[Kari's no professional story teller, but she does spend most of her time reading. And in fact, she spent a few hours looking up creepy stories to tell just for this occasion! She wouldn't want to be unprepared, after all. Especially since, well, 100 stories is a lot and you can really only remember so many...]
So. This one's called "The Ring". And no, I don't mean that Ring. You know. For those who come from a world where we share pop culture references. Or something.
[She clears her throat and starts, keeping her voice rather low.]
They say a family named Suzuki committed suicide in Gunma Prefecture. That's in Japan, for anyone here from earth, but that's not important. Anyway, a few months after that, the house was condemned to be demolished. Before it could happen, a group of college students decided to go and see what it was like. You know. Since houses where people died are usually haunted, and these guys like that kind of thing. Oh, and it was two boys and two girls. But I can't remember if that was important to the story or not.
[Ahem.] So. When they get to the house, it's already half demolished and like, a total mess. But these guys have their video camera out and are going around laughing and joking. [She changes her voice a little here, in an attempt to sound like the boys.] "Hello Mr. and Mrs. Suzuki! Is this your kitchen? May we use your bathroom?" You know, just being obnoxious in their own ways. But then one of them started to feel kind of scared for whatever reason, and they decided to leave. But. Before they did, one of the girls held up a ring she found on the floor, saying they should bring it back to keep as a souvenir of their trip. They walked out laughing, with one last: "Good-bye, and thanks for having us!"
They all parted ways and decided to get together to watch the video the next day. But when they did, there was something off. When they video showed them walking around, laughing and joking, something else was caught on the tape.
[She mimics the boys again.] "Hello Mr. and Mrs. Suzuki!" [And then, in a creepy voice:] "Welcome."
[Dramatic pause for effect.]
They all froze and looked at each other, none of them recognizing the voice that croaked out of the video tape. But it kept going:
"Is this your kitchen?" "Yes."
"May we use your bathroom?" "Go ahead."
"Good-bye, and thanks for having us!" "Don't go!!"
And as soon as the video ended, all their cell phones started to ring all at the same time. They jumped as they answered, each one getting nothing but silence... except for the girl who took the ring.
[And once more, the creepy voice:]
"Hello, this is Suzuki. May I please have my ring back?"
/yes this really is a scary story
So. This one's called "The Ring". And no, I don't mean that Ring. You know. For those who come from a world where we share pop culture references. Or something.
[She clears her throat and starts, keeping her voice rather low.]
They say a family named Suzuki committed suicide in Gunma Prefecture. That's in Japan, for anyone here from earth, but that's not important. Anyway, a few months after that, the house was condemned to be demolished. Before it could happen, a group of college students decided to go and see what it was like. You know. Since houses where people died are usually haunted, and these guys like that kind of thing. Oh, and it was two boys and two girls. But I can't remember if that was important to the story or not.
[Ahem.] So. When they get to the house, it's already half demolished and like, a total mess. But these guys have their video camera out and are going around laughing and joking. [She changes her voice a little here, in an attempt to sound like the boys.] "Hello Mr. and Mrs. Suzuki! Is this your kitchen? May we use your bathroom?" You know, just being obnoxious in their own ways. But then one of them started to feel kind of scared for whatever reason, and they decided to leave. But. Before they did, one of the girls held up a ring she found on the floor, saying they should bring it back to keep as a souvenir of their trip. They walked out laughing, with one last: "Good-bye, and thanks for having us!"
They all parted ways and decided to get together to watch the video the next day. But when they did, there was something off. When they video showed them walking around, laughing and joking, something else was caught on the tape.
[She mimics the boys again.] "Hello Mr. and Mrs. Suzuki!"
[And then, in a creepy voice:] "Welcome."
[Dramatic pause for effect.]
They all froze and looked at each other, none of them recognizing the voice that croaked out of the video tape. But it kept going:
"Is this your kitchen?"
"Yes."
"May we use your bathroom?"
"Go ahead."
"Good-bye, and thanks for having us!"
"Don't go!!"
And as soon as the video ended, all their cell phones started to ring all at the same time. They jumped as they answered, each one getting nothing but silence... except for the girl who took the ring.
[And once more, the creepy voice:]
"Hello, this is Suzuki. May I please have my ring back?"