Hey Guys. Just finished playing Ib (great game BTW) and this little story popped into my head. It's based off that wired story book that Ib reads and we get to see reenacted in gloriously unsettling kids drawings. I hope you enjoy.
One day, a young girl named Samantha was having a birthday party.
Her friend, Mary, had baked a cake for her. And it was a special cake indeed.
"Samantha! Be sure to make a wish!" Mary exclaimed with joy.
Samantha nodded and turned to the cake to blow out the candles.
She went silent, and after a moment, Mary spoke up.
"Okay, now here's the real fun part." She began talking to the group of three in front of her.
"The cake has a coin in it. I'll cut it into four pieces, one for each of us, and the person who has the piece with the coin in it will be granted eternal happiness." She explained with delight, quoting the words her grandmother had told her.
After cutting the cake everyone got a piece and they began eating happily.
…Until
"Argh, I think I swallowed something hard." Samantha said.
Mary gasped. "Sam, you ate the coin? Hooray." Mary waved her arms in celebration.
"Will I be okay with swallowing it?" Samantha asked, worry written all over her face.
Mary looked to her friend and said. "Don't worry, the coins small, you'll be fine.
Samantha seemed oddly unconvinced with her friend's words.
After the party was over Sam and Mary's friends left and it was just the two of them.
"I need to clean up, feel free to do what you want birthday girl!" Mary exclaimed while removing the dirty dishes and cutlery from the table.
"Ok." Samantha said simply.
Mary walked towards the kitchen with the dishes but stopped short when her mother called her from outside the study door.
"Mary, have you seen the key to the study?" She said.
Mary looked at her mother dumbly. "Mum, you know the key is right there on the table like always." She said, pointing towards the small table behind her mother.
"Well it isn't here now." Her mother said as she began moving away from the table allowing Mary to inspect it.
"Mummy, stop playing around, its right… here…" Mary trailed off as she looked upon the small gold coin sitting on the table where the key should have been.
Mary's Mother looked slightly worried but walked off saying. "Well if you find please return it."
Mary continued to look at the coin.
She wondered then, what did Samantha swallow?
She was then brought out of her thoughts by the sound of the knife, which was used to cut the cake, falling to the ground.
Mary looked to it and silently realised what she must do.
After a while Mary bounded happily into the kitchen with a red knife and an equally red key.
"Mum! I found the key!" She exclaimed happily.
If you don't know what scene I mean I don't blame you. Its hard to describe.
But in any case i hope you enjoyed it.