:50:18.000
it sounds as if I'm the first one to actually

784
00:50:18.039 --> 00:50:21.719
play aphiuchis damn it? I forgot to check out the

785
00:50:21.760 --> 00:50:26.320
attract screen. Oh well, you know, the drill black screen,

786
00:50:26.480 --> 00:50:29.840
blocky white text, and the barest whisper of a story

787
00:50:29.880 --> 00:50:32.519
to fire our imaginations as we stare into the old

788
00:50:32.599 --> 00:50:37.760
cathode ray tube, and this one was a doozy. As

789
00:50:37.800 --> 00:50:40.960
far as I can recall, it went like this. In

790
00:50:41.079 --> 00:50:44.159
eighteen ninety nine, on the eve of a new century,

791
00:50:44.199 --> 00:50:47.280
a group of friends gather at the Victorian mansion of

792
00:50:47.440 --> 00:50:51.599
Edgar Winchell, Iron Magnate, and Devotee to the paranormal. As

793
00:50:51.639 --> 00:50:55.199
the clock struck midnight, Edgar and his guests discovered through

794
00:50:55.239 --> 00:50:59.079
divination that means using magic to see crap. Okay, that

795
00:50:59.159 --> 00:51:01.679
last bit was me in case anyone reading this doesn't

796
00:51:01.719 --> 00:51:05.360
know what that ten dollars word is. Anyway, the story continued.

797
00:51:05.880 --> 00:51:09.320
Discovered through divination that there was a hidden sign of

798
00:51:09.320 --> 00:51:14.599
the zodiac Aphiuchus, the thirteenth sign. At that point, a

799
00:51:14.719 --> 00:51:18.599
zodiac wheel flashed on the screen. The graphics were impressive too.

800
00:51:19.159 --> 00:51:22.400
This may be a blast after all. The story started

801
00:51:22.480 --> 00:51:26.000
up again as the screen faded to black, but their

802
00:51:26.079 --> 00:51:29.280
findings were a two way street, and those that lived

803
00:51:29.320 --> 00:51:32.400
in the mystery constellation discovered us that night as well.

804
00:51:33.199 --> 00:51:36.519
White light pulsed as the speakers crackled forth their best

805
00:51:36.519 --> 00:51:42.000
approximation of thunder. Okay, I admit it, I jumped when

806
00:51:42.039 --> 00:51:44.239
that business end of the screen showed an image of

807
00:51:44.280 --> 00:51:47.800
what I assumed to be Edgar looking in his crystal ball. Man,

808
00:51:48.079 --> 00:51:52.119
these graphics again, you get my undying adoration, whoever you

809
00:51:52.159 --> 00:51:56.079
are that made this thing. Suddenly, an alien hand exploded

810
00:51:56.079 --> 00:51:58.079
from the crystal ball and grabbed Edgar's face as the

811
00:51:58.119 --> 00:52:01.639
speakers unleashed an approximation of a hum and scream. Now

812
00:52:01.719 --> 00:52:05.880
that I had seen before or heard would be more accurate.

813
00:52:05.920 --> 00:52:08.760
I guess Wizard of War had a speech synthesizer and

814
00:52:08.800 --> 00:52:12.239
that game was like two years old already. Next image

815
00:52:12.280 --> 00:52:15.840
was of his guests surrounding a sarcophagus, like right out

816
00:52:15.880 --> 00:52:18.840
of ancient Egypt and stuff. Then the scene changed to

817
00:52:18.920 --> 00:52:23.079
a rendition of the guests unwrapping a mummy. I don't

818
00:52:23.079 --> 00:52:26.800
know what's going on, but it's definitely rad. The screen

819
00:52:26.880 --> 00:52:30.760
goes black again and the speakers come alive. We must

820
00:52:30.840 --> 00:52:34.840
free him. Our blood is the way animated blood drops

821
00:52:34.880 --> 00:52:37.880
hit the black background as the speakers play a sample

822
00:52:37.920 --> 00:52:41.119
of a rainstorm. I'm calling it. This is the game

823
00:52:41.119 --> 00:52:43.840
of the year, maybe the entire decade, and I haven't

824
00:52:43.840 --> 00:52:47.480
even actually played it yet. A face formed pixel by

825
00:52:47.519 --> 00:52:50.079
pixel from the darkness. It was like the face of

826
00:52:50.119 --> 00:52:54.039
an angel, but metallic. Its eyes were hidden behind two

827
00:52:54.199 --> 00:52:57.559
red glass domes, and a single metallic horn jutted forth

828
00:52:57.599 --> 00:53:00.800
from the helmet that covered nearly its entire head. The

829
00:53:00.880 --> 00:53:03.039
closest I could tell you to imagine would be the

830
00:53:03.199 --> 00:53:06.519
jet Jaguar robot from Godzilla versus Megalon that played on

831
00:53:06.679 --> 00:53:10.559
WWR every Thanksgiving, but the face was more like a

832
00:53:10.639 --> 00:53:14.000
robot human wearing a fancy motorcycle helmet rather than a

833
00:53:14.039 --> 00:53:17.880
sleep robot like old Jolt and Jet. The background began

834
00:53:18.000 --> 00:53:24.800
pulsing black blue, red white, black blue, red white as

835
00:53:24.800 --> 00:53:30.440
the speakers crackled hension Cyborgothello Pharaoh, Ace blasted the cabinet.

836
00:53:30.760 --> 00:53:34.679
Then this insane theme played, and although the words sounded garbled,

837
00:53:34.920 --> 00:53:39.079
I believe it went like this, ancient hero from the sky,

838
00:53:39.679 --> 00:53:42.960
do your best, give it a try. Your destiny is here.

839
00:53:43.079 --> 00:53:46.000
Arise and bring fear to the devil from beyond space.

840
00:53:46.199 --> 00:53:54.480
Cyborgothello Pharaoh Ace? What the fudge? Then it all went

841
00:53:54.559 --> 00:53:57.480
black again. I took a bite of fruit pie, resulting

842
00:53:57.480 --> 00:54:00.199
in a perfectly square piece of goop covered apple to

843
00:54:00.239 --> 00:54:03.280
fall on the cabinet. The sugary mess caramelized as it

844
00:54:03.360 --> 00:54:06.480
hit just left of the joystick I hope this thing

845
00:54:06.519 --> 00:54:09.480
doesn't ignite before I get to play. It was at

846
00:54:09.480 --> 00:54:11.960
that point that I grabbed the joystick and readied myself

847
00:54:11.960 --> 00:54:15.039
for the game to get underway. A representation of our

848
00:54:15.119 --> 00:54:19.400
cyborg hero appeared on screen as various aliens, mostly based

849
00:54:19.440 --> 00:54:23.039
on marine life, began forming a phalanx that steadily descended

850
00:54:23.079 --> 00:54:29.119
down the screen space invaders with a twist. Very very cool, indeed,

851
00:54:29.519 --> 00:54:34.039
But then everything was flipped upside down. The aliens broke

852
00:54:34.159 --> 00:54:37.239
ranks and began marching around othello as The game then

853
00:54:37.280 --> 00:54:40.559
appeared to be a Robotron twenty eighty four clone, which

854
00:54:40.639 --> 00:54:42.320
is a good thing because that was one of the

855
00:54:42.360 --> 00:54:45.199
best games out this year. First thing I noticed is

856
00:54:45.239 --> 00:54:47.239
that the controls would take a bit to get used to.

857
00:54:47.840 --> 00:54:51.679
You see, in Robatron, the left joystick controls movement, while

858
00:54:51.719 --> 00:54:54.679
the right controls the direction you fire. Here there was

859
00:54:54.719 --> 00:54:58.639
a more standard setup joystick to move, button to fire,

860
00:54:58.840 --> 00:55:01.599
and your lasers went in in whatever direction you faced

861
00:55:02.280 --> 00:55:05.400
a few alien casualties in and it actually felt intuitive.

862
00:55:05.880 --> 00:55:09.159
So far, so good. I honestly have no idea how

863
00:55:09.199 --> 00:55:11.639
long I played on that quarter, long enough for the

864
00:55:11.719 --> 00:55:14.599
rain to stop and start again, long enough to finish

865
00:55:14.599 --> 00:55:18.280
that fruit pie, and long enough for the sun to

866
00:55:18.320 --> 00:55:21.440
begin to set. At some point I thought it was

867
00:55:21.519 --> 00:55:24.559
mega weird that Roco never came back, But a new

868
00:55:24.559 --> 00:55:28.000
wave of attackers pushed that and all other thoughts from

869
00:55:28.039 --> 00:55:31.920
my mind. Only this war mattered. I played through the night.

870
00:55:32.079 --> 00:55:34.840
I couldn't stop, not during the foggy morning or the

871
00:55:34.960 --> 00:55:39.079
endlessly rainy afternoon. Then the sun was going down again.

872
00:55:39.840 --> 00:55:42.360
In a brief flash of clear thinking, I wondered again

873
00:55:42.400 --> 00:55:44.960
about Rocko and why had no one come looking for

874
00:55:45.039 --> 00:55:48.159
me when I hadn't returned home. Then the next wave

875
00:55:48.239 --> 00:55:53.039
came Sequence seventeen six six' Five does this game have

876
00:55:53.159 --> 00:55:56.199
an end or at least some sort of kill? SCREEN

877
00:55:57.119 --> 00:55:59.079
i was closer to getting my answer THAN i Thought

878
00:56:00.000 --> 00:56:03.920
whence eighteen six sixty six was just about to. Begin

879
00:56:04.239 --> 00:56:07.440
when the screen exploded in pixel, VOMIT i THINK i

880
00:56:07.559 --> 00:56:10.679
killed the. Game that's WHEN i got that sharp pain

881
00:56:10.760 --> 00:56:13.639
in my. PALM i removed my hand from the joystick

882
00:56:13.800 --> 00:56:17.639
and it came loose with a long shuck. Sound my

883
00:56:17.800 --> 00:56:20.800
hand was, bleeding AND i looked at the joystick just

884
00:56:20.840 --> 00:56:23.079
in time to see a needle slip back inside the

885
00:56:23.119 --> 00:56:26.760
black ball atop the. CONTROLS a BALL i had just

886
00:56:26.880 --> 00:56:29.840
noticed was decorated with a candy apple red upside down.

887
00:56:29.880 --> 00:56:34.199
Pentagram those things were all over the, news parents concerned

888
00:56:34.239 --> 00:56:36.880
a board game was making their children Into satan's, servants

889
00:56:37.360 --> 00:56:41.719
crapple through and through. ANYWAY i couldn't possibly have played

890
00:56:41.719 --> 00:56:44.719
that game that. Long maybe that's why no one's name

891
00:56:44.840 --> 00:56:47.960
was on. It maybe it makes kids hallucinate or something

892
00:56:48.519 --> 00:56:51.280
that would definitely require more play testing to keep mothers

893
00:56:51.280 --> 00:56:55.239
Of america from having a collected. CONNIPTION i looked into the,

894
00:56:55.239 --> 00:56:58.840
screen but it had gone. Black that's WHEN i Saw

895
00:56:58.960 --> 00:57:02.000
rocko walking up a behind. Me it had probably only

896
00:57:02.079 --> 00:57:06.639
been like five minutes after. All rocco looked confused maybe

897
00:57:07.280 --> 00:57:10.400
or was it? Sad, ANYHOW i turned to face, him

898
00:57:10.400 --> 00:57:15.519
but he looked, strange like an image OFF tv filled with. Static, Darcy,

899
00:57:15.800 --> 00:57:19.360
DARCY i can barely see. You rocco reached forth a

900
00:57:19.400 --> 00:57:22.000
static filled hand and it went right through my, shoulder

901
00:57:22.119 --> 00:57:26.880
Causing rocco to explode in a shower of. Pixels, okay

902
00:57:26.920 --> 00:57:30.599
now this game is making me. Psycho the speakers shook

903
00:57:30.639 --> 00:57:33.280
me from my. Shock should all.

904
00:57:33.480 --> 00:57:40.519
Acquaintance be forgot and never brought to? Mind should all

905
00:57:40.679 --> 00:57:47.639
the acquaintance be, forgot and all lang sign Happy New.

906
00:57:47.719 --> 00:57:51.800
YEAR'S i guess it was then THAT i realized that

907
00:57:52.199 --> 00:57:54.440
when the song, ended a sample of church bells had,

908
00:57:54.519 --> 00:57:57.760
Started and as the sound slowly faded in the, speakers

909
00:57:57.800 --> 00:58:01.239
the sound of bells grew louder and louder behind. Me

910
00:58:02.159 --> 00:58:04.480
but there wasn't a church with bells like that in this,

911
00:58:04.639 --> 00:58:08.280
county or the next one over for that. MATTER i turned,

912
00:58:08.320 --> 00:58:11.920
around and that's when someone grabbed me and dragged me.

913
00:58:12.000 --> 00:58:16.159
Back and while you'd Think i'd collide with the, CABINET i.

914
00:58:16.239 --> 00:58:20.400
DIDN'T i, did, however find myself lying in all hallway of.

915
00:58:20.440 --> 00:58:24.039
Sorts the hall was comprised of a fleshy living, material

916
00:58:24.119 --> 00:58:28.400
with circuit, boards, tubes, wires and other electronic business connected to.

917
00:58:28.440 --> 00:58:30.840
IT i walked on AND i reached a pair of

918
00:58:30.880 --> 00:58:33.760
thick organic curtains that parted SO i could stroll, through,

919
00:58:34.400 --> 00:58:37.639
which to be, honest was ALL i could. DO i

920
00:58:37.679 --> 00:58:40.679
stepped forward and found myself on a, small rocky, planet

921
00:58:40.719 --> 00:58:43.639
maybe the size of a couple of houses smushed. Together

922
00:58:44.280 --> 00:58:47.960
the sky was a brilliant combination of multicolored, stars blinking

923
00:58:48.039 --> 00:58:51.360
Like christmas tree lights adrift in a puddle of cotton candy,

924
00:58:51.440 --> 00:58:56.199
puke all swirling primary colors punctuated by spots of inky

925
00:58:56.280 --> 00:59:00.599
black outer. Space SOMEHOW i could still, breathe AND i

926
00:59:00.639 --> 00:59:03.679
stayed on the planet AS i, walked so gravity was

927
00:59:03.719 --> 00:59:06.719
some sort of thing. HERE i walked on and came

928
00:59:06.800 --> 00:59:09.599
to a large, rock on top of which sat Cyborg

929
00:59:09.599 --> 00:59:13.039
Othello Pharaoh, ace strumming an electric guitar which he had

930
00:59:13.039 --> 00:59:16.400
plugged into himself via a port near his left. Shoulder

931
00:59:16.920 --> 00:59:19.400
the sound seemed to be amplified and spread by his.

932
00:59:19.480 --> 00:59:22.320
Helmet smoke swirled around his head as he played a

933
00:59:22.320 --> 00:59:26.840
really rad, solo all arpeggios and finger. Gymnastics AS i

934
00:59:26.920 --> 00:59:28.719
came around to the front of, HIM i noticed a

935
00:59:28.760 --> 00:59:33.400
large hand rolled cigarette dangling from his metallic lips a grody.

936
00:59:33.480 --> 00:59:37.199
Habit but, Hey Darcy reid isn't one to tell THE

937
00:59:38.119 --> 00:59:40.920
i don't know quite what he, is but he was

938
00:59:40.960 --> 00:59:45.199
older and probably, dangerous and, HEY i told you my last.

939
00:59:45.280 --> 00:59:49.000
Name what do you? Know he finished his, solo knocked

940
00:59:49.000 --> 00:59:51.280
a huge ash from his cancer, stick and looked at

941
00:59:51.360 --> 00:59:54.840
me with those red plastic bug eyes of. His hey,

942
00:59:54.960 --> 00:59:59.519
Kid i'm Cyborg Othello Pharaoh. ACE i finished his sentence

943
00:59:59.559 --> 01:00:02.480
with a TONE i hoped seemed confident and not LIKE

944
01:00:02.519 --> 01:00:05.599
i was going, insane WHICH i was now positive had

945
01:00:05.719 --> 01:00:11.840
happened in no uncertain. Terms, yep and, You I'm darcy

946
01:00:12.320 --> 01:00:16.960
read Of. Earth he chuckled lightly and flicked his cigarette, away,

947
01:00:17.000 --> 01:00:21.920
which contrary to, logic drifted. Skyward it floated farther and farther,

948
01:00:21.960 --> 01:00:25.360
away before its cherry end became a distant red. Star,

949
01:00:26.440 --> 01:00:30.960
So Darcy reid Of, earth you like video? Games, YEAH i.

950
01:00:31.079 --> 01:00:35.519
DO i particularly enjoyed, yours minus some of the kind

951
01:00:35.519 --> 01:00:42.320
of gnarly. Hallucinations. Hallucinations, yeah it seemed LIKE i came

952
01:00:42.960 --> 01:00:47.960
unstuck in. Time oh that's because you. Did where are

953
01:00:48.000 --> 01:00:53.280
you from, Again well it's nineteen eighty two. Currently he

954
01:00:53.360 --> 01:00:57.679
seemed to contemplate that for a. Minute. HMMM i Died,

955
01:00:57.800 --> 01:01:00.719
saturday the twenty sixth Of april nineteen eighty, six And

956
01:01:00.840 --> 01:01:06.400
pripy it. Died, Yeah i'm a ghost or will. Be

957
01:01:07.119 --> 01:01:10.079
time kind of means, nothing and when you are clued into,

958
01:01:10.079 --> 01:01:13.320
that everything becomes one long. Day, look let me break

959
01:01:13.360 --> 01:01:16.199
it down for. You The unicorn, unit the thing that

960
01:01:16.320 --> 01:01:19.599
makes me, change was sent To earth centuries ago in

961
01:01:19.679 --> 01:01:23.280
order to be a preventive method against The. Dagonites that's

962
01:01:23.360 --> 01:01:27.400
those fishy fellows you battled in the game, anyway twenty

963
01:01:27.440 --> 01:01:30.960
six eighty SIX, bc The dagonites showed their faces in Ancient.

964
01:01:31.000 --> 01:01:35.159
EGYPT i melded with a, pharaoh defeated the, invasion then

965
01:01:35.239 --> 01:01:38.320
went into slumber Until Edgar's Social club woke me up

966
01:01:38.320 --> 01:01:42.400
when they Noticed, afiuchus home to The dagonites And Professor,

967
01:01:42.440 --> 01:01:46.519
fliked creator of The unicorn. UNIT i managed to meld

968
01:01:46.559 --> 01:01:50.000
with the young Socialite Mildred douchamp and defeated The New

969
01:01:50.079 --> 01:01:54.119
Year's eve invasion of eighteen ninety. Nine this is all

970
01:01:54.159 --> 01:01:56.159
a bit. MUCH i just wanted to play a new

971
01:01:56.159 --> 01:02:00.199
game and eat some empty. Calories, Dude, well it gets

972
01:02:00.199 --> 01:02:04.719
more much from here. On i'm. Afraid, okay just pull

973
01:02:04.760 --> 01:02:08.440
the bandage. Off the next invasion happened in your future

974
01:02:08.679 --> 01:02:12.320
in nineteen eighty. Six dagonites decided that they needed to

975
01:02:12.360 --> 01:02:16.199
distract the world and me from their latest invasion attempt

976
01:02:16.199 --> 01:02:19.599
with some kind of, disaster and they blew up a

977
01:02:19.639 --> 01:02:22.719
reactor in The. UKRAINE i melded with a secretary from

978
01:02:22.760 --> 01:02:28.840
The stenopool AND i. Lost you, lost, YEP i. Lost

979
01:02:29.119 --> 01:02:31.760
The dagonites infiltrated The russian, government and the whole thing

980
01:02:31.880 --> 01:02:34.679
was chalked up to. Negligence and then the professor had

981
01:02:34.679 --> 01:02:37.960
a great, idea a contest of sorts to determine who

982
01:02:38.000 --> 01:02:41.639
could wield the unit successfully sent back in time through an,

983
01:02:41.679 --> 01:02:45.840
unstable virtually unusable portal to prevent what happens in nineteen eighty,

984
01:02:45.880 --> 01:02:52.039
Six Aphiucus afiucus a modern sword in the, stone and you.

