<<timed 1s t8n>>You're sound asleep on an early Friday morning. You wake up to the loudest thunder you had encountered all week. The high school had closed down for the day. It had been storming all night and there was flooding. You got out of bed, left your room, closed the door and made your way down the [[hallway]]. <</timed>>
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}<<timed 1s t8n>>you began a low-spirited trudge to the restroom, and passed your sibling’s room. They sleep in complete darkness; <</timed>>
<<type 60ms start 4s>>"I’ll never understand this." <</type>> <<timed 7s t8n>>you said
<<next 7.5s>>I continued my walk down the wall and ended up at the [[bathroom]]<</timed>>
<img src="https://sydneydigtools.neocities.org/ghostlynight/Untitled-Artwork%20(4).png]] width="50%">
<<timed 2s t8n>>Lighning illuminates the hallway for a milisecond, just long enought that you can see your previously closed bedroom door cracked open.
<<next 5s>>as soon as your eyes find it, it slams shut.
<<next 7s>>you panic and slam the bathroom door [[locking yourself inside]]. <</timed>>
<<timed 1s t8n>>you walk inside the bathroom and begin washing your face in the sink.
<<next 2s>>While washing your face, you hear a [[shuffling]] near the bathroom door. <</timed>>
<img src="https://sydneydigtools.neocities.org/ghostlynight/Untitled-Artwork%20(5).png]] width="50%"><<timed 2s t8n>>you and your family have known about the ghosts for a while now, but this was different. The dogs were asleep behind your closed bedroom door, so you knew it wasn’t them.
<<next 4s>>you open the [[bathroom door]] and look out to the hallway. <</timed>>
https://sydneydigtools.neocities.org/ghostlynight/Untitled-Artwork%20(3).PNG <<timed 1s t8n>>you must now make the decision to <<next 1.5s>>[[stay]] <<next 2s>>or brave the darkness and <<next 2.5s>>[[leave]] <</timed>><<timed 1s t8n>>You decide to stay, <<next 2s>>but after a few, slow minutes go by, you hear a sudden [[knock at the window]]...<</timed>><<timed 1s t8n>>As you step into the hallway, you am immediately beside your sibling's bedroom door, which is open...<</timed>><<type 60ms start 2s>>"Weird... They never leave it open."<</type>>
<<timed 3s t8n>>I [[look]] in closely and... <</timed>><<timed 2s t8n>>[[knock]] <<next 2.5s>>[[knock]] <<next 3s>>[[knock]] <<next 3.5s>>[[knock]]<</timed>>
<img src="https://sydneydigtools.neocities.org/ghostlynight/Untitled-Artwork%20(6).png]] width="50%"><<timed 1s t8n>>...sitting in the beanbag is a pale, <<next 2s>>ghostly looking child with long hair that reached her elbows.<</timed>>
<<type 60ms start 4s>>"That's not my sibling,"<</type>><<timed 5s t8n>> I thought to myself.
<<next 6s>>I reached in to grab the door handle, and as I did, I caught a glimpse of the apparition
<<cycle "$answer" autoselect>> <<option "moving?">> <<option "Bobbing its head?">> <<option "[[twirling its hair?]]">><</cycle>> <</timed>>
<<timed 1s t8n>>you couldn’t make out anything before a rush of adrenaline sped your my spine, forcing you to finally [[shut the door]]<</timed>><<timed 1s t8n>>In a panic, you jump up and [[leave]] the bathroom<</timed>><<timed 1s t8n>>you quickly rush down the hall and open the door to your room.
<<next 2s>>as you enter your room you turn the lights on and slam the door shut behind you.
<<next 3s>>as you walk to your [[bed]] you begin to catch your breath.<</timed>><<timed 1s t8n>>You rush back into the bathroom, and lock the door behind you
<<next 2s>>It's been a long night... do you choose to [[take a rest]], [[try and get some sleep]], or sneak [[back to your room]]<</timed>><<timed 1s t8n>>At this moment you have to make the decision to run [[back to the bathroom]] or try and make it [[back to your room]]<</timed>><<timed 1s t8n>>you decide that you need to rest.
<<next 2s>>you walk over to the toilet, put the toilet cover down, and take a seat.
<<next 3s>>your mind races over the events of the night
<<next 4s>>after many stressful moments of rest, you start to hear [[scratching]] at the window. <</timed>><<timed 1s t8n>>you chose to get some sleep
<<next 2s>>you look around the bathroom for places you can lay down. <<next 3s>>After looking around your eyes land on the [[bathtub]]. <</timed>><<timed 1s t8n>>[[scratch]] <<next 2s>>[[scratch]] <<next 3s>>[[scratch]] <<next 4s>>[[scratch]]<</timed>><<timed 1s t8n>>panicked, you stand up and rush out of the bathroom, and make your way [[back to your room]] <</timed>><<timed 1s t8n>>you open up the bathroom cubords and grab some towls. <<next2s>> you lay them out in the bathtub, one for a pillow, and one for a blanket.<</timed>>
<<type 60ms start 4s>>"it's not the most comfortable, but it'll do" <</type>><<timed 5s t8n>>you think.
<<next 6s>>you climb into the tub, an lay down.
<<next 7s>> As you lay down, you realize how tired you are.
<<next 8s>> your eyes begin to close as the sleep overcomes you.
<<next 9s>> you are about to fall asleep when you start to hear [[scratching]] at the window. <</timed>>
<<timed 1s t8n>>crawling into bed, you pull the covers over you and lay your head down. <</timed>>
<<type 60ms start 3s>>"I can sleep with the lights on tonight," <</type>><<timed 5s t8n>>you think as you close your eyes.
<<next 6s>>you feel the weight of the night falling off your shoulders as you start to [[fall asleep]]<</timed>><<timed 1s t8n>>as you begin to drif off you hear a voice, so close that it sounds as if they are speaking in your ear.<</timed>>
<<type 70ms start 3s>>[["goodnight"]] <</type>><<timed 4s t8n>>it says.<</timed>>the end