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Tropes and Scope [Class 8, Period Three]
Today, the Danger Shop was transformed to look like the inside of a prototypical haunted house. There weren't desks, but students could take a seat on dusty chairs and a moth-eaten chaise lounge in the parlor, where Belle was sitting. In the corner, a large spider web hung, but there was no sign of the spider itself."
"Since next week is Halloween, I thought it might be the perfect time to talk about horror," Belle greeted them, swathed in a dark blue cloak for...no real reason other than sheer effect. "Horror has been at play since man was old enough to tell stories at all. We talk about what scares us in the hopes of feeling reassured that it was all in our heads, or just a dream. We talk about the things that frighten us because we don't understand them, like the dead. Scary noises in the night become ghosts, and we live in fear of things that exist just in our minds...or do they? Vampires, reanimated mummies and werewolves don't exist where I'm from, nor do killer clowns. But every place in the world has their own things that go bump in the night." Sometimes they were Belle's boyfriend, actually, in an earlier stage.
She gestured around. "The haunted house, where it is always both dark and stormy. Take a look around. See if the place gives you the shivers. Meet back here in a few minutes, and we'll talk about what scares you, and why."
"Since next week is Halloween, I thought it might be the perfect time to talk about horror," Belle greeted them, swathed in a dark blue cloak for...no real reason other than sheer effect. "Horror has been at play since man was old enough to tell stories at all. We talk about what scares us in the hopes of feeling reassured that it was all in our heads, or just a dream. We talk about the things that frighten us because we don't understand them, like the dead. Scary noises in the night become ghosts, and we live in fear of things that exist just in our minds...or do they? Vampires, reanimated mummies and werewolves don't exist where I'm from, nor do killer clowns. But every place in the world has their own things that go bump in the night." Sometimes they were Belle's boyfriend, actually, in an earlier stage.
She gestured around. "The haunted house, where it is always both dark and stormy. Take a look around. See if the place gives you the shivers. Meet back here in a few minutes, and we'll talk about what scares you, and why."
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