,,It is midnight.
(after: 1s)[(transition: "dissolve")[And you are in the old man's house.
(after: 1.5s+time)[(transition: "dissolve")[But he doesn't know it.
(after: 1.5s+time)[(transition: "dissolve")[You (text-style:"condense")[slowly] [[open the door to his room.]]
]]]]]]Suddenly, (after: 1s)[you hear a shuffling of bedsheets.
(after: 1.5s+time)[(transition: "dissolve")[The old man is moving in his sleep. He must have heard you.
(after: 1.5s+time)[(transition: "dissolve")[[[Don't move]]
[[Run away, in case he wakes up and sees you]]]]]]]You freeze in place.
(after: 1.5s)[(transition: "dissolve")[Any sudden movements, and the old man might wake up.
(after: 1.5s+time)[(transition: "dissolve")[But you need to finish your task.
(after: 1.5s+time)[(transition: "dissolve")[You need to finish your task.
(after: 2s+time)[(transition: "dissolve")[After a few minutes pass, you [[decide to continue.]]]]]]]]]]
The room is pitch black. You can't see a thing.
(after: 1.5s+time)[(transition: "dissolve")[[[Use your lantern]]]]You use your left arm to hold up the lantern.
It is shut, so it is not creating any light.
(after: 1.2s)[(transition: "dissolve")[[[Start to open the lantern]]]]You are about to start to open the lantern.
(after: 1.5s)[(transition: "dissolve")[But as soon as your finger presses against the lantern's locking mechanism,
(after: time+2.2s)[it makes a (text-style:"shudder")[metal sound.]
(after: time+1.5s)[The old man springs up in bed.
(after: time+1.5s)["Who's there?"
(after: time+1.5s)[[[Freeze->Stay2]]
[[Make your escape]]
]]]]]]You don't dare move a muscle.
(after: 1s)[(transition: "dissolve")[Maybe if you wait long enough, the old man will go back to sleep.
(after: 1.5s+time)[(transition: "dissolve")[10 minutes pass...
(after: 1.5s+time)[(transition: "dissolve")[Then 20 minutes...
(after: 1.5s+time)[(transition: "dissolve")[Then 50 minutes...
(after: 1.5s+time)[(transition: "dissolve")[Then an hour.
(after: 1.5s+time)[(transition: "dissolve")[[[Maybe the old man is finally asleep?]]]]]]]]]]]]]]You open the lantern all the way.
The old man is blinded by the light. It takes his eyes a few seconds to adjust.
"Hello? What is the meaning of this? Why have you come to my house and woken me up in the middle of the night?"
[["I just wanted to make sure that you were ok"]]
[["I was lonely"]]
[["I left something here and had to pick it up"]]But then (after: 1s)[you hear a (text-style:"shudder")[groan.]
(after: 1s+time)[A groan of (text-style:"expand")[mortal terror.]
(after: 1.5s+time)[The old man is still awake. And in fear.
(after: 1.5s+time)[(transition: "dissolve")[You can imagine how he feels.
(after: 1.5s+time)[(transition: "dissolve")[How over the past hour, his fears must have been mounting.
(after: 1.5s+time)[(transition: "dissolve")[Maybe at first, he had been trying to ignore his fears. Trying to find excuses for what could have caused such noises.
(after: 1.7s+time)[(transition: "dissolve")[Maybe wind in the chimney.
(after: 1.5s+time)[(transition: "dissolve")[Maybe a mouse scurrying across the floor.
(after: 1.5s+time)[(transition: "dissolve")[Maybe a cricket, making (text-style:"condense")[a singular solitary isolated chirp].
(after: 1.5s+time)[(transition: "dissolve")[Maybe everything will be fine.
(after: 1.5s+time)[(transition: "dissolve")[But there is no fake monster hiding beneath the bed.
(after: 1.5s+time)[(transition: "dissolve")[The monster is real.
(after: 1.5s+time)[(transition: "dissolve")[//Terrifyingly real.//]
(after: 1.5s+time)[(transition: "dissolve")[[[Wait some more]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]You wait some more.
(after: 1s+time)[(transition: "dissolve")[But the old man does not lie back down.
(after: 1.5s+time)[(transition: "dissolve")[After waiting for a long time, very patiently, you decide to stealthily open the lantern a little more.
(after: 1.5s+time)[(transition: "dissolve")[Just a (text-style:"condense")[tiny, itty bitty] (link-reveal:"bit more.")[
Until at last, (text-style:"condense")[a single, thin, dim ray of (text-colour:#FFFF00)[light-]] like a thread of spider silk- jets out from the crack in the lantern and lands on the old man's face.
(after: 1.5s+time)[(transition: "dissolve")[Your eyes follow the beam, until [[you see his wide, wide open...->VULTURE EYE.]]
]]]]]]]]](after: 1s+time)[VULTURE EYE <img class="right-side" src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c0a96e_5b410d3ce26f4296b0bc5758b4fdc0d6~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_438,h_438,al_c,lg_1,q_85/c0a96e_5b410d3ce26f4296b0bc5758b4fdc0d6~mv2.webp">
(after: 1s+time)[(transition: "dissolve")[You cannot see any other part of the man's body. It is as if those other parts of him do not exist at all.
(after: 2s+time)[(transition: "dissolve")[All you can see is his horrible disembodied (display: "eye description")
(after: 2s+time)[(transition: "dissolve")[You grow furious as you gaze upon it.
(after: 1.5s+time)[(transition: "dissolve")[The sight of it (text-colour:#d6fffa)[chills] the very marrow of your bones.
(after: 1s+time)[[[Suddenly, you hear a sound]]]]]]]]]]]]An unusual sound.
(after: 1s)[(transition: "dissolve")[A low, dull, quick, repetitive, rhythmic sound.
(after: 1.5s+time)[It must be the sound of the old man's heart.
(after: 1.5s+time)[And it increases your fury, like a drum beat stimulating a soldier to war.
(after: 1.5s+time)[(transition: "dissolve")[And yet, in the calm cool darkness of the room, you feel some pressure to not move, and to [[stay completely still.]]]]]]]]You can't let him see you.
(after: 1s)[(transition: "dissolve")[You (text-style:"condense")[creak the door closed], and sneak out of the house.
(after: 1.5s+time)[Now what? (after: 1s+time)[Where do you go? (after: 1s+time)[What do you do?
(after: 1s+time)[[[Think...]]]]]]]]
"I just wanted to double check, to make sure that you were ok"
"Well there's nothing to concern yourself about here"
(display:"All of him")
"I am sorry to have bothered you"
"Everyone can get a little paranoid sometimes"
"Yes.."
"Well, good night"
"Good night".
[[Take your leave]]Double-click this passage to edit it.Double-click this passage to edit it.You stay still, trying to keep the ray aligned with the vulture eye.
