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The shadow ๐š˜๐š ๐™ฐ๐šœ๐š‘๐š ood

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the part about the portraits following him and the grandfather clocks ticking at different speeds, that unsettled feeling is so well built

the part about the portraits following him and the grandfather clocks ticking at different speeds, that unsettled feeling is so well built

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๐šƒ๐š‘๐šŽ ๐š‚๐š‘๐šŠ๐š๐š˜๐š  ๐š˜๐š ๐™ฐ๐šœ๐š‘๐š ๐š˜๐š˜๐š

๐™ฒ๐š‘๐šŠ๐š™๐š๐šŽ๐š› 1: ๐šƒ๐š‘๐šŽ ๐™ป๐šŽ๐š๐š๐šŽ๐š› ๐šƒ๐š‘๐šŠ๐š ๐š‚๐š‘๐š˜๐šž๐š•๐š๐š—'๐š ๐™ด๐šก๐š’๐šœ๐š

๐šƒ๐š‘๐šŽ ๐š›๐šŠ๐š’๐š— ๐š‘๐šŠ๐š ๐š—๐š˜๐š ๐šœ๐š๐š˜๐š™๐š™๐šŽ๐š ๐š๐š˜๐š› ๐š๐š‘๐š›๐šŽ๐šŽ ๐š๐šŠ๐šข๐šœ.

๐™ธ๐š ๐š๐š›๐šž๐š–๐š–๐šŽ๐š ๐šŽ๐š—๐š๐š•๐šŽ๐šœ๐šœ๐š•๐šข ๐šŠ๐š๐šŠ๐š’๐š—๐šœ๐š ๐š๐š‘๐šŽ ๐š ๐š’๐š—๐š๐š˜๐š ๐šœ ๐š˜๐š ๐š๐š‘๐šŽ ๐š˜๐š•๐š ๐š–๐šŠ๐š—๐šœ๐š’๐š˜๐š— ๐š˜๐š— ๐š๐š‘๐šŽ ๐š‘๐š’๐š•๐š•, ๐šŠ ๐š™๐š•๐šŠ๐šŒ๐šŽ ๐šŽ๐šŸ๐šŽ๐š›๐šข๐š˜๐š—๐šŽ ๐š’๐š— ๐š๐š‘๐šŽ ๐š—๐šŽ๐šŠ๐š›๐š‹๐šข ๐šŸ๐š’๐š•๐š•๐šŠ๐š๐šŽ ๐šŒ๐šŠ๐š•๐š•๐šŽ๐š ๐™ฐ๐šœ๐š‘๐š ๐š˜๐š˜๐š ๐™ผ๐šŠ๐š—๐š˜๐š›. ๐™ฟ๐šŽ๐š˜๐š™๐š•๐šŽ ๐š ๐š‘๐š’๐šœ๐š™๐šŽ๐š›๐šŽ๐š ๐š๐š‘๐šŠ๐š ๐š๐š‘๐šŽ ๐š‘๐š˜๐šž๐šœ๐šŽ ๐š ๐šŠ๐šœ ๐šŒ๐šž๐š›๐šœ๐šŽ๐š. ๐™ป๐š’๐š๐š‘๐š๐šœ ๐š๐š•๐š’๐šŒ๐š”๐šŽ๐š›๐šŽ๐š ๐š’๐š—๐šœ๐š’๐š๐šŽ ๐šŽ๐šŸ๐šŽ๐š— ๐š๐š‘๐š˜๐šž๐š๐š‘ ๐š—๐š˜ ๐š˜๐š—๐šŽ ๐š‘๐šŠ๐š ๐š•๐š’๐šŸ๐šŽ๐š ๐š๐š‘๐šŽ๐š›๐šŽ ๐š๐š˜๐š› ๐šข๐šŽ๐šŠ๐š›๐šœ. ๐š‚๐š๐š›๐šŠ๐š—๐š๐šŽ ๐šœ๐š‘๐šŠ๐š๐š˜๐š ๐šœ ๐š ๐šŠ๐š—๐š๐šŽ๐š›๐šŽ๐š ๐š๐š‘๐š›๐š˜๐šž๐š๐š‘ ๐š’๐š๐šœ ๐š‘๐šŠ๐š•๐š•๐šœ ๐šŠ๐š ๐š–๐š’๐š๐š—๐š’๐š๐š‘๐š.

