Vigil StarGazer Posted December 7, 2005 Report Posted December 7, 2005 A few years ago,a mother and father decided they needed a break,so they wanted to head out for a night on the town.So they called their most trusted babysitter.When the babysitter arrived,the two children were already fast asleep in bed.So the babysitter just got to sit around and make sure everything was okay with the children.Later at night,the babysitter got bored and went to watch tv but she couldn't watch it downstairs because they didnt have cable downstairs (the parents didn't want the children watching too much garbage).So she called them and asked them if she could watch cable in the parents' room.Of course the parents said it was ok,but the babysitter had one final request.She asked if she could cover up the clown satue in their bedroom with a blanket or cloth,because it made her nervous.The phoneline was silent for a moment,(and the father who was talking to the babysitter at the time)said....take the children and get out of the house....we'll call the police...we don't have a clown statue...the children and the babysitter got murdered by the clown.It turned out to be that the clown was a killer that escaped from jail.If u don't repost this within 5 minutes the clown will be standing next to your bed at 3:00 am with a knife in his hand
Tamaranis Posted December 7, 2005 Report Posted December 7, 2005 ...what? My sister somehow put you up to this?
Yui-chan Posted December 7, 2005 Report Posted December 7, 2005 Vigil, please don't post 'chain letters' in the Pen forums. If you'd like to take this concept and write it up into a chilling and vivid story, then we'll be glad to read it and give you feedback and appropriate praise. Badly written and poorly punctuated posts threatening death to our members, however, are neither amusing nor impressive... and are not very welcome. If you need a place to post things like this where they may be appreciated, I'm sure I can make a few suggestions. Send me a PM for a list. Thank you, ~Yui
Gryphon Posted December 7, 2005 Report Posted December 7, 2005 As a concept this does have the potential to be a chilling story... as a chain letter it's just more of the usual twaddle. I delete and/or fail to pass on hundreds of these things and my survival continues.
Tamaranis Posted December 7, 2005 Report Posted December 7, 2005 Me too, Gryphon. I think it's because there are so many murderers and supernatural forces competing to kill us that they they all destroy each other.
reverie Posted December 7, 2005 Report Posted December 7, 2005 Stop scaring me, you nearly gave me a heart attack... rev...
The Big Pointy One Posted December 7, 2005 Report Posted December 7, 2005 Oh man you guys, I saw that clown, and I punched it in the face. Then it exploded. I hate clowns. Good thing I have exploding punches.
Akallabeth Posted December 8, 2005 Report Posted December 8, 2005 I'm honestly more terrified about the guy with the bloody axe standing over the clown's body than I was of the clown.
Tamaranis Posted December 8, 2005 Report Posted December 8, 2005 Oh man you guys, I saw that clown, and I punched it in the face. Then it exploded. I hate clowns. Good thing I have exploding punches. You fool, you've disrupted the eternal balance, bringing doom upon Gryphon and I!
The Big Pointy One Posted December 8, 2005 Report Posted December 8, 2005 Yeah, but at least I killed a clown. Gotta give me credit for that. EXPLODING PUNCHES!!!
Katzaniel Posted December 8, 2005 Report Posted December 8, 2005 Vigil, do you realize that "/" usually means "end"? Thus, "/Flame On" means "end flame on", which makes no sense whatsoever... Plus, how on earth is it possible to mistake a person for a statue? And if he was gonna kill them, why didn't he do it before she picked up the phone? Especially if she'd been looking at him nervously.
