History NightmareFuel / MysticMessenger

* On the 7th Day of V's route, [[spoiler:Ray begs you to stay. When he logs off, [[ChewingTheScenery the screen suddenly has a lot of cracks]].]]

* On the 2nd Day of V's route you have a chat, supposedly with V, but when you log in you notice that [[spoiler:the background is the same as when you talk with Ray. "V" greets you and says several things that, from him, sound quite creepy, like calling the RFA members "stupidly naive" and warning you not to trust them and "himself", since "he" is "more hypocritical than you'd think". Then it turns out it was Ray all along. And while that fact was pretty obvious from the start, it's still highly disturbing that Ray hates V so much that he decided to hack his account, as well as the fact that he ''could'' do this at all.]]

* On the Day 2 of V's route you have a chat, supposedly with V, but when you log in you notice that [[spoiler:the background is the same as when you talk with Ray. "V" greets you and says several things that, from him, sound quite creepy, like calling the RFA members "stupidly naive" and warning you not to trust them and "himself", since "he" is "more hypocritical than you'd think". Then it turns out it was Ray all along. And while that fact was pretty obvious from the start, it's still highly disturbing that Ray hates V so much that he decided to hack his account, as well as the fact that he ''could'' do this at all.]]

* When [[spoiler:Ray]] hacks into the messenger on the 6th Day of V's route. [[spoiler:you get a text message from him through V's account, which has also been hacked. Yoosung mentions that he can't call Jumin. Note that if you try calling Jumin right after the conversation, you'll notice that you can't. All your call logs with Jumin (except for the ones where he actually picks up) have also been deleted.]]

* When [[spoiler:Ray]] hacks into the messenger on the 6th Day of V's route. [[spoiler:Yoosung mentions that he can't call Jumin. Note that if you try calling Jumin right after the conversation, you'll notice that you can't.]]

** If you call V after that, you'll hear [[spoiler:V panting and coughing, quite obviously in huge pain, while Ray (who hacked his phone) demands him to tell you not to worry. Instead V tries to apologize for not saving you, which angers Ray. After that V goes quiet and Ray, sounding like he's on the verge of a mental breakdown, quietly says to himself that since V's still breathing everything's fine. He then tells you to listen to the savior and that he has something to take care of and hangs up.]] The whole thing couldn't ''possibly'' be more horrifying.

** If you call V after that, you'll hear [[spoiler:V panting and coughing, quite obviously in huge pain, while Ray (who hacked his phone) demands him to tell you not to worry. Instead V tries to apologize for not saving you, which angers Ray. After that V goes quiet and Ray, sounding like he's on the verge of a mental breakdown, says to himself that since V's still breathing everything's fine. He then quietly tells you to listen to the savior and that he has something to take care of and hangs up.]] The whole thing couldn't ''possibly'' be more horrifying.

** If you call V after that, you'll hear [[spoiler:V panting and coughing, quite obviously in huge pain, while Ray (who hacked his phone) demands him to tell you not to worry. Instead V tries to apologize for not saving you, which angers Ray. After that V goes quiet and Ray, who sounds like he's on the verge of a mental breakdown, says to himself that since V's still breathing everything's fine. He then quietly tells you to listen to the savior and that he has something to take care of and hangs up.]] The whole thing couldn't ''possibly'' be more horrifying.

** If you call V after that, you'll hear [[spoiler:V panting and coughing, quite obviously in huge pain, while Ray (who hacked his phone) demands him to tell you that he's okay since you're worried. Instead V tries to apologize for not saving you, which angers Ray. After that V goes quiet and Ray, who sounds like he's on the verge of a mental breakdown, says to himself that since V's still breathing everything's fine. He then quietly tells you to listen to the savior and that he has something to take care of and hangs up.]] The whole thing couldn't ''possibly'' be more horrifying.

** If you call V after that, you'll hear [[spoiler:V panting and coughing, quite obviously in huge pain, while Ray (who hacked his phone) demands him to tell you that he's okay since you're worried. Instead V tries to apologize for not saving you, which angers Ray. After that V goes quiet and Ray, quite obviously on the verge of a mental breakdown, says to himself that since V's still breathing everything's fine. He then quietly tells you to listen to the savior and that he has something to take care of and hangs up.]] The whole thing couldn't ''possibly'' be more horrifying.

* In V's route, there's a lovely scene of [[spoiler:Ray force-feeding V the drugs that Rika uses to brainwash her victims. V's cries and coughs of agony are already difficult to listen to, but there's also the implication that Ray's ''holding back'' on him- Ray constantly talks about how the "bad him" (presumably his Saeran/Unknown personality) is itching to come out to torture and kill V-and he almost ''does.'']]

