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Good evening, it's Spooky Boo. Broadcasting to you from the lighthouse in Sandcastle from KSND, the sound of the sea. It's a cold and foggy night here in Sandcastle. I hear the mermaids are having a celebration for one of their newest members. He blended in rather easily since he was the Sandcastle lifeguard.  You'll be able to read all about him in the short story Mermaids of Mayhem when my paperback comes out next month.Tonight I have for you two very creepy computer stories about ghosts in the machine and beings that cause self-mutilation. If that isn't freaky enough, Patreon members get an additional story tonight about the dangers of drugs. If you aren't a Patreon member yet, be sure to check out my Patreon page for extra stories that are sometimes NSFW, you know, not safe for work. You will also get signed copies of books, extra fun, newsletters, and more. Check it out at www.patreon.com/spookybooscarystorytime.Now let's begin...Crimson ButterflyI'm always waiting for that strange, paranormal thing to happen to me, because I just didn't believe in that kind of stuff. It sounded so far fetched, but I wanted to believe. My friends and I are horror fanatics, even after the things that happened to us eight years ago.We were fourteen, loved watching scary movies, and playing scary video games. One of my friends, Angela, had a favorite game called Fatal Frame. She had played it some time ago, but it was a rented copy, so she couldn't show it to us. However, we went over to Blockbuster (heh, remember those?) and tried to find the game. They didn't have it, but they did have Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly.Angela and I were immediately attracted to its beautiful cover; creepy and dark, two identical girls with long black hair and a red rope tied to their kimonos, linking them together. There were candles and red butterflies in the background, and the image was bordered with what looked like red paint strokes. We rented it, very excited to play.I was staying with Angela because my parents went on vacation to France for four weeks. We invited our friend Sarah over to spend the night. Sarah was also excited to see the game, even though she was not as "brave" as us, for lack of a better word. It was pretty late at night, for it was the summer and we didn't care about sleeping late in the mornings. As I popped the disk into her PlayStation 2, Angela read the back of the case and laughed."What?" I asked, and she showed my the back of the case."It says, 'warning: do not play this game alone,'" she replied. Sarah and I laughed."I'm gonna enjoy this!" I said excitedly. Sarah and I were Angela's audience, for she was the best in horror games. I thoroughly enjoy watching people play video games, even as much as I enjoy playing them myself. Sarah was sitting on Angela's bed, and Angela and I were sitting on the floor right in front of the TV. I know, I know... bad for your eyes, yadda yadda...We played through the night. At some point, we got so lost, we had to look at a walkthrough. We didn't like doing that, but sometimes... you just gotta. We reached the ghost called Kusabi, who seemed to be summoned by Sae, one of the ghost twins who looked just like Mio and Mayu. We learned the hard way that we couldn't defeat Kusabi at all. He wouldn't take damage, and guess what! He killed us in one hit! So we had to start again from the last save point, which was found in front of the door that lead into Kusabi's room.Now, I'll need to tell you that Angela's PS2 has seen a lot of action, meaning, it was getting old and frequently caused disks to either freeze or load very slowly. So, upon entering the Kusabi room, the game froze on the completely black loading screen. We waited a few minutes, and finally realized we were going to be waiting for a long time.So, for at least a half an hour, Angela, Sarah, and I were talking about stupid crap