Paranoid Kid (0)

<div><center><img src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/images/008c.gif" alt="Blink" /></center></div> <div><center>[[Five->Five!]] and [[Struggling->In The Kitchen]] </center><div> .

<center><img src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/images/002d.png" alt="Shedow" height="338" width="450"/></center> <center> (link-reveal: "Mostly, she enjoys staying in the black corners, merged with the shadows she never NEVER leaves.")[ She watches me and I'm holding myself together as much as I can until [she vanishes.]<cli1|] (click: ?cli1)[The most unusual so far being her expanding her arms like as asking for a hug or bringing her face forward to expose [her]<cli2| big uneven eyes to me.] (click: ?cli2)[Outside of this, there has always been a border, an invisble but [[effective->Break Three]] wall, between us.] </center> <audio autoplay loop><source src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/music/PK passage loop whisper.wav" type="audio/wav" /></audio> <audio autoplay><source src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/music/horror-effects-efx-sd-whisper-attack-01.wav" type="audio/wav" /></audio>

<center><img src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/images/002a.png" alt="Jar breaker" height="338" width="450"/></center> <center> <div contenteditable, class="textbox">I drop the chocolate jar on the kitchen's floor. Lucky for me, it didn't break. Such a waste! The chocolate is slowly pooring out of the pot and spreads on [the ground.]<cli1| (click: ?cli1)[At that moment, I can't appreciate the loss, for my whole body shivers. My priorities are definitely elsewhere. I must remain calm and turn around to face the hallway. I saw the [[thing->woman]] once again.]</div></center> <audio autoplay> <source src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/music/Glass Drop and Roll Sound Effect Royalty Free Sound Effects Sound Effects Good Vibes.mp3" type="audio/wav" /> </audio> <audio autoplay loop><source src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/music/PK passage loop whisper.wav" type="audio/wav" /></audio>

<center><img src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/images/002b.gif" alt="I see it" height="338" width="450"/></center> <center>No time for beauty or magic. Only the ugliness to [witness.]<cli1| (click: ?cli1)[I don't know it yet but it seems I can look at the horrifying black fog and keep my composure far better than any [grown up]<cli2| would.] (click: ?cli2)[It is still awfully [[disturbing->break]].]</center> <audio autoplay><source src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/music/gasping-gasp-breath-1-child-deep-scared-startled-inhale-human-voice-kid kitchen monster.wav" type="audio/wav" /></audio> <audio autoplay loop><source src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/music/PK passage loop whisper.wav" type="audio/wav" /></audio>

<center><img src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/images/002c.png" alt="here" height="338" width="450"/></center> <center> <div contenteditable, class="textbox">The shadow has [arrived.]<cli1| (click: ?cli1) [Boldly, showing herself out of the newly formed darkness [[she->woman one]] loves so much.]</div> <audio autoplay><source src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/music/horror-effects-efx-sd-whisper-attack-01 (Kitchen Short).wav" type="audio/wav" /></audio> <audio autoplay loop><source src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/music/PK passage loop whisper.wav" type="audio/wav" /></audio> </center>

<center><img src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/images/004a.png" alt="Ms. K door" height="338" width="450"/></center> <center>Her essence abnormally fills up the stair case. It seems she expects me to abandon [my plan.]<cli1| (click: ?cli1)[She's right. I start to reconsider the whole move now that [she's clearly out]<cli2| of my apartment.] (click: ?cli2)[I can see the [[dark evil->Today One]] dance at the end of the corridor. She multiplies her limbs however she can't fool me. This is one individal entity causing this. [[one.]] ]</center> <audio autoplay><source src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/music/horror-effects-efx-sd-whisper-attack-01.wav" type="audio/wav" /></audio> <audio autoplay loop><source src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/music/PK passage loop whisper.wav" type="audio/wav" /></audio> .

<center><img src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/images/004b.png" alt="Ms. K door" height="338" width="450"/></center> <center> (link:"Today, poor me, she's following.") [Engaging with the world and [hunting]<cli1| me down.] (click: ?cli1)[This is not what's supposed to happen when the Shadow follows me. And where that new found anger is even [coming ]<cli2|from?] (click: ?cli2)[What have I done to deserve [[this->Today Two]]? ] </center> <audio autoplay loop><source src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/music/PK passage loop whisper.wav" type="audio/wav" /></audio>

<center><img src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/images/004b.png" alt="Ms. K door" height="338" width="450"/></center> <center>(link:"Today, it's stronger.") [Out of the blue, she suddenly is [meaner]<cli1|.] (click: ?cli1)[I can feel it in my bones and in the space of my compressed ribcage I can hear the strong beat of my wary [heart]<cli2|.] (click: ?cli2)[Her terrifiying energy is (link:"amped up,")[ violent like an overflowing volcano about to [explode]<cli3|.]] (click: ?cli3)[And obviously, I will be the sole [[casualty->No Dave]]. ]</center> <audio autoplay loop><source src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/music/PK passage loop whisper.wav" type="audio/wav" /></audio>

<center><img src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/images/004b.png" alt="Ms. K door" height="338" width="450"/></center> <center> (link-reveal:"My nerves are taking me over.") [ I'm biting my nails furiously and start eating little bits of [skin]<cli1| in the process.] (click: ?cli1)[I'm staying still, my back pressed against the door of the Kaminskis' apartment. Dear Lord, please. Can anyone open a door for [[me->Coming]]? ] </center> <audio autoplay loop><source src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/music/PK passage loop whisper.wav" type="audio/wav" /></audio>

<center><img src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/images/005a.gif" alt="Ms. K door" height="338" width="450"/></center> <center>She uses the shadows in between to approach. [[Dark.->Arm one]]</center> <audio autoplay loop><source src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/music/PK passage loop whisper.wav" type="audio/wav" /></audio>

<center><img src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/images/099 End3.png" alt="TheEnd"/></center> [[<img class="TF" img src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/images/TFlower.gif" alt="Start Button" height="50" width="50"/>|The End ii]]

<center><img src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/images/099 End2.png" alt="TheEnd"/></center> [[<img class="TF" img src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/images/TFlower.gif" alt="Start Button" height="50" width="50"/>|The End ii]]

<center><img src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/images/099 End1.png" alt="TheEnd"/></center> [[<img class="TF" img src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/images/TFlower.gif" alt="Start Button" height="50" width="50"/>|The End ii]]

<div><div><center><img class="escape" <img src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/images/Opening Logo 4.gif" alt="Escape Plant Logo" height="90" width="100"/></center></div> <div><center> <div><img class="image1" <img src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/images/000.png" alt="Cover"/></div> <div><center>[[<img class="image2" img src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/images/1 - Start.png" alt="Start Button"/>|It begins]]</center></div> </center></div></div> <audio autoplay loop><source src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/music/Uncanny_-_03_-_Unbroken.ogg" type="audio/ogg" /></audio>

<center><img src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/images/006.png" alt="Gwen" height="338" width="450"/></center> <center>I [[hate->Gwen Two]] you Gwen. This is entirely your fault, you lame ass babysitter. You should have stayed with me until Gran was back.</center> <audio autoplay loop><source src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/music/PK passage loop whisper.wav" type="audio/wav" /></audio>

<center><img src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/images/006.png" alt="Gwen" height="338" width="450"/></center> <center>[[Not really.->Gwen Three]]</center> <audio autoplay loop><source src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/music/PK passage loop whisper.wav" type="audio/wav" /></audio>

<center><img src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/images/006.png" alt="Gwen" height="338" width="450"/></center> <center>[[Honestly, I'm sorry.->Gwen Four]]</center> <audio autoplay loop><source src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/music/PK passage loop whisper.wav" type="audio/wav" /></audio>

<center><img src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/images/006b.png" alt="Gwen" height="338" width="450"/></center> <center>[[Sorry Gwen.->Gwen Five]]</center> <audio autoplay loop><source src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/music/PK passage loop whisper.wav" type="audio/wav" /></audio>

<center><img src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/images/006b.png" alt="Gwen" height="338" width="450"/></center> <center>I hope your dad is okay. I totally understand. I, too would leave everything behind to help [[my dad->Dad]] if he has a heart [[attack->I see]]...</center> <audio autoplay loop><source src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/music/PK passage loop whisper.wav" type="audio/wav" /></audio>