985
01:02:52.119 --> 01:02:57.800
Won so what happens, next that's up to. You this

986
01:02:57.960 --> 01:03:00.480
is all a bit heavy for a twelve year old. Girl,

987
01:03:01.079 --> 01:03:06.360
ACTUALLY i believe that's. Crap you. DO i do a,

988
01:03:06.400 --> 01:03:09.199
female not a, child not yet a. Woman there's a

989
01:03:09.199 --> 01:03:13.639
lot of powerful angry energy. There, well you may be,

990
01:03:13.800 --> 01:03:16.320
Right but on the other, HAND i just want to

991
01:03:16.320 --> 01:03:20.800
eat junk food and play video. Games fair, Enough Darcy

992
01:03:20.840 --> 01:03:24.559
reid Of, earth just let me think on. IT i

993
01:03:24.599 --> 01:03:30.280
need my happy, Place i'd wager couldn't. HURT i closed

994
01:03:30.280 --> 01:03:34.119
my eyes. Tight WHEN i opened, THEM i was in my,

995
01:03:34.199 --> 01:03:37.519
bedroom lying in bed with a well Read Star wars

996
01:03:37.519 --> 01:03:40.440
comic on my. CHEST i rolled over and Discovered i'd

997
01:03:40.440 --> 01:03:44.199
spilled an entire package Of reese's pieces on my. BED i,

998
01:03:44.280 --> 01:03:46.440
shrugged popped a few of the candies in my mouth

999
01:03:46.800 --> 01:03:49.800
and went to turn on my. Atari it was then

1000
01:03:49.880 --> 01:03:52.119
THAT i saw my hand was encased in a kind

1001
01:03:52.159 --> 01:03:57.719
of shiny black leather. Material oh. Right the walls of

1002
01:03:57.760 --> 01:04:01.000
my room, collapsed AND i remembered WHERE i was writ

1003
01:04:01.079 --> 01:04:05.199
lie The dagonite. Homeworld i'd gone to my happy place

1004
01:04:05.239 --> 01:04:08.119
again to help ground myself for the upcoming. Fight it

1005
01:04:08.159 --> 01:04:10.639
always seemed to help keep my mind clear in. BATTLE

1006
01:04:11.400 --> 01:04:14.079
i touched a nearby invisible button on my, helmet and

1007
01:04:14.119 --> 01:04:17.480
my words blasted, forth amplified and made to sound like

1008
01:04:17.519 --> 01:04:20.840
the voice of an angry. GOD i have arisen to

1009
01:04:20.840 --> 01:04:24.639
bring fear to the devil from beyond. Space The dagonites

1010
01:04:24.679 --> 01:04:27.400
before me trembled a bit at, that but drew their

1011
01:04:27.440 --> 01:04:31.880
weapons all the. SAME i am Cyborg Othello Pharaoh. Ace

1012
01:04:42.039 --> 01:04:48.159
ghost story by a N. OMINUS i remember it as

1013
01:04:48.199 --> 01:04:51.719
if it were. YESTERDAY i was. YOUNG i was young

1014
01:04:51.800 --> 01:04:54.760
enough to taste the, adventure but old enough to know.

1015
01:04:54.840 --> 01:04:59.719
Better i'm still not sure how this was real to

1016
01:04:59.800 --> 01:05:02.440
my which happened and was seen to be the fanciful

1017
01:05:02.480 --> 01:05:07.199
imagination of being. Young one thing is for, CERTAIN i

1018
01:05:07.239 --> 01:05:10.960
have not forgotten what happened that, night AND i am

1019
01:05:11.039 --> 01:05:16.880
CERTAIN i never. Will it was, fall the leaves were

1020
01:05:17.000 --> 01:05:20.239
just starting to, turn the days were still, warm and

1021
01:05:20.280 --> 01:05:23.480
the nights were getting. Cooler The County fair had been

1022
01:05:23.519 --> 01:05:26.039
in full swing and was the last night it was.

1023
01:05:26.079 --> 01:05:29.719
OPEN i was there because a friend had talked me into,

1024
01:05:29.760 --> 01:05:33.639
going AND i wanted to sample some kettle corn and caramel. Apples.

1025
01:05:33.679 --> 01:05:37.079
THERE i was waiting in line for the popcorn when

1026
01:05:37.119 --> 01:05:40.239
we saw. Him he was a boy about my age

1027
01:05:40.239 --> 01:05:43.679
and my. Size he looked like any other boy, there

1028
01:05:43.880 --> 01:05:48.280
except his clothes were. Funny he looked like he was

1029
01:05:48.360 --> 01:05:52.639
dressed up in old time movie. Clothes he was looking at.

1030
01:05:52.760 --> 01:05:56.280
Us my friend nudged me and nodded in his. Direction

1031
01:05:57.079 --> 01:06:00.679
we exchanged looks and began to walk toward. Him as

1032
01:06:00.679 --> 01:06:03.679
we began to, walk to my, surprise so did he

1033
01:06:04.760 --> 01:06:09.400
directly for, us without looking. Away when we were within speaking,

1034
01:06:09.440 --> 01:06:13.840
DISTANCE i nodded and said. Hey he nodded back and said.

1035
01:06:13.920 --> 01:06:17.440
Hello my name Is. Jonathan i'm from, here but have

1036
01:06:17.519 --> 01:06:20.760
been elsewhere for a. WHILE i don't know anyone here.

1037
01:06:20.840 --> 01:06:23.719
NOW i told him he could go with us if

1038
01:06:23.719 --> 01:06:27.840
he wanted. To he. Nodded we spent the next couple

1039
01:06:27.840 --> 01:06:30.639
of hours riding the roller, coaster the ferris, wheel and the,

1040
01:06:30.679 --> 01:06:33.960
tiltawhirl after WHICH i THOUGHT i might, hurl BUT i

1041
01:06:34.079 --> 01:06:37.320
managed to keep things. Together we had found a bench to.

1042
01:06:37.360 --> 01:06:40.599
Sit jonathan and my friend were working on some red

1043
01:06:40.679 --> 01:06:45.480
vines when he asked if we liked scary. Things we

1044
01:06:45.599 --> 01:06:48.840
looked at each other and said of, course as if

1045
01:06:48.840 --> 01:06:52.119
we would reply any other. Way he asked if we

1046
01:06:52.199 --> 01:06:56.960
knew where the house was down On Oak. Street he

1047
01:06:57.079 --> 01:07:00.199
said he knew the house that was spooky down. THERE

1048
01:07:01.280 --> 01:07:05.440
i was, hesitant but after some encouragement From, jack we

1049
01:07:05.440 --> 01:07:08.920
were soon headed out the gates from the fair into the.

1050
01:07:09.039 --> 01:07:12.480
Night as we made our way down through some neighborhood,

1051
01:07:12.559 --> 01:07:15.960
streets it really began to cool off and there was

1052
01:07:16.039 --> 01:07:19.519
definitely a chill in the. AIR a breeze was picking,

1053
01:07:19.599 --> 01:07:22.199
up and a few leaves were blowing in between our

1054
01:07:22.239 --> 01:07:25.920
feet as we. Walked we were beginning to get far

1055
01:07:26.119 --> 01:07:28.679
enough away from the fair now THAT i began to

1056
01:07:28.719 --> 01:07:33.440
become uncomfortable with the, distance even THOUGH i knew where we.

1057
01:07:33.440 --> 01:07:37.800
Were it was just then when he said we're. Here

1058
01:07:38.880 --> 01:07:41.239
this had startled me AS i realized we had all

1059
01:07:41.320 --> 01:07:45.360
been walking in. SILENCE a glance From jack told me

1060
01:07:45.920 --> 01:07:48.719
he was no more at ease THAN i. WAS i

1061
01:07:48.760 --> 01:07:52.880
had this strange feeling of, foreboding and in, RETROSPECT i

1062
01:07:53.000 --> 01:07:56.800
know now that my survival instinct was trying to warn

1063
01:07:56.880 --> 01:08:01.239
me AS i looked at. Him looking up at, it

1064
01:08:02.079 --> 01:08:05.039
the house was. HUGE i can't BELIEVE i had never

1065
01:08:05.159 --> 01:08:09.119
noticed it. Before it was a, sprawling three story mansion

1066
01:08:09.239 --> 01:08:13.039
with what appeared to have been a large yard all around.

1067
01:08:13.079 --> 01:08:16.720
It it seemed to be well, kept but everything about

1068
01:08:16.720 --> 01:08:19.640
it repelled. ME i looked At jack and the other.

1069
01:08:19.720 --> 01:08:24.960
Boy jack was looking around. Nervously the, boy though he

1070
01:08:25.039 --> 01:08:28.600
had a radiant smile on his, FACE i noted he

1071
01:08:28.680 --> 01:08:32.239
was actually breathing. HARD i asked him if he was all.

1072
01:08:32.359 --> 01:08:36.279
Right he snapped his head towards me, instantly while taking

1073
01:08:36.279 --> 01:08:41.199
a step toward. Me, yes he, said then slowly retreated

1074
01:08:41.239 --> 01:08:45.560
one step back. Again what do you, think he. Asked

1075
01:08:46.319 --> 01:08:50.079
jack was barely audible when he, ANSWERED i don't think

1076
01:08:50.119 --> 01:08:52.840
we should go. In if that's what you, mean of

1077
01:08:52.960 --> 01:08:55.920
course we should go. IN i know who lives. Here

1078
01:08:56.600 --> 01:09:00.520
they aren't there, yet he. SAID i agreed With jack

1079
01:09:00.600 --> 01:09:04.119
and voiced my concern with getting into. Trouble there will

1080
01:09:04.159 --> 01:09:07.680
be no Trouble let's just, go the boy, said and

1081
01:09:07.760 --> 01:09:10.640
with that he began to walk up the walkway to

1082
01:09:10.680 --> 01:09:13.880
the front. DOOR i thought the walk to that front

1083
01:09:13.880 --> 01:09:16.520
door was the longest twenty five feet of my. Life

1084
01:09:17.039 --> 01:09:21.199
every step forward seemed to get, colder the darkness enveloped,

1085
01:09:21.279 --> 01:09:25.079
us and the air seemed to become. Still the REPULSION

1086
01:09:25.159 --> 01:09:29.479
i felt going forward was immense and. PROGRESSIVE i didn't

1087
01:09:29.479 --> 01:09:32.279
know WHY i felt like. THIS i didn't want to seem,

1088
01:09:32.359 --> 01:09:36.479
scared BUT i, was AND i didn't know, why which

1089
01:09:36.520 --> 01:09:39.800
made me. Confused on top of the, ANXIETY i seemed

1090
01:09:39.840 --> 01:09:43.560
to be becoming overwhelmed. WITH i was following the new

1091
01:09:43.600 --> 01:09:46.479
friend of ours And. Jack the boy seemed to be

1092
01:09:46.560 --> 01:09:49.920
bursting with enthusiasm and excitement As jack AND i trudged.

1093
01:09:49.960 --> 01:09:54.119
Along as we approached the steps, UP i took hold

1094
01:09:54.119 --> 01:09:57.399
of the rail and realized my palms were sweating. PROFUSELY

1095
01:09:58.119 --> 01:10:01.720
i became aware of my own labor. BREATHING i looked To,

1096
01:10:01.800 --> 01:10:06.079
jack who mouthed no at. Me as we were almost

1097
01:10:06.079 --> 01:10:08.880
to the top step on the. Porch my mouth was

1098
01:10:09.000 --> 01:10:11.439
dry AS i thought of a hundred reasons not to

1099
01:10:11.479 --> 01:10:15.199
open the large front, door but couldn't utter a single.

1100
01:10:15.239 --> 01:10:17.920
Word the boy stood in front of the door and

1101
01:10:17.960 --> 01:10:21.159
turned to look at. Me he simultaneously reached for the

1102
01:10:21.239 --> 01:10:25.479
knob and turned. IT i yelled no as he, did

1103
01:10:25.560 --> 01:10:28.520
but to no avail as we heard the click and

1104
01:10:28.600 --> 01:10:36.159
the door began to swing. Open the door creaked and

1105
01:10:36.239 --> 01:10:40.279
groaned in a way that sounded guttural as he swung

1106
01:10:40.319 --> 01:10:44.000
it open. WIDE i could see inside into the middle

1107
01:10:44.000 --> 01:10:48.560
of the, room but the darkness swallowed the perimeter. Beyond come,

1108
01:10:48.600 --> 01:10:52.119
in was all he said as he boldly stepped in

1109
01:10:52.279 --> 01:10:56.760
without looking, back without a, Word jack AND i followed him.

1110
01:10:56.760 --> 01:11:02.640
In the smell was overwhelming as we sped. Inside it smelled, musty,

1111
01:11:02.920 --> 01:11:06.479
earthy and almost, rotten like a trunk that had been

1112
01:11:06.479 --> 01:11:10.680
closed for. YEARS i thought the windows looked broken out in,

1113
01:11:10.800 --> 01:11:14.119
places but there was no air moving through the. House.

1114
01:11:14.199 --> 01:11:18.640
NOW i don't remember the door, shutting BUT i felt

1115
01:11:18.640 --> 01:11:22.399
the uncontrollable urge to, run AND i backed right into

1116
01:11:22.439 --> 01:11:26.159
the shut. Door, jack in a, panic grabbed the handle

1117
01:11:26.439 --> 01:11:31.000
and wrenched on, it but it didn't. Budge he pulled

1118
01:11:31.000 --> 01:11:33.760
with increased, fervor AND i began to hit the door

1119
01:11:33.800 --> 01:11:36.920
with my closed fist and my hands began to. TINGLE

1120
01:11:37.520 --> 01:11:40.560
i swung around to see the boy standing looking at us.

1121
01:11:41.279 --> 01:11:46.520
EXPRESSIONLESS a smile began to creep into the corners of his.

1122
01:11:46.640 --> 01:11:51.239
Mouth this twistedly sick look he began to have made

1123
01:11:51.239 --> 01:11:54.760
the terror well up even. More AS i began to

1124
01:11:54.800 --> 01:11:58.840
scream at. Him he suddenly turned and ran into the,

1125
01:11:58.920 --> 01:12:04.319
darkness laughing. MANIACALLY i followed a few steps after, him,

1126
01:12:04.399 --> 01:12:08.600
instinctively UNTIL i realized that, giggling he ran down the.

1127
01:12:08.640 --> 01:12:12.880
Stairs down the stairs seemed to be even blacker than

1128
01:12:12.960 --> 01:12:17.720
the darkness that already left navigating nearly. IMPOSSIBLE i turned

1129
01:12:17.720 --> 01:12:22.000
to look At, jack who was. GONE i cried out

1130
01:12:22.039 --> 01:12:25.199
in fear and frustration at our. Stupidity why would you

1131
01:12:25.279 --> 01:12:29.279
ever go somewhere with someone you don't? Know yet HERE i.

1132
01:12:29.319 --> 01:12:33.239
Am jack stepped forward into my field of vision and

1133
01:12:33.279 --> 01:12:37.399
grabbed my. Arm he began to Sob what's going? On

1134
01:12:38.159 --> 01:12:41.720
where did he? Go why is this place so? Scary

1135
01:12:41.800 --> 01:12:44.840
what's going? ON i pulled him in and put my

1136
01:12:45.000 --> 01:12:48.600
arm around his. Shoulder look at, Me we are going

1137
01:12:48.640 --> 01:12:51.520
to get out of, HERE i, said in as calm

1138
01:12:51.560 --> 01:12:54.600
of a voice AS i could. MUSTER i looked to

1139
01:12:54.680 --> 01:12:57.560
the side to a window and ran to. IT i

1140
01:12:57.680 --> 01:13:01.720
ripped the floor length velvet curtains over and gasped to

1141
01:13:01.800 --> 01:13:04.920
see a. WINDOW i looked next to me to see

1142
01:13:04.920 --> 01:13:07.920
a small table and picked it up and banged it

1143
01:13:07.960 --> 01:13:11.159
on the. GLASS i wasn't sure what was going on,

1144
01:13:11.239 --> 01:13:13.800
yet BUT i wasn't fully committed to breaking out a

1145
01:13:13.840 --> 01:13:17.600
window Because i'm scared this could be a prank done

1146
01:13:17.680 --> 01:13:22.680
on poor. Taste fear overwhelmed my rational thoughts AND i swung.

1147
01:13:22.720 --> 01:13:25.960
It it didn't, budge AND i felt as THOUGH i

1148
01:13:25.960 --> 01:13:29.760
were hitting. STONE i was even more scared at this abnormal.

1149
01:13:29.800 --> 01:13:33.760
RESPONSE i backed up one step and swung as hard

1150
01:13:33.800 --> 01:13:36.760
AS i could to have the table splinter, apart with

1151
01:13:36.880 --> 01:13:40.960
pieces smashing against the, walls, floor and into my. HEAD

1152
01:13:41.720 --> 01:13:44.039
i felt the point of impact to reveal on my

1153
01:13:44.159 --> 01:13:48.960
head a spot of. Blood on my, hand the window appeared.

1154
01:13:49.039 --> 01:13:52.800
Unblemished AS i frantically turned to See jack crumple into

1155
01:13:52.800 --> 01:13:55.560
a pile on the, floor, CRYING i want to go.

1156
01:13:55.680 --> 01:13:58.760
HOME i grabbed his collar and pulled him to his.

1157
01:13:58.840 --> 01:14:01.600
FEET i went into the first open DOOR i saw

1158
01:14:01.640 --> 01:14:04.960
aside from the. Staircase that boy must be in on.

1159
01:14:05.039 --> 01:14:07.239
THIS i don't know why you would bring us, here

1160
01:14:07.279 --> 01:14:10.399
but you can be sure it's not. GOOD i whispered

1161
01:14:10.439 --> 01:14:13.359
AS i Pulled jack, along who was now regaining his.

1162
01:14:13.479 --> 01:14:18.079
Composure the doorway opened into a large. Room it appeared

1163
01:14:18.079 --> 01:14:21.479
to be a, library as books lined the walls to

1164
01:14:21.560 --> 01:14:24.439
high windows which must have been three stories. Tall as

1165
01:14:24.479 --> 01:14:28.840
there were balconies with ladders circumnavigating the. ROOM i pulled

1166
01:14:28.920 --> 01:14:31.000
us to one, side as it seemed to offer a

1167
01:14:31.199 --> 01:14:35.640
mirage of protection versus being in the room. CENTER i

1168
01:14:35.720 --> 01:14:37.960
put a hand against the shelf and looked at the.

1169
01:14:38.000 --> 01:14:41.720
Books most of the titles were in LANGUAGES i didn't even,

1170
01:14:41.800 --> 01:14:46.720
recognize some with what appeared to be. Symbols only breathing

1171
01:14:46.840 --> 01:14:49.479
hard and looking around for the next, MOVE i noticed

1172
01:14:49.720 --> 01:14:54.000
there were mounted heads of animals surrounding the. Room they

1173
01:14:54.000 --> 01:14:58.079
were high above the books on the. Walls, deer, bear.

1174
01:14:58.640 --> 01:15:02.560
Cougar they did not have content looks on their, faces

1175
01:15:02.680 --> 01:15:06.079
rather anger or. FEAR i looked to the next and

1176
01:15:06.079 --> 01:15:10.600
found the animal to be beyond. DESCRIPTION i stared at

1177
01:15:10.600 --> 01:15:14.119
its cavorted face and studied it for a. Moment it

1178
01:15:14.199 --> 01:15:18.439
was unknown to. ME i glanced ahead and found another unrecognizable.

1179
01:15:18.479 --> 01:15:23.479
Head upon closer, LOOK i gasped and nearly threw. Up

1180
01:15:23.680 --> 01:15:26.560
it was the head of what looked to be a,

1181
01:15:26.640 --> 01:15:31.279
person but it had hair all over its. Face its

1182
01:15:31.319 --> 01:15:36.159
simian likeness was, unmistakable yet it seemed more. Human jack

1183
01:15:36.359 --> 01:15:39.079
was gasping at, me looking wildly in the DIRECTION i

1184
01:15:39.079 --> 01:15:43.119
had been, staring yelling what is? It he pulled at

1185
01:15:43.159 --> 01:15:46.279
me to follow, him AND i stumbled. Along we came

1186
01:15:46.359 --> 01:15:49.279
to a hallway with opposing. Doors at the far end

1187
01:15:49.399 --> 01:15:52.920
was a door with windows on either. Side long velvet

1188
01:15:52.960 --> 01:15:56.560
curtains hung parted in the, middle showing the moonlight peeking.

1189
01:15:56.640 --> 01:16:00.560
Through we took pensive steps towards the first AND i

1190
01:16:00.600 --> 01:16:03.960
reached out to turn the. KNOB i cautiously edged the

1191
01:16:03.960 --> 01:16:07.439
door open and peeked. Inside it was too dark to

1192
01:16:07.479 --> 01:16:12.560
make anything out, visually BUT i heard. Sounds it sounded

1193
01:16:12.600 --> 01:16:16.479
like something some kind of, animal was stepping, in something

1194
01:16:16.560 --> 01:16:20.720
wet and sludgel. Like grunting and labored breaths intermixed with

1195
01:16:20.840 --> 01:16:25.000
ripping sounds came from somewhere within the. ROOM a barely

1196
01:16:25.039 --> 01:16:30.039
audible whimper was immediately stopped by a low. Growl it

1197
01:16:30.159 --> 01:16:32.680
was Then jack stepped, back and a squeak of the

1198
01:16:32.720 --> 01:16:36.319
floorboard suddenly alerted whatever was in. There there was a

1199
01:16:36.399 --> 01:16:39.199
rustling of something moving toward, us AND i knew beyond

1200
01:16:39.239 --> 01:16:41.199
any doubt THAT i did not want to know what

1201
01:16:41.359 --> 01:16:44.880
was making that. NOISE i was able to get us

1202
01:16:44.880 --> 01:16:47.560
out and slam the door before the thing could get.

1203
01:16:47.600 --> 01:16:51.640
There jack was whispering how badly he wanted to, leave

1204
01:16:52.039 --> 01:16:55.720
and clutching my arm in a near frantic. MANNER i

1205
01:16:55.840 --> 01:16:58.359
was unsure if we should look in any more rooms

1206
01:16:59.039 --> 01:17:01.199
or go try to escape from one of the windows

1207
01:17:01.239 --> 01:17:03.920
at the end of the. Hall AS i was gathering my,

1208
01:17:04.000 --> 01:17:07.760
WITS i heard another. MOAN i thought it might have

1209
01:17:07.800 --> 01:17:11.439
been my, imagination But jack's face registered that he had

1210
01:17:11.479 --> 01:17:15.720
heard it as. Well was that the other? Boy he

1211
01:17:15.760 --> 01:17:20.119
asked in a. WHISPER i don't, KNOW i, replied as

1212
01:17:20.159 --> 01:17:23.600
my voice. BROKE i had, never and have not, since

1213
01:17:23.800 --> 01:17:27.520
known fear such as. This sweat dripped off my, nose

1214
01:17:27.600 --> 01:17:30.680
running down my neck and. BACK i was shaking and

1215
01:17:30.720 --> 01:17:34.239
could barely. SPEAK i had thrown up again after shutting that.

