ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ ᴏɴᴇ: ᴛʜᴇ ᴠɪᴅᴇᴏ ɢᴀᴍᴇ
Your fingers violently pressed the buttons on the controller as you stared at your tv screen. 'One level left and I'll beat the game!' you thought. You are a video game addict, like video games are your drug. You have every possible game that's out there. Video game cases are scattered about your lilac purple room. On the floor, in your dresser drawers, even in your school backpack. You heard a steady knock on your door, making you pause the game.
"Come in!" You told whoever was at your door. The door to your room opened, revealing your mother.
" Y/n, come on, we're going to the store." She looked around your pigsty of a room. "And after we get back, you can start cleaning you room."
You groan irritably, standing up. "Mom, it's not that messy, just a few game cases here and there." You smiled sheepishly, making your mother cross her arms.
"You're cleaning it after we get back, so lets go." She said sternly but calmly. You sighed and followed her out the door and to the olive green mini van.
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It was cold inside the store, so you pulled your baggy, black hoodie over your head and tucked it below your waist. Your mother wheeled the cart down one aisle after another, checking her list and putting items into the cart. You followed her past the electronics section and then, you saw it. The video game aisle. You ran down the aisle and peeked into the locked glass cases full of video games, however, only one in particular caught your eye. You scanned the case, looking at the title of the game.
"Asylum 43." You let the words escape your lips. A hand pressed itself onto your shoulder and your turned to see your mother standing there. 'Maybe she'll buy it for me.'
"Mom, can I please get this new game?" You pointed to the game case.
"Don't you think you have enough video games?"
"Please Mom, I promise I'll clean my room!" You begged, hugging her. She sighed and planted a kiss on the top of your head.
"Alright, fine, but you have to clean your room first."
"Yes! Thank you Mom!" You squealed.
After getting the game and all the items on the list, you arrived home and as soon as you walked through the door you ran to your room, the game in your hands.
"Don't forget to clean your room!" Your mother called out after you.
"Okay!" You shouted back and closed the door. You quickly picked up all the scattered cases, even the ones in your backpack, and lazily put them in the basket you had labeled, Video Game Cases. After putting all the cases away, you inserted the new game into your gaming system.
"This is gonna be awesome!" You picked up the controller, ready to play.
The screen read Loading, making you even more agitated to play. Finally, the main screen came on, showing a girl in a very faintly white straight jacket, patches of blood all over. Her hair was pitch black, dripping wet, and it cascaded over her face, except for her mouth. An evil little smile was attached to her lips. Her skin was very pale, almost white as snow. In the background was an old looking building. An insane asylum. On the side of the asylum, you could clearly see the number 43 written in blood. You stared in awe before clicking, Start a New Game.