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* [[AdultFear Ali getting locked out of the house while Hunter is left alone inside]]... well, not completely alone. As Ali futilely tries to get back inside, Hunter is lifted out of his crib, then somehow manages to make it downstairs, before stopping at the basement. The demon then opens the door for Hunter, and the audience [[NothingIsScarier doesn't get to see why, or if he is being shown anything]].

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* [[AdultFear Ali getting locked out of the house while Hunter is left alone inside]]... well, not completely alone. As Ali futilely tries to get back inside, Hunter is lifted out of his crib, then somehow manages to make it downstairs, before stopping at the basement. basement, apparently having been lead there by the demon. The demon then opens the door for Hunter, and the audience [[NothingIsScarier doesn't get to see why, or if he is being shown anything]].



** While the aforementioned scene never takes place in the movie, the movie does have, if you will, its own version. Randy stays home with Katie while Dennis and Julie take Kristi to the hospital for a fever. Katie wants to play [[spoiler:Bloody Mary.]] Once they turn the lights back on, Randy has a scratch on his stomach. The demon then starts slamming on the other side of the door. By now, Randy and Katie are thoroughly terrified. Slowly, Randy opens the door and the demon throws Kristi's tea party furniture across the room. After this, Randy packs up his belongings, tells Dennis to watch the tape, and that, in a nice way, he is completely fucked.

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** While the aforementioned scene never takes place in the movie, the movie does have, if you will, its own version. Randy stays home with Katie while Dennis and Julie take Kristi to the hospital for a fever. Katie wants to play [[spoiler:Bloody Mary.]] Once they turn the lights back on, Randy has a scratch on his stomach. The demon then starts slamming on the other side of the door. By now, Randy and Katie are thoroughly terrified. Slowly, Randy opens the door and the demon throws Kristi's tea party furniture across the room. After this, Randy [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere packs up his belongings, belongings]], tells Dennis to watch the tape, and that, in a nice way, he is completely fucked.

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* Night #20, in which the demon decides to start physically attacking Katie for the first time by dragging her out of bed and down the hallway by her ankle.

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* Night #20, in which the demon [[spoiler: decides to start physically attacking Katie for the first time by dragging her out of bed and down the hallway by her ankle.]]


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** Very shortly after, Katie freezes in terror and whispers that she can feel the demon breathing on her - then her hair starts to move due to the demon's heavy breaths.

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* Night #20.

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* Night #20.#20, in which the demon decides to start physically attacking Katie for the first time by dragging her out of bed and down the hallway by her ankle.



*** Katie's screams in that scene.

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*** ** Katie's screams [[HellIsThatNoise screams]] in that scene. scene.
** After watching ''The Marked Ones'', the ending becomes [[HarsherInHindsight a lot scarier]] when it reveals that [[spoiler:Katie wasn't in control of herself when she was screaming - it was the demon using her to lure Micah downstairs.]]



** Even worse, is if you look closely, you can see her shadow move on it's own.

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** Even worse, is if you [[FreezeFrameBonus look closely, closely]], you can see her shadow move on it's its own.

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* The ending where [[spoiler:the heroe's attempt to trap and exterminate the demon fail, objects all around the house, father Todd is violently dragged off, Leila's eyes turn black and she says "he knows what you're doing", and just when it looks like things went back to normal, Skylar vomits black stuff that kills Mike, which kills him, Ryan is impaled by the demon's hand, Emily searches for Leila, goes through the portal, and when she finally finds Leila, she's casually killed by the demon, who is now in a physical flesh form. ]]

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* Leila is somehow transported, offscreen from a hotel six miles away, back to her house.
* The ending where [[spoiler:the heroe's attempt to trap and exterminate the demon fail, objects all around the house, house vibrate and fly off, father Todd is violently dragged off, Leila's eyes turn black and she says "he knows what you're doing", and just when it looks like things went back to normal, Skylar vomits black stuff that kills Mike, which kills him, Ryan is impaled by the demon's hand, Emily searches for Leila, goes through the portal, and when she finally finds Leila, she's casually killed by the demon, who is now in a physical flesh form. ]]
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* The demon is finally visible on the special camera, and it appears as a swirling mess of black liquid smoke.
* The video tapes from 1988 where Katie and Kristi forsee the family of this film.
* The demon moving around beneath the wall plaster of Leila's room and opening up the portal.
* The ending where [[spoiler:the heroe's attempt to trap and exterminate the demon fail, objects all around the house, father Todd is violently dragged off, Leila's eyes turn black and she says "he knows what you're doing", and just when it looks like things went back to normal, Skylar vomits black stuff that kills Mike, which kills him, Ryan is impaled by the demon's hand, Emily searches for Leila, goes through the portal, and when she finally finds Leila, she's casually killed by the demon, who is now in a physical flesh form. ]]
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* In one alternate ending [[spoiler:Katie gets out of bed and stares at Micah for 3 hours straight. Then walks downstairs and starts screaming. Micah runs down, and he screams, and suddenly you hear 3 people screaming. And then Kate comes back up with a knife and ''slits her throat''.]] Disturbing is putting it mildly.