๐š‚๐šŽ๐šŸ๐šŽ๐š—๐š๐šŽ๐šŽ๐š—-๐šข๐šŽ๐šŠ๐š›-๐š˜๐š•๐š ๐™ฐ๐šŠ๐š›๐šŠ๐šŸ ๐™ผ๐šŽ๐š‘๐š๐šŠ ๐š‘๐šŠ๐š ๐š—๐šŽ๐šŸ๐šŽ๐š› ๐š‹๐šŽ๐š•๐š’๐šŽ๐šŸ๐šŽ๐š ๐š๐š‘๐š˜๐šœ๐šŽ ๐šœ๐š๐š˜๐š›๐š’๐šŽ๐šœ.

๐š„๐š—๐š๐š’๐š• ๐š๐š˜๐š๐šŠ๐šข.

๐™ฐ๐šœ ๐š‘๐šŽ ๐šŒ๐š•๐š’๐š–๐š‹๐šŽ๐š ๐š๐š‘๐šŽ ๐šœ๐š๐š˜๐š—๐šŽ ๐šœ๐š๐šŽ๐š™๐šœ ๐š๐š˜ ๐š๐š‘๐šŽ ๐š๐š›๐š˜๐š—๐š ๐š๐š˜๐š˜๐š›, ๐š•๐š’๐š๐š‘๐š๐š—๐š’๐š—๐š ๐šœ๐š™๐š•๐š’๐š ๐š๐š‘๐šŽ ๐šœ๐š”๐šข. ๐šƒ๐š‘๐šŽ ๐š›๐šž๐šœ๐š๐šข ๐š๐šŠ๐š๐šŽ ๐šŒ๐š›๐šŽ๐šŠ๐š”๐šŽ๐š ๐šœ๐š‘๐šž๐š ๐š‹๐šŽ๐š‘๐š’๐š—๐š ๐š‘๐š’๐š– ๐š ๐š’๐š๐š‘ ๐šŠ ๐š•๐š˜๐šž๐š ๐šŒ๐š•๐šŠ๐š—๐š.

"๐™ธ'๐š•๐š• ๐š“๐šž๐šœ๐š ๐šŒ๐š˜๐š•๐š•๐šŽ๐šŒ๐š ๐™ถ๐š›๐šŠ๐š—๐š๐š™๐šŠ'๐šœ ๐š˜๐š•๐š ๐š‹๐š˜๐š˜๐š”๐šœ ๐šŠ๐š—๐š ๐š•๐šŽ๐šŠ๐šŸ๐šŽ," ๐š‘๐šŽ ๐š–๐šž๐š๐š๐šŽ๐š›๐šŽ๐š.

๐šƒ๐š‘๐šŽ ๐š‘๐šŽ๐šŠ๐šŸ๐šข ๐š ๐š˜๐š˜๐š๐šŽ๐š— ๐š๐š˜๐š˜๐š› ๐š˜๐š™๐šŽ๐š—๐šŽ๐š ๐š‹๐šข ๐š’๐š๐šœ๐šŽ๐š•๐š.

๐™ฐ ๐šŒ๐š˜๐š•๐š ๐š‹๐š›๐šŽ๐šŽ๐šฃ๐šŽ ๐š›๐šž๐šœ๐š‘๐šŽ๐š ๐š˜๐šž๐š.

๐™ธ๐š—๐šœ๐š’๐š๐šŽ, ๐š๐š‘๐šŽ ๐š–๐šŠ๐š—๐šœ๐š’๐š˜๐š— ๐šœ๐š–๐šŽ๐š•๐š•๐šŽ๐š ๐š˜๐š ๐š๐šž๐šœ๐š, ๐šŠ๐š—๐šŒ๐š’๐šŽ๐š—๐š ๐š™๐šŠ๐š™๐šŽ๐š›, ๐šŠ๐š—๐š ๐š๐š˜๐š›๐š๐š˜๐š๐š๐šŽ๐š— ๐š–๐šŽ๐š–๐š˜๐š›๐š’๐šŽ๐šœ.