(after: 1.5s)[Meanwhile, the horrible rhythm of the heartbeat increases in volume and in pace.
(after: 1.5s+time)[(transition: "dissolve")[The old man must be scared something fierce.
(after: 1.5s+time)[It grows louder with every passing moment.
(after: 1.5s+time)[(transition: "dissolve")[(link-reveal:"What if the sound heard by a neighbor?")[
(link-reveal:"WAIT! ")[
[[What if the sound is heard by a neighbor!?->What if the sound is heard by a neighbor!?]]]]]]]]]]In one swift motion, you throw open the lantern, and leap into the room.
(after: 1.5s+time)[The man shrieks once.
(after: 1.2s+time)[And you smile.
(after: 1.2s+time)[[[You will never have to see that horrible evil eye ever again.]]]]]
You look at the man. You can see all of him, in totality. His nose, mouth, ears, brow, hands, torso, legs, and arms. He is more than just his eye.Double-click this passage to edit it.You have to hide your tracks. You must act quickly, before the police suspect a thing.
(after: 1.5s)[(transition: "dissolve")[It seems like the best places to hide the body would be under the bed, or beneath the floorboards.
(after: 1.5s+time)[(transition: "dissolve")[The floorboards are a better hiding place, but it might take more time to open them up and put them back the way they were.
(after: 1.7s+time)[Suddenly, hear the officers' voices: "Hello? Anyone home?"
(after: 1.7s+time)[You're running out of time.
(after: 1.5s+time)[You must make your decision quickly.
(after: 1.5s+time)[(transition: "dissolve")[[[Hide the body under the floorboards]]
[[Hide the body under the bed]]]]]]]]]]]Through the peep hole, you see three police officers.
(after: 1.5s)[(transition: "dissolve")[They will catch you.
(after: 1.5s+time)[(transition: "dissolve")[ And if nobody answers, they'll eventually start breaking down the door.
(after: 1.5s+time)[(transition: "dissolve")[[[Run away before they can catch you]]
[[Hide the body->Now to hide your tracks]]]]]]]](if:(history:) contains "Dismember the corpse, and put his segmented body parts under the floor")[Sweating up and down, you make your way to the front of the house and open the front door.
Three police officers stand there to greet you.](else:)[Three police officers stand in the doorway.]
(after: 1.5s+time)[(transition: "dissolve")[(display:"Officer Entrance")]]The cops start banging on the door.
(after: 1.5s)[BANG (after: .5s+time)[BANG (after: .5s+time)[BANG
(after: 1s+time)["Hello?!"
(after: 1s+time)[BANG (after: .5s+time)[BANG (after: .5s+time)[BANG
(after: 1s+time)["Is anyone home?!"
(after: 1.5s+time)[(transition: "dissolve")[[[Let them in]]
[[Don't answer it->Don't answer it3]]]]]]]]]]]]"Yes, I am home!"
"So you are..."
You open the front door wide.
"Welcome! Welcome! Come on in! What can I do for you?"
(display:"Officer Entrance")The cops keep banging on the door.
(after: 1s)[BANG (after: .5s+time)[BANG (after: .5s+time)[BANG
(after: .5s+time)[The door starts shaking.
(after: 1s+time)[(transition: "dissolve")[It's now or never.
(after: 1s+time)[(transition: "dissolve")[[[Let them in]]
[[Run away before they can catch you]]]]]]]]]]You collect yourself and jump out the window.
You look around. Where do you go? What do you do?
In the sky you see the moon. Chilling. Like the eye.
THE EYE!
The God forsaken eye!"Um... What do you mean by criminal activity?"
(after: 1.5s+time)[(transition: "dissolve")["The neighbors heard a shriek in the middle of the night. We have been deployed to ensure that everything is orderly here, and that there has not been any violence, or other cause for concern."
(after: 2s+time)[(transition: "dissolve")[[[Oh, I can explain that...->I can explain that]] ]]]](transition: "dissolve")[They show their badges.
(after: 1s+time)[(transition: "dissolve")["Hello. We are officers from the town police department. A neighbor just reported a shriek. There is suspicion of foul play. We have been deployed to search the premises for any signs of violence or criminal activity."
(after: 3s+time)[(transition: "dissolve")[[[A shriek?]]
[[Criminal activity?->Foul play?]]
[[I can explain that]]]]]]]Yes, a shriek. The neighbors heard it recently, in the middle of the night. We are just making sure that everything is orderly here, and that there has not been any violence, or any other cause of concern.
(after: 2s)[(transition: "dissolve")[[[Ah, I can explain that->I can explain that]]]]"Oh, (after: 1s+time)[ah, (after: 1s+time)[yes. (after: 1s+time)[I see- (after: 1s+time)[I think- (after: 1s+time)[I think I can explain that.
(after: 1s+time)[(transition: "dissolve")[You see, I was having a nightmare, in the middle of the night, as I often do. (after: 1.5s+time)[Yes. (after: 1s+time)[I do. (after: 1s+time)[And whenever I do, I shriek in my dreams.
(after: 1.5s+time)[(transition: "dissolve")[The neighbors usually don't hear it. (after: 1.2s+time)[They don't. (after: 1s+time)[But that's because I usually close the window. (after: 1.5s+time)[I must have left it open. (after: 1.2s+time)[Otherwise the neighbors wouldn't have heard me".
(after: 1.5s+time)[(transition: "dissolve")["And what of the old man who lives here?"
(after: 1.5s+time)["He is on vacation, out in the country. (after: 1s+time)[He goes there. (after: 1s+time)[He likes to go there. (after: 1s+time)[To visit his older cousin".
(after: 1.5s+time)[(transition: "dissolve")["I see..."
(after: 1s+time)["So with that will you be on your way?!"
(after: 1.5s+time)[(transition: "dissolve")[Your legs are shaking. You hope they will leave as fast as possible.
(after: 2s+time)["We would like to take a few minutes to search the premises for any evidence first."
(after: 1.5s+time)[(transition: "dissolve")["Of course..."
(after: 1.5s+time)[(transition: "dissolve")[[[Show them his riches]]
[[Show them his bedroom]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]You slowly but surely push the door open, (text-style:"condense")[ever so slightly.]
(after: 1.5s)[(transition: "dissolve")[Eventually, it is open wide enough that you can fit your head through the (text-style:"condense")[crack].
(after: 1.5s+time)[(transition: "dissolve")[[[Peek through->Stick your head through the door]]
[[Poke your head in->Stick your head through the door]]]]]](text-colour:#d6fffa)[pale blue evil vulture eye,] covered in a (text-colour:#d6fffa)[hideous film.]