<center><img src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/images/006a.png" alt="Gwen" height="338" width="450"/></center> <center>I swear. If I had a dad I would [[do it->I see]].</center> <audio autoplay loop><source src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/music/PK passage loop whisper.wav" type="audio/wav" /></audio>

<center><img src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/images/006.png" alt="Gwen" height="338" width="450"/></center> <center> By allowing you to go save your dear father, you created the perfect conditions for the shadow to reappear. Oh Gwen, I know you think it's me, going [insane.]<cli1| (click: ?cli1)[I heard you tell Gran that I'm [a danger,]<cli2| to myself and for others. You just don't get it.] (click: ?cli2)[If only you [knew...]<cli3|] (click: ?cli3)[If only you could see... What I often [[see->I see two]].] </center> <audio autoplay loop><source src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/music/PK passage loop whisper.wav" type="audio/wav" /></audio>

<center><img src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/images/006a.png" alt="Gwen" height="338" width="450"/></center> <center>And how it comes to [me]<cli1|? (click: ?cli1)[Sunset.]<cli2| (click: ?cli2)[Silence.]<cli3| (click: ?cli3)[Nobody's around me for a while.]<cli4| (click: ?cli4)[And then I feel the air thickening.]<cli5| (click: ?cli5)[Like an obscur storm, made out of thick dark clouds, is forming somewhere nearby.]<cli6| (click: ?cli6)[Sometimes, she hums or slighty whistles and then, the shadow [[starts->I see three]] moving. Announcing herself.] </center> <audio autoplay loop><source src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/music/PK passage loop whisper.wav" type="audio/wav" /></audio>

<center><img src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/images/001.png" alt="kid therapy" height="338" width="450" /></center> <center> I explained it all to Gran. And her comprehensive answer to my distress was to send me to the [doctor]<cli1| who talks a lot. (click: ?cli1)[Out of all the babbling, I got some red and white [pills]<cli2|.] (click: ?cli2)[Althought, I don't like them, they taste sweet which is great to make me cooperate. But the medication also comes with its drawback. It deactivates me. They turn me into a [marshmallow kid.]<cli3|] (click: ?cli3)[[Soft and sweet and slow.]<cli4|] (click: ?cli4)[These tiny chemical thingies are killing my spirit, I can tell you that. I hate when the shadow comes to me, *however* I'd have to admit, I'm definitely fully alive and [[awake->417]] when she shows up.] </center> <audio autoplay loop><source src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/music/PK passage loop whisper.wav" type="audio/wav" /></audio>

<center><img src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/images/006c.png" alt="I see it" height="338" width="450"/></center> <center> (link: "417")[(link: "Back home.") [I'm not feeling good. I want Gran. I want her home with me. Today is definitely not the day to leave [me]<cli1| alone.]] (click: ?cli1) [And what the hell was that? She should not follow me. Who gave her the right to do so? She's messing up our previous [arrangement]<cli2|.] (click: ?cli2) [The shadow must stay still, stare weirdly at me, make me scared of her but never *reach out* or *chase me*. I lock my five year old self in the [[bedrooom->The bedroom]].]</center> <audio autoplay> <source src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/music/146765__thenudo__heart-beat(SHORTER).wav" type="audio/wav" /> </audio> <audio autoplay loop><source src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/music/PK passage loop whisper.wav" type="audio/wav" /></audio>

<center><img src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/images/007aa.png" alt="Cant hide one" height="338" width="450"/></center> <center> Somehow, I didn't notice up to this point how much (text-style:"shudder")[I'm trembling]. Putting the key in the key hole is a rather interesting [struggle.]<cli1| (click: ?cli1)[I switch on all the lights to defeat her. I hope it will slow her long enough till Gran comes to [my rescue]<cli2|.] (click: ?cli2)[I open the curtains. The day has betrayed me once again. The sun has set in a dark purple haze and the night is slowly taking [[over->The bedroom Two]].] <audio autoplay> <source src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/music/146765__thenudo__heart-beat(SHORTER).wav" type="audio/wav" /> </audio> </center>

<center><img src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/images/012a.png" alt="Cant hide one" height="338" width="450"/></center> <center> Somehow, I naively believe remaining quiet and not budging one bit might make her leave [sooner. ]<cli1| (click: ?cli1)[Yes, that's how stupid I [[am.->Get out two]] ]</center> <audio autoplay loop><source src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/music/horror-effects-efx-sd-whisper-attack-01.wav" type="audio/wav" /></audio>

<center><img src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/images/007c.png" alt="Cant hide one" height="338" width="450"/></center> <center> She's pulling the same trick from earlier. Creating more of those long inky arms. More limbs to [[touch->Get out three]] me.</center> <audio autoplay loop><source src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/music/horror-effects-efx-sd-whisper-attack-01.wav" type="audio/wav" /></audio>

<center><img src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/images/007c.png" alt="Cant hide one" height="338" width="450"/></center> <center>Suddenly, the shadow goes beyond everything she ever did before. Did she figure out how [doors]<cli1| work? (click: ?cli1)[One of her arm brushes the door knob and then goes for the [key]<cli2| I abandonned in the keyhole.] (click: ?cli2)[Another mistake of mine. It turns and opens the [[door.->Out]] ]</center> <audio autoplay loop><source src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/music/horror-effects-efx-sd-whisper-attack-01.wav" type="audio/wav" /></audio>

<center><img src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/images/007d.png" alt="Cant hide one" height="338" width="450"/></center> <center> It's official, she crossed the line. She now has access to [this world]<cli4|(click-replace: ?cli4)[my world]. [Which means ...]<cli1| (click: ?cli1)[I swallow the heavy lump in my throat as the dancing arms celebrate around the door frame. I, now have to realise, she's no longer afraid of the light when I am still terrified of the [[darkness->The Bedroom Four]]. ] <audio autoplay><source src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/music/gasping-gasp-breath-1-child-deep-scared-startled-inhale-human-voice-kid.wav" type="audio/wav" /></audio> </center>

<center><img src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/images/002b i.png" alt="I see it" height="338" width="450"/></center> <center>I can barely [breathe.]<cli11| (click: ?cli11)[It's like she knocks the air out of my lungs everytime she shows up. There's not a single noise in the apartment. And suddeny, I come up with an [idea]<cli22|.] (click: ?cli22)[I decide [to sing]<cli1| a nursery rhyme to fill up the silence. I'm not particulary fond of Old McDonald, but this is what we were singing the whole day at school, therefore it's the only melody that comes easily to me.]</center> <center>(click: ?cli1)[ <img src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/images/008b.gif" alt="Sing" /></center> <center> (text-style:"italic")[Old MacDonald had a farm, EE-I-EE-I-O,] (text-style:"italic")[And on that farm he had somes cows, EE-I-EE-I-O,] (text-style:"italic")[With a moo moo here and a moo moo there] (text-style:"italic")[Here a moo, there a moo, everywhere a moo moo] (text-style:"italic")[Old MacDonald had a farm, EE-I-EE-I-[GO]<cli2| !] ]</center> <center>(click: ?cli2)[GO! GOOOOOO AWAAAAAAAY! I can't do it. Acting like nothing is happening is beyond my strength. I must sound like a little wimp. But I certainly have [[no choice.->Break Two]]]</center> <audio autoplay loop><source src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/music/PK passage loop whisper.wav" type="audio/wav" /></audio> .