1216
01:17:34.319 --> 01:17:38.760
Door it just hadn't registered until. NOW i wiped at my,

1217
01:17:38.880 --> 01:17:41.359
face and it was APPARENT i had not been aware

1218
01:17:41.479 --> 01:17:43.960
enough to make any attempt to project it away from my.

1219
01:17:44.039 --> 01:17:48.039
BODY i had a sudden recall THAT i had my

1220
01:17:48.119 --> 01:17:51.640
cell phone funny HOW i had argued HOW i wanted

1221
01:17:51.640 --> 01:17:54.760
and needed one with my parents and used the safety.

1222
01:17:54.880 --> 01:17:58.720
Reason how IRONIC i thought AS i frantically dug it

1223
01:17:58.760 --> 01:18:03.880
from my. Pocket no, service AS i, thought my spirit

1224
01:18:03.960 --> 01:18:07.399
couldn't drop. Farther the date under the time seemed to

1225
01:18:07.399 --> 01:18:11.920
be spinning like a. DIAL i had no idea what had,

1226
01:18:11.920 --> 01:18:15.520
happened but the realization it was broken almost made me.

1227
01:18:15.640 --> 01:18:19.319
Cry if we made it out of, there my parents

1228
01:18:19.319 --> 01:18:22.880
would kill me for breaking. IT i was truly terrified

1229
01:18:22.920 --> 01:18:25.880
as the tears began to run down my. CHEEKS i

1230
01:18:25.960 --> 01:18:29.159
was breathing fast and. Hard my head was spinning LIKE

1231
01:18:29.199 --> 01:18:32.840
i may pass. Out jack's sudden grip on my arm

1232
01:18:32.920 --> 01:18:36.439
again brought my attention back to. Reality we must have

1233
01:18:36.520 --> 01:18:38.920
been moving the last few. Moments as we were standing

1234
01:18:38.960 --> 01:18:43.560
in front of the next, door which unfortunately was, open

1235
01:18:45.000 --> 01:18:47.640
there was a shaft of moonlight coming from the window

1236
01:18:47.720 --> 01:18:50.079
across the, room and it fell on two of the,

1237
01:18:50.159 --> 01:18:55.119
dirtiest foulest DOGS i had ever. Seen my mouth fell

1238
01:18:55.159 --> 01:18:59.560
open in utter shock at the putrescence of. Them they

1239
01:18:59.600 --> 01:19:02.720
seemed to have what looked like some rotting skin in.

1240
01:19:02.800 --> 01:19:07.079
Places one looked like it was partially disemboweled and something

1241
01:19:08.399 --> 01:19:12.039
drug on the floor a short distance behind. It the

1242
01:19:12.039 --> 01:19:15.000
first one lowered his head with a, growl and saliva

1243
01:19:15.760 --> 01:19:19.319
or something like it dripped from the large. Fangs it

1244
01:19:19.439 --> 01:19:23.760
momentarily glistened in the little light. Present the smell coming

1245
01:19:23.800 --> 01:19:29.000
from them was. Nauseating sickly, sweet rotting stench with sulfuresque

1246
01:19:29.079 --> 01:19:33.239
tones burned my nose AS i immediately recoiled from sight and.

1247
01:19:33.520 --> 01:19:37.039
Smell the closer, animal if you could call it, that

1248
01:19:37.479 --> 01:19:40.760
began to, growl although the sound seemed to emanate from

1249
01:19:40.760 --> 01:19:44.000
the hole in its. SIDE i Pushed jack ahead of

1250
01:19:44.039 --> 01:19:46.680
me as panic again rose in me like a, wave

1251
01:19:46.840 --> 01:19:50.920
commanding me to. Run in spite of the pathetic creature's aberrant,

1252
01:19:50.920 --> 01:19:55.479
appearance they could move, quickly their claws dug to gain

1253
01:19:55.560 --> 01:19:58.840
purchase on the old, floor shredding with each foot. Strike

1254
01:19:59.720 --> 01:20:04.279
there were snarling jaws, snapping making saliva fling and spray

1255
01:20:04.359 --> 01:20:08.399
in the. Moonlight our complete terror must have been adrenaline fueled,

1256
01:20:08.479 --> 01:20:10.640
enough as they were nearly to the end of the

1257
01:20:10.640 --> 01:20:14.479
hall BEFORE i realized. It there was a perpendicular hall

1258
01:20:14.560 --> 01:20:17.000
at the end by the, windows and As jack was

1259
01:20:17.039 --> 01:20:19.840
slowing to make a, TURN i heard the hounds had

1260
01:20:19.880 --> 01:20:24.760
stopped or. SLOWED i turned to look and they had

1261
01:20:24.800 --> 01:20:28.520
stopped twenty feet back and were crouching down with tails

1262
01:20:28.600 --> 01:20:32.840
tucked between their, legs, whining and were turning back as

1263
01:20:32.880 --> 01:20:37.439
though they were afraid of. SOMETHING i called To jack

1264
01:20:37.520 --> 01:20:40.720
as quietly as possible to get his attention without drawing

1265
01:20:40.800 --> 01:20:44.560
further alert to our. Presence we were stopped by the,

1266
01:20:44.560 --> 01:20:49.119
windows AND i looked. Out my parents were walking down the.

1267
01:20:49.159 --> 01:20:52.640
Street my heart soared AS i hit the, window screaming

1268
01:20:52.680 --> 01:20:57.399
their names, completely throwing caution to the. Wind they couldn't,

1269
01:20:57.439 --> 01:21:00.479
hear and kept, going as there was no way for

1270
01:21:00.560 --> 01:21:04.119
them to KNOW i was. HERE i was supposed to

1271
01:21:04.119 --> 01:21:07.359
be at the. Fair how SORRY i was THAT i

1272
01:21:07.399 --> 01:21:10.119
hadn't done AS i had. SAID i was going to

1273
01:21:10.279 --> 01:21:13.800
die in this. HOUSE i didn't know what this place,

1274
01:21:14.039 --> 01:21:16.279
was but it was so much worse than ANYTHING i

1275
01:21:16.279 --> 01:21:18.720
had conjured up as a haunted house in my. HEAD

1276
01:21:19.000 --> 01:21:21.960
i would have given anything to be with my parents right, now,

1277
01:21:22.600 --> 01:21:26.680
safe not here in this terrible, place whatever this. WAS

1278
01:21:27.680 --> 01:21:29.760
i looked down the hall and at the far end

1279
01:21:29.880 --> 01:21:33.520
was what looked like an old servants, staircase narrow and,

1280
01:21:33.600 --> 01:21:37.279
steep going down wanting to go anywhere but. DOWN i

1281
01:21:37.359 --> 01:21:39.520
looked the other way and saw a door at the

1282
01:21:39.600 --> 01:21:43.479
far end and doors on opposing sides down the. Hall

1283
01:21:44.520 --> 01:21:47.960
more doors made fear well up inside me. Again the

1284
01:21:48.039 --> 01:21:51.279
hair began to stand up on my. Neck there was

1285
01:21:51.359 --> 01:21:55.760
a faint crying sound that was slowly growing. Louder was

1286
01:21:55.760 --> 01:22:01.000
it a, child a? Woman was it the? BOY i couldn't,

1287
01:22:01.039 --> 01:22:04.319
Tell but as it grew louder and, louder it became more.

1288
01:22:05.239 --> 01:22:08.720
Distorted it was a mixture of crying that was morphing

1289
01:22:08.760 --> 01:22:13.279
from a cry to, laughter with choking. INTERMIXED i had

1290
01:22:13.319 --> 01:22:15.520
never heard a sound like that, before and IF i

1291
01:22:15.560 --> 01:22:19.239
never do, again it would be a. Blessing my fear

1292
01:22:19.319 --> 01:22:22.960
was already overcoming, me and this wretched cacophony was more

1293
01:22:22.960 --> 01:22:26.000
THAN i could. TAKE i began to Pull jack to follow,

1294
01:22:26.039 --> 01:22:28.800
me and we began to. Run we sprinted into the

1295
01:22:28.800 --> 01:22:32.600
hallway blindly in. TERROR i frantically grabbed at door knobs

1296
01:22:32.600 --> 01:22:35.039
to open, one any one of, them in hopes to

1297
01:22:35.039 --> 01:22:38.720
get refuge from this. Horror the light was so LOW

1298
01:22:38.760 --> 01:22:41.600
i could barely make out the shapes of the. Doors

1299
01:22:42.079 --> 01:22:45.199
the illumination was, minimal and the color of the walls

1300
01:22:45.199 --> 01:22:50.000
and doors appeared to be various shades of. BLACK i

1301
01:22:50.079 --> 01:22:52.920
scraped and patted around WHAT i thought was a, door

1302
01:22:53.399 --> 01:22:56.720
and scrambled along AS i jabbed and. Reached AS i,

1303
01:22:56.760 --> 01:22:59.439
SEARCHED i felt my finger tip catch on something sharp

1304
01:22:59.680 --> 01:23:02.920
and my my skin hooked on to whatever nail or splinter.

1305
01:23:03.039 --> 01:23:08.119
PROTRUDED i felt the warm fluid spread and drip AS

1306
01:23:08.159 --> 01:23:11.039
i felt the casing for the, KNOB i felt my

1307
01:23:11.159 --> 01:23:15.880
fingernail pull off. Entirely in my nearly crazed search for

1308
01:23:15.960 --> 01:23:19.600
a way, out the dark hall seemed to lighten. Slightly

1309
01:23:20.239 --> 01:23:24.359
the sound was still, screeching, crying, laughter constantly escalating to

1310
01:23:24.399 --> 01:23:27.840
the POINT i thought my ears might. BURST i Felt

1311
01:23:27.960 --> 01:23:30.159
jack hitting at me and looked where he was. Staring

1312
01:23:31.159 --> 01:23:33.920
coming down the hall was SOMETHING i think no mortal

1313
01:23:33.960 --> 01:23:38.000
man was meant to. See it was distorted and, terrible

1314
01:23:38.600 --> 01:23:44.000
flowing with a jerking. Quality, SIMULTANEOUSLY i was suddenly captivated

1315
01:23:44.039 --> 01:23:49.439
at the indescribable Sight approaching it was, sinister, abhorrent and.

1316
01:23:49.560 --> 01:23:54.239
MESMERIZING i knew if it reached, us all was. Lost

1317
01:23:55.119 --> 01:23:57.720
my hand found the knob that was freezing. COLD i

1318
01:23:57.760 --> 01:24:00.159
turned it as we fell, back with the door or

1319
01:24:00.279 --> 01:24:03.800
OPENING i turned quickly to survey and found we were

1320
01:24:03.840 --> 01:24:08.720
trapped in a. Closet in a completely reactionary, MEASURE i

1321
01:24:08.760 --> 01:24:12.520
slammed the door just as the specter reached. Us it

1322
01:24:12.640 --> 01:24:16.600
roared with an intensity that seemed. Impossible it slammed into

1323
01:24:16.600 --> 01:24:20.079
the door with such violence that shards of, wood dust

1324
01:24:20.119 --> 01:24:23.399
and material blew out of the, wall spraying down on.

1325
01:24:23.479 --> 01:24:28.479
Us for an unknown but seemingly endless, time the torrent

1326
01:24:28.560 --> 01:24:31.840
of anger and pure rage continued to pound upon the,

1327
01:24:31.880 --> 01:24:34.640
door AND i do not know how it did not breach.

1328
01:24:34.680 --> 01:24:39.840
It at some point it, stopped if, possible the sudden

1329
01:24:39.880 --> 01:24:44.920
silence was even more. Deafening jack continued to lay on

1330
01:24:44.960 --> 01:24:47.520
the floor next to me AS i lay curled in

1331
01:24:47.560 --> 01:24:51.800
the fetal. Position after an indeterminate amount of, TIME i

1332
01:24:51.880 --> 01:24:54.439
began to notice a light coming from under the. DOOR

1333
01:24:55.239 --> 01:24:59.600
i thought it looked like. SUNLIGHT i moved over and

1334
01:24:59.680 --> 01:25:03.960
tried to peer. UNDER i could see what looked like

1335
01:25:04.119 --> 01:25:09.199
daylight on the old red. CARPET i looked and, listened

1336
01:25:09.439 --> 01:25:14.039
and could perceive nothing outside the. DOOR i reached up

1337
01:25:14.600 --> 01:25:17.479
and turned the knob with a creak that was the

1338
01:25:17.520 --> 01:25:21.760
defining noise of every haunted house. Ever the door, opened

1339
01:25:22.640 --> 01:25:25.560
the hallway was lit with the earliest rays of the

1340
01:25:25.560 --> 01:25:29.680
beautiful morning. Sun it was such a welcome sight to

1341
01:25:29.760 --> 01:25:34.560
the soul sucking pitch black of the previous. Night AS

1342
01:25:34.560 --> 01:25:37.760
i took in the, sunshine movement in the hall caught

1343
01:25:37.760 --> 01:25:41.840
my attention AND i recoiled. Back the sunlight was just

1344
01:25:41.920 --> 01:25:45.199
peeking over the horizon through the, windows leaving shadows in

1345
01:25:45.239 --> 01:25:48.840
between each. One the far end of the hallway was

1346
01:25:48.880 --> 01:25:52.840
bathed in. Darkness to the door and, beyond the terrible

1347
01:25:52.840 --> 01:25:56.560
apparition was. Hovering just at this boundary of light and.

1348
01:25:56.680 --> 01:25:59.600
Dark it was almost too much for my, mind AND

1349
01:25:59.640 --> 01:26:03.159
i THOUGHT i might pass. Out it screamed and raged

1350
01:26:03.199 --> 01:26:07.640
against this, boundary seething and pacing back and. Forth it

1351
01:26:07.760 --> 01:26:11.199
seemed to strain with all its, will until the last

1352
01:26:11.199 --> 01:26:15.760
bit of darkness was abolished with the wonderful. Sunlight there

1353
01:26:15.840 --> 01:26:18.920
was an implosion of sound with some sort of vapor or,

1354
01:26:19.000 --> 01:26:22.079
smoke and when it dissipated there was a single sheet

1355
01:26:22.680 --> 01:26:26.840
with two eye holes cut, out perched at the end

1356
01:26:26.880 --> 01:26:30.720
of the hall where it had. Been it seemed almost,

1357
01:26:30.760 --> 01:26:34.039
comical a cruel and mocking reminder that it was not,

1358
01:26:34.199 --> 01:26:38.760
gone not. Truly we eventually came to the realization that

1359
01:26:38.800 --> 01:26:41.640
we were able to escape the house only after we

1360
01:26:41.760 --> 01:26:46.520
passed by the classic. GHOST i felt taunted and bullied by.

1361
01:26:46.560 --> 01:26:49.039
IT i wanted to knock it, over but was so

1362
01:26:49.159 --> 01:26:51.840
repelled by IT i couldn't bring myself to touch. IT

1363
01:26:52.880 --> 01:26:56.439
i didn't and don't know what was under the. Sheet

1364
01:26:57.279 --> 01:26:59.800
we made our way through the. House there was no.

1365
01:26:59.840 --> 01:27:04.560
Resistance windows were broken, out exterior doors left open absent

1366
01:27:04.600 --> 01:27:07.640
in some. Places as we exited the, house we saw

1367
01:27:07.680 --> 01:27:11.319
a passing police car and waved it. Down the officer

1368
01:27:11.439 --> 01:27:13.960
listened to both of, us trying to relay the, story

1369
01:27:14.000 --> 01:27:17.319
and he became suddenly very excited when he heard our.

1370
01:27:17.399 --> 01:27:21.520
Names we fell silent as he told us that we

1371
01:27:21.640 --> 01:27:26.119
had been reported missing six days ago and the entire

1372
01:27:26.239 --> 01:27:29.680
town had been searching for. Us come to find out

1373
01:27:29.720 --> 01:27:34.239
the authorities had actually presumed us. Dead my parents were

1374
01:27:34.279 --> 01:27:37.439
out looking for me WHEN i had seen. Them my

1375
01:27:37.640 --> 01:27:40.680
head beginning to spin was the last THING i remember that.

1376
01:27:40.840 --> 01:27:44.640
Day i'm not sure how many people believed, us if.

1377
01:27:44.680 --> 01:27:48.000
Anyone jack AND i drifted apart AS i think both

1378
01:27:48.079 --> 01:27:52.319
of us couldn't bear the memories of that. Night although

1379
01:27:52.359 --> 01:27:56.079
THANKFULLY i have never had another experience such as, THIS

1380
01:27:57.720 --> 01:28:03.319
i will never forget that ghost stories aren't always. Fun

1381
01:28:12.600 --> 01:28:21.479
Old jerry BY Rt. Reynard great another broken, Blade, god

1382
01:28:21.640 --> 01:28:25.159
damn saws. All This japanese piece of shit just isn't

1383
01:28:25.199 --> 01:28:29.840
built for hard. Work or is It? CHINESE i don't,

1384
01:28:29.840 --> 01:28:34.039
know it's one of Those oriental. COUNTRIES i, mean if

1385
01:28:34.079 --> 01:28:37.800
you're using it in an air, condition perfectly ventilated workshop

1386
01:28:37.840 --> 01:28:40.159
a month after you bought, it and all your cutting

1387
01:28:40.279 --> 01:28:43.520
is five eighth inch, plywood it'll work. Great BUT i

1388
01:28:43.640 --> 01:28:47.079
swear the moment you take it outside or it gets

1389
01:28:47.119 --> 01:28:50.119
dirty or what you're cutting is a little, messy you

1390
01:28:50.159 --> 01:28:53.159
spend more time on saw repair than you do actually. Sawing,

1391
01:28:53.960 --> 01:28:58.039
hmm Maybe i'm being too hard on. It i'm pretty

1392
01:28:58.079 --> 01:29:01.079
sure that bone isn't something the saw was designed to. Cut.

1393
01:29:01.840 --> 01:29:04.520
Now fuck that this thing is designed to cut through

1394
01:29:04.560 --> 01:29:08.000
aluminum bone shouldn't be a. PROBLEM i should have just

1395
01:29:08.039 --> 01:29:10.000
paid a little extra for An american made.

1396
01:29:10.000 --> 01:29:10.199
One.

1397
01:29:10.840 --> 01:29:15.159
Fucker, fine, there new, blade you happy? Saw can we

1398
01:29:15.199 --> 01:29:20.920
please finish this before? SUNRISE i still have a hole to. Dig, Relax, jerry,

1399
01:29:21.479 --> 01:29:24.600
breathe just a little bit more work and you'll never

1400
01:29:24.680 --> 01:29:27.479
have to see this kid's smug little fucking face. Again

1401
01:29:28.159 --> 01:29:30.800
at least he'll never egg your house again On. HALLOWEEN

1402
01:29:31.479 --> 01:29:33.600
i bet this was the little shit who's been doing

1403
01:29:33.600 --> 01:29:37.159
it every year without. Fail Each November first is spent

1404
01:29:37.239 --> 01:29:41.079
cleaning rotting egg off of my, stucco or toilet paper

1405
01:29:41.079 --> 01:29:43.760
out of my, tree or a smashed pumpkin off of my.

1406
01:29:43.840 --> 01:29:47.640
PORCH i have been vowing for years to catch the

1407
01:29:47.680 --> 01:29:50.800
fuck face who kept doing, it AND i, did DIDN'T

1408
01:29:50.800 --> 01:29:53.560
I you little. Bastard you thought that you could get

1409
01:29:53.600 --> 01:29:56.479
away with it again this. Year. Huh you, thought, Well

1410
01:29:56.560 --> 01:29:59.239
i'm just gonna pick on Old, jerry just minding his own.

1411
01:29:59.279 --> 01:30:01.520
Business you didn't count on the fact THAT i was

1412
01:30:01.600 --> 01:30:04.560
watching this, year THAT i saw your little devil costume

1413
01:30:04.600 --> 01:30:07.680
throwing that egg with your Friend's dracula zombie and skeleton

1414
01:30:07.800 --> 01:30:11.680
cheering you, on THAT i would recognize your stupid little

1415
01:30:11.720 --> 01:30:15.720
costume when you walked up to my door alone asking for.

1416
01:30:15.880 --> 01:30:20.000
Candy kind of a bonehead move when you think about.

1417
01:30:20.039 --> 01:30:23.199
It everyone knows that when you're trick or, treating you

1418
01:30:23.279 --> 01:30:26.279
walk up to the, door, knock ask for, candy get,

1419
01:30:26.359 --> 01:30:29.079
candy and go on to the next. House it's called

1420
01:30:29.199 --> 01:30:32.800
trick or treating for a. Reason you know it's in the.

1421
01:30:32.880 --> 01:30:37.079
Disjunctive you do one or the, other not. Both that

1422
01:30:37.119 --> 01:30:40.880
would be trick and. Treating more, on even if it

1423
01:30:40.920 --> 01:30:43.600
wasn't just plain. Illogical if you're going to do, both

1424
01:30:43.800 --> 01:30:46.279
you should do the trick after you've already gotten the.