๐™ด๐šŸ๐šŽ๐š›๐šข ๐š ๐šŠ๐š•๐š• ๐š ๐šŠ๐šœ ๐šŒ๐š˜๐šŸ๐šŽ๐š›๐šŽ๐š ๐š ๐š’๐š๐š‘ ๐š™๐š˜๐š›๐š๐š›๐šŠ๐š’๐š๐šœ ๐š ๐š‘๐š˜๐šœ๐šŽ ๐šŽ๐šข๐šŽ๐šœ ๐šœ๐šŽ๐šŽ๐š–๐šŽ๐š ๐š๐š˜ ๐š๐š˜๐š•๐š•๐š˜๐š  ๐š‘๐š’๐š–. ๐™ถ๐š›๐šŠ๐š—๐š๐š๐šŠ๐š๐š‘๐šŽ๐š› ๐šŒ๐š•๐š˜๐šŒ๐š”๐šœ ๐š๐š’๐šŒ๐š”๐šŽ๐š ๐š’๐š— ๐š๐š’๐š๐š๐šŽ๐š›๐šŽ๐š—๐š ๐š›๐š‘๐šข๐š๐š‘๐š–๐šœ, ๐š–๐šŠ๐š”๐š’๐š—๐š ๐š๐š‘๐šŽ ๐šœ๐š’๐š•๐šŽ๐š—๐šŒ๐šŽ ๐šŽ๐šŸ๐šŽ๐š— ๐š–๐š˜๐š›๐šŽ ๐šž๐š—๐šœ๐šŽ๐š๐š๐š•๐š’๐š—๐š.

๐™ฐ๐šŠ๐š›๐šŠ๐šŸ ๐šŒ๐š•๐š’๐š–๐š‹๐šŽ๐š ๐š๐š‘๐šŽ ๐šœ๐š๐šŠ๐š’๐š›๐šŒ๐šŠ๐šœ๐šŽ ๐š๐š˜๐š ๐šŠ๐š›๐š ๐š๐š‘๐šŽ ๐š•๐š’๐š‹๐š›๐šŠ๐š›๐šข.

๐š†๐š‘๐šŽ๐š— ๐š‘๐šŽ ๐š™๐šž๐šœ๐š‘๐šŽ๐š ๐š˜๐š™๐šŽ๐š— ๐š๐š‘๐šŽ ๐š๐š’๐šŠ๐š—๐š ๐š˜๐šŠ๐š” ๐š๐š˜๐š˜๐š›๐šœ, ๐š๐š‘๐š˜๐šž๐šœ๐šŠ๐š—๐š๐šœ ๐š˜๐š ๐š‹๐š˜๐š˜๐š”๐šœ ๐šœ๐š๐š›๐šŽ๐š๐šŒ๐š‘๐šŽ๐š ๐š๐š›๐š˜๐š– ๐š๐š•๐š˜๐š˜๐š› ๐š๐š˜ ๐šŒ๐šŽ๐š’๐š•๐š’๐š—๐š.

๐™ธ๐š— ๐š๐š‘๐šŽ ๐š–๐š’๐š๐š๐š•๐šŽ ๐š˜๐š ๐š๐š‘๐šŽ ๐š›๐š˜๐š˜๐š– ๐šœ๐š๐š˜๐š˜๐š ๐šŠ ๐šœ๐š’๐š—๐š๐š•๐šŽ ๐š๐šŽ๐šœ๐š”.

๐™พ๐š— ๐š’๐š ๐š›๐šŽ๐šœ๐š๐šŽ๐š ๐šŠ ๐šœ๐šŽ๐šŠ๐š•๐šŽ๐š ๐šŽ๐š—๐šŸ๐šŽ๐š•๐š˜๐š™๐šŽ.

๐™ท๐š’๐šœ ๐š—๐šŠ๐š–๐šŽ ๐š ๐šŠ๐šœ ๐š ๐š›๐š’๐š๐š๐šŽ๐š— ๐š˜๐š— ๐š’๐š.