<center><img src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/images/003cc.png" alt="I see it" height="338" width="450"/></center> <center> I knew she would reappear if Gran was not hurrying up. She knows when I'm fully, deeply [alone.]<cli1| (click: ?cli1)[Alone, in this space. Alone in [my mind.]<cli2|] (click: ?cli2)[This is the time she always chooses to sneak up [inside the house]<cli3| to scare me.] (click: ?cli3)[I try to feign not feeling her particular aura. Unfortunately, [[she->Shedow]] already knows I [noticed]<cli4| her.] (click: ?cli4)[It seems we're [connected]<cli5| in some strange way. What I feel, she feels, and vice versa.] (click: ?cli5)[I must leave... Escape where there's light and [[people.->Break Three]] ] </center> <audio autoplay><source src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/music/horror-effects-efx-sd-whisper-attack-02.wav" type="audio/wav" /></audio>

<center><img src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/images/003a.png" alt="I see it" height="338" width="450"/></center> <center> I swore to Gwen not to open the door to an unknown person. I also swore to stay inside the house and wait for Gran to come [[back.->Break Four]]</center> <audio autoplay><source src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/music/horror-effects-efx-sd-whisper-attack-02.wav" type="audio/wav" /></audio>

<center><img src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/images/003b.png" alt="I see it" height="338" width="450"/></center> <center>I'm not doing a good job at keeping up my promises. What would you like me to do? What else did you expect? I'm just five, for Christ's [[sake.->Break Five]]</center> <audio autoplay><source src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/music/Door Unlock.wav" type="audio/wav" /></audio> <audio autoplay><source src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/music/horror-effects-efx-sd-whisper-attack-02.wav" type="audio/wav" /></audio>

<center><img src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/images/003c.png" alt="I see it" height="338" width="450"/></center> <center>Once, I manage to open the door, fast enough might I say, I head up to the Kaminski's. I'm wishing with all my strength for Mrs. K and her daughter to be home. To save me. The shadow won't follow me [[there.->Ms. K]] </center> <audio autoplay><source src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/music/horror-effects-efx-sd-whisper-attack-01.wav" type="audio/wav" /></audio>

<center><img src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/images/002c.png" alt="here" height="338" width="450"/></center> <center> <div contenteditable, class="textbox">I confirm, it's a woman. Evil looking as evil can sometimes [[be->woman two]].</div></center> <audio autoplay><source src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/music/horror-effects-efx-sd-whisper-attack-02.wav" type="audio/wav" /></audio> <audio autoplay loop><source src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/music/PK passage loop whisper.wav" type="audio/wav" /></audio>

<center><img src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/images/002c.png" alt="here" height="338" width="450"/></center> <center><center> <div contenteditable, class="textbox">It's quite insane of always having her on my toes 'cause I [just came]<cli1| here. (click: ?cli1)[I've been brought into this life just five years ago and now I'm living inside a world that is already eager to showcase its awfuless to [[me.->standoff]] ]</div></center> <audio autoplay><source src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/music/horror-effects-efx-sd-whisper-attack-01.wav" type="audio/wav" /></audio> <audio autoplay loop><source src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/music/PK passage loop whisper.wav" type="audio/wav" /></audio>

<center><img src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/images/003.png" alt="Knock on Ks door" height="338" width="450"/></center> <center> I'm knocking on the door. I'm calling them and get no [[answer->Ms. K two]].</center> <audio autoplay><source src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/music/household-door-hard-knocking-on-a-wooden-door long.wav" type="audio/wav" /></audio>

<center><img src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/images/003d.png" alt="Knock on Ks door" height="338" width="450"/></center> <center>Mrs. Kaminski is rather quick when it comes to answering my weak knocks. But today is not one of those. I know they're not inside. Oh well, no matter what, I won't move. The corridor is well lit, it's perfect to keep [[her->Mrs. Kaminski's door.]] at bay.</center>

<center><img src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/images/004c.png" alt="Ms. K door" height="338" width="450"/></center> <center>A few moments pass and soon the evil woman arms are leaving the staircase and reaching out to me The lights start to (text-style:"blink")[ [[flicker]] ]. It is her doing.</center> <audio autoplay><source src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/music/horror-effects-efx-sd-whisper-attack-01.wav" type="audio/wav" /></audio> <audio autoplay loop><source src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/music/PK passage loop whisper.wav" type="audio/wav" /></audio>

<center><img src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/images/005a 3.png" alt="Ms. K door" height="338" width="450"/></center> <center> [[Light.->Arm two]]</center> <audio autoplay loop><source src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/music/horror-effects-efx-sd-whisper-attack-01.wav" type="audio/wav" /></audio> <audio autoplay loop><source src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/music/PK passage loop whisper.wav" type="audio/wav" /></audio>

<center><img src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/images/005c.png" alt="Ms. K door" height="338" width="450"/></center> <center>An arm emerges from the wall. [[Dark.->Arm three]]</center> <audio autoplay loop><source src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/music/PK passage loop whisper.wav" type="audio/wav" /></audio>

<center><img src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/images/005a 3.png" alt="Ms. K door" height="338" width="450"/></center> <center>[[Light.->Arm Four]]</center> <audio autoplay loop><source src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/music/horror-effects-efx-sd-whisper-attack-01.wav" type="audio/wav" /></audio> <audio autoplay loop><source src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/music/PK passage loop whisper.wav" type="audio/wav" /></audio>

<center><img src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/images/005a 3.png" alt="Ms. K door" height="338" width="450"/></center> <center>[[Light.->Arm Six]]</center> <audio autoplay loop><source src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/music/horror-effects-efx-sd-whisper-attack-01.wav" type="audio/wav" /></audio> <audio autoplay loop><source src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/music/PK passage loop whisper.wav" type="audio/wav" /></audio>

<center><img src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/images/005d.png" alt="Ms. K door" height="338" width="450"/></center> <center>Another arm materializes out of a door. [[Dark.->Arm Five]]</center> <audio autoplay loop><source src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/music/PK passage loop whisper.wav" type="audio/wav" /></audio>

<center><img src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/images/005b.png" alt="Ms. K door" height="338" width="450"/></center> <center>The dark limbs retreat to the stair case. [[Dark.->Arm Seven]]</center> <audio autoplay loop><source src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/music/PK passage loop whisper.wav" type="audio/wav" /></audio>

<center><img src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/images/005a 3.png" alt="Ms. K door" height="338" width="450"/></center> <center>[[Light.->Arm Eight]]</center> <audio autoplay loop><source src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/music/horror-effects-efx-sd-whisper-attack-01.wav" type="audio/wav" /></audio> <audio autoplay loop><source src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/music/PK passage loop whisper.wav" type="audio/wav" /></audio>

<center><img src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/images/005e.png" alt="Ms. K door" height="338" width="450"/></center><center> Two arms are closing onto me. <audio autoplay><source src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/music/gasping-gasp-breath-1-child-deep-scared-startled-inhale-human-voice-kid kitchen monster.wav" type="audio/wav" /></audio> And they all say, it's just my [imagination.]<cli1| (click: ?cli1)[I'M NOT MAKING UP ANYTHING!!! She's real. She's so powerful this evening that I fear she might get a hold of [me]<cli2|.] (click: ?cli2)[I am forced to leave the hallway and return to my [[empty->Gwen One]] flat. </center> <img src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/images/008a 3.png" alt="Ms. K door run away" />] <audio autoplay loop><source src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/music/PK passage loop whisper.wav" type="audio/wav" /></audio> .

<center><img src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/images/012a.png" alt="Cant hide one" height="338" width="450"/></center> <center>I'm hiding behind the [[curtain.->Curtain One]]</center> <audio autoplay><source src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/music/horror-effects-efx-sd-whisper-attack-01.wav" type="audio/wav" /></audio> .

<center><img src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/images/007a.png" alt="Cant hide one" height="338" width="450"/></center> <center> (link:"She's close.") [She joined me in [the house]<cli1|.] (click: ?cli1)[The light is on, that's why she will remain in the hallway. Even thought... I'm no longer sure about [the rule]<cli2| of our *game*.] (click: ?cli2)[This evening, she really went above and [[beyond->The bedroom Three]] our little routine.] <audio autoplay loop><source src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/music/horror-effects-efx-sd-whisper-attack-02.wav" type="audio/wav" /></audio> </center>

<center><img src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/images/007b.png" alt="Cant hide one" height="338" width="450"/></center> <center>As expected, she throws her long long arms inside my room, inspecting the walls and the [[entrance.->Get out one]]</center> <audio autoplay loop><source src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/music/horror-effects-efx-sd-whisper-attack-01.wav" type="audio/wav" /></audio>

<center><img src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/images/012b.png" alt="Cant hide one" height="338" width="450"/></center> <center> Should have I taken the key? I didn't know it was important to keep it with me. I'm so sorry. I don't know anything and she's gonna take me away for this simple [[mistake.->The Bedroom Five]] <audio autoplay loop><source src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/music/speech-heavy-breathing-long-male-twelve-year-old-boy-blastwavefx-13873 BREATHE HARD MONSTER.wav" type="audio/wav" /></audio> </center>