Just the thought of it makes your blood run (text-colour:#d6fffa)[cold]. You slam the door shut and run out of the house.(after: 4.5s)[(transition: "dissolve")[ ]]
(after: 1.5s)[Now what? (after: 1s+time)[Where do you go? (after: 1s+time)[What do you do?
(after: 1s+time)[(transition: "dissolve")[In the sky you see (text-colour:#d6fffa)[the moon].<img class="right-side" src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c0a96e_2096cef08c8e4451b592b416dacd7ec4~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_553,h_467,al_c,lg_1,q_85/c0a96e_2096cef08c8e4451b592b416dacd7ec4~mv2.webp" />
(after: 1.5s+time)[(transition: "dissolve")[It feels chilling.
(after: 1.5s+time)[(transition: "dissolve")[Like the eye.
(after: 1s+time)[(text-colour:#d6fffa)[THE EYE!]
(after: 1s+time)[The God forsaken (text-colour:#d6fffa)[eye!]
(after: 1.5s+time)[(transition: "dissolve")[[[Run-> Run Away]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]
What will the neighbor see when they come here!?
(after: 1.5s)[Me? (after: 1s+time)[Here? (after: 1s+time)[Guilty?
(after: 1s+time)[I can't risk getting caught.
(after: 1s+time)[I can't risk getting caught.
(after: 1.5s+time)[[[I must leave.]]
(text-style:"expand")[OR...]
[[I must act now!->The time has come!]]]]]]]]You run.
(after: 1.5s)[Away.
(after: 1s+time)[Away from the house.
(after: 1.5s+time)[Away from (text-colour:#d6fffa)[the eye. ]
(after: 1.5s+time)[But (text-colour:#d6fffa)[the moon] follows you wherever you go. <img class="right-side" src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c0a96e_b7c6130774b044e7a4e2b1c41bef41f7~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_500,h_423,al_c,lg_1,q_85/c0a96e_b7c6130774b044e7a4e2b1c41bef41f7~mv2.webp" />
(after: 1.5s+time)[Eventually, you stop to catch your breathe.
(after: 1.5s+time)[[[And you feel some innate urge to look back]]]]]]]]You have to hide. You can't let the police find you.
(after: 1.5s)[(transition: "dissolve")[[[Take shelter in a run down building]]
[[Dive into the bushes]]]]
The old man is awake! You can't let him catch you.
(after: 1.5s)[You slam the door shut and run out of the house.
(after: 1.5s+time)[You look around. (after: 1s+time)[Where do you go? (after: 1s+time)[What do you do?
(after: 1s+time)[In the sky you see (text-colour:#d6fffa)[the moon]. [<img class="right-side" src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c0a96e_b7c6130774b044e7a4e2b1c41bef41f7~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_500,h_423,al_c,lg_1,q_85/c0a96e_b7c6130774b044e7a4e2b1c41bef41f7~mv2.webp" />](after: 1.5s+time)[(text-colour:#d6fffa)[Chilling]. (after: 1.5s+time)[Like [[the eye.->the eye]]]]]]]]]You try to leave before drawing any more attention to yourself.
(after: 1.5s)[(transition: "dissolve")[But as you scurry out the building, you notice something.
(after: 1.5s+time)[(transition: "dissolve")[Eye chart posters hang on the walls.
(after: 1.5s+time)[(transition: "dissolve")[Shelves full of pairs of glasses line the edges of the room.
(after: 1.5s+time)[The eye. (after: 1.5s+time)[It has followed you here. (after: 1.5s+time)[Even indoors, where the moon can penetrate no further, the eye has found a way in. (after: 1.5s+time)[And it has surrounded you on all sides. (after: 1.5s+time)[And you can't do anything about it.
(after: 1.5s+time)[You crumble to the ground in paralysis. Nowhere is safe. There is nothing you can do.
(after: 1.5s+time)["Who are you!? What is the meaning of this!? Answer me, before I call the cops," the woman exclaims.
(after: 1.5s+time)[(transition: "dissolve")[You cry in agony:
(after: 1s+time)[(transition: "dissolve")[(after: 1.5s+time)[[[THE EYE!]]
]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]"I'm an eye doctor," she says, quivering.
(after: 1s+time)[[[An eye doctor!?->An eye doctor!3]]](text-colour:#FFFF00)[Through the bushes you see that the lights are on in the old man's house window.]
(after: 1.5s)[He's woken up.
(after: 1s+time)[(transition: "dissolve")[It must have been from the sound of you closing the door.
(after: 1.5s+time)[His sillhouette grabs the phone. (after: 1s+time)[And dials a number. (after: 1s+time)[The police.
(after: 1s+time)[The police. (after: 1s+time)[It must be the police.
(after: 1.5s+time)[(transition: "dissolve")[[[Hide]]]]]]]]]]]]She turns the lights on, blinding you.
(after: 1.5s)[You hiss.
(after: 1s+time)["Ah!" She jumps back, frightened.
(after: 1.5s+time)[(transition: "dissolve")[[[Scurry away to find another hiding spot ->I'm sorry, I'm nobody, I'll see myself out]]
[[Who... who are you?->An appointment for what? Who are you?]]]]]]"Yes, a 24 hour eye doctor. What of it?"
(link-reveal:"I know someone with some eye problems!")[
"Really?"
[[Yes]]
]"Yes. Horrible eye problems. Problems so horrible that I would sooner die than ever have to look at his horrible eye ever again."
"Well you've come to the right place. But you're not the patient."
[[No, I'm not]]"But I know the patient! And I love the patient. He has never been anything but kind to me. You must help him. You must put him out of his misery. Don't you have some sort of gift cards? I can get him a gift card. I know where he lives."
"Gift cards are usually a no-go. But business has been slow lately. I haven't had any patients in days. I guess not enough people are having eye emergencies in the middle of the night."
"But he is!"
"He is. Ok. I'll see what I can do. What's his address?"
[[Here it is->Yes2]]You give the 24 hour eye doctor the address of the old man's house.
(after: 1.5s+time)[(transition: "dissolve")[She visits him, and takes him on as a long term patient.
(after: 1.5s+time)[(transition: "dissolve")[The police never ended up finding whoever who broke into the old man's house that night.
(after: 1.5s+time)[(transition: "dissolve")[And as his eye heals, so too does the toll it has taken on your mind.
(after: 1.5s+time)[(transition: "dissolve")[(link-reveal:"You manage to find an inner peace, and go on to live happily ever after.")[
#THE END
(after: 1.5s+time)[(transition: "dissolve")[[[Return to title page->Title Page]]]]]]]]]]]]]You jump into a building.
(after: 1.5s)[(transition: "dissolve")[The lights are off.
(after: 1.5s+time)["Hello?"
(after: 1.5s+time)[Someone's home.
