Jumpscares

Pattern Used: Jumpscares!

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Your character recently bought a new house, but surprise, it’s haunted, which you will soon figure out. You start at the top of the basement stairs, ready to box up some objects the previous tenants left. The basement is rather poorly lit so you brought a flashlight. You hear strange noises and something feels off, but if you try to go out the door you find that it’s locked so you suppose there is nothing to do but continue on with your flashlight and boxes. After starting to box the objects a ghost pops up in your face and you realize the place is haunted. Scared for your life you shine your flashlight on one to see that it disappears…ok problem solved…but of course, you look back a few seconds later and it’s back heading towards you. You notice that all the ghosts started by an object so you figure that maybe if you box them up it will get rid of them…and you were right. It will be difficult to avoid all the ghosts, but if you do you’ll be able to wait there safely till someone unlocks the door for you.