<center><img src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/images/012c.png" alt="Cant hide one" height="338" width="450"/></center> <center> (text-style:"shudder")[ Her head picked in the frame. It was quick and unusually big. Apparently, she grew up? I'm so not ready for [this]<cli1|. ] (click: ?cli1)[My body is giving up. My legs feel weak, I don't think I can walk. A warm liquid is running between [my legs.]<cli2|] (click: ?cli2)[At this very moment, I certainly cannot play the big boy and I'm willing to let myself get wet and soil my pants. If the shadow eats children, she would have to eat [an unclean one]<cli3|.] (click: ?cli3)[The thought is somehow [[reassuring.->The bedroom six]] ] <audio autoplay loop><source src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/music/speech-heavy-breathing-long-male-twelve-year-old-boy-blastwavefx-13873 BREATHE HARD MONSTER HEART BEAT.wav" /></audio> </center>

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<center><img src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/images/017 One.png" alt="Last Therapy Session" height="338" width="450"/></center> <center> Today was the last day, [I say.]<cli1| (click: ?cli1)[(link:"He wrote down my prescription note as usual to get my refills.") [[I don't need 'em.]<cli2|] ] (click: ?cli2)[They are merely collector's items at this point. Or something I sell at the corner of the park to junkies in need of an extra trip. Some are dealing weed, I am selling my [treatment]<cli3| for pocket change.] (click: ?cli3)[(link:"I'm NOT paranoid schizophrenic.") [And I doubt mum was struggling with [this]<cli4| shit either.]] (click: ?cli4)[[[Let me tell you why->Little Shedow Two]] ] <audio autoplay loop><source src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/music/PK passage loop whisper.wav" type="audio/wav" /></audio> </center>

<center><img src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/images/017 Up.png" alt="TheEnd" "height="350" width="450"/></center> <center> I freed myself from the poison when I was around [15.]<cli1| (click: ?cli1)[I took what I thought was a stupid [decision]<cli2| at the time and slowed down on the meds.] (click: ?cli2)[I just wanted to feel a little less tired and slow and dead inside. Give back taste to food and water. Give the sky some [colors.]<cli3|] (click: ?cli3)[For a couple of weeks, I abandonned those little red caps. Still unsure, I was nonetheless appreciative of getting back in touch with my [senses]<cli4|.] (click: ?cli4)[Then, a particular event would definitely help [[validate->Little Shedow Three o]] my choice. ] </center>

<div><center><img class="LB" <img src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/images/000000.png" alt="Disclaimer"/></center></div> [[<div><img class="LBB" img src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/images/1 - Begin.png" alt="Let Us Begin Button"/></div>|Start]] [[<div><img class="CRR" img src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/images/TFlower.gif" alt="Back from Credits Button" height="70" width="70"/></div>|Credits]]

<center><img src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/images/017 Uup.png" alt="TheEnd" "height="350" width="450"/></center> <center> Between the meds and the meningitis, the memories of my early years were supposed to be all [gone]<cli1|. (click: ?cli1)[A hard drive wiped out clean by [fevers and drugs]<cli12|.] (click: ?cli12)[But, [I felt it.]<cli13| ] (click: ?cli13)[A slight baby punch on my chest and it suddenly all [came back]<cli4| to me.] (click: ?cli4)[I looked around to make sure I was alone and then I proceeded to ask out [[loud.->Little Shedow Four]] ] <audio autoplay ><source src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/music/horror-effects-efx-sd-whisper-attack-02 Shedow.wav" type="audio/wav" /></audio> </center>

<center><img src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/images/007dd.png" alt="Cant hide one" height="338" width="450"/></center> <center> (text-style:"shudder")[ The light goes [out.]<cli1| (click: ?cli1)[Not quite pitch black but dark enough to [please]<cli2| her.] (click: ?cli2)[She's satisfied with what [she]<cli3| just did, I can feel it.] (click: ?cli3)[I can almost hear her distorded laugh in my mind. I don't [[want->The bedroom seven]] to.</center>] ] <audio autoplay><source src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/music/gasping-gasp-breath-1-child-deep-scared-startled-inhale-human-voice-kid.wav" type="audio/wav" /></audio> <audio autoplay loop><source src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/music/speech-heavy-breathing-long-male-twelve-year-old-boy-blastwavefx-13873 BREATHE HARD MONSTER HEART BEAT.wav" /></audio>

<center><img src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/images/007e.png" alt="Cant hide one" height="338" width="450"/></center> <center> (text-style:"shudder")[ I wish I could yell when she slowly exposes her face to me. I can't process what [I'm looking]<cli1| at. (click: ?cli1)[Her face takes the whole space of the door frame.]<cli2| (click: ?cli2)[How is [it]<cli3| possible?] (click: ?cli3)[This is awful to [stare]<cli4| at...] (click: ?cli4)[A woman solely made of darkness with only the top of her [jaw]<cli5| visible.] (click: ?cli5)[Her eerie smile is creeping [me]<cli6| out.] (click: ?cli6)[She extends her longs arms to [[grab->The Bedroom eight]] me.] ] <audio autoplay loop><source src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/music/speech-heavy-breathing-long-male-twelve-year-old-boy-blastwavefx-13873 BREATHE HARD MONSTER HEART BEAT.wav" /></audio> </center>

<center><img src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/images/007f.png" alt="Cant hide one" height="338" width="450"/></center> <center> (text-style:"shudder")[ My head hurts, my nose runs and my sight is (text-style:"blur")[blurry]. I've been tasting my own tears for while. The smell of my own urine is strong and filling the air. This is too much for me to face alone. [I'm crying.]<cli1| (click: ?cli1)[I'm exhausted. With all that, my increasing aching head is not helping. I beg her one last time to leave. Beg her to stop chasing me. And she hears none of it, extending her multiple branches toward [[me.->This]] ] ] </center> <audio autoplay loop><source src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/music/146765__thenudo__heart-beat.mp3" /></audio>

<center><img src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/images/007g.png" alt="Cant hide one" height="338" width="450"/></center> <center> (text-style:"shudder")[ It must be **THE night.** This is it. The very day she finally [[connects->This one]] with me. ] </center> <audio autoplay loop><source src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/music/146765__thenudo__heart-beat.mp3" /></audio>

<center><img src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/images/012d.png" alt="Cant hide one" height="338" width="450"/></center> <center> (text-style:"shudder")[ [[They->This two]] are approaching. ] </center> <audio autoplay loop><source src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/music/146765__thenudo__heart-beat.mp3" /></audio>

<center><img src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/images/013a.png" alt="Cant hide one" height="338" width="450"/></center> <center> (text-style:"shudder")[ Wrapping me up like a snake constricts a prey. Several ropes around my little body. It's [[tight]] and [[cold.]] ] </center> <audio autoplay loop><source src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/music/146765__thenudo__heart-beat.mp3" /></audio>

<center><img src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/images/013c.png" alt="Cant hide one" height="338" width="450"/></center> <center> (text-style:"shudder")[ I forget who I am and where I am. I'm no longer] afraid. I'm not [[fighting->This four]] anymore. <audio autoplay ><source src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/music/146765__thenudo__heart-beat(SHORTER).wav" /></audio> </center>

<center><img src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/images/013c.png" alt="Cant hide one" height="338" width="450"/></center> <center> My conscousness leaves. My body is emptied of (link: "soul")[me.] I separate myself from this [vehicle of flesh]<cli1|. (click: ?cli1)[What it's left collapses on the carpeted [[floor->This five]].] </center> <audio autoplay><source src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/music/187569__evinawer__fall-on-the-floor-v(cut).wav" type="audio/wav" /></audio>

<center><img src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/images/013d.png" alt="Cant hide one" height="338" width="450"/></center> <center> Wherever I am, I can see Gran coming but it's [[too late.->This six]] </center>

<center><img src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/images/013e.png" alt="Cant hide one" height="338" width="450"/></center> <center> (text-style:"fade-in-out")[Rowan is no more.]. [[......->This seven]]</center>

<center><img src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/images/099 Last iiii o.png" alt="Grave one" height="338" width="450"/></center> <center> I'm gone and I'm a little [sad]<cli1|. (click: ?cli1)[I left my grand-mother alone and I can feel her pain when she comes around to [visit]<cli2| me.] (click: ?cli2)[She always say at least I'm done battling the unknown. Suffering within with nothing she could do about it. No longer [[powerless.->This eight]] ] </center> <audio autoplay loop><source src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/music/PK passage loop whisper.wav" type="audio/wav" /></audio>