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* In one alternate ending [[spoiler:Katie gets out of bed and stares at Micah for 3 hours straight. Then walks downstairs and starts screaming. Micah runs down, and he screams, and suddenly you hear 3 people screaming. And then Kate comes back up with a knife and ''slits ''[[SlashedThroat slits her throat''.throat]]''.]] Disturbing is putting it mildly.
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** Even worse, is if you look closely, you can see her shadow move on it's own.
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--> '''Robbie:''' He doesn't like you watching us!


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--> '''Wyatt:''' Is he ''(Toby)'' nice?
--> '''Robbie:''' [[FauxAffablyEvil If you do what he says]].

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[[AC: The First Movie]]''Paranormal Activity'']]



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[[AC: The Second Movie]]''Paranormal Activity 2'']]



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[[AC: The Fourth Movie]]''Paranormal Activity 4'']]



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* Night #20. No. The entire movie.
** Night #21. All of it.

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** Katie's screams in that scene.

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* The Final twenty minutes or so... holy crap. [[spoiler: The mom is all alone in the house and hears strange noises then, in a callback the demon starts BREATHING on her and then she's dragged into the air and thrown around the room. Then katie appears and hides her body]] Later, [[spoiler:Ben arrives at the house and hears strange noises and investigates upstairs. He sits in Alex's room and begins using her computer... when Katie appears RIGHT BEHIND HIM. He starts to turn around and she brutally breaks his neck and stashes him in Alex's closet. When alex returns, she calls his phone and the ringtone from his comes out of her closet. She begins to investigate when an invisible force throws her across the room and drags out into the hall. She goes to find her dad, who followed Katie, who took wyatt, into her house. inside the house her father is attacked by the unseen force and dragged down a hall. As Alex follows him Katie steps out into the hall and Alex begins to beg for her life. Suddenly, Katie begins charging at Alex and her face contorts demonically and Alex escapes through a window. She spots Wyatt and begs him to leave with her but she turns around and dozens, maybe hundreds of blank faced people walk towards her. She turns around and possesed!katie attacks her... and that's the end.]]

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* The Final twenty minutes or so... holy crap. [[spoiler: The mom is all alone in the house and hears strange noises then, in a callback the demon starts BREATHING on her and then she's dragged into the air and thrown around the room. Then katie Katie appears and hides her body]] Later, [[spoiler:Ben arrives at the house and hears strange noises and investigates upstairs. He sits in Alex's room and begins using her computer... when Katie appears RIGHT BEHIND HIM. He starts to turn around and she brutally breaks his neck and stashes him in Alex's closet. When alex Alex returns, she calls his phone and the ringtone from his comes out of her closet. She begins to investigate when an invisible force throws her across the room and drags out into the hall. She goes to find her dad, who followed Katie, who took wyatt, Wyatt, into her house. inside the house her father is attacked by the unseen force and dragged down a hall. As Alex follows him Katie steps out into the hall and Alex begins to beg for her life. Suddenly, Katie begins charging at Alex and her face contorts demonically and Alex escapes through a window. She spots Wyatt and begs him to leave with her but she turns around and dozens, maybe hundreds of blank faced people walk towards her. She turns around and possesed!katie possessed!Katie attacks her... and that's the end.]]
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* As is par for the course of the series, the last scene. [[spoilers: Hector, Arturo, Santo and Marisol go to Kate's grandma's house from the 3rd movie to rescue Jesse, and are attacked by the witches while trying to get in. Santo is killed and Arturo is fending them off with a shotgun while Marisol and Hector go inside trying to survive and find Jesse. Hector hears Arturo calling out to him from outside and something is ''slammed against the window from the outside'', Hector turns around and finds Marisol is nowhere to be seen, tries to find her and get out of the house only to find himself surrounded by witches at every corner. As he continues to venture through the house, ''Marisol suddenly falls from a hole in the ceiling, dead''. AND finally, Hector is facing the living room when a demon roars and a sheet is flung at him, revealing a possessed Jesse charging at him. He runs away and locks himself in the one room with barricaded windows and as Demon!Jesse is barging in, Hector's one chance of escaping is an odd door with runes around the frames. This somehow sends him back to the moment Kate kills Micah in the first film and when he tries to escape...he is ambushed by Demon!Jesse and the camera falls down, ending with Demon!Kate turning off the camera while staring directly at it.]]