1425
01:30:46.359 --> 01:30:52.359
Candy Dull and you're never supposed to go into the person's,

1426
01:30:52.399 --> 01:30:57.800
house particularly when you don't know, them particularly if you've

1427
01:30:57.840 --> 01:31:00.760
already egged the, house because you're a cocks fucking asshole

1428
01:31:00.840 --> 01:31:04.239
kid with no sense of, decency particularly when you've been

1429
01:31:04.279 --> 01:31:07.520
fucking with Old jerry for years. Already you weren't the

1430
01:31:07.600 --> 01:31:14.199
sharpest crayon in the, box were, you? Chief oh, Shit,

1431
01:31:14.520 --> 01:31:17.399
see that's exactly What i'm talking. About you'd think a

1432
01:31:17.479 --> 01:31:20.119
saw could cut through some viscera without getting all jammed,

1433
01:31:20.199 --> 01:31:24.479
up but, No, ugh blood's all over the. Place, now,

1434
01:31:25.520 --> 01:31:29.079
fuck it's in my GODDAMN i hold on this shit

1435
01:31:29.159 --> 01:31:34.000
stings even in. Death you're giving me. Crap all, right it's.

1436
01:31:34.000 --> 01:31:36.600
SETTLED i need a new. Saw when this is all,

1437
01:31:36.640 --> 01:31:38.720
Over i'm gonna dump this fucker in the hole with, You.

1438
01:31:38.760 --> 01:31:44.760
Bud you, know, HONESTLY i wasn't expecting The welcome to

1439
01:31:44.800 --> 01:31:48.199
My Haunted house line to. Work most kids probably would

1440
01:31:48.199 --> 01:31:52.640
have politely declined it was the obvious. Play, ADMITTEDLY i

1441
01:31:52.720 --> 01:31:55.199
hadn't expected you to have the balls to actually walk

1442
01:31:55.319 --> 01:31:57.560
up to my. HOUSE i didn't have the time to

1443
01:31:57.560 --> 01:32:01.399
think of a really creative way to lure you. IN

1444
01:32:02.399 --> 01:32:04.199
i was in the middle of cursing myself for my

1445
01:32:04.319 --> 01:32:08.279
unpreparedness when you said, thanks mister and waltz through my

1446
01:32:08.359 --> 01:32:11.800
front door like you owned the fucking. Place you fell

1447
01:32:11.840 --> 01:32:16.000
for my ruse hook line and, sinker complete with stupid

1448
01:32:16.119 --> 01:32:20.600
smile across your, chubby idiot. FACE i had such a

1449
01:32:20.640 --> 01:32:23.520
hard time restraining my joy AS i marched you through

1450
01:32:23.520 --> 01:32:27.199
the house towards the. KITCHEN i probably could have done

1451
01:32:27.279 --> 01:32:30.000
without that snide comment you made about how my home

1452
01:32:30.079 --> 01:32:34.359
looked more like a haunted crack. House, YEAH i get.

1453
01:32:34.399 --> 01:32:37.720
IT i live by myself AND i wasn't expecting. Guests

1454
01:32:38.199 --> 01:32:40.239
it's as clean AS i mind. It but it probably

1455
01:32:40.279 --> 01:32:43.880
couldn't hurt to dust and mop more. Regularly now That

1456
01:32:43.920 --> 01:32:46.239
i'm reflecting on, it the condition of my house probably

1457
01:32:46.279 --> 01:32:48.840
helped sell the half baked scheme in the first. Place

1458
01:32:49.600 --> 01:32:52.880
but who the fuck are you? Anyway you're just some idiot.

1459
01:32:52.960 --> 01:32:55.680
Kid what the hell do you know about interior. Decoration

1460
01:32:56.039 --> 01:32:58.479
you probably have a fucking video game poster on the

1461
01:32:58.479 --> 01:33:05.119
wall in your. Room, classless fucking. Asshole and the comment

1462
01:33:05.159 --> 01:33:07.319
about the insects on the dishes in the kitchen. Sink

1463
01:33:07.520 --> 01:33:11.199
apparently you're too good to eat. BUGS i, mean it's

1464
01:33:11.279 --> 01:33:14.199
food that walks right up to. You you'll eat whatever

1465
01:33:14.279 --> 01:33:16.039
the hell nug it, is but if it has a

1466
01:33:16.079 --> 01:33:19.680
thorax all of a, sudden it's too gross for, you bourgeois.

1467
01:33:19.840 --> 01:33:24.479
BITCH i swear some people have no. Vision but you

1468
01:33:24.560 --> 01:33:27.920
know WHAT i. REGRET i regret not having a video

1469
01:33:28.000 --> 01:33:32.000
camera set up to capture your face when you turned

1470
01:33:32.039 --> 01:33:34.920
to me and said this is a pretty lame haunted.

1471
01:33:34.960 --> 01:33:39.880
House you were expecting to see me disappointed at the bad.

1472
01:33:39.960 --> 01:33:43.359
REVIEW i could see it in your, eyes in your

1473
01:33:43.439 --> 01:33:47.319
shit eating. Grin you wanted to ruin my night to

1474
01:33:47.439 --> 01:33:50.760
inflict psychic torment on who you thought was a, poor

1475
01:33:50.800 --> 01:33:56.920
earnest haunted house proprietor with your dissatisfied customer. ROUTINE i,

1476
01:33:57.000 --> 01:33:59.239
MEAN i know it was just a ploy to get

1477
01:33:59.239 --> 01:34:01.039
you in the, house BUT i was offering you a

1478
01:34:01.079 --> 01:34:04.760
free haunted house. Tour grottis as far as you, knew

1479
01:34:04.880 --> 01:34:08.359
it would cost you. Nothing despite, this nothing would have

1480
01:34:08.359 --> 01:34:11.319
given you more pleasure than to see Old jerry's feelings.

1481
01:34:11.399 --> 01:34:16.319
Hurt it's just sadistic when you think about. It you

1482
01:34:16.399 --> 01:34:19.680
relished the opportunity to be an asshole right up until

1483
01:34:19.680 --> 01:34:21.560
the MOMENT i cracked you in the forehead with the

1484
01:34:21.560 --> 01:34:27.199
hammer you never noticed me. Holding if we're being entirely,

1485
01:34:27.279 --> 01:34:31.479
HONEST i hit you too. HARD i wanted you to

1486
01:34:31.600 --> 01:34:35.560
know what was happening BEFORE i turned your lights. OUT

1487
01:34:36.680 --> 01:34:39.600
i wasn't going for a scream of terror or anything like,

1488
01:34:39.640 --> 01:34:43.920
that but IF i had my, druthers, no please, stop

1489
01:34:44.319 --> 01:34:46.359
would have been nice to hear you say before the.

1490
01:34:46.520 --> 01:34:50.159
End to be, fair blunt force head trauma is more

1491
01:34:50.159 --> 01:34:52.920
of an art than a, science and it's not LIKE

1492
01:34:52.960 --> 01:34:56.800
i do this very often to kids your age, Anyway

1493
01:34:57.720 --> 01:35:01.960
as was you dropped limp without a but ooh, boy

1494
01:35:02.479 --> 01:35:06.319
it was still pretty. Sweet i'm getting chills just thinking

1495
01:35:06.319 --> 01:35:08.800
about it. AGAIN i KNEW i had to hit you

1496
01:35:08.880 --> 01:35:11.359
again to make sure the deed was, done if only

1497
01:35:11.399 --> 01:35:13.600
to make sure you couldn't surprise me and get away

1498
01:35:13.640 --> 01:35:16.399
WHEN i turned my. Back i've been down this road

1499
01:35:16.479 --> 01:35:19.319
too many times to not know that one should never

1500
01:35:19.439 --> 01:35:24.439
underestimate the resiliency of the human. Body, AFTERWARDS i dragged

1501
01:35:24.439 --> 01:35:26.560
you over to the basement door and pushed you down the.

1502
01:35:26.600 --> 01:35:29.840
Stairs there was no way for you to somehow magically

1503
01:35:30.039 --> 01:35:33.319
escape from down. THERE i SUPPOSE i may have been

1504
01:35:33.359 --> 01:35:37.239
being too, Cautious but these are the kinds of lessons

1505
01:35:37.279 --> 01:35:41.199
experience teaches. YOU i suppose that's the difference between Old

1506
01:35:41.279 --> 01:35:47.239
jerry and other. PEOPLE i like, redundancies but my worries were.

1507
01:35:47.239 --> 01:35:50.279
Needless you landed at the bottom with a dull, flop

1508
01:35:50.439 --> 01:35:54.600
eyes open and, Dilated you were clearly. Dead your blood

1509
01:35:54.680 --> 01:35:59.399
droplets splattered all over my basement. Stairwell oh remind me

1510
01:35:59.479 --> 01:36:01.159
later to get to the pharmacy to pick up some

1511
01:36:01.239 --> 01:36:05.079
hydrogen peroxide to clean all this. Up then came step

1512
01:36:05.159 --> 01:36:08.479
two of my. PLAN i cut you up into little

1513
01:36:08.520 --> 01:36:11.600
pieces so THAT i could properly dispose of. YOU i,

1514
01:36:11.680 --> 01:36:14.600
mean of, COURSE i kept the tastiest parts of you

1515
01:36:15.760 --> 01:36:19.159
for dinner this, week but my refrigerator is only so.

1516
01:36:19.399 --> 01:36:24.680
Large eventually the rest of you'd start. Stinking eventually the

1517
01:36:24.760 --> 01:36:27.960
smell would draw. Notice best just to dump you in

1518
01:36:28.000 --> 01:36:30.560
a shallow grave and be done with. YOU i had

1519
01:36:30.600 --> 01:36:33.079
just been hoping that the. Disposal part of this process

1520
01:36:33.119 --> 01:36:37.760
hadn't been so. Taxing if only this saw would. COOPERATE i,

1521
01:36:37.800 --> 01:36:41.479
mean look at, Me i'm covered in your. Blood Old

1522
01:36:41.560 --> 01:36:46.119
jerry looks like he's been, well like he's been in

1523
01:36:46.159 --> 01:36:52.760
a basement cutting up a body all. Night, no, WELL

1524
01:36:52.800 --> 01:36:55.640
i thought it was. Funny being splattered with your blood

1525
01:36:55.680 --> 01:36:59.239
does make for a pretty Convincing halloween, costume at least

1526
01:37:00.399 --> 01:37:03.960
when all's said and. Done, kiddo you're actually pretty easy

1527
01:37:03.960 --> 01:37:07.479
to talk. To don't get me. WRONG i still think

1528
01:37:07.479 --> 01:37:10.319
you're a, Prick BUT i haven't had this much human

1529
01:37:10.359 --> 01:37:15.000
interaction in, months ever since that psychologist lady told me

1530
01:37:15.039 --> 01:37:20.600
to stop coming. By. Man, now that is a, story you.

1531
01:37:20.680 --> 01:37:23.439
See the court ordered me to see a shrink a

1532
01:37:23.479 --> 01:37:26.239
couple of times a, week but one week she forgot

1533
01:37:26.239 --> 01:37:29.239
to give me my. PRESCRIPTION i ran out over the,

1534
01:37:29.239 --> 01:37:33.920
weekend but her office didn't open Until. Monday SO i

1535
01:37:33.920 --> 01:37:37.920
did some researching to find where she lived and went

1536
01:37:38.000 --> 01:37:45.840
to her. House sh do you hear? SOMETHING i THINK

1537
01:37:45.880 --> 01:37:49.119
i just heard a knock on the front. Door hold,

1538
01:37:49.159 --> 01:37:55.079
on let me go. See. Hey wouldn't you know your Friend's,

1539
01:37:55.199 --> 01:37:58.800
dracula zombie and skeleton are. Here they look a little,

1540
01:37:58.800 --> 01:38:04.199
worried perhaps here to check on. You, Ah NOW i

1541
01:38:04.239 --> 01:38:06.279
see why you were so bold in coming up to my.

1542
01:38:06.399 --> 01:38:10.199
House this was all just some. Bit you must have

1543
01:38:10.279 --> 01:38:12.800
thought your friends had your back if anything went. Wrong

1544
01:38:13.880 --> 01:38:15.960
maybe you should have stuck with the plan and only

1545
01:38:16.000 --> 01:38:21.039
asked for. Candy who's the joke on, now? Bitch they

1546
01:38:21.079 --> 01:38:24.479
sure did take their time come in to your, rescue didn't,

1547
01:38:24.479 --> 01:38:28.000
They no doubt the product of an extended debate about

1548
01:38:28.000 --> 01:38:30.560
whether to go tell someone and risk getting in trouble

1549
01:38:30.840 --> 01:38:34.800
for tonight's. HIJIENS i really have to question your friend's

1550
01:38:34.800 --> 01:38:37.159
wisdom in approaching the same house you didn't come out.

1551
01:38:37.159 --> 01:38:41.680
Of you really picked some idiot. Friends, seriously what the

1552
01:38:41.720 --> 01:38:44.000
hell are they teaching you kids about the mechanics of

1553
01:38:44.000 --> 01:38:47.199
trick or treating these? Days LIKE i, said go up

1554
01:38:47.199 --> 01:38:51.560
to the, house get, candy, leave approach next, house. Repeat

1555
01:38:52.000 --> 01:38:56.439
none of this is rocket. Science BUT i suppose they

1556
01:38:56.560 --> 01:39:00.760
still are witnesses who can link you back to. Me

1557
01:39:01.319 --> 01:39:04.000
AND i really don't want the police sniffing around. Here

1558
01:39:04.600 --> 01:39:09.239
way too much for them to find woo. E they'd

1559
01:39:09.239 --> 01:39:11.720
bury Old jerry under the jail if they found half

1560
01:39:11.760 --> 01:39:14.760
the SHIT i have down. HERE a few too many

1561
01:39:14.840 --> 01:39:18.680
skeletons in the closet and in the crawl, space and

1562
01:39:18.840 --> 01:39:23.560
under the floorboards and in the. Backyard do you think

1563
01:39:23.600 --> 01:39:26.720
they'll fall for the same haunted? House rus you? DID i,

1564
01:39:26.760 --> 01:39:31.520
mean you did give me a great. Costume how's about?

1565
01:39:31.520 --> 01:39:36.079
It hass you in the mood for some? Company, yeah

1566
01:39:36.119 --> 01:39:41.880
well then we're. Agreed let me go get my. Hammer

1567
01:39:43.680 --> 01:39:46.439
oh fuck the goddamn. Saw how the hell AM i

1568
01:39:46.439 --> 01:39:47.960
going to cut up three more of you with this?

1569
01:39:48.039 --> 01:40:04.640
Thing careful what you? Wish By david. O'han penn reached

1570
01:40:04.640 --> 01:40:08.199
for the. Doorbell his finger hovered over the, button as

1571
01:40:08.199 --> 01:40:10.359
it had the last two times he tried to bring

1572
01:40:10.439 --> 01:40:15.359
himself to. Ring he sighed and jabbed the. Button ed's

1573
01:40:15.399 --> 01:40:18.800
face pressed against the glass of the nearest. Window pen

1574
01:40:18.960 --> 01:40:22.359
chuckled at the sight of the freckled bucktooth face smiling

1575
01:40:22.439 --> 01:40:26.479
excitedly at. Him the door, opened And pen was greeted

1576
01:40:26.520 --> 01:40:31.960
by a far less enthusiastic. Individual penn shifted. Uncomfortably he

1577
01:40:32.000 --> 01:40:34.359
didn't look like an Ex khan in his new jeans

1578
01:40:34.439 --> 01:40:37.359
and custom polo, shirt but he felt the same way

1579
01:40:37.399 --> 01:40:39.720
he did every time he was pulled in for a police.

1580
01:40:39.760 --> 01:40:45.039
Lineup ed's Mother janet held an, obese chocolate Point siamese

1581
01:40:45.119 --> 01:40:47.800
cat against her chest and stroked it like a movie

1582
01:40:47.880 --> 01:40:50.920
villain while she eyed the man on her. Doorstep janet

1583
01:40:50.960 --> 01:40:53.399
slipped her robe up over her shoulder and raised an.

1584
01:40:53.399 --> 01:40:58.439
Eyebrow You're ed's. Friend penn shifted the brown paper bag

1585
01:40:58.479 --> 01:41:02.399
into his left hand and extended. Right, yes, Ma'am I'm,

1586
01:41:02.439 --> 01:41:05.479
pen and you've been in a Few two would be my.

1587
01:41:05.640 --> 01:41:09.119
Guests she waved Him, Inside you're gonna let the other cats.

1588
01:41:09.119 --> 01:41:13.560
Out penn stepped inside and glanced around the restored. Brownstone

1589
01:41:13.960 --> 01:41:17.479
three tabbies lounged on the. FURNITURE A maine coon lifted

1590
01:41:17.520 --> 01:41:19.720
its head from the arm of the recliner to survey

1591
01:41:19.800 --> 01:41:23.319
a new arrival to its. Domain the cat was seemingly

1592
01:41:23.399 --> 01:41:27.079
unimpressed By pen and went back to. Sleep penn turned To.

1593
01:41:27.199 --> 01:41:30.119
Janet ed had told him his mom used to be

1594
01:41:30.159 --> 01:41:33.840
a famous, model but the horrible marriage and subsequent vodka

1595
01:41:33.880 --> 01:41:37.840
and valum based diet hid the. Fact Now janet looked

1596
01:41:37.880 --> 01:41:40.479
like she would be bumming smokes outside of seven. Eleven

1597
01:41:41.239 --> 01:41:44.359
penn felt a tinge of. Guilt he knew better than

1598
01:41:44.399 --> 01:41:47.680
anyone not to judge a person by their. Circumstances she

1599
01:41:47.800 --> 01:41:50.319
dumped The siamese onto the love seat and straightened her

1600
01:41:50.319 --> 01:41:53.239
pajamas before pulling her robe clothed and tying the belt

1601
01:41:53.279 --> 01:41:57.600
tightly around her slender. Waist don't you think it's weird

1602
01:41:57.720 --> 01:42:01.000
hanging out with a ten year old? Boy janet snapped

1603
01:42:01.000 --> 01:42:03.640
the elastic from her bun and let her brown hair

1604
01:42:03.720 --> 01:42:06.239
fall as she walked past him and into the. Kitchen

1605
01:42:06.640 --> 01:42:09.239
she grabbed a glass from the disk strainer and banged

1606
01:42:09.239 --> 01:42:13.720
it onto the. Countertop you're like, thirty after, All pen,

1607
01:42:13.800 --> 01:42:17.560
shrugged so are? You thanks for rubbing salt in that.

1608
01:42:17.680 --> 01:42:20.840
Wound janet poured orange juice into a glass and reached

1609
01:42:20.880 --> 01:42:23.880
for the pop off bottle atop the. Fridge you can

1610
01:42:23.920 --> 01:42:26.840
have something to drink if you, like lactose free, milk

1611
01:42:27.039 --> 01:42:30.079
sugar free kool, aid caffeine free. Tea we even have

1612
01:42:30.199 --> 01:42:33.439
that shitty soda that lacks all of the. Above i've

1613
01:42:33.479 --> 01:42:37.560
got a water bottle in the, truck but thanks cut the, Shit,

1614
01:42:37.680 --> 01:42:41.039
Pen janet sipped from the bottle before pouring a splash

1615
01:42:41.079 --> 01:42:44.680
into the. Juice the boy's allergic to. Everything no one

1616
01:42:44.760 --> 01:42:47.119
hangs out with him because they want, to the last

1617
01:42:47.199 --> 01:42:49.359
DATE i had was four years, ago And ed broke

1618
01:42:49.359 --> 01:42:51.720
out in hives because of the guy's. Cologne he has

1619
01:42:51.760 --> 01:42:53.760
to wear a dusk mask to walk through the living

1620
01:42:53.840 --> 01:42:56.840
room because of the cat, hair the, inhaler THE epi,

1621
01:42:56.960 --> 01:43:00.840
pen anxiety, meds and a legra for, sinuses seizures at the,

1622
01:43:00.840 --> 01:43:03.680
movies motion sickness at the, fair panic attacks at the.

1623
01:43:03.720 --> 01:43:06.600
Mall there's nothing you can do with. Him ed shouldn't

1624
01:43:06.600 --> 01:43:08.399
even go to the park or wherever it is that

1625
01:43:08.479 --> 01:43:11.199
he spends his. Time what do you really want with?

1626
01:43:11.279 --> 01:43:15.439
Him ed sneezed around the. Corner pen wasn't sure where

1627
01:43:15.479 --> 01:43:17.960
the boy, was but knew he was with an. Earshot

1628
01:43:18.560 --> 01:43:21.079
janet's eyes flicked toward the noise and back To, pen

1629
01:43:21.560 --> 01:43:24.239
calling her son a. Loser clearly wasn't outside of the.

1630
01:43:24.279 --> 01:43:29.800
Norm pen's fist, tightened crumpling the paper sack. Noisily health,

1631
01:43:29.880 --> 01:43:33.319
wise there's a lot of things wrong With. Ed everyone

1632
01:43:33.319 --> 01:43:35.760
else sees those conditions as things that make him. WEAK

1633
01:43:37.560 --> 01:43:39.520
i see them as the reasons he's got such a

1634
01:43:39.560 --> 01:43:43.399
big goddamn. Heart penn stepped closer To janet and took

1635
01:43:43.439 --> 01:43:45.439
the glass from the counter before she could drink. It

1636
01:43:46.000 --> 01:43:50.479
They're ed's, conditions but you're, right they do interfere with your.