<center><img src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/images/013b.png" alt="Cant hide one" height="338" width="450"/></center> <center> (text-style:"shudder")[ I'm exhausted. I've never been this drained before. Some of what make me a living soul is hastly escaping as my little frame goes [[colder->That]]. ] </center> <audio autoplay loop><source src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/music/146765__thenudo__heart-beat(SHORTER).wav" /></audio>

<center><img src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/images/013b.png" alt="Cant hide one" height="338" width="450"/></center> <center> (text-style:"shudder")[ I'm exhausted. I've never been this drained before. Some of what make me a living soul is hastly escaping as my little frame goes [[colder->This three]]. ] <audio autoplay loop><source src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/music/146765__thenudo__heart-beat(SHORTER).wav" /></audio> </center>

<center><img src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/images/014b.png" alt="Cant hide one" height="338" width="450"/></center> <center> Few minutes later, Gran bursts in the apartment. Yelling my name. I'm hearing her and I feel her pain. She discovers [[me in my room,->Gran two]] passed out and wet. <audio autoplay><source src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/music/249573__rivernile7__kocking-door-and-open-door JUSTOPEN.wav" type="audio/wav" /></audio> </center>

<center><img src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/images/014c.png" alt="Cant hide one" height="338" width="450"/></center> <center> [She's terrified.]<cli1| (click: ?cli1)[(link:"How come I can sense it all? ")[The full range of her [despair]<cli2|?] ] (click: ?cli2)[I want to wake up and help her feel better but [[I truly can't.->Gran three]] ] </center>

<center><img src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/images/014d.png" alt="Cant hide one" height="338" width="450"/></center> <center> Much later, she told me she almost had a heart attack when she saw me. To this day, she still feel guilt for what happened. (link:"And she was also quite upset with Gwen for a while,")[That poor [girl.]<cli1|] (click: ?cli1)[I don't think she ever forgave herself and a good indication of that was the tight plan she put in place to deal with my now life threatning [["hallucinations".->pills]] ] </center>

<center> <p style="width: 900px;"> <img src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/images/001a.png" style="float: right"; "text-align: left;" /> And this is how I met a rapist... a ["the-rapist".]<cli3|(click: ?cli3)[<div class="container"><div class="left"><hr> <img src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/images/Ross.gif" height="90" width="100"" /> <center>**Ross**</center> Really? You think [that's funny?]<cli4|<hr>]</div> <div class="left">(click: ?cli4)[<p style="width: 900px;"> <img src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/images/Rowan2.gif" height="90" width="100"/><center>**Rowan**</center> <center><p>What? That's hilarious. The pun of the century, admit it.</p></center></div> <div class="left">And if I have to be perfectly accurate, the doc was actually [a pedopsychiatrist.]<cli1|] (click: ?cli1)[I needed a true brain fixer to take care of my disturbed mind.</div><div class="left">Gran said I should always refer to him as a therapist. Especially, when I had to explain my sessions to the other kids. My physical and moral integrity quickly got tied to which word I would let [slip out]<cli2| of my mouth.] </p>(click: ?cli2)[Yes, kids are cruel. Thinking me [[insane->Gran five]] made them merciless.] </p></div> <audio autoplay loop><source src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/music/PK passage loop whisper.wav" type="audio/wav" /></audio> </center>

<center><img src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/images/015c.png" alt="Cant hide one" height="338" width="450"/></center> <center> Every wednesday afternoon, that's how they schedduled it, Gran was picking me up at school and dragging my little ass to the doctor's [office.]<cli1| (click: ?cli1) [It was nice. With big couches and a fish tank in the waiting room. He was letting me draw and play with the selection of [toys]<cli2| made available to me. ] (click: ?cli2) [As long as I was willing to discuss my "issues" as they said, I could play with the little [[cars.->Gran six]] ] <audio autoplay loop><source src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/music/PK passage loop whisper.wav" type="audio/wav" /></audio> </center>

<center><img src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/images/015aa.png" alt="Cant hide one" height="338" width="450"/></center> <center><center> Sometimes, when the session turned out to be a little too intense, he was rewarding me with [candy]<cli1|. (click: ?cli1)[Caramel flavored lollipops, Gran said... and the mandatory pills to stop [acting]<cli2| crazy.] (click: ?cli2)[[Trust]<cli3| me on that one as well.] (click: ?cli3)[I read my old file, I was saying [crazy]<cli4| stuff.] (click: ?cli4)[Thankfully, I got [[better.->Shrink one]] ] <audio autoplay loop><source src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/music/PK passage loop whisper.wav" type="audio/wav" /></audio> </center>

<center><img src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/images/013c.png" alt="Cant hide one" height="338" width="450"/></center> <center> (text-style:"shudder")[ I forget who I am and where I am. I'm no longer] afraid. I'm not [[fighting->That two]] anymore. </center> <audio autoplay><source src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/music/146765__thenudo__heart-beat(SHORTER).wav" /></audio>

<center><img src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/images/013d.png" alt="Cant hide one" height="338" width="450"/></center> <center> [[It seems my heart's imploded.->That three]]</center> <audio autoplay><source src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/music/146765__thenudo__heart-beat(SHI).wav" /></audio>

<center> <center><img src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/images/013c.png" alt="Cant hide one" height="338" width="450"/></center> <center> My conscousness leaves. My body is emptied of (link: "soul")[me.] I separate myself from this [vehicle of flesh]<cli1|. (click: ?cli1)[What is left collapses on the carpeted [[floor->That four]].] <audio autoplay><source src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/music/187569__evinawer__fall-on-the-floor-v(cut).wav" type="audio/wav" /></audio> </center>

<center><img src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/images/014a.png" alt="Cant hide one" height="338" width="450"/></center> <center> I'm laying on the carpet. I've lost all concept of time and space. In that barely alive state, the dark no longer impacts [[me.->Gran]] </center>

<center><img src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/images/017 Sup.png" alt="Close up one" "height="350" width="450"/></center> <center> I asked her to [face me.]<cli1| (click: ?cli1)[To leave the penumbra and [reveal]<cli2| herself once more.] (click: ?cli2)[(link:"Her resonnating aura was there.")[ [[What I felt she felt.->Little Shedow Five O]] ]] <audio autoplay><source src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/music/horror-effects-efx-sd-whisper-attack-02 Shedow.wav" type="audio/wav" /></audio> </center>

<center><img src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/images/015c.png" alt="Cant hide one" height="338" width="450"/></center><center> <p style="width: 900px;"> <img src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/images/Ross.gif" height="90" width="100" style="float: left"; "text-align: right;" /> **Ross** So, you don't remember anything, like [anything]<cli1| at all. </p> (click: ?cli1)[<hr> <p style="width: 900px;"> <img src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/images/Rowan1.gif" height="90" width="100" style="float: right"; "text-align: left;" /> **Rowan** Nope. Is it so different compared to other childen? I mean, I don't think many of us are meant to remember events from when they were [five]<cli2|, after all. </p>] (click: ?cli2)[<hr> <p style="width: 900px;"> <img src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/images/Ross.gif" height="90" width="100" style="float: left"; "text-align: right;" /> **Ross** Hum, yeah. [[Perhaps.->Shrink two]] </p> ] </center> <audio autoplay loop><source src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/music/PK passage loop whisper.wav" type="audio/wav" /></audio>

<center><img src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/images/015bb.png" alt="Cant hide one" height="338" width="450"/></center> <center> I know [I'm a brat.]<cli1| (click: ?cli1)[I'm not trying to be one but yeah, I'm an annoying [brat.]<cli2| ] (click: ?cli2)[ <div class="left"><p style="width: 900px;"><img src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/images/Rowan1.gif" height="90" width="100" style="float: right"/> <center>**Rowan**</center> I'm lucky to have her. She's like my last anchor. I sound cheesy ... You can make fun of me, I don't mind. I can take [a joke]<cli3|.</p></div> <hr>](click: ?cli3)[<div class="left"><p style="width: 900px;"><img src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/images/Ross.gif" height="90" width="100" style="float: left"; "text-align: right;" /> <center>**Ross**</center> (link: "I won't.")[I refuse to mock you for your mental illness. Actually, you should never do this to yourself, Rowan. Never give people, even friends, the right to trivialize your [mental state.]<cli4|</p></div> <hr>]] (click: ?cli4)[<div class="left"><p style="width: 900px;"> <img src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/images/Rowan2.gif" height="90" width="100"style="float: right"/> <center>**Rowan**</center> I'm alright, Ross. No need to be over dramatic. I still can laugh at myself, you know. I take my "state" as a blessing. Where do you think those A+ in writing class are [[coming->Shrink four o]] from?</p></div></center>] <audio autoplay loop><source src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/music/PK passage loop whisper.wav" type="audio/wav" /></audio> </center>