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* As is par for the course of the series, the last scene. [[spoilers: [[spoiler: Hector, Arturo, Santo and Marisol go to Kate's grandma's house from the 3rd movie to rescue Jesse, and are attacked by the witches while trying to get in. Santo is killed and Arturo is fending them off with a shotgun while Marisol and Hector go inside trying to survive and find Jesse. Hector hears Arturo calling out to him from outside and something is ''slammed against the window from the outside'', Hector turns around and finds Marisol is nowhere to be seen, tries to find her and get out of the house only to find himself surrounded by witches at every corner. As he continues to venture through the house, ''Marisol suddenly falls from a hole in the ceiling, dead''. AND finally, Hector is facing the living room when a demon roars and a sheet is flung at him, revealing a possessed Jesse charging at him. He runs away and locks himself in the one room with barricaded windows and as Demon!Jesse is barging in, Hector's one chance of escaping is an odd door with runes around the frames. This somehow sends him back to the moment Kate kills Micah in the first film and when he tries to escape...he is ambushed by Demon!Jesse and the camera falls down, ending with Demon!Kate turning off the camera while staring directly at it.]]
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* As is par for the course of the series, the last scene. [[spoilers: Hector, Arturo, Santo and Alissa go to Kate's grandma's house from the 3rd movie to rescue Jesse, and are attacked by the witches while trying to get in. Santo is killed and Arturo is fending them off with a shotgun while Alissa and Hector go inside trying to survive and find Jesse. Hector hears Arturo calling out to him from outside and something is ''slammed against the window from the outside'', Hector turns around and finds Alissa is nowhere to be seen, tries to find her and get out of the house only to find himself surrounded by witches at every corner. As he continues to venture through the house, ''Alissa suddenly falls from a hole in the ceiling, dead''. AND finally, Hector is facing the living room when a demon roars and a sheet is flung at him, revealing a possessed Jesse charging at him. He runs away and locks himself in the one room with barricaded windows and as Demon!Jesse is barging in, Hector's one chance of escaping is an odd door with runes around the frames. This somehow sends him back to the moment Kate kills Micah in the first film and when he tries to escape...he is ambushed by Demon!Jesse and the camera falls down, ending with Demon!Kate turning off the camera while staring directly at it.]]

