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[The screen flickers to life and Harry offers a wave to the camera. Maybe someday he will be comfortable talking to random people. Today is not that day. However he's got something to talk about that does interest him so let's get to that.]

Hey everyone. I'm sure you've all noticed October starting, and that means Halloween is coming in a few weeks. I thought maybe in keeping with the season we might share some scary stories with each other. Whether it's a "true story" or one you've made up is up to you. I'll trade a story for a story if anyone's interested.

[Action: For hotel mates/travelling companions.

There is a small group of Pokemon surrounding Harry, one has a sheet on its head. That would be the Pichu. The rest are part of Harry's little adopted band of ~~children~~ pokemon]

I told you Hazel you can't steal the sheets from the bed to be a ghost. We'll find you something else to wear. Halloween isn't for a while yet.

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[He chuckles at that.]

A flashlight in the dark would have set the mood a bit better, you're right. But there are kids on here, so I don't want to go too far.

The stories themselves however, can be as scary as people make them. I think a good story shouldn't have to rely on mood too heavily anyway.

Maybe. Unless you're talking to a baby.

[Wait let's backtrack--]

I don't mean to be facetious about it but kids can handle it. You can't stop their imaginations from running wild.

Oh I know. I have a daughter who would steal the books I wrote when she thought I wasn't paying attention.

But there are some kids wandering around alone here and if they don't want to hear any stories then I don't want to startle them if they happen to see the post by accident.

Yeah... I get it.

You really got this parenting thing down to a science.

[He chuckles.]

I do my best. I've been doing it for a while that's all.

[Twice in fact, but that's...well yeah.]

I don't think I'll ever get it. You guys got your work cut out from you: you keep them safe but you don't want them to be sheltered. It's a 24/7 job.

[He may or may not be projecting over here. Mostly the former.]

It really is, and it's a lot harder when there's just one of you. The first time with my wife seemed a lot easier then after she died and I had to start all over again.

I'm sure my daughter would say I tend to steer towards overprotectivness, which I confess I tend to do. But...

[Well Silent Hill...he shrugs, not wanting to mention his very good reasons to just a person he only knows somewhat.]

I think writing true crime for a living when I was younger didn't help things much either.

You're looking after Shaun here right?

Yeah. I'm not his dad though...We're not even related. But we come from the same place and Ethan-- his dad I mean...

[He pauses.]

It's real complicated. I wouldn't know where to start.

[His tone gets softer.]

I've spoken to Shaun a few times. ....He told me about what happened to his father.

Has he?

[He looks down. Why does that surprise him? Poor kid has been trying to piece all of this together ever since he got here.]

He keeps blaming himself for everything.

I made a post on fathers day and we ended up talking about his father. He meant the world to Shaun it seems. I did my best to try and tell him his father would be proud of him. I've...had some experience in things like this.

[He falls silent for a moment, because the guilt from Shaun was so similar to the guilt his own daughter expressed at his own death.]

Can you tell me more about what happened? Shaun said that a bad man kidnapped him and that his father rescued him?

...About a year ago a boy was murdered. He was nine-years old at the time. It didn't happen overnight though. There were a series of cases of young kids found dead. All of them drowned from rainwater.

Shaun was the killer's recent victim. At the time I was building a profile for the killer but... Somehow our stories split apart.

That's horrible.

[He hates things like this so much.]

...your stories?

I saw it-- with both of my fuckin' eyes. We caught him. We caught the fucking killer and Ethan Mars is alive.

[...]

He thinks...He thinks his father is dead.

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