ππππππΒ ππππΒ πππππ,Β Β (a prompt list lifted from the novel/book with the same name, by ivy tholen, triggers for gore, violence, blood, injuries and general horror will be present. change pronouns as you see fit)
is this a joke? please tell me this is a joke.
i put the car in reverse and managed to drive away unseen.
i was never going to walk away from this.
please donβt make me do it.
iβve already given you enough therapy material for the next thirty years.
stop it! youβre going to kill us both!
too bad your phones gone. your fans would die if they could see you now.
itβs like licking copper pipes covered in sand.
i canβt have you bleed to death.
nobody ever becomes a professional musician anyway.
youβll probably become an accountant or something.
iβm not going to kill you. iβm just going to end your life.
someone will see this and call the cops. theyβre coming for you.
they ainβt gonna catch me.
you confessed to everything and provided enough evidence to convict you.
this is texas. youβre gonna fry.
i donβt have it in me to mutilate you.
you have to die, but you donβt have to slasher movie die.
i wasnβt going to put all of this online.
itβs better to go out with a bang, right?
i can help you. it doesnβt have to end this way.
what is done can be undone. please call me.
you put on a freaky costume and stalked her.
is this a joke? where are you? what did you do?
youβre a real sick piece of shit.
they think itβs fake! should i be offended or flattered?
iβm less and less scared the longer were up here.
oh my god, why are you acting like this is a party?
are you really in a position to mock me?
oh what are you going to do? kill me?
you decided. you decided before we even got here.
you just lied to yourself and said youβd spare me so youβd feel less like a villain.
well, i canβt exactly put all this online. or can i?
who would agree to do that for you?
it was hard to decide to kill you. you donβt deserve it. not like the rest of them.
of course you did. why wouldnβt you?
you butchered them. how are you not drenched in blood?
you put up a fight though, more than i expected.
who wouldnβt want to stare into these bette davis eyes for eternity?
does this mean your idea of heaven is staring at yourself in the mirror?
i donβt care anymore. just tell me what youβre going to do.
you must be in as much pain as i am, right?
how can a person be mopey and anxious at the same time?
so iβm pathetic. youβre pathetic. weβre kindred spirits.
are you finding jesus right here in this carnival or something?Β
iβm miserable. i thought it would make me feel better.
when i first decided to do this, i planned to kill you.
i didnβt want to mangle you or make you suffer.
why? we had a deal. why did you kill her?
give us a story and weβll stick to it.
people never really give each other the benefit of the doubt.
everything is too much, right? you get it?
have you ever felt like the entire world is turning against you?
theyβre so cute i could steal them and take them home.
i mean, i canβt say no to ice cream.
it would be better than murdering your friends in cold blood.
right, right. shouldnβt talk shit about the dead. my bad.
youβre such a little fighter, trying to find a weapon. i respect that.
youβd do anything for a friend, wouldnβt you?
we weβre never that close. youβd sell me out in a secound.
weβll say we never saw the killer without his mask.
technically, you have to be crazy to kill someone in general.
iβve seen this asshole in action. if he wanted you dead, you would be.
i will be right back and i will have cops with me.
one a scale of one to ten, how screwed are we?
can you enjoy a moment without researching it?
can you enjoy a moment without documenting it for your followers?
why didnβt you save me? i wouldβve saved you.
if youβre not going to hurt me, can i leave?
i donβt even know who you are. youβre wearing a mask.
in fact, donβt hide at all. iβm not going to hurt you.
i already played hide and seek with [name], iβm bored with that game.
i canβt die in a room that smells like feet and old coffee.
can we please not refer to anyone in the past tense?
why are you telling me this right now?
youβre not crazy. iβm sorry if i made you feel that way.
i need you to know in case something happens.
weβll be testifying at this assholeβs trail.
do whatever your little heart tells you.
i canβt touch a dead body.
heβll find us. heβs had no trouble so far. itβs like he can teleport.
shouldnβt we hide as best as we can and wait?
thereβs no happy ending for me. i threw it all away.
iβm pissed off and what youβre witnessing is me doing my best to feel better.
iβm not taking off the fucking mask. i might take yours off though.
itβs hard to hear anything inside this mask.
thereβs never a good reason to murder people, youβre crazy.
if you run, iβll catch you.
donβt run. iβm not moving. you donβt move neither.
iβm smashed up too. wonβt be stopping me.
am i a horrible person if i say no?
itβs like you said. we have to save ourselves.
since when did you become a badass?
did we learn our lesson about dropping our weapons in front of murderers?
iβm light headed. i canβt do this much longer.
arenβt you dumbasses supposed to be hiding from me?
do you have a death wish? because i sure donβt.
you can tell me. are you the killer?