1637
01:43:50.600 --> 01:43:53.439
Life you have to take the extra, precautions AND i

1638
01:43:53.479 --> 01:43:59.479
bet that's. Exhausting don't you patronize. Me i'm, not, HONESTLY

1639
01:43:59.520 --> 01:44:02.079
i can't imagine what you've had to sacrifice to protect.

1640
01:44:02.119 --> 01:44:04.960
Him but that doesn't change the fact That ed doesn't

1641
01:44:05.000 --> 01:44:08.479
get to be a. Kid penn chugged the screwdriver and

1642
01:44:08.600 --> 01:44:12.600
scowled at the. Aftertaste he cleared his. Throat WHAT i

1643
01:44:12.720 --> 01:44:14.960
want is to take him for the weekend so we

1644
01:44:14.960 --> 01:44:18.239
can experience a, sleepover watch cheesy horror, flicks play too

1645
01:44:18.279 --> 01:44:20.880
many video, games and eat a fuck ton of red

1646
01:44:20.880 --> 01:44:23.560
and green gummy worms with his, friend the way regular

1647
01:44:23.680 --> 01:44:27.000
kids get. Too and you can go to the spa

1648
01:44:27.199 --> 01:44:29.680
or the, mall or on a, date or at least

1649
01:44:29.720 --> 01:44:32.880
to a liquor store for some better. Vodka you're one

1650
01:44:33.000 --> 01:44:36.039
ballsy son of a. Bitch janet huffed and put her

1651
01:44:36.039 --> 01:44:39.399
hands on her. Hips thank you for, noticing but, uh

1652
01:44:39.479 --> 01:44:43.479
let's keep this. Professional janet's face slipped into a smile

1653
01:44:43.560 --> 01:44:47.720
for a brief, moment then the, serious judgmental glare. Returned

1654
01:44:48.960 --> 01:44:51.079
you want to know what's in it for, Me penn.

1655
01:44:51.159 --> 01:44:55.119
Shrugged ed's the only person that's ever seen anything good in.

1656
01:44:55.199 --> 01:44:58.880
ME i want to return the. FAVOR i want to

1657
01:44:58.880 --> 01:45:01.800
give him the experience he should be. Having and as

1658
01:45:01.840 --> 01:45:05.039
an extra, Bonus i'm giving you the weekend. Off he's

1659
01:45:05.079 --> 01:45:08.239
got School. Monday janet took the glass From pen and

1660
01:45:08.319 --> 01:45:11.079
jabbed the rim into his. Chest you have him home

1661
01:45:11.119 --> 01:45:15.319
by Seven sunday, night or you'll be the one with medical. Conditions,

1662
01:45:15.760 --> 01:45:21.720
Wooooo ed shouted excitedly from around the. Corner ed climbed

1663
01:45:21.720 --> 01:45:24.560
into the unmarked moving truck and clicked his seat. Belt

1664
01:45:25.039 --> 01:45:28.720
penn handed him the brown paper. BAG i don't think

1665
01:45:28.720 --> 01:45:32.560
your mom likes, me he, said to be, fair mom

1666
01:45:32.600 --> 01:45:35.000
doesn't get enough guests to know how to like people at.

1667
01:45:35.039 --> 01:45:39.840
All ed uncurled the lip of the. Bag what's this a? Present,

1668
01:45:40.319 --> 01:45:44.640
obviously presents don't usually come in brown grocery. Bags Pen

1669
01:45:45.479 --> 01:45:48.520
ed giggled and pulled out a black polo. Shirt, hey

1670
01:45:49.079 --> 01:45:53.119
it's like. Yours it's exactly like, Mine penn, said as

1671
01:45:53.119 --> 01:45:56.359
he tapped his own embroidered. Pocket ed found the chest

1672
01:45:56.359 --> 01:45:59.159
pocket was identical and featured a stitched moving truck and

1673
01:45:59.279 --> 01:46:03.880
green thread and gold letters surrounded. It ed And pen moving.

1674
01:46:04.000 --> 01:46:07.640
Services ed reached into the bag once more and pulled

1675
01:46:07.640 --> 01:46:10.239
out a lunch. Box he opened it and found a

1676
01:46:10.279 --> 01:46:14.079
bag of gummy, worms a, sandwich two juice, boxes and

1677
01:46:14.159 --> 01:46:20.560
a protein. Bar ed smiled, sadly what's? Wrong i'm too

1678
01:46:20.560 --> 01:46:23.960
weak to help you move? Things people have little things to.

1679
01:46:24.039 --> 01:46:28.359
Move pen Tussled ed's shaggy. Hair, besides you don't get

1680
01:46:28.399 --> 01:46:32.720
stronger by not. TRYING i used to be, scrawny really,

1681
01:46:33.279 --> 01:46:37.279
really and look at me. Now pen, flexed straining the

1682
01:46:37.279 --> 01:46:39.680
sleeve of his. Shirt how do you THINK i got

1683
01:46:39.720 --> 01:46:42.479
this strong because you had nothing to do but work

1684
01:46:42.520 --> 01:46:47.159
out when you were in? Prison ed answered, chipperly that's

1685
01:46:47.399 --> 01:46:50.640
entirely true and also not my Point ed pursed his.

1686
01:46:50.720 --> 01:46:53.640
Lips even if you can't help with the physical part

1687
01:46:53.640 --> 01:46:55.560
all the, Time i'm going to need someone to help

1688
01:46:55.560 --> 01:46:58.279
me with all the business. Stuff they don't teach bookkeeping

1689
01:46:58.319 --> 01:47:00.439
in the, joint and you have to help me paint the.

1690
01:47:00.439 --> 01:47:05.960
Truck ed sat up, quickly any, color of, Course ready

1691
01:47:06.000 --> 01:47:09.600
for our first. Job pen held out his. Fist ed

1692
01:47:09.680 --> 01:47:15.399
bumped knuckles Against pen's. Hand absolutely Partner crumbs rolled Down

1693
01:47:15.560 --> 01:47:17.600
ed's shirt and joined the others in his lap While

1694
01:47:17.640 --> 01:47:20.279
pen lugged the mattress up the loading ramp and into

1695
01:47:20.279 --> 01:47:22.760
the back of the. Truck pen was, right and the

1696
01:47:22.800 --> 01:47:25.039
couple had lots of little things For ed to. Load,

1697
01:47:25.600 --> 01:47:28.479
still he felt bad leaving the heaviest stuff for his.

1698
01:47:28.520 --> 01:47:31.079
Friend he shoved the rest of the sandwich into his.

1699
01:47:31.119 --> 01:47:36.159
Mouth is there, more he asked between. Bites, yeah but not.

1700
01:47:36.319 --> 01:47:39.560
Much penn pointed to one wall of the. Truck think

1701
01:47:39.600 --> 01:47:41.399
he can move those boxes over in front of the.

1702
01:47:41.479 --> 01:47:44.439
Dresser there's a big curio cabinet and two foot lockers

1703
01:47:44.439 --> 01:47:47.079
THAT i think would be more stable. There sure. Thing

1704
01:47:47.920 --> 01:47:50.199
dahlia Patted pen's shoulder as he hopped out of the

1705
01:47:50.239 --> 01:47:53.840
truck and rested her hands on the. Bumper you're a good, helper,

1706
01:47:54.720 --> 01:47:58.159
Thanks ed, said you have a lot of cool old.

1707
01:47:58.199 --> 01:48:03.359
Stuff dahlia, Laughed oh, love this isn't. Ours my grandfather

1708
01:48:03.520 --> 01:48:05.640
was a bit of an adventurer once upon a. Time

1709
01:48:06.159 --> 01:48:09.439
that's so. Cool ed scooped up a box and set

1710
01:48:09.439 --> 01:48:12.800
it on top of the. Dresser so this is all his,

1711
01:48:12.920 --> 01:48:17.479
treasures some of. It after my grandmother passed, Away Papa

1712
01:48:17.520 --> 01:48:20.159
harp became a, hermit and most of it just stayed

1713
01:48:20.159 --> 01:48:23.399
here collecting. Dust My daddy used to tell me all his.

1714
01:48:23.520 --> 01:48:26.640
Stories i'm sad to SAY i never got to meet

1715
01:48:26.680 --> 01:48:30.560
the man. Myself that does kind of, suck kind Of

1716
01:48:31.319 --> 01:48:34.359
dahlia tugged at a violet braid and twisted it around her.

1717
01:48:34.359 --> 01:48:37.600
Fingers not knowing him MEANS i get to hold on

1718
01:48:37.680 --> 01:48:39.399
to the hope that some of the magic in those

1719
01:48:39.439 --> 01:48:44.439
stories might actually be. Real, oh magic is very, Real

1720
01:48:45.199 --> 01:48:49.640
ed smiled. Knowingly where is all this? Going i'm sending

1721
01:48:49.640 --> 01:48:51.800
it all over to a. Colleague they're going to sort

1722
01:48:51.840 --> 01:48:54.640
it out and sell it for. Me why not keep?

1723
01:48:54.680 --> 01:49:00.239
It dahlia laughed. Sweetly, Oh i'd love, to but there's

1724
01:49:00.239 --> 01:49:02.319
too much of. It the hubby AND i are moving

1725
01:49:02.319 --> 01:49:05.479
To New. York we found us a cute little, townhouse

1726
01:49:06.000 --> 01:49:10.840
the operative word being. Little that's too. Bad ed lifted

1727
01:49:10.880 --> 01:49:13.880
an ornate bottle from one of the. Boxes this stuff

1728
01:49:13.920 --> 01:49:16.880
is really. Nifty i'd love to hear the stories about each.

1729
01:49:16.920 --> 01:49:20.079
One maybe you will. Love i've got a book deal

1730
01:49:20.159 --> 01:49:22.760
with a big publisher up. North i'm going to write

1731
01:49:22.800 --> 01:49:26.399
all About Papa harp and his. ADVENTURES i can't wait

1732
01:49:26.439 --> 01:49:29.199
to read. Them i'll send a signed copy to you

1733
01:49:29.239 --> 01:49:33.359
and your, Dad dahlia, said with a. Smile, Oh penn's

1734
01:49:33.399 --> 01:49:36.199
not my, Dad he's just my best. Friend ed's face

1735
01:49:36.239 --> 01:49:43.079
soured by. Default dahlia cocked her. Head how's That he's

1736
01:49:43.079 --> 01:49:45.239
my only, friend SO i guess he has to be

1737
01:49:45.319 --> 01:49:49.079
the best. One ed stared at the bottle in his tiny. Hands,

1738
01:49:49.640 --> 01:49:54.079
well now you've got, Too, Ed dohlias smiled at. HIM

1739
01:49:54.479 --> 01:49:56.520
i got to pack up a couple more boxes THAT

1740
01:49:56.600 --> 01:49:59.159
i think would fit perfectly right where you're. Working i'll

1741
01:49:59.199 --> 01:50:02.479
be back in a. Tip ed leaned on the dresser

1742
01:50:02.520 --> 01:50:06.359
and turned the bottle in his. Hands carefully raised figures

1743
01:50:06.359 --> 01:50:09.279
around the vessel were carved from the green glass. Itself

1744
01:50:09.960 --> 01:50:12.119
ed stepped toward the back of the truck and viewed

1745
01:50:12.119 --> 01:50:16.319
it in the sun nifty he gasped as the glass

1746
01:50:16.399 --> 01:50:20.000
changed to brilliant red in the direct. Sunlight figures bound

1747
01:50:20.039 --> 01:50:22.560
to one another formed an unending chain near the base

1748
01:50:22.600 --> 01:50:25.359
of the, bottle above a silver cap cut to resemble

1749
01:50:25.399 --> 01:50:29.479
flames that engulfed. THEM a cutout figure towered over them

1750
01:50:29.520 --> 01:50:31.520
with a staff in his, hand and the neck of

1751
01:50:31.560 --> 01:50:34.319
the bottle was shrouded in a silver sleeve with intricate

1752
01:50:34.359 --> 01:50:37.760
engravings of stars over the man on the opposite side

1753
01:50:37.760 --> 01:50:40.560
of the bottle was another figure bound by a giant

1754
01:50:40.640 --> 01:50:43.479
snake with a hood over his. Head he turned the

1755
01:50:43.479 --> 01:50:47.000
bottle upside and felt the weight, shift then held it

1756
01:50:47.079 --> 01:50:51.199
up to light to discover it was. Empty he shook it,

1757
01:50:51.239 --> 01:50:56.279
again feeling the invisible contents bouncing. About no freaking. Way

1758
01:50:57.039 --> 01:50:59.560
he rubbed his thumb over the constricting body of the

1759
01:50:59.600 --> 01:51:02.399
serpent and tucked the bottle away in its box as

1760
01:51:02.399 --> 01:51:05.319
he heard the dolly bounce off the front. Porch this

1761
01:51:05.560 --> 01:51:09.439
is so. Cool it took another forty minutes to load

1762
01:51:09.479 --> 01:51:11.800
the rest of the things and say goodbye To dahlia

1763
01:51:11.800 --> 01:51:14.760
and her. Husband she Got pen's mailing address to send

1764
01:51:14.800 --> 01:51:17.079
the book like she, said and tipped both of them

1765
01:51:17.119 --> 01:51:19.720
in cash for their hard. Work they were cruising down

1766
01:51:19.760 --> 01:51:22.880
the back roads to avoid the rush hour. Traffic ed

1767
01:51:23.000 --> 01:51:25.079
turned up the radio and bobbed in his seat To

1768
01:51:25.119 --> 01:51:28.319
Iggy pop's Butt. Town penn laughed at the boy and

1769
01:51:28.359 --> 01:51:31.119
threw up his horns before headbanging along with the. Music

1770
01:51:31.600 --> 01:51:36.239
ed exploded with. Laughter neither of them was aware of

1771
01:51:36.319 --> 01:51:40.319
the happenings in the back of the. Truck they couldn't

1772
01:51:40.359 --> 01:51:44.079
hear the glass snake's body fissuring or the tiny pieces

1773
01:51:44.119 --> 01:51:47.960
falling away from the hooded. Figure now free of its reptilian,

1774
01:51:48.000 --> 01:51:52.720
restraints they couldn't smell the, acrid semi sweet fumes spilling

1775
01:51:52.760 --> 01:51:55.239
over the lip of the bottle as the building's smoke

1776
01:51:55.399 --> 01:51:58.640
forced the cork. Up penn checked the time on the

1777
01:51:58.720 --> 01:52:03.319
dashboard clock and. Grunt what's? Wrong Ed. ASKED i was

1778
01:52:03.359 --> 01:52:05.760
hoping we'd have all this dropped off before dark so

1779
01:52:05.800 --> 01:52:07.439
we could go to the park and get those hot

1780
01:52:07.439 --> 01:52:10.279
dogs you like so much for. Dinner IF i had helped,

1781
01:52:10.279 --> 01:52:13.039
more we might have been done. Faster don't do. That

1782
01:52:13.560 --> 01:52:16.119
it's not your. Fault it's our first. Gig we'll get,

1783
01:52:16.159 --> 01:52:20.279
faster he. Shrugged, besides there's a place nearby that has

1784
01:52:20.319 --> 01:52:25.600
these huge conies with every topping imaginable. Like they've got

1785
01:52:25.640 --> 01:52:28.399
one called the Gut, buster where the dog is inside

1786
01:52:28.399 --> 01:52:32.279
onion rings in a cheese toasted bun and drowned and chili.

1787
01:52:32.920 --> 01:52:36.119
SWEET i Think i'll have two of. Those they both.

1788
01:52:36.199 --> 01:52:39.479
Laughed can we go to the? Mall ed Rubbed dhalia's

1789
01:52:39.479 --> 01:52:43.000
twenty dollars tip between his. Fingers, sure we can do

1790
01:52:43.039 --> 01:52:47.159
whatever you, want, Kid he Squeezed ed's shoulder. Reassuringly BUT

1791
01:52:47.199 --> 01:52:50.000
i thought you didn't like the, Mall i'll take an

1792
01:52:50.079 --> 01:52:53.720
extra anxiety. Pill ed hung his. HEAD i want to

1793
01:52:53.720 --> 01:52:57.479
find mom of. Perfume i'm not allergic. To something thumped

1794
01:52:57.520 --> 01:53:01.279
in the back of the. Truck. Shit pen slapped the steering.

1795
01:53:01.279 --> 01:53:04.840
WHEEL i forgot to strap the mattress. Down penn pulled

1796
01:53:04.840 --> 01:53:08.039
over and. Unbuckled ed's eyes grew wide as he realized the.

1797
01:53:08.119 --> 01:53:12.760
Source don't, Go, Penn it's not much. Further it'll only

1798
01:53:12.800 --> 01:53:16.520
take a. Second. Kid pen winked and stepped, out skirting

1799
01:53:16.560 --> 01:53:18.640
the side of the truck in case of passing. Cars

1800
01:53:19.319 --> 01:53:21.359
ed clamored out of the truck and watched his pen

1801
01:53:21.479 --> 01:53:24.760
rolled the door. Up pen sniffed the air and fanned

1802
01:53:24.760 --> 01:53:27.520
his hand in front of his. Face why does it

1803
01:53:27.560 --> 01:53:31.479
smell like a fucking opium, den he, asked no one in.

1804
01:53:31.479 --> 01:53:34.880
Particular the ornate bottle clattered along the metal floor of

1805
01:53:34.880 --> 01:53:37.560
the truck and rolled off the. End pen caught it

1806
01:53:37.720 --> 01:53:40.640
before he could hit the. Ground he sighed and held

1807
01:53:40.640 --> 01:53:43.000
it up For ed to. See the mattress must have

1808
01:53:43.079 --> 01:53:45.760
knocked over a, box probably some old timey. Cologne that,

1809
01:53:45.880 --> 01:53:50.239
stinks he. Said how many years HAVE i been captive

1810
01:53:50.800 --> 01:53:54.079
a set of glowing eyes shined in the. Darkness pen

1811
01:53:54.199 --> 01:53:57.800
knelt next To. ED i thought magic had to have a.

1812
01:53:57.840 --> 01:54:02.600
Battery what do you think you're? Holding ed, whispered what

1813
01:54:02.800 --> 01:54:06.439
is the price of my? Emancipation? Master the thing in

1814
01:54:06.479 --> 01:54:09.359
the back of the truck's voice was a rumbling, hiss

1815
01:54:09.399 --> 01:54:13.880
like steam through rusted. Pipes what is ode of? Babk?

1816
01:54:15.119 --> 01:54:19.520
Master penn looked at the bottle quizzically and, Snickered is

1817
01:54:19.680 --> 01:54:24.760
that WHAT i think it? Is? Yes and? No ed.

1818
01:54:24.840 --> 01:54:29.279
Gulped the speaker came, forward his body adorned in a

1819
01:54:29.319 --> 01:54:32.439
silk cloak with strands of gold that shimmered in the setting.

1820
01:54:32.479 --> 01:54:35.840
Sun wrinkled hands curled at the ends of the flowing

1821
01:54:35.920 --> 01:54:38.840
sleeves before reaching up and pulling the hood away from his.

1822
01:54:38.880 --> 01:54:42.840
FACE a sweeping gray mustache covered his entire lip and

1823
01:54:42.920 --> 01:54:47.760
swept out in grandiose. Curls do you free me without?

1824
01:54:47.800 --> 01:54:54.119
Obligation babik, Asked you're a fucking. Genie penn, exclaimed an

1825
01:54:54.119 --> 01:55:00.399
Ifrit ed, corrected the master is, Learned babic, said speak.

1826
01:55:00.479 --> 01:55:05.399
QUICKLY i have been gone too. Long not until you

1827
01:55:05.439 --> 01:55:09.600
grant us three, wishes though the law Of sulimane binds

1828
01:55:09.640 --> 01:55:13.399
me to. One babik held up a single. FINGER i

1829
01:55:13.439 --> 01:55:16.880
am free of my glass prison and now bound only

1830
01:55:16.960 --> 01:55:21.840
by the hesitation of the master's. Words i've seen enough

1831
01:55:21.840 --> 01:55:24.680
horror movies to know how this turns. OUT i wish

1832
01:55:24.760 --> 01:55:28.239
you were back in the, Bottle penn, said it was

1833
01:55:28.319 --> 01:55:31.399
the boy who set me. Free he must make the.

1834
01:55:31.439 --> 01:55:34.760
Wish wish him back in the. Bottle, kid it's not

1835
01:55:34.840 --> 01:55:40.359
worth the. RISK I i WISH i wasn't a. Burden ed. Blurted.

1836
01:55:41.399 --> 01:55:45.399
Fuck pen waved his hands in the. Air, nope that doesn't.

1837
01:55:45.399 --> 01:55:47.439
Count he's just a. Kid he doesn't know what he's.

1838
01:55:47.479 --> 01:55:51.720
Saying bobbik twisted one side of his mustache and grinned.

1839
01:55:51.760 --> 01:55:56.359
Menacingly it is. Done ed doubled over with a screech

1840
01:55:56.399 --> 01:55:58.920
and collapsed to the gravel. Shoulder pen dropped to his

1841
01:55:59.000 --> 01:56:02.119
knees and hugged him. Close ed's fever was growing fast

1842
01:56:02.239 --> 01:56:04.600
enough That penn could feel the heat rising off. Him

1843
01:56:05.239 --> 01:56:08.000
what the fuck did you do to? Him he will

1844
01:56:08.039 --> 01:56:12.840
be a burden no. Longer bobick. Shrugged the infant burst

1845
01:56:12.880 --> 01:56:16.600
into flames and flashed, overhead streaking upward and flying above

1846
01:56:16.640 --> 01:56:19.800
the city like a. Comet penn Lifted ed and hurriedly

1847
01:56:19.800 --> 01:56:21.760
put him in the cab of the, truck shut the,

1848
01:56:21.840 --> 01:56:25.319
back and climbed behind the. Wheel don't, worry, Ed penn

1849
01:56:25.359 --> 01:56:27.439
pulled onto the road in a WIDE u turn across.