Gryphon Posted December 8, 2005 Report Posted December 8, 2005 Katz, I've got these images in my mind of an awesome Halloween-esque movie using this idea... The creepy ambience, possibly complete with some ominous thundery sounds in the background. The innocent babysitter doing the whole talking to the parents on the phone with the light turned out - or maybe just a small nearby lamp turned on - the clown figure standing absolutely still in the corner of the room. We cut to the scene seen through the clowns eyes with that eerie kind of music playing that somehow suggests that the damaged neurons in the killers head are rubbing together in ways that will produce the outcome of: "duh, if I stand still until her back is turned I'll be able to suprise her with the big knifey axish thing". The babysitter unaware sits on the bed smiling and talking to the parental units and in the background with extra creepy turned on for special effects we see the clown 'statue' move, it's head turning to look at the inadvertent heroine - or at least the first onscreen kill - horror movie standard, nothing special. (I've been hanging out with Mynx too long I guess). The smiles on the babysitters face fade and the eyes go wide as we hear the parental voiceover about the family not owning a clown statue, accompanied by the traditional panic filled glance by the victim at the not-statue which pretty much gives the game away and ensures her demise. So the girl hangs up the phone, hustles out of the room to fetch the kiddies she's looking after and we get the traditional, unnaturally silent killer, thing going on with a cut back to the clown-eye viewpoint for extra effect. If it's the first kill of the movie we probably get the whole raised axe with the light (which comes from where? this is a dark house, oh well) glinting off the blade, followed by the traditional splatter pattern on the wall and the kill confirmation aftershot as the clown walks away to take care of the rest of the residents. ~~~ If anyone knows horror movie formulae and I've missed anything out of the standard package feel free to elaborate. I know this is a bit of a strange turn to a thread that started with some almost traditional spamish tripe, but the movie style concept is a good one, which is I guess what makes that a particularly effective piece of spam to send to the gullible and/or easily scared believers that abound out there in netland.
Mynx Posted December 8, 2005 Report Posted December 8, 2005 *chuckles* Am I rubbing off on you Gryph? You're fitting the formula fine... *eyes up clown suit and possibilites of how to spend last day at work...*
Katzaniel Posted December 8, 2005 Report Posted December 8, 2005 Ooh. I'd say that piece belongs in the Assembly Room, Gryph. Could stand to be a little longer and change the bits about "I'm picuring such and such" into "And then such and such", and then - cool. I wonder if this thread couldn't spawn a spate of interpretations of this tale?
Vigil StarGazer Posted December 9, 2005 Author Report Posted December 9, 2005 (edited) Here's More Garbage. But I don't want more garbage! <edit by Gwaihir> [EDIT: And we'll definitely pass over plagiarized garbage. --Tzimfemme, the Naked Mage.] Edited December 10, 2005 by Quincunx
Beautiful Nightmare Posted December 13, 2005 Report Posted December 13, 2005 Thanks for scaring the ba jesus outta me!!! I wont be able to sleep tonight! *sips more of her coffee and rocks back and forth*
Wyvern Posted December 13, 2005 Report Posted December 13, 2005 "Innnteressssssting." Wyvern squints at the tiny column of the "Weekly Spammer" to make sure that he's reading the article correctly. The lizard shifts the pages with one claw while motioning to Bravery with the other. "Hey, Bravery, you seen this?" Bravery grunts as he surfaces from the paperwork crowding Wyvern's Office, his trusty paper shredder jammed and overflowing with trails of receits. "Hmmm?" "This clown guy." Wyvern snaps a claw at the page in disbelief. "Crazy story. This guy escapes from jail after gettin a murder charge, then decides to take up an honest job as a clown. And apparently, he's really good... This babysitter is quoted as sayin that his routine was murder!" Bravery sighs and gives the paper shredder a final twist, then tosses it to the side and peers over Wyvern's shoulder at the article. His face promptly goes blank. "What's this about him being taken to the hospital...?" "Well, that's the craziest part of the whole thing." Wyvern shakes his head. "Seems that the routine wasn't intentional. The clown wanted to surprise them with a free performance of jokes, but his back went out before he could do them and he ended up frozen in place. The babysitter and kids sure found it funny, though..." "Greeze." Bravery cringes. "How humiliating. Poor guy." "Yah, they had to hire Big Pointy One just to dislodge him from the area." Wyvern takes a sip from the mug of booze at his desk. "I guess they're payin for the hospital bills though. Paying for somebody elses bills... how horrific can you get?!" Bravery rolls his eyes and goes back to rummaging through the paperwork clutter, reaching for his axe as he notices a pile of discarded scheme outlines. "All I can sssay is that it's a good thing that 3 AM isn't five minutes from now." Wyvern crumples the paper and tosses it into the rest of the mess, causing Bravery to fume. "This Office isss crowded enough as it is, and I'm sure I'd prefer a Zool routine to some spineless statue of a clown." "Would you mind." Bravery picks up the crumpled paper and tosses it back in Wyvern's direction with a scowl. He then digs into another pile of paper, only to pause as he feels an unfamiliar object within it. The Elder Dwarf pulls for a moment, only to drag out the unconscious body of Vigil Stargazer from the mess. Bravery stares wide-eyed at Vigil and twists his nose at the strong scents of ink and paper shavings that waver around him. "What's this doing here?" ;-)
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