๐™ฐ๐™ฐ๐š๐™ฐ๐š… ๐™ผ๐™ด๐™ท๐šƒ๐™ฐ

๐™ท๐š’๐šœ ๐š‘๐šŠ๐š—๐š๐šœ ๐š๐š›๐šŽ๐š–๐š‹๐š•๐šŽ๐š.

"๐š†๐š‘๐š˜ ๐šŒ๐š˜๐šž๐š•๐š ๐š‘๐šŠ๐šŸ๐šŽ ๐š•๐šŽ๐š๐š ๐š๐š‘๐š’๐šœ ๐š‘๐šŽ๐š›๐šŽ?"

๐™ท๐šŽ ๐šŒ๐šŠ๐š›๐šŽ๐š๐šž๐š•๐š•๐šข ๐š‹๐š›๐š˜๐š”๐šŽ ๐š๐š‘๐šŽ ๐š›๐šŽ๐š ๐š ๐šŠ๐šก ๐šœ๐šŽ๐šŠ๐š•.

๐™ธ๐š—๐šœ๐š’๐š๐šŽ ๐š ๐šŠ๐šœ ๐šŠ ๐š‘๐šŠ๐š—๐š๐š ๐š›๐š’๐š๐š๐šŽ๐š— ๐š•๐šŽ๐š๐š๐šŽ๐š›.

๐™ธ๐š ๐šข๐š˜๐šž ๐šŠ๐š›๐šŽ ๐š›๐šŽ๐šŠ๐š๐š’๐š—๐š ๐š๐š‘๐š’๐šœ, ๐™ธ ๐š‘๐šŠ๐šŸ๐šŽ ๐šŠ๐š•๐š›๐šŽ๐šŠ๐š๐šข ๐š๐š’๐šœ๐šŠ๐š™๐š™๐šŽ๐šŠ๐š›๐šŽ๐š.

๐™ณ๐š˜ ๐š—๐š˜๐š ๐š๐š›๐šž๐šœ๐š ๐šŠ๐š—๐šข๐š˜๐š—๐šŽ ๐š ๐š‘๐š˜ ๐šŒ๐š•๐šŠ๐š’๐š–๐šœ ๐š๐š˜ ๐š”๐š—๐š˜๐š  ๐š๐š‘๐šŽ ๐š๐š›๐šž๐š๐š‘.

๐™ท๐š’๐š๐š๐šŽ๐š— ๐š‹๐šŽ๐š—๐šŽ๐šŠ๐š๐š‘ ๐š๐š‘๐š’๐šœ ๐š–๐šŠ๐š—๐šœ๐š’๐š˜๐š— ๐š’๐šœ ๐šŠ ๐š๐š˜๐š˜๐š›๐š ๐šŠ๐šข ๐š๐š‘๐šŠ๐š ๐š–๐šž๐šœ๐š ๐š—๐šŽ๐šŸ๐šŽ๐š› ๐š‹๐šŽ ๐š˜๐š™๐šŽ๐š—๐šŽ๐š.

๐š‚๐š˜๐š–๐šŽ๐š˜๐š—๐šŽ ๐š’๐šœ ๐š•๐š˜๐š˜๐š”๐š’๐š—๐š ๐š๐š˜๐š› ๐š๐š‘๐šŽ ๐š”๐šŽ๐šข.

๐™ฐ๐š—๐š ๐š๐š‘๐šŽ๐šข ๐šŠ๐š•๐š›๐šŽ๐šŠ๐š๐šข ๐š”๐š—๐š˜๐š  ๐šข๐š˜๐šž๐š› ๐š—๐šŠ๐š–๐šŽ.

๐™ฐ ๐š•๐š˜๐šž๐š ๐š‹๐šŠ๐š—๐š ๐šŽ๐šŒ๐š‘๐š˜๐šŽ๐š ๐š๐š‘๐š›๐š˜๐šž๐š๐š‘ ๐š๐š‘๐šŽ ๐š•๐š’๐š‹๐š›๐šŠ๐š›๐šข.

๐šƒ๐š‘๐šŽ ๐š๐š˜๐š˜๐š› ๐šœ๐š•๐šŠ๐š–๐š–๐šŽ๐š ๐šœ๐š‘๐šž๐š.