1850
01:56:27.439 --> 01:56:29.359
Traffic i'm going to get you to the hospital and

1851
01:56:29.399 --> 01:56:32.600
Then i'm gonna beat the shit out of that, genie Ifrit,

1852
01:56:32.920 --> 01:56:37.359
ed said. Weakly the hospitals can't help. Me hospitals can fix,

1853
01:56:37.399 --> 01:56:41.479
Anything penn, Lied the iffrit were created from the first

1854
01:56:41.479 --> 01:56:44.600
flame in the. Universe how do you know this? SHIT

1855
01:56:45.399 --> 01:56:48.399
i read a. Lot you should be Reading Doctor seuss

1856
01:56:48.479 --> 01:56:52.319
or something. NOT i don't, Know penn waved his. Hands

1857
01:56:52.560 --> 01:56:55.600
not whatever the hell you're. Reading dad didn't leave me

1858
01:56:55.640 --> 01:56:59.000
any of. Those he left me books on. MAGIC i

1859
01:56:59.119 --> 01:57:03.039
thought you said you're was some scumbag talent. Agent he

1860
01:57:03.159 --> 01:57:06.640
left because he wasn't my real. Dad mom had too

1861
01:57:06.680 --> 01:57:09.720
much to drink and told me it was my fault. Too,

1862
01:57:10.520 --> 01:57:13.319
no that doesn't make it your. Fault your real dad

1863
01:57:13.359 --> 01:57:16.279
is probably much cooler than that guy who was just a. Chicken,

1864
01:57:16.359 --> 01:57:19.479
shit but not the point right, Now penn shook his.

1865
01:57:19.560 --> 01:57:23.119
Head if not the, hospital then what DO i do

1866
01:57:23.199 --> 01:57:27.520
to save? You Get bobbik back into the, bottle easy.

1867
01:57:27.640 --> 01:57:30.319
Enough penn grabbed his phone out of the console and

1868
01:57:30.359 --> 01:57:32.680
pulled up The internet. App he steered with his wrists

1869
01:57:32.680 --> 01:57:35.520
so he could type faster in the search. Bar where

1870
01:57:35.560 --> 01:57:36.159
are we? Going?

1871
01:57:36.720 --> 01:57:36.800
Ed?

1872
01:57:36.840 --> 01:57:40.279
Weezed he called the bottle of. Prison getting out of

1873
01:57:40.279 --> 01:57:43.199
prison is SOMETHING i know a lot. About when someone gets,

1874
01:57:43.279 --> 01:57:48.239
released they want one, thing a. Woman. No penn looked

1875
01:57:48.239 --> 01:57:52.640
At ed. Incredulously that's the second. Thing first comes real.

1876
01:57:52.680 --> 01:57:56.239
Food there's only one place that Serves Middle eastern cuisine

1877
01:57:56.239 --> 01:57:59.399
in this part Of. Oklahoma get him back in the.

1878
01:57:59.439 --> 01:58:03.520
Bottle ed broke into a coughing, fit spattering blood across

1879
01:58:03.520 --> 01:58:06.039
the glove. Box he laid over and put his head

1880
01:58:06.079 --> 01:58:09.319
On pen's. Leg it's not your fault if you don't save.

1881
01:58:09.399 --> 01:58:13.960
Me Pen pen Stroked dead's, hair strands came loose and

1882
01:58:14.000 --> 01:58:17.399
clung to his. Fingers he pressed the accelerator down to the.

1883
01:58:17.399 --> 01:58:23.840
Floor the truck crashed through the front Of Saffron, palace

1884
01:58:24.119 --> 01:58:27.600
sending patrons of the restaurant fleeing in all. Directions pen

1885
01:58:27.720 --> 01:58:30.039
stepped out of the cab and slammed the, door pointing

1886
01:58:30.039 --> 01:58:32.840
the bottle At, babik who sat at his, table completely

1887
01:58:32.920 --> 01:58:36.239
unbothered by the destructive. Entrance you can get back in

1888
01:58:36.319 --> 01:58:38.800
the bottle Or i'm gonna jam it up your. Ass

1889
01:58:39.199 --> 01:58:45.159
pen warned, him you've worked so. Hard, Please babik gestured

1890
01:58:45.159 --> 01:58:48.680
to the seat across from, him join me for my first.

1891
01:58:48.760 --> 01:58:53.399
Meal i'm not. Asking pen sat the vessel. Down you

1892
01:58:53.560 --> 01:58:57.439
in the bottle or the bottle in. You babik combed

1893
01:58:57.439 --> 01:59:00.640
back his white hair and shook his. Head you cannot

1894
01:59:00.680 --> 01:59:03.560
threaten me any more than a louse threatens a. Camel

1895
01:59:04.479 --> 01:59:07.399
pen Slug bobbic's square in the, nose shattering it and

1896
01:59:07.439 --> 01:59:10.640
tipping him over in his. CHAIR i figured that magic

1897
01:59:10.800 --> 01:59:14.880
lamp is like solitary. Confinement the guys in solitary get.

1898
01:59:15.000 --> 01:59:18.600
Soft they can't take a. Punch pen kicked the effort

1899
01:59:18.600 --> 01:59:24.359
in the. Ribs now get in the fucking. Bong bobbock's mustache,

1900
01:59:24.439 --> 01:59:27.880
smoldered the bittersweet smell of opium trailed from the glowing.

1901
01:59:28.039 --> 01:59:31.000
Ends as he rose to his, Feet pen backed away.

1902
01:59:31.119 --> 01:59:34.560
Slowly the threads Of bobbik's robe, ignited and the garment

1903
01:59:34.640 --> 01:59:38.319
fell away from his naked. Body as Ash pen lifted

1904
01:59:38.319 --> 01:59:41.800
a chair over his. Shoulder bobbik's mouth stretched open until

1905
01:59:41.800 --> 01:59:46.199
his jaw unhinged and continued to stretch. Wider, still his

1906
01:59:46.319 --> 01:59:49.880
voice emanated from deep within. HIM i am which was

1907
01:59:49.960 --> 01:59:53.880
created before all. Else from the first, FLAME i took my.

1908
01:59:54.039 --> 01:59:58.359
Life you child of The, mud are born in my,

1909
01:59:58.640 --> 02:00:04.960
shadow said you suck at talking. Shit penn lunged, forward

1910
02:00:05.000 --> 02:00:08.000
swinging the chair Of babbok's. FACE a fiery cloud launched

1911
02:00:08.000 --> 02:00:11.039
From babock's maw and engulfed the. Furniture pen let go

1912
02:00:11.119 --> 02:00:13.880
and jump, back gasping at the remains already scorched to

1913
02:00:13.920 --> 02:00:17.239
a cinder between him and the. Iffrit the creature, Laughed

1914
02:00:17.359 --> 02:00:21.199
smoke oozed from his. Pores yellow brown perspiration dripped from

1915
02:00:21.239 --> 02:00:24.560
the wiry hairs of his broad. Chest the glow returned

1916
02:00:24.560 --> 02:00:28.920
to his, eyes and his skin. Combusted bobbick Clutched pen's,

1917
02:00:29.039 --> 02:00:32.680
arms searing his flesh and tossing him effortlessly across the.

1918
02:00:32.760 --> 02:00:36.439
Restaurant the fiery figure stalked the, room leaving burning footprints

1919
02:00:36.439 --> 02:00:40.159
in his. Wake the ceiling tiles darkened. Overhead pen crawled

1920
02:00:40.199 --> 02:00:42.439
under a, table only for a fireball to set it.

1921
02:00:42.520 --> 02:00:44.920
Ablaze he shot from beneath it and ran to the,

1922
02:00:45.000 --> 02:00:48.079
kitchen as more flaming orbs streaked past him and ignited the.

1923
02:00:48.119 --> 02:00:51.680
Furnishings penn pulled his shirt over his head to examine his.

1924
02:00:51.720 --> 02:00:55.479
Wounds the creature's handprints were black spots of charred. Flesh,

1925
02:00:56.439 --> 02:01:00.199
JESUS i look like a fucking. Whopper the plastic swinging

1926
02:01:00.239 --> 02:01:02.960
doors melted into a puddle as the effort pushed through.

1927
02:01:03.000 --> 02:01:07.880
Them babik turned slowly to Face. Pen where is your bravado,

1928
02:01:08.000 --> 02:01:12.039
now little? Louse he. Growled you know what the hardest

1929
02:01:12.039 --> 02:01:15.279
thing about getting out of prison, Is penn, asked looking

1930
02:01:15.319 --> 02:01:18.079
around the kitchen for a. Weapon he grabbed a, large

1931
02:01:18.159 --> 02:01:22.880
curved knife and pointed it At. Babak enlighten. Me the

1932
02:01:22.920 --> 02:01:26.279
iffrit touched the point of the. Knife the blade glowed

1933
02:01:26.319 --> 02:01:29.199
intensely until the tang cooked through the, handle And pen

1934
02:01:29.359 --> 02:01:32.399
tossed it aside with a. Shriek he continued moving away

1935
02:01:32.439 --> 02:01:36.520
from the walking. Inferno the hardest part is knowing the

1936
02:01:36.560 --> 02:01:40.039
whole fucking world went on without. You everyone lived their,

1937
02:01:40.119 --> 02:01:43.720
lives moved on and did their own. Thing the creature

1938
02:01:43.800 --> 02:01:49.800
paused and cocked its. Head this is. True everything changes

1939
02:01:49.840 --> 02:01:52.079
when you're locked. Up no one gives a shit that you're,

1940
02:01:52.159 --> 02:01:54.199
gone and the world isn't the same when you come.

1941
02:01:54.239 --> 02:01:57.079
Back so much shit has been invented that you can't keep,

1942
02:01:57.199 --> 02:02:00.640
Up but you never even heard of anseln grabbed a

1943
02:02:00.640 --> 02:02:03.199
pot and slung the boiling oil at the. Iffrit the

1944
02:02:03.239 --> 02:02:06.920
liquid flared to, life burning everything in its. Path secondary

1945
02:02:06.960 --> 02:02:11.239
fires flashed around the. Kitchen bobbock's laughter. Boomed he stepped

1946
02:02:11.279 --> 02:02:14.680
Toward pen and raised an accusatory. FINGER a gout of

1947
02:02:14.760 --> 02:02:17.920
flames speared outward and contorted into a flame sword that

1948
02:02:18.079 --> 02:02:24.319
stopped inches From pen's. Face then The ansel fire suppression system.

1949
02:02:24.359 --> 02:02:29.359
Engaged first came the high pressure blast of chemicals that extinguished,

1950
02:02:29.399 --> 02:02:33.199
everything followed by the blanket of heavy foam that knocked

1951
02:02:33.199 --> 02:02:37.159
both combatants to the. Floor pen pushed himself up and

1952
02:02:37.239 --> 02:02:40.479
slipped about until he got his. Footing he spat the

1953
02:02:40.520 --> 02:02:44.359
non toxic but non tasty foam from his. Mouth bobbock

1954
02:02:44.520 --> 02:02:47.159
sobbed on the floor in a quivering mass beneath the

1955
02:02:47.199 --> 02:02:51.439
White sudsea. Blanket his flesh was charred from the fire suppressing.

1956
02:02:51.439 --> 02:02:55.479
Agents let's get you back in the. Bottle pen Grabbed

1957
02:02:55.520 --> 02:02:57.760
bobbik's arm and the burnt flesh stripped away in his.

1958
02:02:57.800 --> 02:03:03.159
Hands Ew the effort curled into a fetal position as

1959
02:03:03.159 --> 02:03:06.239
his cooling skin crumbled and broke, away leaving a human

1960
02:03:06.319 --> 02:03:10.800
shaped briquet on the. Floor Fuck pen kicked the corpse

1961
02:03:10.800 --> 02:03:14.119
and it shattered into soggy. Ash you weren't supposed to.

1962
02:03:14.199 --> 02:03:17.920
DIE i need you to fix. Head something stirred among

1963
02:03:18.000 --> 02:03:22.119
the debris that used to Be bobbic's rib. Cage what the?

1964
02:03:22.159 --> 02:03:26.079
Shit pen knelt to inspect the. Movement he dug his

1965
02:03:26.159 --> 02:03:29.760
fingers through the, slog revealing a, green fist sized orb

1966
02:03:30.039 --> 02:03:33.880
stretching open within the effort's. Body the red poppy petals

1967
02:03:33.960 --> 02:03:37.159
pushed through and twisted. Open the petals, shuddered and the

1968
02:03:37.199 --> 02:03:40.960
oversized flower moved shakily across the ravaged organs beneath. It

1969
02:03:41.560 --> 02:03:44.960
pen touched the. Petals the flower twisted, violently and the

1970
02:03:44.960 --> 02:03:48.520
four viselike fangs buried deep Into pen's. Hand he jumped,

1971
02:03:48.560 --> 02:03:51.680
back howling in. Pain the fake flower lost petals As

1972
02:03:51.720 --> 02:03:54.760
pen shook his arm, violently revealing the, creature whose back

1973
02:03:54.840 --> 02:03:58.119
it grew on its spindly legs fought for. Purchase as

1974
02:03:58.159 --> 02:04:01.319
it was slung back and, Forth pen banged it against a,

1975
02:04:01.399 --> 02:04:05.039
countertop freeing himself from its bite at a. Cost he

1976
02:04:05.119 --> 02:04:07.880
grimaced at the exposed, bone before reaching for a towel

1977
02:04:07.880 --> 02:04:10.880
to wrap around the. WOUND a cowering cook ran Past

1978
02:04:10.920 --> 02:04:14.000
pen into the wrecked dining. Room pen ignored him and

1979
02:04:14.039 --> 02:04:16.479
followed the monster's tracks through the foam and out the

1980
02:04:16.520 --> 02:04:21.079
service entrance to the alley. Beyond he. Groaned the overhead

1981
02:04:21.159 --> 02:04:24.159
lights left pools of piss yellow between the restaurants and

1982
02:04:24.199 --> 02:04:29.239
the nearby. Buildings come out, babok he called The iffrit

1983
02:04:29.319 --> 02:04:33.560
did not. Oblige thin digits Caressed pen's bare shoulder and

1984
02:04:33.600 --> 02:04:36.560
squeezed the tense, muscles sending a ripple of goosebumps up

1985
02:04:36.600 --> 02:04:40.079
his spine as he whirled around the. Creature wasn't there

1986
02:04:41.239 --> 02:04:44.760
just the? Cook the Diminutive iranian man glared At pen

1987
02:04:44.880 --> 02:04:48.079
from behind thick lenses that occupied entirely too much of

1988
02:04:48.119 --> 02:04:51.319
his dark. Face the man held up the magic. Bottle

1989
02:04:52.239 --> 02:04:55.640
you forgot, this he said. Softly it seems to be

1990
02:04:55.680 --> 02:05:00.359
missing the. Cork shit and thought of. That penn took the.

1991
02:05:00.399 --> 02:05:03.279
Bottle the man reached into his white smock and produced

1992
02:05:03.279 --> 02:05:05.520
a quirk of his. Own he held it, up Showing

1993
02:05:05.560 --> 02:05:09.439
pen the burned in hexagram on its wide. TOP i

1994
02:05:09.479 --> 02:05:12.720
think you'll find this one fits. Perfectly the man scampered.

1995
02:05:12.760 --> 02:05:16.079
Away fuck AM i supposed to do with the? Bottle

1996
02:05:16.600 --> 02:05:19.560
the cook stopped at the, door put the efrit back.

1997
02:05:19.560 --> 02:05:24.119
Inside do you know? Nothing as a matter of, FACT i.

1998
02:05:24.239 --> 02:05:28.600
Don't the cook rolled his eyes. Inside ifrits don't like,

1999
02:05:28.680 --> 02:05:31.640
light flush it, out nail it to the, earth invoke

2000
02:05:31.720 --> 02:05:34.039
the name Of, suleimane and return it to its vessel

2001
02:05:34.039 --> 02:05:36.640
at once to undo any wish it is, granted it's

2002
02:05:36.680 --> 02:05:40.039
not that. Difficult the man disappeared inside and slammed the.

2003
02:05:40.079 --> 02:05:43.800
Door penn's shoulders. Sagged he put the cork between his

2004
02:05:43.880 --> 02:05:46.319
teeth and pulled out his, phone flipping on the. Flashlight,

2005
02:05:47.479 --> 02:05:51.640
OKAY i got light and a. Bottle where DO i get?

2006
02:05:51.720 --> 02:05:56.560
NAILS i don't see a hardware St, oh. Motherfucker pen

2007
02:05:56.680 --> 02:05:58.920
cast the light down and found the source of the sudden.

2008
02:05:58.960 --> 02:06:01.840
Pain he lifted his foot and with it the broken

2009
02:06:01.880 --> 02:06:04.439
slat of a. Pallet he slid down the brick wall

2010
02:06:04.479 --> 02:06:07.520
and pried the board. Loose the rusted nails squeaked as

2011
02:06:07.560 --> 02:06:10.479
they passed through the rubber sole of his. Boot oh,

2012
02:06:10.479 --> 02:06:15.520
good NOW i have. Nails he panned the light. Around nothing.

2013
02:06:15.600 --> 02:06:18.800
Moved he tilted the phone under the dumpster beside. Him

2014
02:06:19.279 --> 02:06:22.039
the monster screeched and lunged from its, cover attacking the

2015
02:06:22.079 --> 02:06:24.479
phone and knocking it to the. Ground it scurried, away

2016
02:06:24.479 --> 02:06:26.199
And pen crawled after it until he could get his

2017
02:06:26.239 --> 02:06:28.920
feet under him and. Run the thing's ten legs carried

2018
02:06:28.920 --> 02:06:31.319
it much faster Than pen could. Hobble it cleared the

2019
02:06:31.359 --> 02:06:33.199
alley and found itself in the glare of a street.

2020
02:06:33.279 --> 02:06:36.239
Light the effort screamed again and bolted around the. Building

2021
02:06:36.960 --> 02:06:39.600
pen rounded the corner and searched for the. Thing then

2022
02:06:39.640 --> 02:06:41.479
he saw the back of his truck sticking out of

2023
02:06:41.479 --> 02:06:44.159
the side of the. Building ed was slumped against the,

2024
02:06:44.199 --> 02:06:47.760
tires his clothes saturated with sweat and his face void

2025
02:06:47.800 --> 02:06:51.399
of color except for the explosion of. FRECKLES a clump

2026
02:06:51.439 --> 02:06:53.520
of hair blew away from his head on the. Breeze

2027
02:06:54.119 --> 02:06:57.239
bloody spittle dripped down his chin as his body spasmed

2028
02:06:57.479 --> 02:07:02.119
with weak, Hacks pens to the ground beside. Him he

2029
02:07:02.199 --> 02:07:05.399
hugged the boy and stroked his. Cheek the fever was,

2030
02:07:05.479 --> 02:07:10.479
gone But ed's skin was deathly cold in its. Wake come, on,

2031
02:07:10.600 --> 02:07:12.920
kid you saved. Me stay alive long enough to let

2032
02:07:12.920 --> 02:07:18.319
me pay you. Back it's. Okay ed, moaned at Least

2033
02:07:18.319 --> 02:07:21.640
i'm with my. Friend pen wept as the boy fell

2034
02:07:21.680 --> 02:07:26.000
limp against. Him The iffrit shimmered out from under the

2035
02:07:26.039 --> 02:07:29.039
truck and stared at the two humans with its beady red.

2036
02:07:29.079 --> 02:07:32.680
Eyes its fang spread in a clicking hiss that sounded

2037
02:07:32.720 --> 02:07:36.840
like perverse. Laughter the monster moved, forward, slowly crawling Across

2038
02:07:37.000 --> 02:07:40.960
ed's wilted. Form it Watched penn, cry but the man didn't.

2039
02:07:41.000 --> 02:07:44.640
Move bobbi took tentacle steps onto his thigh and then

2040
02:07:44.680 --> 02:07:48.800
stood tall and repeated the evil. Cackling what was it

2041
02:07:48.840 --> 02:07:49.279
you called?

2042
02:07:49.319 --> 02:07:49.399
Me?

2043
02:07:49.520 --> 02:07:52.920
Kazam pen. Sniffled he wiped his nose on the back

2044
02:07:52.960 --> 02:07:56.800
of his, hand still clutching the broken. Board h child

2045
02:07:56.880 --> 02:08:00.439
of the, mud wasn't that? It bobbi blinked each of

2046
02:08:00.479 --> 02:08:04.840
his six. Eyes guess that makes me part of the.

2047
02:08:04.880 --> 02:08:08.079
Earth the board Met pen's thigh with a, sharp wet.

2048
02:08:08.119 --> 02:08:11.359
Smack bobbic squealed beneath the, wood with nails pinning him in.

2049
02:08:11.359 --> 02:08:14.319
Place penn pressed the board down harder and spat the

2050
02:08:14.359 --> 02:08:17.399
cork into his free. Hand he placed the hexagram Against bobbik's.