(after: 1.5s+time)[[[A confused woman in a white lab coat walks into the room.]]
]]]]]You dive into some nearby bushes.
(after: 1.5s+time)[(transition: "dissolve")[Maybe you can hide out here. Maybe nobody will find you.
(after: 1.5s+time)[(transition: "dissolve")[10 minutes pass...
(after: 1.5s+time)[(transition: "dissolve")[Then 20 minutes...
(after: 1.5s+time)[(transition: "dissolve")[Then 50 minutes...
(after: 1.5s+time)[(transition: "dissolve")[Then an hour.
(after: 1.5s+time)[(transition: "dissolve")[[[All of a sudden, you hear footsteps on the ground.]]]]]]]]]]]]]]
You finally feel some relief.
(after: 1.2s)[(transition: "dissolve")[Finally.
(after: 1s+time)[(transition: "dissolve")[Some piece and quiet.
(after: 1.2s+time)[[[Until...]]]]]]]
The door bell rings.
(after: 1.5s)[Who could that be?
(after: 1.5s+time)[(transition: "dissolve")[[[Look through the peep hole]]]]]This is too high stress.
(after: 1.5s)[There is too much evidence. (after: 1.5s+time)[You can't stay. (after: 1.5s+time)[Your only hope is to run so fast the police can't catch you. (after: 1.5s+time)[Hopefully they can't track you down.
(after: 1.5s+time)[(transition: "dissolve")[You've made a bit of distance between you and the house. Now, you have to hide.
(after: 2s+time)[[[Dive into the bushes->Dive into the bushes2]]
[[Take shelter in an abandoned building]]]]]]]]]After a minute of working on the floorboards, you finally get three planks pulled up. There is ample space below.
(after: 1.5s)[The officers ring the doorbell again. They are getting impatient.
(after: 1.5s+time)[(transition: "dissolve")[[[Continue hiding the body]]
[[Run away before they break in and catch you->Run away before they can catch you]]]]](if:(history:) contains "Hide the body under the floorboards")[The floorboards aren't working. Instead, you decide to hide the body under the bed, quickly sliding it beneath, before rearranging the sheets to make everything look tidy.](else:)[You quickly slide the body under the bed, and try to make the sheets look tidy.]
(after: 1.5s)[(transition: "dissolve")[The police won't suspect a thing.
(after: 1.5s+time)[The officers ring the doorbell again.
(after: 1.5s+time)[(transition: "dissolve")[[[Let them in]]
[[Don't answer it->Don't answer it2]]]]]]]You try to delicately place the man's body into the hole in the floorboards, but he does not fit.
(after: 1.5s)[This is bad. You've wasted precious time opening up this space in the floor.
(after: 1.5s+time)[(transition: "dissolve")[[[Accept your losses and find another hiding spot->Hide the body under the bed]]
[[Don't give up and try to jam him in even more]]]]]
The man's body still won't budge.
(after: 1.5s)[The officers ring the doorbell again. Pretty soon, they'll start breaking down the door.
(after: 1.5s+time)[You are really running tight on time. But you see a saw in a toolbox on the other side of the room.
(after: 1.5s+time)[(transition: "dissolve")[[[Dismember the corpse, and put his segmented body parts under the floor]]
[[Find another hiding spot->Hide the body under the bed]]]]]]You dismember the corpse, cutting off the head, arms, and legs, before carefully depositing his segmented body parts under the floor.
(after: 2s)[(transition: "dissolve")[You then replace the floorboards exactly the way that they were, so carefully that no human eye-not even his-could ever detect anything out of place. You take special care to ensure that not a drop of blood would be so out of place as to cause any suspicion.
(after: 5s+time)[(transition: "dissolve")[As a finishing touch, you quickly fix the sheets to make the bed no longer look slept in.
(after: 2s+time)[(transition: "dissolve")[(display:"Don't answer it2")]]]]]]"It's nobody!" you yell, as you slam the door shut and jump out the window.
You look around. Where do you go? What do you do?
In the sky you see (text-colour:#d6fffa)[the moon]. (text-colour:#d6fffa)[Chilling]. Like (text-colour:#d6fffa)[the eye].
(text-colour:#d6fffa)[THE EYE!]
The God forsaken (text-colour:#d6fffa)[eye!]
The man's horrible (display: "eye description")
[[Run-> Run Away]]<img class="right-side" src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c0a96e_2096cef08c8e4451b592b416dacd7ec4~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_553,h_467,al_c,lg_1,q_85/c0a96e_2096cef08c8e4451b592b416dacd7ec4~mv2.webp" />The moon haunts you.
(after: 1s)[(transition: "dissolve")[It persuades you.
(after: 1.5s+time)[(transition: "dissolve")[Like the eye.
(after: 1.5s+time)[(transition: "dissolve")[Its light beats down on you, and you hiss in response.
(after: 1.5s+time)[(transition: "dissolve")[It will not let you be. You have no choice but to turn yourself in.
[[Wait for the officers to arrive]]]]]]]]]]
You show the officers around the kitchen and dining room.
(after: 1.5s+time)[There are no signs of a fight.
(after: 1.2s+time)[The antique cabinet does not appear to be in disarray. (after: 1.2s+time)[None of the man's valuable plates and silverware have been touched.
(after: 1.5s+time)[(transition: "dissolve")[[[Is- is that all?...->"Is there anything else I can do for you?"]]]]]]]
(if:(history:) contains "Show them his riches")[Next, you take the police to the old man's bedroom.](else:)[You take the police to the old man's bedroom.]
(after: 1.5s+time)[(transition: "dissolve")[You open his bedside drawer, revealing a Bible, spare glasses, a jar of vitamins, and emergency money, all untouched.
(after: 2s+time)[(transition: "dissolve")[The window is open, as promised.
(after: 1.5s+time)[(transition: "dissolve")[And the bed is made.
(after: 1.5s+time)[WAIT!
(after: 1.5s+time)[The bed is made! (after: 1.5s+time)[But I told them that I was sleeping in this room tonight. (after: 1.7s+time)[Right by the open window. (after: 1.7s+time)[But if I had been sleeping here, then why would the bed be made!?
(after: 1.5s+time)[The officers will notice. (after: 1.5s+time)[They will see that I lied. (after: 1.5s+time)[They will catch me and throw me in jail.
[[Try to hide your anxiety->You brace yourself for the police to say something.]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]"You can't just leave like that! Why don't you sit down, let me get you some drinks. You've been working all night."
In the enthusiasm of your confidence, you bring four chairs into the room.
You rush into the kitchen, grabbing some glasses for the officers.
You run back and sit with them, plopping yourself into a chair right (if:(history:) contains "Hide the body under the bed")[by the bed underwhich the body is hidden.](else:)[over the three floorboards which you pulled up earlier.]