you told her to act like a kitty and fall asleep. itβs your fault.
how do you kill someone with a carousel?
weβre putting people in coffins?
when you see blood, you know blood, you feel blood.
if we donβt die, you wanna get married?
weβre going to die, arenβt we?
thereβs a psycho in a cloak and mask chasing us around and you want to go into a haunted house?
you sound like the hero in an action movie. no one talks like that.
what if itβs more than one person?
do you have your phone with you?
this isnβt nearly as fun as i imagined it would be.
that fucking carousel music. itβs going to be stuck in my head for days.
fair enough. conversation dead and buried.
ugh. i donβt want to talk about this anymore.
if i tried to do that, iβd break my neck.
dude, this isnβt school. you donβt have to raise your hand.
people like to think they can survive a dangerous situation.
look, you donβt have to if you donβt want too.
never mind getting caught, how are we going to get home?
i want to go to college next year, not prison.
we need to get it done so we can explore the creepy abandoned carnival.
if people donβt want to ride with me, iβm not going to hold them hostage.
why are we playing along with this circus?
iβd sooner die than be so close to a body of water.
weβre breaking into a carnival with all our friends.
iβm a bad enough driver as it is.
i know for a fact she almost didnβt get an invite.
i read about it in an article on womenβs self-defense.
i wouldnβt call me names if i were you.
youβre not a teeny bit concerned i might try to finish the job later?
i paid attention and learned.
are we all getting the picture now?
i canβt carry you. youβll have to stay here.
i didnβt want to leave her there. i had no choice.
check yourself and make sure youβre okay.
yeah and the brown stuff is dried blood.
scared your name will be there?
your story was hard to believe.
i donβt want you to be freaked out about something when it probably means nothing.
maybe youβre putting together a pattern that isnβt really there.
i noticed something weird. you canβt call me crazy if i tell you.
what if weβre the only ones left?
itβs not about physical strength. weβre smarter than him.
the clock is running out for some people.
if youβre going to kill me anyway, you might as well tell me who you are.
maybe iβll take her and leave her in chunks. maybe i already have.
itβs not about not liking you. i donβt particularly dislike any of you.Β
iβm curious, have you wondered why iβm doing this? whatβs my motivation?
if i were in your shoes, iβd have so many questions.
turn around and look at me. itβs hard to hear anything inside this mask.
this doesnβt feel like reality. is it? is this really happening?
donβt joke about [name] hurting people.Β
letβs not get too upset. emotions breed mistakes.
i donβt want him to go to jail. i want him dead.
if i see him again, iβm going to take your hammer and bash his brains in.
i wish iβd drilled a hole in his head when i had the chance.
itβs like thereβs a million spiders running down my neck.
he killed my best friend. if i get my chance, iβm going to make him pay.
i picked it up when we ran.
heβs in here somewhere.
we have to keep running or we have to find a better hiding spot.
we also have to be prepared to fight.
iβm gonna hurl. it smells like lemon, cheese and metal in here.
see. carousel as murder weapon.
iβm serious. this is life or death.
all you have to do is curl up like a kitty and fall asleep.
then he found me. the gross tongue mask from before.
can you come here? iβm so high iβm hallucinating. or i hope i am.
move as fast as you can while we still have light.
did you put your arm around me to guide me into the building or so i could hold you?
my immortal soul just drifted up. just now. it bloomed.
mmm, grilled cheese. i should of gotten another one at dinner.
if i have to fight him, iβm playing for keeps.
it could be anyone. we can let the cops play detective.
iβm less concerned with who he is and more concerned with getting out alive.
you think itβs the same guy?
that has nothing to do with right now.
did you think i wouldnβt see you?
are we going to make it out alive?
weβre going the long way around to the house of horrors.
will you please get off the ground?
there was supposed to be a guard here tonight, wasnβt there?
iβd rather die than eat anything sweet.
iβm not so high that i canβt outrun this guy or even take him down.
you canβt go looking for them alone.
[name] is dead and if we donβt leave this carnival, so are we.
if you want to leave, go.
iβm going to try to find the others.
i have no idea what youβre talking about. we gotta go.
something something no man left behind.
we. canβt. leave. them.
we wonβt be able to help the others if weβre dead.
there is someone in a black hooded cloak and demon mask.
itβs a scare actor costume from the carnival.
we have to get outta here.
well, i welcome him to come to me, iβll kick his fucking ass!
why do i automatically assume people are dead?
what if everyone is dead?
weβre more likely to be arrested than murdered.
one hour and iβll be done. sixty little minutes and itβs over.
god, i really donβt want to be here.
if i stop, itβs over, iβm dead.
you never know if youβll get stuck without a bathroom when you need it.
i canβt wrap my head around one person wanting us dead. what could we have done to two?