<center><img src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/images/016a.png" alt="TheEnd" "height="350" width="450"/></center> <center> I won't need him. I am [[stronger->To The One End]] than this. Liberated! <audio autoplay loop><source src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/music/PK passage loop whisper.wav" type="audio/wav" /></audio> </center>

<center><img src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/images/015aa.png" alt="Cant hide one" height="338" width="450"/></center> <center> <hr><div class="left"><p style="width: 900px;"> <img src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/images/Rowan1.gif" height="90" width="100" style="float: right"; "text-align: left;" /> <center>**Rowan**</center> The deal is soon, I didn't need to go as often. I stopped seeing the weird stuff moving in the house and I was no longer as afraid of the [dark and loneliness.]<cli2| (click: ?cli2)[I stopped yelling at inanimate objects. [Drugs can do good]<cli9| sometimes.] (click: ?cli9)[I was even perfectly fine with other kids mocking me for being weird and [daydreaming]<cli3| in class.] (click: ?cli3)[I only have to ackowledge this period of [my life]<cli4| ever existed when somebody makes an off hand comment about (link: "my family.")[my mother.]] (click: ?cli4)[Outside of that, I keep taking the meds. I learned to organise myself accordingly. Basically, (link:"I'm fine.")[I'm glad that [I forgot]<cli1| this strange era of my early existence.]] (click: ?cli1)[There was [nothing]<cli6| worth recalling.] (click: ?cli6)[</p></div> <div class="left"><hr><p style="width: 900px;"> <img src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/images/Ross.gif" height="90" width="100" style="float: left"; "text-align: right;" /> <center>**Ross**</center> (link:"Pff, how do you know that, smartboy?")[ Who knows what amazing adventure you lived through between zero and six?] (link-reveal: "Where did you hide the treasure map? ") [Where's the money buried, [uh?]<cli11|] (click: ?cli11)[More seriously though, I'm impressed by the way your grand-mother handled [everything]<cli22| so far.] (click: ?cli22)[I can't say I know how tiresome it is to go through a heavy treatment but you should cut [her]<cli33| some slack.] (click: ?cli33)[She just tried to give you the best chances to live with your [[condition.->Shrink three]] ] </p></div> ] <audio autoplay loop><source src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/music/PK passage loop whisper.wav" type="audio/wav" /></audio> </center>

<center><img src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/images/017 Suup.png" alt="TheEnd" "height="350" width="450"/></center> <center> I recognized her immediatly althought there was something very different about [[her.->Little Shedow Six o]] <audio autoplay loop><source src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/music/PK passage loop whisper.wav" type="audio/wav" /></audio> </center>

<center><img src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/images/017 Shedow.png" alt="TheEnd" "height="350" width="450"/></center> <center> I felt her loneliness but also a little bit of [joy.]<cli1| (click: ?cli1)[(link:"She was happy to see me.")[[Delighted.]<cli2|]] (click: ?cli2)[And now pleading for me to never let her go [again.]<cli3| ] (click: ?cli3)[For a moment, I had to ask myself if I was [going down]<cli4| the rabbit hole.] (click: ?cli4)[This ... thing arguably scared me so much as a toddler I almost [lost]<cli5| my life.] (click: ?cli5)[Strangely enough, at that very instant, this was not what [I felt]<cli6|.] (click: ?cli6)[(link:"I sensed ... kinship with her.")[ I felt [[trust.->Little Shedow Seven]] ] ] </center> <audio autoplay loop><source src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/music/PK passage loop whisper.wav" type="audio/wav" /></audio>

<center><img src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/images/017 Shedow.png" alt="TheEnd" "height="350" width="450"/></center> <center> And more importantly, after all this time going to the therapist and taking my treatment, I had to reject their version of [the story]<cli3|. (click: ?cli3)[(link:"I was NOT crazy.") [I was not [paranoid.]<cli4|]] (click: ?cli4)[[[I saw her.->Little Shedow Eight Yea]] ] <audio autoplay loop><source src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/music/PK passage loop whisper.wav" type="audio/wav" /></audio> </center>

<center><img src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/images/017 Uup Uup.png" alt="TheEnd" "height="350" width="450"/></center> <center> I knelt to be as close as possible from her, inviting her to jump inside my [backpack.]<cli1| (click: ?cli1)[She was so cute, making her [way]<cli2| up in my bag.] (click: ?cli2)[Kinda like the [pet]<cli3| I never had.] (click: ?cli3)[I asked her if I could name her [She-dow]<cli4| and I heard a wonderful giggle back in my mind echoing and signifying approval.] (click: ?cli4)[(link:"Deal.")[ [[My She-dow->Little Shedow Nine]] ] ] <audio autoplay loop><source src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/music/PK passage loop whisper.wav" type="audio/wav" /></audio> </center>

<center><img src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/images/Neon.gif" alt="Flickering lightbulb"/></center> <center> (link:"And then I remembered the light.")[She [hates]<cli1| it. ] (click: ?cli1)[It was probably what she was trying to tell me by making the neon tube [flicker]<cli2|.] (click: ?cli2)[I switched it [[off.->Little Shedow Five Switch]] ] </center> <audio autoplay><source src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/music/111625__kiefspoon__flickering-light-de-noised.wav" type="audio/wav" /></audio>

<center><img src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/images/017 Uup.png" alt="TheEnd" "height="350" width="450"/></center> <center> It was one those very banal days that should have remained [unremarkable]<cli1|. (click: ?cli1)[I was coming [back home]<cli2| from school.] (click: ?cli2)[Working my way up to our apartment when a [familiar]<cli3| feeling took me over.] (click: ?cli3)[I thought I [[forgot->Little Shedow Three]] everything.] <audio autoplay><source src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/music/horror-effects-efx-sd-whisper-attack-01 Shedow.wav" type="audio/wav" /></audio> </center>

<center><img src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/images/017 Neon 0.png" alt="Flickering lightbulb" height="500" width="643"/></center> <center> (link:"The move was right.") [Carefully, [[she->Little Shedow Five]] emerged from the corner wall.] <audio autoplay loop><source src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/music/PK passage loop whisper.wav" type="audio/wav" /></audio> </center>

<center><img src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/images/017 Shedow i.png" alt="TheEnd" "height="350" width="450"/></center> <center> She was standing in front of me and I agreed to her demand. I would not let her leave again. If the pills were the problem, I would reduce the amount taken until I could safely abandon them[[ forever->Little Shedow Eight]] </center> <audio autoplay loop><source src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/music/PK passage loop whisper.wav" type="audio/wav" /></audio>

<center><img src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/images/017 Uup Up.png" alt="TheEnd" "height="350" width="450"/></center> <center> Once, I read my file at the doctor's office. The official story says [I was terrified.]<cli1| (click-replace: ?cli1) [[maybe...]<cli2|] (click: ?cli2)[I might I've [feared]<cli3| something really concrete, the report said, and then went on and on listing the mental issues with my relatives.] (click: ?cli3)[Unfortunately for them, I refuse [their words.]<cli6|] (click: ?cli6)[That day, I recovered my long lost ***friend.*** I'm her [master]<cli4| and she agrees.] (click: ?cli4)[I couldn't wait to unveil what else was hiding in [my past]<cli5|, the instant I fully be detoxified.] (click: ?cli5)[It was a great secret between her and I. A silent pact sealed in a dark staircase. For the betterment of [[both of us.->Little Shedow Ten]] ] <audio autoplay loop><source src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/music/PK passage loop whisper.wav" type="audio/wav" /></audio> </center>