Time for smalltalk.
[[Long day?]]
[[So, what's it like being a police officer?->Long day?]]"Thank you".
The officers turn to leave. But then, one of them pauses.
"Hold on a second. Didn't you say earlier that the neighbors heard you shriek because the window was open in your room while you slept?"
[[Uh...]]
[[Uh huh->Uh...]]
[[Yes->Uh...]]"Its been tough. We work the midnight shift, so we sleep during the day and work at night. We only see our families in the few rare intervening hours."
(after: 1.5s)[(transition: "dissolve")[[[I see...->That must be tough]]]]"It's not easy. Living at night. Under the light of (text-colour:#d6fffa)[the moon]. I remember when I first started working as a cop, I'd never pulled an all nighter before. That was something to remember. Getting (text-style:"blur")[no rest from sun up to sun up] (text-style:"blurrier")[Keeping watch, sitting out under the stars..."]
(after: 2s+time)[(transition: "dissolve")[Suddenly, [[you feel yourself getting very pale.]]]]
You can't hear them anymore.
(after: 1.2s)[(transition: "dissolve")[Why can't you hear them?
(after: 2.5s)[(transition: "dissolve")[[[What were they saying?]]]]]]
As you ponder and pale, you start to hear a noise.
(after: 1.5s+time)[(transition: "dissolve")[It's familiar. But you can't place it.
(after: 1.5s+time)[(transition: "dissolve")[[[Plug your ears]]
[[Ignore it]]
]]]]
You plug your ears, but the noise won't go away.
(after: 1.5s+time)[Where is it coming from?
(after: 1.5s+time)[Why can't I hear them?
(after: 1.5s+time)[Why can't they see me?
(after: 1.5s+time)[[[Where am I?!->WHAT AM I DOING!?]] ]]]]You try to ignore it. But the sound won't go away.
(after: 1.5s+time)[And you can't hear the men speaking.
(after: 1.5s+time)[And they are not reacting to you.
(after: 1.5s+time)[Where is this sound?
(after: 1.5s+time)[Why can't I hear them?
(after: 1.5s+time)[Why can't they see me?
(after: 1.5s+time)[[[Where am I?!->WHAT AM I DOING!?]] ]]]]]](after: 1s+time)[#No!
(after: 1s+time)[No! (after: 1s+time)[It's not!
(after: 1s+time)[They hear. (after: 1s+time)[They heard. (after: 1s+time)[They knew. (after: 1s+time)[They suspected. (after: 1s+time)[They are mocking you. (after: 1s+time)[You know it.
(after: 1s+time)[But anything is better than this agony!
(after: 1.5s+time)[You can't stand to look at their smiles for another second.
(after: 1.5s+time)[You feel like you need to either scream or die.
(after: 1.5s+time)[And still the sound gets louder. (after: 1s+time)[And louder! (after: 1s+time)[AND LOUDER!!!
(after: 1.5s+time)[[[Beg for mercy]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]](after: 1s+time)[PLEASE! (after: 1s+time)[Stop!
(after: 1s+time)[#I CONFESS!
(after: 2s+time)[(if:(history:) contains "Hide the body under the bed")[You flip over the bed.](else:)[You tear up the planks.]
(after: 2s+time)[HERE! IT'S RIGHT HERE!
(after: 2s+time)[[[IT'S THE BEATING OF HIS HIDEOUS HEART!]]]]]]]](after: .1s+time)[The police officers back up in shock.
(after: 1.5s+time)[You fall to your knees, and they arrest you for first degree murder.
(after: 1.5s+time)[(transition: "dissolve")[Over the coming months, you are sentenced to death, and (link-reveal:"justice is served.")[
#THE END
(after: 1.5s+time)[(transition: "dissolve")[[[Return to title page->Title Page]]]]]]]]]o Why were you in his house
o I was just checking on him
o Is there something wrong with him
o Yes-> Tell them about his eye
o No-> They are about to leave but the moon beats down on you so you tell them about his eye
o They contact the eye doctor. There’s a 24 hour eye doctor not far from here.
"We'd also like to see the bedroom, where the supposed shriek occured".
(after: 1.5s+time)[(transition: "dissolve")[[[Show them his bedroom]]]]Why?
[[Why can't you hear them?]]Wait...
[[why?]]And (text-colour:#d6fffa)[the moon.]
[[The moon?]]
The moon?(after: 1s)[ Yes.
(after: 1s+time)[(transition: "dissolve")[They said something about (text-colour:#d6fffa)[the moon.]
(after: 1.5s+time)[(transition: "dissolve")[The moon?
(after: 1s+time)[(text-colour:#d6fffa)[THE MOON.]<img class="right-side" src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c0a96e_b7c6130774b044e7a4e2b1c41bef41f7~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_500,h_423,al_c,lg_1,q_85/c0a96e_b7c6130774b044e7a4e2b1c41bef41f7~mv2.webp" />
(after: 1s+time)[The cold, frozen, (text-colour:#d6fffa)[chilling] moon.
(after: 1.5s+time)[(text-colour:#d6fffa)[Chilling.]
(after: 1s+time)[(transition: "dissolve")[Like [[the eye.]]]]]]]]]]]]
You stand up, head in your hands, walking backwards, trying to place yourself.
(after: 1.5s+time)[You sweat bullets.
(after: 1.5s+time)[You turn white.
(after: 1.5s+time)[You gasp for air.
(after: 1.5s+time)[The ringing is getting louder.
(after: 1.5s+time)[It isn't coming from inside your head. Or your body.
(after: 1.5s+time)[[[Where else could it be coming from??]]]]]]]]All the while, the men don't react. (after: 1.5s+time)[They don't notice any of this.
(after: 1.5s+time)[They don't see you pace back and forth, trying to unravel this maze inside of your brain.
(after: 2s+time)[They don't notice you make violent gesticulations, signs in the air-- anything to make the noise stop.
(after: 2s+time)[You gasp again. (after: 1s+time)[Breathing is getting harder and harder. (after: 1.5s+time)[And the ringing is increasing in volume and in pace.
(after: 2s+time)[And still the men are not responding. (after: 1.5s+time)[They are still chatting. (after: 1.5s+time)[Smiling.
(after: 1s+time)[Why won't they just go away?!!!!
(after: 1.5s+time)[[[Is it possible they can't hear?]]]]]]]]]]]]]The officer continues. "Well clearly the window was open in this room, but the bed was made. So you couldn't have slept in here."
[[Um...]]
[[Hmmm->Um...]]
[[Yeah....->Um...]]"And are there any other bedrooms in this house?"
[[I can show you one]]
[[No]]You walk the officers to an inconspicuous door, and open it.