2051
02:08:17.399 --> 02:08:20.479
Face smoke roiled at the contact of the divine symbol

2052
02:08:20.520 --> 02:08:24.640
and infernal flesh in Su Lea mayne's. Name get the

2053
02:08:24.680 --> 02:08:28.800
fuck in the. Bottle the creature's flesh, vibrated, shifted and

2054
02:08:28.840 --> 02:08:31.720
burst into a cloud of brackish smoke that swirled around

2055
02:08:31.720 --> 02:08:34.720
the neck of the ornate glass. Vessel pen stuffed the

2056
02:08:34.720 --> 02:08:38.039
cork into the, top sealing the iffrit. Within his head

2057
02:08:38.079 --> 02:08:41.479
thumped against the, tire and he Hugged ed. Close i'm,

2058
02:08:41.520 --> 02:08:46.600
SORRY i was, late. Kid janet adjusted the flowers in their.

2059
02:08:46.680 --> 02:08:50.000
Vases her hands shook as much from stress and heartache

2060
02:08:50.000 --> 02:08:52.520
as from the lack of a. Drink she hadn't had

2061
02:08:52.560 --> 02:08:56.000
a drop Since pen returned without her. Son she wouldn't

2062
02:08:56.039 --> 02:09:00.159
touch it ever. Again ed only ever had one, friend

2063
02:09:00.600 --> 02:09:03.800
but the flowers seemed to come from. Everywhere even some

2064
02:09:03.920 --> 02:09:07.119
lady In New york sent. Some it seemed all the

2065
02:09:07.159 --> 02:09:10.560
Time janet spent in a, bottle her son spent touching

2066
02:09:10.600 --> 02:09:15.199
the lives of. Others none of them were his, friends Just.

2067
02:09:15.319 --> 02:09:19.520
Pen the rest sent cards explaining How ed helped, them

2068
02:09:19.800 --> 02:09:23.159
how the words and smile he shared touched. Them she

2069
02:09:23.319 --> 02:09:27.199
reread the cards and broke down in tears. Again penn

2070
02:09:27.239 --> 02:09:30.279
placed a hand on her. Shoulder she slapped it. AWAY

2071
02:09:31.479 --> 02:09:33.439
i never knew what he was doing When i'd send him,

2072
02:09:33.439 --> 02:09:37.319
away she, said holding up the. Cards penn took them

2073
02:09:37.359 --> 02:09:40.479
and flipped through the. Stack he'd read all of them several.

2074
02:09:40.520 --> 02:09:45.119
Times ed told me magic is just a toy without a.

2075
02:09:45.159 --> 02:09:48.199
Battery he set the cards next to the flowers and

2076
02:09:48.279 --> 02:09:51.279
took a bag of gummy worms from his. Pocket he'd

2077
02:09:51.279 --> 02:09:53.800
picked all the other colors out to leave Only ed's

2078
02:09:53.840 --> 02:09:56.960
favorite red and green. Ones he put one between his

2079
02:09:57.039 --> 02:09:59.840
teeth and slipped it up before offering them the Jan

2080
02:10:00.960 --> 02:10:05.119
she smiled softly and plucked one from the. Bag what's

2081
02:10:05.159 --> 02:10:09.520
that even, mean she. ASKED ed shared his magic with

2082
02:10:09.600 --> 02:10:14.279
people that needed. It he got that from. Somewhere maybe

2083
02:10:14.279 --> 02:10:16.039
you fucked up and how you showed, it but you

2084
02:10:16.119 --> 02:10:18.560
still loved, him or you wouldn't be crying in a

2085
02:10:18.560 --> 02:10:21.960
bag of gummy worms with. Me that was the battery

2086
02:10:22.000 --> 02:10:27.479
to his. Magic. Love they still don't know what, Happened janet.

2087
02:10:27.479 --> 02:10:31.880
Said severe allergic, reaction a Small Middle eastern man, said

2088
02:10:31.880 --> 02:10:35.039
from behind oversized. Glasses he stepped into the room and

2089
02:10:35.079 --> 02:10:38.720
slapped the iPad against his. Palm possibly something found in

2090
02:10:38.760 --> 02:10:43.399
the second hand moving blankets inside Mister pennington's Truck. Pennington

2091
02:10:43.720 --> 02:10:47.079
janet glanced up At. Penn penn pointed at the. Man

2092
02:10:47.920 --> 02:10:51.319
you're the, cook obviously, not SINCE i am clearly the.

2093
02:10:51.399 --> 02:10:55.920
Doctor he nodded. Happily and you Are Casper Marion. Pennington

2094
02:10:56.000 --> 02:10:59.960
are you not? Wow your parents hated, You janet, said.

2095
02:11:00.640 --> 02:11:04.159
Yeah pen pinched the bridge of his. NOSE i am

2096
02:11:04.880 --> 02:11:06.760
you should be more careful of the things you allow

2097
02:11:06.800 --> 02:11:10.439
a boy to play. With the doctor scolded. Him ed

2098
02:11:10.560 --> 02:11:13.039
turned away from the harsh glare of the overhead fluorescence

2099
02:11:13.039 --> 02:11:18.399
with a. Groan, Mom, pen about damn time you woke, up,

2100
02:11:18.520 --> 02:11:21.960
Kid pen rubbed dead's shaved. Head how are you feeling

2101
02:11:22.720 --> 02:11:25.680
LIKE i was in a car? Crash the doctor cleared his.

2102
02:11:25.760 --> 02:11:29.319
Throat pen squinted at, him then turned his attention back To.

2103
02:11:29.560 --> 02:11:32.159
Ed janet shoved him out of the way and snuggled her.

2104
02:11:32.199 --> 02:11:34.600
Son pen sat on the corner of the bed and

2105
02:11:34.680 --> 02:11:37.560
dug in his pockets with a. Groan the skin grafts

2106
02:11:37.560 --> 02:11:40.439
were tight and. Pinched ed pushed his mother's hair out

2107
02:11:40.479 --> 02:11:45.039
of his. Face, mom you're smothering. Me i'm, sorry. Baby

2108
02:11:45.560 --> 02:11:49.479
she kissed his cheek for so. Much pen put his

2109
02:11:49.560 --> 02:11:52.119
hand on her shoulder, again and this time she let it.

2110
02:11:52.199 --> 02:11:56.039
Stay good. Thing you woke up when you. Did penn,

2111
02:11:56.079 --> 02:12:00.199
said why is? That ed asked as excitedly as the

2112
02:12:00.239 --> 02:12:04.520
recently resuscitated, Could because you almost missed the, coolest most

2113
02:12:04.520 --> 02:12:07.880
fun holiday there. Is he handed ed a narrow box

2114
02:12:07.920 --> 02:12:10.920
with a ribbon around. It ed opened the box and,

2115
02:12:10.960 --> 02:12:14.439
smiled holding up the prize. INSIDE i can't BELIEVE i.

2116
02:12:14.479 --> 02:12:22.359
Forgot that's, right, Kid It's National Kazoo. Day The End

2117
02:12:31.560 --> 02:12:37.439
The Black museum By John Oak. Dalton they were taping

2118
02:12:37.479 --> 02:12:40.800
The halloween special at The Visitors center In ipswich because

2119
02:12:41.520 --> 02:12:44.880
they couldn't Afford salem At. Halloween but fuck, It steve

2120
02:12:44.920 --> 02:12:48.119
thought the rumor was this was the last season of the. Show,

2121
02:12:48.159 --> 02:12:51.119
anyway he would just say in the cold open they

2122
02:12:51.119 --> 02:12:54.560
were In, salem and who would know the. Difference there

2123
02:12:54.680 --> 02:12:57.279
was a guy with A Jim abbott rookie, card which

2124
02:12:57.359 --> 02:12:59.920
wasn't worth, much but the guy was telling a good

2125
02:13:00.119 --> 02:13:02.840
story about seeing him play at The university Of, michigan

2126
02:13:03.399 --> 02:13:06.279
so they'd probably use it in the. Episode they only

2127
02:13:06.319 --> 02:13:09.079
had a trickle of people here wanting their junk to

2128
02:13:09.079 --> 02:13:11.680
be appraised for the, show so they would have to

2129
02:13:11.720 --> 02:13:15.600
take what they had Junkin coast To coast had been

2130
02:13:15.640 --> 02:13:19.600
broadcast for seventeen years on a second tier cable channel

2131
02:13:19.640 --> 02:13:23.479
and had been steadily declining in viewership since the original

2132
02:13:23.520 --> 02:13:28.600
host had had the temerity to kill. Himself it used

2133
02:13:28.640 --> 02:13:32.840
to be called junkin With, joe but shit With steve

2134
02:13:32.960 --> 02:13:36.680
didn't have the same ring to, It so there you.

2135
02:13:36.760 --> 02:13:40.159
Go the bitch of it, all In steve's mind was

2136
02:13:40.199 --> 02:13:43.319
Fucking joe died with a belt hanging around his neck

2137
02:13:43.479 --> 02:13:46.199
and a bunch of furry porn around his. Feet but

2138
02:13:46.399 --> 02:13:50.920
all of that has been conveniently, forgotten And steve was

2139
02:13:51.039 --> 02:13:55.359
never never going to be considered as good as the original.

2140
02:13:55.399 --> 02:13:59.920
Guy his, Videographer, yvonne had the baseball card guy square

2141
02:14:00.119 --> 02:14:02.439
up on a head and shoulders shot and was half

2142
02:14:02.439 --> 02:14:06.520
turned away texting. Somebody she had been his primary shooter

2143
02:14:06.640 --> 02:14:09.079
on The East, coast and since the budget of the

2144
02:14:09.119 --> 02:14:13.039
show kept shrinking year over, year they traveled less and

2145
02:14:13.199 --> 02:14:16.479
less and stayed closer To New york And steve's other

2146
02:14:16.600 --> 02:14:21.119
videographers in other parts of the country dropped. Away but

2147
02:14:21.279 --> 02:14:23.640
even though they spent a lot of time together when

2148
02:14:23.640 --> 02:14:26.119
they were shooting the show and stayed at the same

2149
02:14:26.159 --> 02:14:30.039
hotels and ate together every. Night they never had hooked,

2150
02:14:30.079 --> 02:14:34.920
up never even brushed. Hands Yet steve felt Like yvonne

2151
02:14:35.000 --> 02:14:38.600
was breaking up with. Him this old lady comes up

2152
02:14:38.640 --> 02:14:42.279
with another Fucking blenco. Vase and then after that was a,

2153
02:14:42.359 --> 02:14:45.880
lull And yvonne stepped out into the cold night and called.

2154
02:14:45.880 --> 02:14:49.600
Somebody steve watched through the windows of the visitor. Center

2155
02:14:50.159 --> 02:14:52.800
when she hung, Up steve went outside to confront. Her

2156
02:14:53.720 --> 02:14:56.720
are you looking for another? Job it's the last show

2157
02:14:56.720 --> 02:15:00.159
of the, Season. Steve, yeah but we're starting again In

2158
02:15:00.199 --> 02:15:03.319
portsmouth In, january and people have always cleared out a

2159
02:15:03.319 --> 02:15:06.600
bunch of shit over the. Holidays yvonne shook her. Head

2160
02:15:07.640 --> 02:15:10.800
i'm hearing this is? It even if it, ISN'T i

2161
02:15:10.800 --> 02:15:13.880
gotta keep an eye out for. Me steve pointed at

2162
02:15:13.920 --> 02:15:18.279
her cell. Phone who was? That yvonne just. Shrugged it Was.

2163
02:15:18.399 --> 02:15:21.640
Rich he's on that dive bar show now where they

2164
02:15:21.680 --> 02:15:23.479
show people how to fix them up and make a

2165
02:15:23.520 --> 02:15:26.239
new drink, menu that kind of. Thing you mean where

2166
02:15:26.239 --> 02:15:29.600
he fucking went when he cut out on. Junkin that's

2167
02:15:29.640 --> 02:15:33.920
not how he sees. It but, yeah the asshole hosts

2168
02:15:33.920 --> 02:15:36.880
That we were at the upfronts In boston with the network,

2169
02:15:36.920 --> 02:15:40.600
guys and he was a douchebag to. Everybody, yeah But

2170
02:15:41.279 --> 02:15:44.760
rich says that's only when he. Drinks the whole premise

2171
02:15:44.760 --> 02:15:48.600
of the show is in fucking. Drinking, Well rich says

2172
02:15:48.640 --> 02:15:51.439
he needs a second, Shooter so so you're the first

2173
02:15:51.439 --> 02:15:56.079
shooter on my. Show yvonne just looked at, him then

2174
02:15:56.199 --> 02:15:58.640
slides her eyes back through the window of the visitor.

2175
02:15:58.680 --> 02:16:01.760
Center steve follows her line of sight and sees a

2176
02:16:01.800 --> 02:16:04.720
guy in coveralls with a little book under his, arm

2177
02:16:05.239 --> 02:16:07.800
and fuck my life if that isn't probably A civil

2178
02:16:07.840 --> 02:16:12.079
war diary about somebody nobody gives a shit. About So

2179
02:16:12.159 --> 02:16:14.880
steve just set his jaw And yvonne followed him back

2180
02:16:14.880 --> 02:16:17.840
into the visitor. CENTER a blast of warm air and

2181
02:16:17.880 --> 02:16:21.479
close smells hit. Them, hey thanks for coming out to the.

2182
02:16:21.520 --> 02:16:23.880
Show if you'll sign this, release we can sit down

2183
02:16:23.960 --> 02:16:26.920
AND i can check out what you have. There the

2184
02:16:27.000 --> 02:16:30.640
guy looked pretty nervous up close and only gives a

2185
02:16:30.680 --> 02:16:34.120
little bird like nod while he's scratching his name on

2186
02:16:34.159 --> 02:16:36.840
the Clipboard yvonne holds out to. Him the fake smile

2187
02:16:37.000 --> 02:16:41.040
dropped From steve's. Face, hey CAN i look at? This

2188
02:16:41.120 --> 02:16:44.879
while my videographer sets up real. Quick, sure, man that's

2189
02:16:44.920 --> 02:16:47.799
WHY i brought. It the guy, SAID i found it

2190
02:16:47.840 --> 02:16:51.040
WHEN i was cleaning out my uncle's attic he passed

2191
02:16:51.040 --> 02:16:54.920
over the. Summer steve swallowed hard and takes the, small

2192
02:16:55.280 --> 02:16:57.840
soft edged book While yvonne gets ready to clip A

2193
02:16:57.920 --> 02:17:02.479
lavaaler microphone on the. Guy steve frowned with distaste and

2194
02:17:02.520 --> 02:17:05.799
puts the book down quickly on a nearby. Table Both

2195
02:17:05.879 --> 02:17:09.360
yvonne and the guy look At steve with. Surprise take

2196
02:17:09.399 --> 02:17:12.000
that mic. Off we can't talk to this, Dude steve

2197
02:17:12.040 --> 02:17:15.559
said with. Finality the guy in the coveralls raised his

2198
02:17:15.639 --> 02:17:19.040
hands and mocks. Surrender hey, MAN i just want to

2199
02:17:19.079 --> 02:17:22.479
know WHAT i have. Here steve looked at him. Steadily

2200
02:17:23.600 --> 02:17:27.399
it looks like you have a diary bound in human,

2201
02:17:27.520 --> 02:17:29.760
skin AND i don't dick around with shit like. That.

2202
02:17:30.799 --> 02:17:33.440
Now the guy looked more surprised than he did. Before

2203
02:17:34.040 --> 02:17:37.879
he holds his hands open. WIDE i didn't know. That

2204
02:17:38.600 --> 02:17:41.360
you said you got that from your. Uncle maybe you

2205
02:17:41.399 --> 02:17:45.360
should turn that over to the. Police the. Police it

2206
02:17:45.399 --> 02:17:49.159
ain't like. That steve just. SHRUGGED i don't care what it's.

2207
02:17:49.280 --> 02:17:52.200
Like i'm not going on camera with a book made

2208
02:17:52.200 --> 02:17:56.639
out of somebody's. Skin yvonne retreated behind her camera and

2209
02:17:56.719 --> 02:17:59.840
doesn't check her cellphone for. Once the guy in cover

2210
02:18:00.360 --> 02:18:02.440
looked through the window of the visitor center to the

2211
02:18:02.520 --> 02:18:05.799
darkness beyond where nobody else is coming to bring their

2212
02:18:05.840 --> 02:18:11.760
old crap. Tonight then he looked square At. Steve, okay

2213
02:18:12.879 --> 02:18:16.120
this is the straight, story. Man i'm a, Plumber, OKAY

2214
02:18:16.280 --> 02:18:18.680
i work for the. City we get this. Call there's

2215
02:18:18.760 --> 02:18:21.479
water running out of this old abandoned building way down

2216
02:18:21.520 --> 02:18:25.479
by choke. Bridge we go down, there water running across the.

2217
02:18:25.479 --> 02:18:28.479
Street EVENTUALLY i gotta break into the place and look

2218
02:18:28.520 --> 02:18:32.399
for a busted. Pipe, see this is the most boring

2219
02:18:32.520 --> 02:18:35.159
fucking story that involves a diary made of human SKIN

2220
02:18:35.280 --> 02:18:39.639
i have ever. Heard, Okay, okay so wait a. SECOND

2221
02:18:40.000 --> 02:18:42.319
i get in, THERE i shut off the. PIPE i

2222
02:18:42.360 --> 02:18:45.360
start looking around a. Minute this old boarded up place

2223
02:18:45.479 --> 02:18:48.719
is full of all kinds of. Shit it looks like

2224
02:18:49.200 --> 02:18:52.000
medieval torture, shit and a bunch of other. STUFF i

2225
02:18:52.000 --> 02:18:55.000
don't know what it, is but there's probably some money

2226
02:18:55.040 --> 02:18:58.680
in all, that, Right BUT i can't haul all that

2227
02:18:58.799 --> 02:19:01.360
out with my partner just out. Outside SO i grabbed

2228
02:19:01.360 --> 02:19:03.239
this book off a, shelf AND i thought i'd bring

2229
02:19:03.239 --> 02:19:05.840
it here. Tonight see if this shit wasn't worth. Anything

2230
02:19:06.760 --> 02:19:10.520
my grandma watches your. Show you, Know steve is actually

2231
02:19:10.559 --> 02:19:14.239
able to ignore this comment because his mind is working.

2232
02:19:15.159 --> 02:19:20.079
Working what's your, name? Dude why you got to know my?

2233
02:19:20.200 --> 02:19:23.280
Name i'm not calling the. COPS i just want to

2234
02:19:23.319 --> 02:19:29.079
know what to call. You, Jimmy Jimmy. Corey so what

2235
02:19:29.159 --> 02:19:33.399
other kind of stuff was in this? Place Jimmy jimmy.

2236
02:19:33.399 --> 02:19:38.360
Shrugged maybe some other, weapons some guns and, Shit But

2237
02:19:38.440 --> 02:19:42.319
i'm not touching somebody else's. GUNS i have a feeling

2238
02:19:42.559 --> 02:19:45.079
that was a good. Idea just hang loose for a.

2239
02:19:45.120 --> 02:19:48.600
Second steve lifted his chin And yvonne follows him to

2240
02:19:48.639 --> 02:19:51.479
the corner out of. Earshot yvonne looked at him like

2241
02:19:51.520 --> 02:19:55.520
he was. Crazy, YVONNE i think this dude here found

2242
02:19:55.559 --> 02:20:02.520
a black. Museum yvonne arched a brow at. HIM a black, Museum,

2243
02:20:03.040 --> 02:20:06.479
jesus not that kind of Black calm down a, minute,

2244
02:20:06.600 --> 02:20:09.520
NOW i have to calm. Down it's not that kind

2245
02:20:09.520 --> 02:20:13.319
of black. Museum the original was In, london but now

2246
02:20:13.399 --> 02:20:16.719
it refers to any place where somebody has collected artifacts

2247
02:20:16.719 --> 02:20:21.000
from various crimes on the. Circuit you know the world

2248
02:20:21.040 --> 02:20:26.600
we live. In sometimes you hear about private. Collectors you

2249
02:20:26.680 --> 02:20:30.040
mean people that like want to picture a serial killer

2250
02:20:30.079 --> 02:20:35.520
painted shit like. THAT i mean that's a mild, example but,

2251
02:20:35.639 --> 02:20:39.680
yeah we've never seen anything like that come Through you

2252
02:20:39.840 --> 02:20:43.799
sure that's human? Skin, yeah it. Is so what do

2253
02:20:43.840 --> 02:20:47.520
you want to? Do steve looked back At. Jimmy we

2254
02:20:47.639 --> 02:20:50.239
need to get this guy to take us to that.

2255
02:20:50.399 --> 02:20:55.879
Place what? Why just trust me and when we get,

2256
02:20:55.920 --> 02:21:01.200
there don't stop rolling tape for. Anything my contract Says

2257
02:21:01.239 --> 02:21:04.760
i'm done at seven. Thirty steve shook his head. Angrily

2258
02:21:05.200 --> 02:21:08.840
forget about seven. Thirty we're looking at season. Eighteen believe.

2259
02:21:08.920 --> 02:21:15.040
Me uh, Huh yvonne said, flatly season. EIGHTEEN a few minutes,

2260
02:21:15.120 --> 02:21:18.239
Later stephen And yvonne piled Into jimmy's panel van and

2261
02:21:18.319 --> 02:21:20.760
headed towards the. River you ought to do a whole

2262
02:21:20.799 --> 02:21:23.680
show on The Choke, Bridge jimmy offered as they got.