๐šƒ๐š‘๐šŽ ๐š•๐š’๐š๐š‘๐š๐šœ ๐š ๐šŽ๐š—๐š ๐š˜๐šž๐š.

๐™พ๐š—๐š•๐šข ๐šŠ ๐š๐šŠ๐š’๐š—๐š ๐š‹๐š•๐šž๐šŽ ๐š๐š•๐š˜๐š  ๐š›๐šŽ๐š–๐šŠ๐š’๐š—๐šŽ๐š.

๐™พ๐š—๐šŽ ๐š‹๐š˜๐š˜๐š”๐šœ๐š‘๐šŽ๐š•๐š ๐šœ๐š•๐š˜๐š ๐š•๐šข ๐š–๐š˜๐šŸ๐šŽ๐š ๐šŠ๐šœ๐š’๐š๐šŽ ๐š ๐š’๐š๐š‘ ๐šŠ ๐š๐š›๐š’๐š—๐š๐š’๐š—๐š ๐šœ๐š˜๐šž๐š—๐š.

๐™ฑ๐šŽ๐š‘๐š’๐š—๐š ๐š’๐š ๐š ๐šŠ๐šœ ๐šŠ ๐š—๐šŠ๐š›๐š›๐š˜๐š  ๐šœ๐š๐š˜๐š—๐šŽ ๐šœ๐š๐šŠ๐š’๐š›๐šŒ๐šŠ๐šœ๐šŽ ๐š•๐šŽ๐šŠ๐š๐š’๐š—๐š ๐š๐šŽ๐šŽ๐š™ ๐šž๐š—๐š๐šŽ๐š›๐š๐š›๐š˜๐šž๐š—๐š.

๐šƒ๐š‘๐šŽ๐š— ๐™ฐ๐šŠ๐š›๐šŠ๐šŸ ๐š‘๐šŽ๐šŠ๐š›๐š ๐š๐š˜๐š˜๐š๐šœ๐š๐šŽ๐š™๐šœ.

๐™ฝ๐š˜๐š ๐š‘๐š’๐šœ ๐š˜๐š ๐š—.

๐š‚๐š˜๐š–๐šŽ๐š˜๐š—๐šŽ ๐šŽ๐š•๐šœ๐šŽ ๐š ๐šŠ๐šœ ๐šŒ๐š•๐š’๐š–๐š‹๐š’๐š—๐š ๐šž๐š™ ๐š๐š›๐š˜๐š– ๐š๐š‘๐šŽ ๐š๐šŠ๐š›๐š”๐š—๐šŽ๐šœ๐šœ.

๐™ฐ๐š—๐š ๐šŠ ๐š ๐š‘๐š’๐šœ๐š™๐šŽ๐š› ๐š๐š•๐š˜๐šŠ๐š๐šŽ๐š ๐š๐š‘๐š›๐š˜๐šž๐š๐š‘ ๐š๐š‘๐šŽ ๐š‘๐š’๐š๐š๐šŽ๐š— ๐š™๐šŠ๐šœ๐šœ๐šŠ๐š๐šŽ...

"๐šˆ๐š˜๐šž ๐š๐š’๐š—๐šŠ๐š•๐š•๐šข ๐šŒ๐šŠ๐š–๐šŽ."

**๐šƒ๐š˜ ๐š‹๐šŽ ๐šŒ๐š˜๐š—๐š๐š’๐š—๐šž๐šŽ๐š.. .**

  1. ๐™ฒ๐š‘๐šŠ๐š™๐š๐šŽ๐š› 2๐šŒ๐š˜๐š–๐š’๐š—๐š ๐šœ๐š˜๐š˜๐š—.....

    Thoughts

    • quick_gut_check

      so the letter had his name on it already, does that mean someone knew he'd come, or that it's been there waiting his whole life?

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    • just_curious_tho

      why do you think he didn't believe the stories until today? was it the "i'm 17" thing, or something else about how the village talked about it?

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    • nodding_along

      the part about the portraits following him and the grandfather clocks ticking at different speeds, that unsettled feeling is so well built

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    • maybe_im_wrong

      idk, the whole vibe of a mansion that sounds like it's *waiting* for something hits different. feels less haunted and more like... intentional?

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