But it is not a bedroom. It is a bathroom. You run through it and jump out the window If that's the case, then why was the bed made if you slept in this room?"The man haunts me! He plagues me! I had no choice!"
(after: 1.5s+time)[(transition: "dissolve")[The officers step back and look at each other. "What's this person's problem?"
(after: 1.5s+time)[(transition: "dissolve")[[[Problem?]]]]]]"(if:(history:) contains "Um... no")[Ugh! Fine. ]Yes. There is. Eye problems! He has eye problems. Horrible eye problems. Eye problems so horrible that I would sooner die than ever have to look at his horrible eye ever again."
The thought of the man's eye weighs on you so heavily that you fall to your knees.
"I see."
The officer pauses to think.
"You know, there's a 24 hour eye doctor not far from here."
[[What!?->Really?]]
[[Really?]]
[[A 24 hour eye doctor?->Really?]]You say no. But you mean yes.
You try to hold in the truth.
But (text-colour:#d6fffa)[the moon] beats down on you like (text-colour:#d6fffa)[the eye].
[[You can't fight against it.->Yes! There is!]]"Yes, just a couple blocks away."
(after: 1.5s)[(transition: "dissolve")[[[Please, could you contact them for me?]]]]The police contact the 24 hour eye doctor, and give them the address of the old man's house.
The doctor visits him, and takes him on as a long term patient.
And as his eye heals, so too does the toll it has taken on your mind.
Meanwhile, you are arrested, and sentenced a year in prison.
Eventually, you are released, and go on to live a peacful life.
(link-reveal:"Everybody lived happily ever after.")[
#THE END
[[Return to title page->Title Page]]]"Yes, please do, that would be wonderful.
"We already have his address. We'll take care of it from here. But you are still under arrest for breaking into his home."
[[I see]]"We've finally found you. You match all descriptions of the person who broke into the old man's house this night. Explain yourself!"
(after: 1.5s+time)[[[I am innocent!->It wasn't me!]]
[[I had to do it! The man plagues me!->I had to! I was checking in on him!]]]You dive into some nearby bushes.
(after: 1.5s+time)[(transition: "dissolve")[Maybe you can hide out here. Maybe nobody will find you.
(after: 1.5s+time)[(transition: "dissolve")[10 minutes pass...
(after: 1.5s+time)[(transition: "dissolve")[Then 20 minutes...
(after: 1.5s+time)[(transition: "dissolve")[Then 50 minutes...
(after: 1.5s+time)[(transition: "dissolve")[Then an hour.
(after: 1.5s+time)[(transition: "dissolve")[All of a sudden, you hear footsteps on the ground.
(after: 1.5s+time)[(transition: "dissolve")[[[Listen closely]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]Maybe you can hide out here. Maybe nobody will find you.
(after: 1.5s+time)[(transition: "dissolve")[10 minutes pass...
(after: 1.5s+time)[(transition: "dissolve")[Then 20 minutes...
(after: 1.5s+time)[(transition: "dissolve")[Then 50 minutes...
(after: 1.5s+time)[(transition: "dissolve")[Then an hour.
(after: 1.5s+time)[(transition: "dissolve")[All of a sudden, you hear footsteps on the ground.
(after: 1.5s+time)[(transition: "dissolve")[[[Listen closely]]]]]]]]]]]]]]"We've finally found you. You match all descriptions of the person who broke into the old man's house this night. Explain yourself!"
(after: 2s)[(transition: "dissolve")[You try making excuses, but it is to no avail.
(after: 1.5s+time)[(transition: "dissolve")[The officers found the body, and know that you were the killer.
(after: 1.5s+time)[(transition: "dissolve")[They arrest you for first degree murder.
(after: 1.5s+time)[(transition: "dissolve")[Over the coming months, you are sentenced to death, and (link-reveal:"justice is served.")[
#THE END
(after: 1.5s+time)[(transition: "dissolve")[[[Return to title page->Title Page]]]]]]]]]]]]]"Please, could you contact them for me?" You beg.
(after: 1.5s+time)[(transition: "dissolve")[You can't control yourself. You are at the end of your rope.
(after: 1.5s+time)[(transition: "dissolve")["It's been... (after: 1s+time)[so long...
(after: 1s+time)[(transition: "dissolve")[I've known the old man for so long. (after: 1s+time)[And I love him.
(after: 1s+time)[(transition: "dissolve")[He has never been anything but kind to me.
(after: 1s+time)[But his eye. (after: 1s+time)[His HORRID HORRID EYE... (after: 1s+time)[You must help him.
(after: 1s+time)[You must put him out of his misery.
(after: 1s+time)[(transition: "dissolve")[Here, take his address."
(after: 1s+time)[(transition: "dissolve")[You get up, frantically doing whatever you can to contribute.
(after: 1.5s+time)[(transition: "dissolve")["What can I do to help?"
(after: 1.5s+time)[(transition: "dissolve")["We already have his address. We'll take care of it from here. But you are still under arrest for breaking into his home."
(after: 1.5s+time)[(transition: "dissolve")[[["I-- I-- I see..."->Give them your wrists, to be handcuffed]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]
The police contact the 24 hour eye doctor, and give them the address of the old man's house.
(after: 1.5s)[(transition: "dissolve")[The doctor visits him, and takes him on as a long term patient.
(after: 1s+time)[(transition: "dissolve")[And as his eye heals, so too does the toll it has taken on your mind.
(after: 1.5s+time)[(transition: "dissolve")[Meanwhile, you are arrested, and sentenced a year in prison. But you don't care. With the eye gone, you are the happiest you've been in years.
(after: 2s+time)[(transition: "dissolve")[Eventually, you are released, and go on to live a peacful life.
(after: 1.5s+time)[(transition: "dissolve")[(link-reveal:"You manage to find an inner peace, and all live happily ever after.")[
#THE END
(after: 1s+time)[(transition: "dissolve")[[[Return to title page->Title Page]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]Double-click this passage to edit it.Double-click this passage to edit it.You are engulfed by a beam of light.
(after: 1.5s)[[[It's the officers. They've found you.]]]"You claim that it wasn't you!? We tracked you here. We know it was you. What excuse could you possibly have for breaking into his house like that?"
(after: 1.5s+time)[(transition: "dissolve")[You break down, head in your hands.