** In Yoosung's first bad story ending, [[spoiler: he goes further than to just believe Rika and the player are similar, and even refers to the player once as Rika's reincarnation. His possessive streak goes up to eleven as he forbids her to speak to anyone else but him, and eventually decides to go to Rika's apartment himself (despite V's orders) to "save her." There, he says repeatedly that he loves her while a creepy music box plays in the background. Charming.]]

** There's also what [[spoiler:the brainwashing did to Saeran. He was originally a [[UsedToBeASweetKid sweet young boy who adored his twin brother, and who just wanted to escape his abusive mother.]] Some time after Seven left to join the agency, Rika kidnapped Saeran and pumped him full of drugs, all while telling the terrified Saeran that Seven left because he secretly resented looking after him. This caused Saeran to develop a hatred towards Seven while believing that Rika "saved" him, which led to him becoming the insane, homicidal Unknown that opposes the RFA members and who wants them dead.]]

** Seven's second bad ending on the 10th Day (Bad Relationship Ending 2) ends in [[spoiler:Saeran having a mental breakdown and shooting Seven to death in front of your eyes.]] It doubles as a TearJerker in that before it happens, [[spoiler:Seven is trying to comfort you]] and also counts as FridgeHorror in the implication that [[spoiler:you're killed along with him.]]

** Seven's second bad ending on the 10th Day (Bad Relationship Ending 2) ends in [[spoiler:Saeran having a mental breakdown and shooting Seven to death in front of your eyes.]] It doubles as a TearJerker in that before it happens, [[spoiler:Seven is trying to comfort you.]]

* [[spoiler: Jumin's]] infamous Bad Ending can be straight up ''terrifying'', especially for people who went through DomesticAbuse. [[spoiler: If you encourage his possessive qualities, he goes overboard and traps you in his house. He goes on and on about how you're most "precious" to him and how he should be the only one allowed to have you and how he wants to "possess" you. He then proceeds to regulate everything from your dress to your room to your food. And the ''kicker''? He puts a micro GPS in your shoe so that he can track your every movement!]] [[MisaimedFandom How many fans managed to find this ending "sexy"]] [[DoNotDoThisCoolThing is anyone's guess.]]

* Let's be honest: anytime the OminousMusicBoxTune starts to play--or worse, [[MoodWhiplash when a normal, casual song gets cut off by it]]--something unnerving is about to be revealed.

* The JumpScare in the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPJIxTZJM5Q commercial]] is rather unexpected and is frightening because of how it came out of nowhere.

* Yoosung's first bad ending is certainly this. [[spoiler: He goes further than to just believe Rika and the player are similar, and even refers to the player once as Rika's reincarnation. His possessive streak goes up to eleven as he forbids her to speak to anyone else but him, and eventually decides to go to Rika's apartment himself (despite V's orders) to "save her". There, he says repeatedly that he loves her while a creepy music box plays in the background. Charming.]]

* Maybe overlapping with FridgeHorror, the Casual Route's common ending. [[spoiler: Yoosung becoming aware of how he is just programmed is one thing, but imagine the scene from Zen's and Jaehee's points of view. The youngest member of your group, whom you consider a friend, suddenly starts talking about how he's a robot, and how other group members will probably discard him when they find out what he's saying. And he's completely serious, too. Oh, and when you get to his place to talk to him and maybe ask him to see a psychologist, he's gone without a trace.]]
* The bad end of the prologue [[spoiler: reveals that Unknown had been standing there the whole time as the reader entered the apartment. If you say you don't see the lock twice Unknown comes out of nowhere and decides to take you with him. The only reason he doesn't kill you is because you're "cute."]]
** Not just that, but he can [[spoiler:go inside the apartment at any time too]], as evidenced with some of the bad relationship endings (Zen's and both of Jaehee's). It's quite jarring to go back into the apartment like normal, [[spoiler:and then seeing him come out of nowhere]].

* The JumpScare in the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPJIxTZJM5Q commercial]] scares people when they least expected it.

* [[spoiler: Jumin's]] infamous Bad Ending can be straight up ''terrifying'', especially for people who went through DomesticAbuse. [[spoiler: If you encourage his possessive qualities, he goes overboard and traps you in his house. He goes on and on about how you're most "precious" to him and how he should be the only one allowed to have you and how he wants to "possess" you. He then proceeds to regulate everything from your dress to your room to your food. And the ''kicker''? He puts a micro GPS in your shoe so that he can track your every movement!]] [[DoNotDoThisCoolThing How many fans managed to find this ending "sexy" is anyone's guess.]]