<center><img src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/images/099 Last.png" alt="TheEnd" "height="338" width="450"/></center> <center> Nowadays, she guides me. I'm not [scared]<cli1| of her. (click: ?cli1)[Nor of this mysterious world as she [exposes]<cli2| it to me. ] (click: ?cli2)[When I was younger I could not [understand]<cli3| those (link:"visions")[revelations].] (click: ?cli3)[Now, I realise I always had access to an [unlimited]<cli4| power. ] (click: ?cli4)[It will only grow stronger, she said and all I would have to do [is ]<cli5|] (click: ?cli5)[**e m b r a c e i t**. </center> <center>[[<img src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/images/008a.png" alt="Shadarm"/>|The Second End]]</center> ] <audio autoplay loop><source src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/music/PK passage loop whisper.wav" type="audio/wav" /></audio>

<center><img src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/images/015dd.png" alt="Cant hide one" height="338" width="450"/></center> <center> <center>Technically, I'm not as far gone as my [mother]<cli1| was. (click: ?cli1)[The doc said it can get really serious around [20]<cli2| years old.] (click: ?cli2)[So, I got two-three years ahead of me until the pills might not be enough to keep me [[in check.->Shrink four ooo]] ] <audio autoplay loop><source src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/music/PK passage loop whisper.wav" type="audio/wav" /></audio> </center>

<center><img src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/images/015bb.png" alt="Cant hide one" height="338" width="450"/></center> <center> <center> So, today I painted the most idyllic version of my life I could come up with to get him off my back as soon as [possible.]<cli1| (click: ?cli1)[I soon turn 18 and this will be the last time I'm [forced]<cli2| to attend.] (click: ?cli2)[He wanted to hear of nightmares therefore I talked of wonderful dreams. He expected tales of solitude, so I bragged about my lovers, and [[friends->Shrink four i]] and hobbies.] <audio autoplay loop><source src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/music/PK passage loop whisper.wav" type="audio/wav" /></audio> </center>

<br> <audio autoplay loop><source src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/music/PK passage loop.wav" type="audio/wav" /></audio> <center><img src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/images/097 Pill 0.png" alt="" usemap="#Map" /><map name="Map" id="Map"><area alt="" title="My Backpack" href="#" shape="poly" coords="473,94,440,125,430,144,422,179,412,231,415,240,417,254,408,330,402,333,385,367,389,376,376,463,390,483,601,534,645,523,731,491,725,418,733,401,719,374,711,148,667,117,603,98" /><area alt="" title="My Meds" href="#" shape="poly" coords="149,244,204,247,202,323,154,327" /> </map></center> <center>[[<img class="image4" img src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/images/097 Pill 0 red bag.png" alt="My Backpack"/>|Pre Shedow One]]</center> <center>[[<img class="image5" img src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/images/097 Pill 0 red box.png" alt="My Meds"/>|Pre Gran four]]</center></div>

<center><img src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/images/015d.png" alt="Cant hide one" height="338" width="450"/></center> <center> This morning I had to hurry. That appointment was booked months in advance. The mandatory meeting with [my shrink]<cli1|. (click: ?cli1)[A meaningful day 'cause it's the last time I'm [forced]<cli2| to attend. We went throught this dance so many times in the past I don't know what else to say to him.] (click: ?cli2)[The key is to present the best profile possible. To endure the mind probe for a hour and give him no reason, once it's all said and done, to call Gran and spill his guts about what he thinks is wrong with me [today]<cli3|.] (click: ?cli3)[(link:"It's not really lying.") [I'm [fine]<cli4| for real, after all.]] (click: ?cli4)[(link:"I do not display any sign of anxiety. I keep my anger locked away hidden behind three or four walls.") [I never mention people I barely know and focus on relatives and friends and [lovers.]<cli5|]] (click: ?cli5)[This is a good way to deviate from the original subject and tangent onto something less [[suspicious.->Pre Shedow Two]] ] <audio autoplay loop><source src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/music/PK passage loop whisper.wav" type="audio/wav" /></audio> </center>

<center><img src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/images/015aa.png" alt="Cant hide one" height="338" width="450"/></center> <center> Till, I start hearing voices. All I have to do is once a year, show up for a check up. The shrink is nice but he's trying to amp up the number of sessions (link:"as he said *just in case*. ")[as I'd said, to please his damn own [[wallet.->Shrink four oo]] ] <audio autoplay loop><source src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/music/PK passage loop whisper.wav" type="audio/wav" /></audio> </center>

<center><img src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/images/015bb.png" alt="Cant hide one" height="338" width="450"/></center> <center> <center> He likely understood how big was the lie but we both know the clock is ticking and I'll be free of this burden in barely [five]<cli1| months. (click: ?cli1)[One last time, he wrote down the prescription for more pills. More chemical control and reminded me that I still can reach out to him when [[in need.->Shrink four]] ] <audio autoplay loop><source src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/music/PK passage loop whisper.wav" type="audio/wav" /></audio> </center>

<center><img src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/images/016b.png" alt="TheEnd" "height="350" width="450"/></center> <center> I'm finally free. </center> <center>[[<img src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/images/008a.png" alt="Shadarm"/>|The One End]]</center> <audio autoplay loop><source src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/music/horror-effects-efx-sd-whisper-attack-01.wav" type="audio/wav" /></audio> <audio autoplay loop><source src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/music/PK passage loop whisper.wav" type="audio/wav" /></audio>

<center><img src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/images/017 Up Up.png" alt="TheEnd" "height="350" width="450"/></center> <center> [She was smaller.]<cli1| (click: ?cli1)[Much, much [smalller]<cli2| than what she used to be.] (click: ?cli2)[A little bubble of [darkness]<cli3| with big googly eyes.] (click: ?cli3)[(link:"The shadow.")[My shadow was back in this disminished form and looking utterly [[defeated.->Little Shedow Six]] ]] <audio autoplay loop><source src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/music/PK passage loop whisper.wav" type="audio/wav" /></audio> </center>

<center><img src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/images/099 Last ii.png" alt="Grave one" height="338" width="450"/></center> <center> She told me she will soon add a vase filled with [morning glories]<cli1| to my grave. Which is a change from the red roses she promised last time. Anyway, I like 'em, them flowers. (click: ?cli1)[I want the red ones 'cause they're [prettier]<cli2|. Every time she comes, I want to talk to her.] (click: ?cli2)[One last conversation to let her know that I'm fine and alive in the [strangest]<cli3| way possible.] (click: ?cli3)[I might even convince her of the existence of the shadow, for the shadow and I are [[one.->This nine]] ] </center> <audio autoplay loop><source src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/music/PK passage loop whisper.wav" type="audio/wav" /></audio>

<center><img src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/images/Last2.gif" alt="Grave one" height="338" width="450"/></center> <center> (link:"She showed me what I am and how far beyond a body I could be.")[ It's intense and disorganized for the moment but soon I will be able to leave this place and go home. To see [Gran]<cli1|.] (click: ?cli1)[[[My friend, the shadow, gave me the idea.->This Ten]] ] </center> <audio autoplay loop><source src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/music/PK passage loop whisper.wav" type="audio/wav" /></audio>

<center><img src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/images/Frr.gif" alt="Stoned" /></center><center> (link:"This ritual has become my daily breakfast.")[The routine can be [annoying]<cli1| sometimes.] (click: ?cli1)[Especially when I forget to take the meds and [Gran]<cli2| notices.] <marquee behavior="scroll" direction="left" vspace=2 scrollamount="10"><img class="pillground2" img src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/images/097 pill 1.png" alt="pill1" /></marquee> <marquee behavior="scroll" direction="left" vspace=2 scrollamount="5"><img class="pillground2" img src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/images/097 pill 3.png" alt="pill3" /></marquee> (click: ?cli2)[It does no longer happen these days but in the past I used to be rather difficult with her. It's weird that she never beated me up. Trust me, I'd have slapped [myself]<cli3| if I had the possibility.] (click: ?cli3)[The first years were made of stupid of tantrums, yelling and overreacting just to make me take one of [[those pills.->Pre Gran four o]] ]</center> <marquee behavior="scroll" direction="left" vspace=2 scrollamount="1"><img class="pillground2" img src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/images/097 pill 2.png" alt="pill2" /></marquee> <marquee behavior="scroll" direction="left" vspace=2 scrollamount="20"><img class="pillground2" img src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/images/097 pill 5.png" alt="pill5" /></marquee> <marquee behavior="scroll" direction="left" vspace=2 scrollamount="40"><img class="pillground2" img src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/images/097 pill 6.png" alt="pill6" /></marquee> <audio autoplay loop><source src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/music/PK passage loop whisper.wav" type="audio/wav" /></audio>