(after: 1.5s+time)[(transition: "dissolve")[[[He haunts me!->I had to! I was checking in on him!]]]]]]You start to usher the officers out the door. (after: 1.5s)[Goodbye to the officers. (after: 1s+time)[Goodbye to (text-colour:#d6fffa)[the eye.] (after: 1s+time)[(text-colour:#d6fffa)[THE EYE!?]<img class="right-side" src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c0a96e_5b410d3ce26f4296b0bc5758b4fdc0d6~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_438,h_438,al_c,lg_1,q_85/c0a96e_5b410d3ce26f4296b0bc5758b4fdc0d6~mv2.webp"> (after: 1.5s+time)[Oh yes. (after: 1s+time)[(text-colour:#d6fffa)[The eye.] (after: 1s+time)[(text-colour:#d6fffa)[The eye] which is dead.(after: 1s+time)[ It still watches. (after: 1s+time)[Or does it? (after: 1.5s+time)[A dead (text-colour:#d6fffa)[eye] can't possibly haunt you anymore! (after: 1.5s+time)[And neither will the officers. (after: 1.5s+time)[They won't haunt. (after: 1.2s+time)[Not once they're out of the house. (after: 1.2s+time)[You are sure of it.
(after: 1.5s+time)[(transition: "dissolve")[But just as you think the officers are about to leave, (after: 1.2s+time)[they sit down to take a breather.
(after: 1.5s+time)[(transition: "dissolve")["Mind if we stay for a few more minutes? It's been a long night."
(after: 1.5s+time)[(transition: "dissolve")[[[Oh, yes, sure, please...->Oh, sure...]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]You can't just force the officers out. (after: 1.5s)[You can't. (after: 1s+time)[Not once they've asked to stay. (after: 1.5s+time)[That would be too suspicious. (after: 1.5s+time)[So you let them stay and sit.
(after: 1.5s+time)[(transition: "dissolve")[But what's the worst thing that could happen?
(after: 1.5s+time)[(transition: "dissolve")[You are in the clear. (after: 1.2s+time)[They have found no evidence. (after: 1.5s+time)[No evidence at all. (after: 1.2s+time)[They do not suspect a thing.
(after: 1.5s+time)[(transition: "dissolve")[This will all be fine.
(after: 1.2s+time)[Will it?
(after: 1.2s+time)[(transition: "dissolve")[Yes, it will be fine.
(after: 1.2s+time)[Really?
(after: 1.2s+time)[(transition: "dissolve")[YES. (after: 1s+time)[It will. (after: 1s+time)[It REALLY (after: 1s+time)[REALLY (after: 1s+time)[will.
(after: 1.5s+time)[So you pull up a couple chairs, and rush into the kitchen, [[grabbing some drinks for the officers.->grabbing some drinks.]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]You go back to the bedroom and give the officers their cups, before situating yourself into a chair right (if:(history:) contains "Hide the body under the bed")[by the bed underwhich the body is hidden.](else:)[over the three floorboards which you pulled up earlier.]
(after: 2.5s+time)[(transition: "dissolve")[[[Long day?]]
[[So, what's it like being a police officer?->Long day?]]]]<img class="right-side" src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c0a96e_b7c6130774b044e7a4e2b1c41bef41f7~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_500,h_423,al_c,lg_1,q_85/c0a96e_b7c6130774b044e7a4e2b1c41bef41f7~mv2.webp" />
(text-style:"fidget")[(text-colour:red)[#Haunted by the Eye]]
Written by Josh Finkel
Based on //The Telltale Heart//, by Edgar Allen Poe
[[Click here to begin->Beginning]]<img class="right-side" src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c0a96e_2096cef08c8e4451b592b416dacd7ec4~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_553,h_467,al_c,lg_1,q_85/c0a96e_2096cef08c8e4451b592b416dacd7ec4~mv2.webp" />You are interrupted by a ray of cold light, beating down from the sky above.
(after: 1s)[(transition: "dissolve")[It's from the moon.
(after: 2s)[(transition: "dissolve")[It feels chilling.
(after: 3s)[Like the eye.
(after: 4s)[(transition: "dissolve")[[[The eye?]]]]]]]]]
The (text-colour:#d6fffa)[eye.](after: 1s)[<img class="right-side" src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c0a96e_5b410d3ce26f4296b0bc5758b4fdc0d6~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_438,h_438,al_c,lg_1,q_85/c0a96e_5b410d3ce26f4296b0bc5758b4fdc0d6~mv2.webp">
(text-colour:#d6fffa)[THE EYE!]
(after: 1s+time)[The God forsaken (text-colour:#d6fffa)[eye!]
(after: 1s+time)[The old man's horrible (display: "eye description")
(after: 2s+time)[You must stop it. You must stop it from haunting you.
(after: 1.2s+time)[But right now you can't. (after: 1.2s+time)[You need to run. (after: 1.2s+time)[And you can. (after: 1.2s+time)[Away from the house. (after: 1.2s+time)[Away from the man. (after: 1.2s+time)[But the (text-colour:#d6fffa)[chill of the moon] follows you wherever you go.
(after: 1.5s+time)[(transition: "dissolve")[Eventually, you stop to catch your breathe.
(after: 1.5s+time)[(transition: "dissolve")[[[And you feel some innate urge to look back->Suddenly, you feel an urge to look back.]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]](text-colour:#FFFF00)[Through the bushes you see the old man turn their lights on.]
(after: 1.5s+time)[His sillhouette grabs the phone. (after: 1s+time)[And dials a number. (after: 1s+time)[The police.
(after: 1s+time)[The police. (after: 1s+time)[It must be the police.
(after: 1.5s+time)[(transition: "dissolve")[[[Turn yourself in]]
[[Hide]]]]]]]]]You mutter to yourself.
(after: 1.5s+time)[(transition: "dissolve")["A problem.. A problem.....
(after: 1.5s+time)[(transition: "dissolve")[E problem.. O problem.....
(after: 1.5s+time)[(transition: "dissolve")[U problem.. I problem....."
(after: 1.5s+time)["WAIT!"
(after: 1.5s+time)["THIS is the problem!"
(after: 1.5s+time)["The EYE problem! (after: 1.5s+time)[EYE problems!! (after: 1.5s+time)[The old man! (after: 1.5s+time)[He has eye problems! (after: 1.5s+time)[Horrible eye problems. (after: 1.5s+time)[Eye problems so horrible that I would sooner die than ever have to look at his horrible eye ever again."
(after: 2s+time)[The officers are taken aback.
(after: 1.5s+time)[(transition: "dissolve")[The thought of (text-colour:#d6fffa)[the eye] weighs on you so heavily that you fall to your knees.
(after: 1.5s+time)[(transition: "dissolve")["I see." The officers pause to think.
(after: 1.5s+time)[(transition: "dissolve")["You know, there's a 24 hour eye doctor not far from here."
(after: 1.5s+time)[[[What!?->Really?]]
[[Really?]]
[[A 24 hour eye doctor?->Really?]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]"THE EYE! (after: 1s+time)[THE EYE!]
(after: 1.5s+time)[(transition: "dissolve")[I am just a person, (after: 1s+time)[haunted by an EYE... (after: 1s+time)[The most hideous eye you have ever seen. (after: 1.5s+time)[An eye so hideous I would rather kill than have to look at it ever again.