2263
02:21:23.680 --> 02:21:26.399
Closer it's one of the oldest bridges in The United,

2264
02:21:26.440 --> 02:21:31.239
states if not the. Oldest, well can someone take that

2265
02:21:31.280 --> 02:21:34.000
bridge down and bring it into The Ipswich Visitor. Center,

2266
02:21:34.280 --> 02:21:38.120
no then it can't be on the fucking. Show jimmy

2267
02:21:38.200 --> 02:21:41.479
just shook his. Head it was just an. Idea and

2268
02:21:41.520 --> 02:21:45.840
when did you shave your? Beard what he's talking About?

2269
02:21:45.959 --> 02:21:51.040
Joe yvonne threw, in of course he's fucking talking About.

2270
02:21:51.159 --> 02:21:56.879
Joe steve, thought, Never, JIMMY i never shaved. It jimmy blinks,

2271
02:21:56.920 --> 02:22:00.200
owlishly then steers the panel van into a ground a

2272
02:22:00.239 --> 02:22:03.239
lot next to a large dilapidated, building with the bridge

2273
02:22:03.239 --> 02:22:07.319
looming close, by close enough that the brackish water seeped

2274
02:22:07.319 --> 02:22:10.239
through the gravel all around. Them when they stepped, Out

2275
02:22:10.639 --> 02:22:15.000
steve looked. Around somebody could urban renew this, shit put

2276
02:22:15.040 --> 02:22:18.799
in a, boardwalk turn this into. Something it's gotta fit

2277
02:22:18.840 --> 02:22:22.159
with the. History it's how we do things around, Here jimmy,

2278
02:22:22.200 --> 02:22:24.680
answered as he fiddles with the latch where a snapped

2279
02:22:24.680 --> 02:22:28.760
off combination lock. Hangs yvonne crowded in closer To. Steve

2280
02:22:29.200 --> 02:22:31.840
there's some sort of shape over, there looks like a

2281
02:22:32.040 --> 02:22:36.000
dead raccoon or. Something jimmy doesn't turn. Around i'm a

2282
02:22:36.040 --> 02:22:38.280
plumber for the. City if it ain't got at least

2283
02:22:38.360 --> 02:22:41.639
one shoe sticking, up we don't check it. Out steve

2284
02:22:41.719 --> 02:22:44.280
was about to Ask yvonne if she was rolling get

2285
02:22:44.280 --> 02:22:47.239
her focus, back when something came out of the darkness

2286
02:22:47.239 --> 02:22:51.920
ahead with a sound like thwip thwip, thwip and suddenly

2287
02:22:52.000 --> 02:22:57.680
the blackness Around steve was. Total When steve next opened his,

2288
02:22:57.760 --> 02:23:00.799
eyes something warm was running down his, face and he

2289
02:23:00.879 --> 02:23:03.520
knew it was blood Because yvonne was directly in front of,

2290
02:23:03.559 --> 02:23:06.600
him and blood was running from a scalp wound on her. Head.

2291
02:23:06.639 --> 02:23:10.000
Too near her was a guy dressed in all black

2292
02:23:10.399 --> 02:23:14.159
with an ugly face tattoo and a fuck if the

2293
02:23:14.200 --> 02:23:17.680
guy wasn't swinging a bola from one. Hand jimmy stood

2294
02:23:17.760 --> 02:23:20.879
stiff legged off to the, side watching As yvonne stumbled

2295
02:23:20.879 --> 02:23:23.719
in a loopy circle and carefully put the camera on the,

2296
02:23:23.760 --> 02:23:28.000
ground seemingly in a. Daze then the man in black

2297
02:23:28.120 --> 02:23:32.040
uncoiled like a serpent and let the bola. Go the

2298
02:23:32.120 --> 02:23:35.760
rope wrapped Around yvonne's neck and the two steel balls

2299
02:23:35.799 --> 02:23:38.879
at the end clapped Against yvonne's, skull and her legs

2300
02:23:38.920 --> 02:23:43.520
went out from under her and she quit. Moving steve's vision.

2301
02:23:43.639 --> 02:23:47.639
Swam jimmy's, voice growing, shrill cut through the gathering dark.

2302
02:23:47.680 --> 02:23:51.920
Clouds you said you'd let her. Go the man turned

2303
02:23:51.920 --> 02:23:55.200
his gaze On, jimmy who took an involuntary step, back

2304
02:23:55.479 --> 02:23:58.399
but he kept on with his. Protests you said you'd

2305
02:23:58.440 --> 02:24:01.360
let my girlfriend go IF i got it, here The

2306
02:24:01.399 --> 02:24:06.120
man In black's voice skipped Down steve's. SPINE i did

2307
02:24:06.159 --> 02:24:09.600
set her. Free it was the last moment you have

2308
02:24:09.799 --> 02:24:15.200
before reality sets. In jimmy licked his. Lips where is? She?

2309
02:24:15.280 --> 02:24:21.399
Then over? There jimmy didn't want to look behind, them,

2310
02:24:21.399 --> 02:24:27.719
boxes behind, them what didn't fit in. Them jimmy fell

2311
02:24:27.799 --> 02:24:31.360
to his, knees his eyes rolling back in. Shock the

2312
02:24:31.440 --> 02:24:34.000
man In black took a step, forward pulling a six

2313
02:24:34.079 --> 02:24:37.559
inch blade from an unseen sheath and Opening jimmy's now

2314
02:24:37.639 --> 02:24:42.440
convenient throat from ear to. Ear steve watched the blood

2315
02:24:42.440 --> 02:24:47.239
make a bright red arc before he passed. Out When steve,

2316
02:24:47.280 --> 02:24:50.399
awoke this, time the man In black had been. Busy

2317
02:24:51.479 --> 02:24:55.479
he'd Strapped, yvonne still only semi, conscious to some sort

2318
02:24:55.520 --> 02:25:00.520
of torture device That jimmy had described as. Medieval but

2319
02:25:00.680 --> 02:25:04.440
the strained part awake in the back Of steve's mind told,

2320
02:25:04.479 --> 02:25:07.639
him despite the terror flooding all the other parts of his,

2321
02:25:07.680 --> 02:25:12.000
brain that it wasn't built that long, ago maybe as

2322
02:25:12.040 --> 02:25:16.239
recently as the, seventies could have been a sex toy

2323
02:25:16.360 --> 02:25:19.559
somebody built in their garage or a prop from some

2324
02:25:19.879 --> 02:25:23.559
chintzy be. Movie steve's mind snapped clear when the cold

2325
02:25:23.559 --> 02:25:27.040
eyes of the man in black sought him. Out you're

2326
02:25:27.079 --> 02:25:31.840
back with, us junk, man the man, said And steve, thought,

2327
02:25:32.959 --> 02:25:37.040
oh we gotta do this shit like. That steve got

2328
02:25:37.079 --> 02:25:40.440
to his hands and, knees then slowly to his. Feet

2329
02:25:41.399 --> 02:25:44.239
he surveyed the torture device from a short distance with

2330
02:25:44.280 --> 02:25:51.879
a critical. Eye so this is a black, museum your unfortunate,

2331
02:25:51.959 --> 02:25:55.559
Friend billy did not lie about. THAT i have been

2332
02:25:55.639 --> 02:26:00.280
quietly working on my kingdom here for some, time and

2333
02:26:00.360 --> 02:26:05.879
the pieces are almost. Complete that bola it was used

2334
02:26:05.879 --> 02:26:08.920
by a teenager In Mexico city in the early two.

2335
02:26:08.959 --> 02:26:12.000
Thousands he threw it off an overpass through a bus,

2336
02:26:12.000 --> 02:26:14.799
window killing the driver and causing the bus to, flip

2337
02:26:15.399 --> 02:26:19.959
killing dozens of. Children he was listening to a band

2338
02:26:20.079 --> 02:26:23.959
Called Clowns Eat Little, girls and he said in court

2339
02:26:24.639 --> 02:26:28.479
the music told him to do, it and the knife

2340
02:26:29.000 --> 02:26:31.799
it's a caution with the serial number filed, off of,

2341
02:26:31.840 --> 02:26:37.440
course translates to kite. BIRD a Former Russian Special forces

2342
02:26:37.440 --> 02:26:40.799
soldier used it to kill more than twenty prostitutes in

2343
02:26:40.840 --> 02:26:44.559
The balkans throughout the nineties Before interpol caught up to.

2344
02:26:44.639 --> 02:26:48.440
Him the man in black Lifted yvanne's chin with one

2345
02:26:48.520 --> 02:26:51.360
pale hand and studied her skull like you would a

2346
02:26:51.399 --> 02:26:55.520
piece of fruit in the produce asle we will start

2347
02:26:55.600 --> 02:26:59.440
with this, device and something in the voice now Made

2348
02:26:59.479 --> 02:27:03.840
steve's head stand on. End it was built and used

2349
02:27:03.879 --> 02:27:06.440
in the early seventies by the man who became known

2350
02:27:07.200 --> 02:27:11.319
as The National Road, killer and many a poor hitchhiker

2351
02:27:11.360 --> 02:27:15.200
with fewer prospects than this young woman spent their last hours.

2352
02:27:15.680 --> 02:27:20.280
Here he turned his eyes back To steve. Again but

2353
02:27:20.559 --> 02:27:23.959
you can set her. Free all you have to do

2354
02:27:24.079 --> 02:27:27.719
is assist me with the final pieces of my red

2355
02:27:27.760 --> 02:27:32.479
puzzle SO i can end up Like. Jimmy thanks, anyway,

2356
02:27:32.600 --> 02:27:38.040
Dude yvonne Mumbles. Steve the man in black, frowned and

2357
02:27:38.159 --> 02:27:41.719
his disapproval is like a hand closing Around steve's. Throat

2358
02:27:43.040 --> 02:27:46.520
the simplest switch on this device starts moving joints and

2359
02:27:46.559 --> 02:27:51.319
ways they should not. Go then it gets more complicated from.

2360
02:27:51.360 --> 02:27:56.040
There for your, Friend steve barked out a. Laugh you

2361
02:27:56.200 --> 02:27:59.959
got this all. Wrong she's not my. Friend she works for,

2362
02:28:00.239 --> 02:28:03.200
me and you can get camera people by the bagful

2363
02:28:03.239 --> 02:28:07.559
In New york for, You, Steve yvonne cried, out her

2364
02:28:07.639 --> 02:28:13.280
voice warbling with. Desperation it's the gig, Economy steve. Shrugged

2365
02:28:13.840 --> 02:28:17.440
steve's comment even brings this stone cold killer up. Short

2366
02:28:18.600 --> 02:28:21.920
do you not even want to know WHAT i want

2367
02:28:21.959 --> 02:28:27.280
you to? DO a lay it on, me scribble. Face

2368
02:28:28.440 --> 02:28:31.000
the man in black waved The russian blade in a,

2369
02:28:31.120 --> 02:28:36.479
slow lazy, arc then it disappeared with a whisper back

2370
02:28:36.520 --> 02:28:41.360
into its. Sheath this is a grand, blade one that

2371
02:28:41.440 --> 02:28:46.000
has taken many. Lives but several years ago an elderly

2372
02:28:46.079 --> 02:28:49.319
man brought a knife to your, show and you sent

2373
02:28:49.399 --> 02:28:52.719
him away after telling him that the blade was worth very.

2374
02:28:52.760 --> 02:28:58.399
Little that man was Named John Wallace, hansen and he

2375
02:28:58.479 --> 02:29:01.520
died last. Year on his, deathbed it was alleged he

2376
02:29:01.559 --> 02:29:05.280
revealed he had killed a dozen women with that, blade

2377
02:29:05.719 --> 02:29:09.559
but was never caught because he'd made a pact with the.

2378
02:29:09.639 --> 02:29:13.920
Devil he was probably never caught because of his fabulous,

2379
02:29:13.920 --> 02:29:18.559
wealth which he also ascribed to his. PACT i believe

2380
02:29:18.639 --> 02:29:23.639
that knife now rests with his. DAUGHTER i, WANT i

2381
02:29:23.840 --> 02:29:27.239
need for you to reach out to her and offer

2382
02:29:27.360 --> 02:29:33.159
to reevaluate that. Knife then do what you have to

2383
02:29:33.159 --> 02:29:37.079
to bring that knife to, me where does she? Live

2384
02:29:37.120 --> 02:29:40.959
if It's, peoria it's going to be a. Minute as it,

2385
02:29:41.040 --> 02:29:45.760
happens she lives very nearby In, salem where you taped the.

2386
02:29:45.840 --> 02:29:50.920
Program her father appeared. On steve shook his. Head you

2387
02:29:51.040 --> 02:29:53.719
got something. Wrong we never taped a show In. Salem

2388
02:29:53.840 --> 02:29:56.879
we couldn't get in there this time. Either you had

2389
02:29:56.920 --> 02:30:00.920
a beard back then the pain in steve skull, cleared

2390
02:30:00.959 --> 02:30:04.280
but his eyes began to see a red. HAZE i

2391
02:30:04.479 --> 02:30:10.479
never had a fucking. Beard it was many years. Ago

2392
02:30:11.200 --> 02:30:17.360
i've hosted the show for seven. Years no before. That before,

2393
02:30:17.399 --> 02:30:24.399
that anger flooded Through steve's rubbery. Limbs that was the other.

2394
02:30:24.680 --> 02:30:28.280
Guy without realizing what he was, Doing steve lunged at

2395
02:30:28.319 --> 02:30:30.959
the man in. Black his hand instinctively went to where

2396
02:30:31.000 --> 02:30:33.440
he had seen the tattooed man slip the knife, away

2397
02:30:33.719 --> 02:30:36.520
and Suddenly steve had it by the handle and was

2398
02:30:36.559 --> 02:30:40.079
pushing the blade, upward, upward and it went under the

2399
02:30:40.120 --> 02:30:43.360
man's chin and threw his tongue and stuck somewhere in

2400
02:30:43.440 --> 02:30:45.959
the roof of his mouth before blood began gushing out

2401
02:30:46.319 --> 02:30:49.319
through his. Teeth he fell to his. Knees As steve

2402
02:30:49.360 --> 02:30:52.200
had Watched jimmy, do and with that in his, mind

2403
02:30:52.440 --> 02:30:54.959
he picked up the bola from where it lay on

2404
02:30:55.000 --> 02:30:58.600
the concrete floor nearby and pulped the other man's skull

2405
02:30:58.600 --> 02:31:02.879
with it until even the twitch. Stopped steve started Undoing

2406
02:31:02.920 --> 02:31:06.440
yvonne's bonds with blood slicked, hands and as he looked

2407
02:31:06.479 --> 02:31:08.879
closer at the, device it was a fucking good. Thing

2408
02:31:08.959 --> 02:31:13.680
it never started. Up he might have, Puked. Yvonne, uh

2409
02:31:13.719 --> 02:31:16.440
WHAT i? Said it was. Bullshit that guy was never

2410
02:31:16.520 --> 02:31:19.040
going to fucking let us live AFTER i did what he. Wanted,

2411
02:31:19.840 --> 02:31:26.479
steve WHAT i, SAID i meant. It fuck, You, steve fair.

2412
02:31:26.600 --> 02:31:29.200
ENOUGH i got you into. This we both got hit

2413
02:31:29.239 --> 02:31:32.360
in the fucking. Head that's not. Great we both said some,

2414
02:31:32.479 --> 02:31:36.559
Shit BUT i did what you told me. TO i

2415
02:31:36.600 --> 02:31:40.559
never stopped. Shooting steve stops untying her for a short,

2416
02:31:40.600 --> 02:31:46.959
Moment surprised WHAT i never stopped? Shooting steve looked over

2417
02:31:47.000 --> 02:31:48.959
at the, Camera yvonne said on the ground when they

2418
02:31:49.000 --> 02:31:57.360
first walked. In oh. Shit eighteen months, later everything was

2419
02:31:57.399 --> 02:32:01.040
working out fine For. Steve he wasn't charged with, anything

2420
02:32:01.079 --> 02:32:04.200
and the footage made him kind of a. Hero there

2421
02:32:04.280 --> 02:32:06.959
was a renewed interest in his, show But steve got

2422
02:32:07.000 --> 02:32:09.840
too big for it and now was about to host

2423
02:32:09.840 --> 02:32:13.239
a special on a major, network live from the Original

2424
02:32:13.239 --> 02:32:16.760
Black museum In, london with the current curator From New

2425
02:32:16.760 --> 02:32:21.040
Scotland yard answering his. Questions he'd Invited yvonne to join

2426
02:32:21.120 --> 02:32:23.799
him as a, producer but she didn't want to leave

2427
02:32:23.840 --> 02:32:26.760
the dive bar. Show she had ended up hooking up With,

2428
02:32:26.879 --> 02:32:29.120
rich so maybe that was part of her plan all.

2429
02:32:29.159 --> 02:32:32.719
Along rich And steve had mended, fences And rich told.

2430
02:32:32.760 --> 02:32:37.280
Him yvonne hardly ever woke up screaming. Anymore of, course

2431
02:32:37.319 --> 02:32:39.520
as soon As steve was cleared by the, cops he

2432
02:32:39.559 --> 02:32:42.239
went To salem and found the daughter and bought the

2433
02:32:42.319 --> 02:32:46.319
knife with what savings he had. Left the daughter had

2434
02:32:46.360 --> 02:32:49.280
heard the rumors too and was happy to get rid of,

2435
02:32:49.319 --> 02:32:53.920
it not for fucking free or, Anything steve. Noted the

2436
02:32:53.959 --> 02:32:56.600
first couple of Days steve didn't do anything with, it

2437
02:32:57.120 --> 02:33:00.520
but eventually he went down to the dumpsters behind His

2438
02:33:00.600 --> 02:33:04.360
astoria apartment building at night and waited for the. RATS

2439
02:33:05.719 --> 02:33:08.760
a couple of nights after that and he finally hit

2440
02:33:08.840 --> 02:33:12.520
one after getting pretty good at throwing the knife and

2441
02:33:12.639 --> 02:33:16.920
also having plenty of. Targets the very next, day a

2442
02:33:16.959 --> 02:33:19.760
woman who had dumped him came back into his life

2443
02:33:20.360 --> 02:33:23.159
and they went to bed together right, away and then

2444
02:33:23.239 --> 02:33:26.159
she moved in in a few weeks after. That but

2445
02:33:26.280 --> 02:33:28.719
before she decided to move, In steve was able to

2446
02:33:28.799 --> 02:33:31.159
kill another rat with the, knife and the next day

2447
02:33:31.200 --> 02:33:34.239
an aunt he never fucking saw anyway left him a

2448
02:33:34.280 --> 02:33:38.200
couple of Grand so fuck. It he started figuring out

2449
02:33:38.239 --> 02:33:41.000
this dark webshit and advertised the knife for sale to,

2450
02:33:41.040 --> 02:33:44.120
collectors and he zeroed in on a guy In philly

2451
02:33:44.159 --> 02:33:49.399
who bragged about having his own black. Museum steve drove

2452
02:33:49.440 --> 02:33:52.879
out there one weekend and this dweeb started showing him

2453
02:33:52.920 --> 02:33:55.399
all the stuff he had squirreled away before he showed

2454
02:33:55.440 --> 02:33:59.440
him any. Money steve's trained eye instantly saw As hitler

2455
02:33:59.520 --> 02:34:03.680
stuff was lumpy, bullshit but the serial killer paintings were probably,

2456
02:34:03.719 --> 02:34:06.319
Real so as soon as he killed the guy with the,

2457
02:34:06.360 --> 02:34:10.360
knife he took the paintings and a couple other. Things

2458
02:34:10.799 --> 02:34:13.239
the next, day the network had called him and offered

2459
02:34:13.319 --> 02:34:16.239
him the live, show so he was going back to

2460
02:34:16.319 --> 02:34:19.719
the dark. Web these creeps shouldn't be buying that shit,

2461
02:34:19.799 --> 02:34:23.079
Anyway and guess, what he didn't have to sign his

2462
02:34:23.159 --> 02:34:25.239
name in blood in a, book or go to the

2463
02:34:25.239 --> 02:34:29.760
crossroads in some southern town at. Midnight and if he

2464
02:34:29.840 --> 02:34:32.959
actually did make a deal with the, devil it, was

2465
02:34:33.040 --> 02:34:37.799
like he Told, YVONNE tv was the gig, economy he'd

2466
02:34:37.840 --> 02:34:48.600
probably already sold that. Shit, well my, spookies that's our

2467
02:34:48.719 --> 02:34:53.120
last ride of the. Night if your cotton candy happened

2468
02:34:53.159 --> 02:34:57.319
to turn to, cobwebs or if your prize winked at

2469
02:34:57.360 --> 02:35:01.840
you when you looked, away consider this a friendly reminder

2470
02:35:02.600 --> 02:35:07.959
The midway never gives anything for. Free if you had

2471
02:35:07.959 --> 02:35:12.079
a thrill or, three bring a friend, back share this,

2472
02:35:12.200 --> 02:35:16.159
episode drop a quick rating on your favorite podcasting, app

2473
02:35:16.200 --> 02:35:19.879
and make sure you are subscribed so we can punch

2474
02:35:19.920 --> 02:35:25.680
your ticket again Every wednesday until the gates creak open.

2475
02:35:25.760 --> 02:35:30.920
Again keep your fingers out of the, gears your wishes to,

2476
02:35:31.040 --> 02:35:37.479
yourself and your heart far from the grabber. Claw i'll

2477
02:35:37.520 --> 02:35:38.440
catch you all next.

2478
02:35:38.520 --> 02:35:38.760
Time