<center><img src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/images/015a.png" alt="Cant hide one" height="338" width="450"/></center> <center> He's fascinated by my sexual life. Like it is a brand new door giving him access to my inner workings and allows him to dig deeper into [my actual personality.]<cli1| (click: ?cli1)[(link:"Oh how wrong he is.")[[He doesn't know me.]<cli2|]] (click: ?cli2)[ (link:"He cannot see me.") [[The real me.]<cli3|]] (click: ?cli3)[I've mastered the art of hiding the worst of Rowan so deep inside, sometimes I forget [it's there.]<cli4|] (click: ?cli4)[(link:"I laugh at the right time and never omit to smile. ") [Those are helpful emotions to apply to your face when deceiving a [mental health]<cli5| professional.] ] (click: ?cli5)[But most importantly, I do not talk of the voices in my head or any [vision.]<cli6|] (click: ?cli6)[I don't even bring up [[my dreams. ->Pre Shedow Three]] ] <audio autoplay loop><source src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/music/PK passage loop whisper.wav" type="audio/wav" /></audio> </center>

<center><img src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/images/015c.png" alt="Cant hide one" height="338" width="450"/></center> <center> The guy is [smart]<cli1|. (click: ?cli1)[This kind of events are how he might detect the smoke screen I'm blowing all over [his face]<cli2|.] (click: ?cli2)[This dream talks are more likely to [reveal]<cli3| what is actually up with me .] (click: ?cli3)[Like things I actually saw while fully awake more than [made up]<cli4| nightmares.] (click: ?cli4)[[[So I hold them back.->Pre Shedow Four]] ] <audio autoplay loop><source src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/music/PK passage loop whisper.wav" type="audio/wav" /></audio> </center>

<center><img src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/images/015b.png" alt="Taletell" height="338" width="450"/></center> <center> I really got good at fooling my psychiatrist. He's proud of me. Praises my stability and reminds me I can ask for his help anytime I'm overwhelmed by my[ ***demons***.]<cli1| (click: ?cli1)[The meds can only [help]<cli2| so much.] (click: ?cli2)[(link:"I doubt I'll ever need him again.") [[How could I?]<cli3|]] (click: ?cli3)[I know I might sound arrogant but the sentiment is most sincere. I've taught myself how to reject the confused and terrified child I was. The one who needed this "therapy" and found strength [[elsewhere.->One Little Shedow]]] <audio autoplay loop><source src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/music/PK passage loop whisper.wav" type="audio/wav" /></audio> </center>

<center><img src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/images/Frr.gif" alt="Stoned" /></center> <center> Knowing what I know today, (link: "about my mother,")[about myself,] I understand how concerned she was for [me]<cli1|. (click: ?cli1)[It wasn't the first time she had to deal with this and I was acting like she was some kind of [killjoy]<cli2|/jailer of mine.] (click: ?cli2)[Everyday, she fears for me so I've [learned]<cli6| to <b>NEVER</b> "<b>forget</b>".] (click: ?cli6)[She's pretty much the only reason I still go throught this... 'cause truth be told [[Ross->Gran four]], I'm tired. ] <audio autoplay loop><source src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/music/PK passage loop whisper.wav" type="audio/wav" /></audio> </center>

<center><img src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/images/Last2.gif" alt="Grave one" height="338" width="450"/></center> <center> She deserves to see the place where I live. I would have to wait until she's alone and summon fear into her heart. (link:"It will hurt at first, I know.")[ I went [through it.]<cli1| ] (click: ?cli1)[But ultimatly, she will [join]<cli2| my side.] (click: ?cli2)[I'm certain once she enters the dark kingdom, she'll stay here with me [forever]<cli3|...] (click: ?cli3)[[[As my true and only family.->The Third End]] ] </center> <audio autoplay loop><source src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/music/PK passage loop whisper.wav" type="audio/wav" /></audio>

<center><img src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/images/096 Birth i.gif" alt="Its your birthday!" height="338" width="450"/></center> <center> (link:"Look, who's here!")[[The most previsible player ever.]<cli1|] (click-replace:?cli1)[So first link, [first click]<cli0|, uh?][ (click: ?cli0)[I mean you could have tried to surprise yourself by picking the second option but nope! You went for the boring one. [You're one of those.]<cli2|] ] (click: ?cli2)[[Interesting.]<cli3|] (click: ?cli3)[(link:"Anyway..." )[So yes, I just turned five. And those are the pictures of my [birthday]<cli4| party.] ] (click: ?cli4)[Grand Ma bought me a lot of magic candles. I love it! It's like watching [fireworks]<cli5| exploding all over my food.] (click: ?cli5)[ <center><img src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/images/096 Birth iiii.png" alt="Rowan & Goldie" height="338" width="450"/></center> My best friend Goldie was also attending. She gave me a perfectly matched set of winter clothing. [A beany, a scarf, a pair gloves and comfy ugg boots.]<cli6|] (click: ?cli6)[That being said, the best present was still the dessert. <center><img src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/images/096 Birth iii.gif" alt="Black Forest" height="338" width="450"/></center> A ***Dark Forest*** in guise of a birthday cake. I always had a sweet tooth, Gran knows it and baked me a heavenly cocoa infused piece of [[art.->Five]] ] <audio autoplay loop> <source src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/music/ looperman-l-2475548-0118580-wally6-the-kind-of-chords-in-a-top-5-anime-betrayal-montage.wav" type="audio/wav" /> </audio>

<center> <p style="width: 450px height=338;"> <marquee behavior="scroll" direction="right" vspace=2 scrollamount="15"><img src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/images/096 Photo 3.png" alt="photo3" height="338" width="450" /></marquee><marquee behavior="scroll" direction="right" vspace=2 scrollamount="20"><img src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/images/096 Photo 2.png" alt="photo2" height="338" width="450" /></marquee><marquee behavior="scroll" direction="right" vspace=2 scrollamount="10"><img src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/images/096 Photo 1.png" alt="photo1" height="338" width="450" /></marquee> </p> [ (link:"Thank you, Gran!")[Thank you too, random reader.]<cli7| (click: ?cli7)[Cause we both know, you don't care one bit about my birthday or birthday presents or my birthday cake. The story you seek hides elsewhere, so please...] ]<cli2| (click-replace:?cli2)[**BOUNCE!** <center>[[<img class="4R" img src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/images/Now Start 4 Real.gif" alt="Start 4 Real Button"/>|It begins]]</center> </center> ] <audio autoplay loop> <source src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/music/ looperman-l-2475548-0118580-wally6-the-kind-of-chords-in-a-top-5-anime-betrayal-montage.wav" type="audio/wav" /> </audio>

<center><img class="image11" <img src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/images/100 Credits.png" alt="Credits" height="722" width="853" /></center> [[<img class="CR" img src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/images/1 - Credits.png" alt="Back from Credits Button" height="51" width="80"/>|Openin]] <audio autoplay loop><source src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/music/looperman-l-2322541-0116527-nufx0512-emotional-chords.wav" /></audio>

<center><img class="image7" <img src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/images/C i CARDS.png" alt="Characters logo" height="70" width="400"/></center> <center><img class="image3" <img src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/images/A Characters.png" usemap="#image-map"> <map name="image-map"> <area target="" alt="rowan " title="Rowan, 5" href="" coords="407,223,664,27" shape="rect"> <area target="" alt="gran" title="Gran" href="" coords="87,101,364,312" shape="rect"> <area target="" alt="goldie" title="Goldie, 5" href="" coords="705,104,859,307" shape="rect"> <area target="" alt="ross" title="Ross, 18" href="" coords="145,548,363,352" shape="rect"> <area target="" alt="me rowa" title="Rowan, 17" href="" coords="656,262,409,443" shape="rect"> <area target="" alt="the shadow" title="The Shadow" href="" coords="938,338,705,542" shape="rect"> </map></center> <center>[[<img class="image8" img src="Twine/Stories/Paranoid Kid/images/TFlower.gif" height="70" width="70" alt="Go Back"/>|Start]]</center>