(after: 1.5s+time)[(transition: "dissolve")[So I ran. (after: 1s+time)[Away from the eye. (after: 1s+time)[Away from the man to whom the eye belongs. (after: 1s+time)[And it lead my here.
(after: 1s+time)[(transition: "dissolve")[But even here the eye haunts me. (after: 1s+time)[From the floor to the cieling. (after: 1s+time)[Everywhere. (after: 1s+time)[All I can see. (after: 1s+time)[Eyes!..."
(after: 1.5s+time)[(transition: "dissolve")[Tears stream down your cheeks.
(after: 1.5s+time)[(transition: "dissolve")["I've seen some pretty bad looking eyes over the years," the woman replies.
(after: 1.5s+time)[[[Really?->You do?]]
[[You have?->You do?]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]Suddenly, you realize where you are. Eye chart posters hang on the walls. Shelves full of pairs of glasses line the edges of the room.
(after: 1.5s+time)[The eye. (after: 1.5s+time)[It has followed you here. (after: 1.5s+time)[Even indoors, where the moon can penetrate no further, the eye has found a way in. (after: 1.5s+time)[And it has surrounded you on all sides. (after: 1.5s+time)[And you can't do anything about it.
(after: 1.5s+time)[You crumble to the ground in paralysis. Nowhere is safe. There is nothing you can do.
(after: 1.5s+time)[(transition: "dissolve")["Who... who are you?" she asks.
(after: 1.5s+time)[[[THE EYE!]]]]]]]]]]]"I am an eye doctor."
(after: 1.5s+time)["an EYEdoctor?...
(after: 1.5s+time)[eyedoctor?...
(after: 1.5s+time)[eye doctor?...
(after: 1.5s+time)[eye DOCTOR!
(after: 1.5s+time)[You are an eye DOCTOR!"
(after: 1.5s+time)[(transition: "dissolve")[You suddenly realize that this woman may be the solution to all of your problems.
(after: 2s+time)[(transition: "dissolve")[[[Beg for her help]]
]]]]]]]]]
"Please, you must help me!"
(after: 1.5s+time)[(transition: "dissolve")[You are down on your knees. You can't control yourself.
(after: 1.5s+time)[(transition: "dissolve")["It's been... (after: 1s+time)[so long...
(after: 1s+time)[(transition: "dissolve")[I've known the old man for so long. (after: 1s+time)[And I love him.
(after: 1s+time)[(transition: "dissolve")[He has never been anything but kind to me.
(after: 1s+time)[(transition: "dissolve")[But his eye. (after: 1s+time)[His HORRID HORRID EYE... (after: 1s+time)[You must help him. (after: 1s+time)[You must put him out of his misery." (after: 1.5s+time)[You get up, frantically doing whatever you can to contribute.
(after: 1.5s+time)[(transition: "dissolve")["Well, I'll see what I can do. What's his address?"
(after: 1s+time)[(transition: "dissolve")[[[Here it is->Yes2]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]
Eventually the officers arrive, and see you standing there, (text-colour:#d6fffa)[chillingly.]
(after: 1.5s)[(transition: "dissolve")[They put you in handcuffs and stand you against a wall.
(after: 1.5s+time)["Explain yourself! Why did you break into the old man's house?" the lead officer asks.
(after: 1.5s+time)[[[He haunts me!->I had to! I was checking in on him!]]]]]](if:(history:) contains "Please, could you contact them for me?")[You try to make a run for it, but the officers easily catch you in your weak and maniacal state.
]You are engulfed by a beam of light through the window.
(after: 1.5s)[[[It's the officers. They've found you.->It's the officers. They've found you.2]]](text-style:"expand")[creak] <img class="right-side" src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c0a96e_84bdf3e1c0e142ee97cdc59e3d8cdc46~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_594,h_576,al_c,lg_1,q_85/c0a96e_84bdf3e1c0e142ee97cdc59e3d8cdc46~mv2.webp" />
(after: 1s+time)[(transition: "dissolve")[You hear a sound coming from within the room, but can't quite make it out.
(after: 1.5s+time)[(transition: "dissolve")[[[Listen closely->Listen closely2]]]]]]
Double-click this passage to edit it.You listen into the room.
(after: 1s+time)[(transition: "dissolve")[The old man is snoring.
(after: 1s+time)[(transition: "dissolve")[Fast asleep, he does not suspect a thing.
(after: 1.5s+time)[(transition: "dissolve")[This will be easy, just like it has been for the past 7 nights.
(after: 1.5s+time)[(transition: "dissolve")[You are confident.
(after: 1.5s+time)[(transition: "dissolve")[[[You chuckle to yourself.]]]]]]]]]]]]You clench your teeth and fists.
(after: 1.2s+time)[Will the officers notice?
(after: 1.2s+time)[Will the officers notice?
(after: 1.2s+time)[What will they say?
(after: 1.2s+time)[What will they say?
(after: 1.2s+time)[The lead officer gets a serious look on his face.
(after: 1.5s+time)["Hm... I guess it looks like--"
(after: 1.7s+time)[Oh God did he notice!?
(after: 2s+time)["--there's nothing suspicious here".
(after: 1.5s+time)[They didn't notice! You are getting away with this. [[You feel a pound of bricks rise off your back.->You are getting away with this.]]]]]]]]]]]
(after: 1s+time)[(text-colour:#d6fffa)[THE EYE!]<img class="right-side" src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c0a96e_5b410d3ce26f4296b0bc5758b4fdc0d6~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_438,h_438,al_c,lg_1,q_85/c0a96e_5b410d3ce26f4296b0bc5758b4fdc0d6~mv2.webp">
(after: 1s+time)[The God forsaken (text-colour:#d6fffa)[eye!]
[(after: 1.5s+time)[The man's horrible (display: "eye description")
(after: 2s+time)[[[Run-> Run Away]]]]]]](after: 1s+time)[(text-colour:#d6fffa)[THE EYE?!] <img class="right-side" src="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/c0a96e_5b410d3ce26f4296b0bc5758b4fdc0d6~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_438,h_438,al_c,lg_1,q_85/c0a96e_5b410d3ce26f4296b0bc5758b4fdc0d6~mv2.webp">
(after: 1.5s+time)[You destroyed that eye.
(after: 1.5s+time)[I destroyed that eye.
(after: 1.5s+time)[Eye destroyed that eye.
(after: 1.5s+time)[Eye destroyed that I.
(after: 1.5s+time)[You I destroyed it.
(after: 1.5s+time)[And yet it speaks from beyond the grave!?
(after: 1.5s+time)[(transition: "dissolve")[[[How can this be!?]]]]]]]]]]]