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* As is par for the course of the series, the last scene. [[spoilers: Hector, Arturo, Santo and Alissa Marisol go to Kate's grandma's house from the 3rd movie to rescue Jesse, and are attacked by the witches while trying to get in. Santo is killed and Arturo is fending them off with a shotgun while Alissa Marisol and Hector go inside trying to survive and find Jesse. Hector hears Arturo calling out to him from outside and something is ''slammed against the window from the outside'', Hector turns around and finds Alissa Marisol is nowhere to be seen, tries to find her and get out of the house only to find himself surrounded by witches at every corner. As he continues to venture through the house, ''Alissa ''Marisol suddenly falls from a hole in the ceiling, dead''. AND finally, Hector is facing the living room when a demon roars and a sheet is flung at him, revealing a possessed Jesse charging at him. He runs away and locks himself in the one room with barricaded windows and as Demon!Jesse is barging in, Hector's one chance of escaping is an odd door with runes around the frames. This somehow sends him back to the moment Kate kills Micah in the first film and when he tries to escape...he is ambushed by Demon!Jesse and the camera falls down, ending with Demon!Kate turning off the camera while staring directly at it.]]
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* When Jesse goes to Anna's basement by himself. [[spoiler: He investigates the basement searching for his dog, runs into the ''children versions of Kate and Kristi with possessed eyes'', tries to run away only to find himself trapped, tries calling for help and behind one of the plastic sheets, a shadow can be seen approaching him...and suddenly charges at him with a ungodly roar.]]
* As is par for the course of the series, the last scene. [[spoilers: Hector, Arturo, Santo and Alissa go to Kate's grandma's house from the 3rd movie to rescue Jesse, and are attacked by the witches while trying to get in. Santo is killed and Arturo is fending them off with a shotgun while Alissa and Hector go inside trying to survive and find Jesse. Hector hears Arturo calling out to him from outside and something is ''slammed against the window from the outside'', Hector turns around and finds Alissa is nowhere to be seen, tries to find her and get out of the house only to find himself surrounded by witches at every corner. As he continues to venture through the house, ''Alissa suddenly falls from a hole in the ceiling, dead''. AND finally, Hector is facing the living room when a demon roars and a sheet is flung at him, revealing a possessed Jesse charging at him. He runs away and locks himself in the one room with barricaded windows and as Demon!Jesse is barging in, Hector's one chance of escaping is an odd door with runes around the frames. This somehow sends him back to the moment Kate kills Micah in the first film and when he tries to escape...he is ambushed by Demon!Jesse and the camera falls down, ending with Demon!Kate turning off the camera while staring directly at it.]]
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* In the very last scene, Hunter is wailing and crying after [[spoiler:possessed-Katie kills Kristi]], but, as [[spoiler:Katie carries him away]], he starts ''laughing''.
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* The scene with the [[HellIsThatNoise moving train toy]]. Especially when it engages in some OffscreenTeleportation.

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* The scene with the [[HellIsThatNoise moving train toy]].toy. Especially when it engages in some OffscreenTeleportation.
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** Katie's [[HellIsThatNoise screams]] in that scene.

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\n* [[AdultFear Ali getting locked out of the house while Hunter is left alone inside]]... well, not completely alone. As Ali futilely tries to get back inside, Hunter is lifted out of his crib, then somehow manages to make it downstairs, before stopping at the basement. The demon then opens the door for Hunter, and the audience [[NothingIsScarier doesn't get to see why, or if he is being shown anything]].

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* [[spoiler:The cleansing scene, culminating in Jesse ''bursting'' from out of nowhere after a moment of silence while Hector sees through the night vision what appears to be the wall rippling and shrinking.]]
* [[spoiler:Jesse's demon face.]]
* The increasingly antagonistic nature of [[spoiler:the Simon game.]]
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* [[spoiler:Oscar's body hitting the top of the car.]]
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* The Final twenty minutes or so... holy crap. [[spoiler: The mom is all alone in the house and hears strange noises then, in a callback the demon starts BREATHING on her and then she's dragged into the air and thrown around the room. Then katie appears and hides her body]] Later, [[spoiler:Ben arrives at the house and hears strange noises and investigates upstairs. He sits in Alex's room and begins using her computer... when Katie appears RIGHT BEHING HIM. He starts to turn around and she brutally breaks his neck and stashes him in Alex's closet. When alex returns, she calls his phone and the ringtone from his comes out of her closet. She begins to investigate when an invisible force throws her across the room and drags out into the hall. She goes to find her dad, who followed Katie, who took wyatt, into her house. inside the house her father is attacked by the unseen force and dragged down a hall. As Alex follows him Katie steps out into the hall and Alex begins to beg for her life. Suddenly, Katie begins charging at Alex and her face contorts demonically and Alex escapes through a window. She spots Wyatt and begs him to leave with her but she turns around and dozens, maybe hundreds of blank faced people walk towards her. She turns around and possesed!katie attacks her... and that's the end.]]

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* The Final twenty minutes or so... holy crap. [[spoiler: The mom is all alone in the house and hears strange noises then, in a callback the demon starts BREATHING on her and then she's dragged into the air and thrown around the room. Then katie appears and hides her body]] Later, [[spoiler:Ben arrives at the house and hears strange noises and investigates upstairs. He sits in Alex's room and begins using her computer... when Katie appears RIGHT BEHING BEHIND HIM. He starts to turn around and she brutally breaks his neck and stashes him in Alex's closet. When alex returns, she calls his phone and the ringtone from his comes out of her closet. She begins to investigate when an invisible force throws her across the room and drags out into the hall. She goes to find her dad, who followed Katie, who took wyatt, into her house. inside the house her father is attacked by the unseen force and dragged down a hall. As Alex follows him Katie steps out into the hall and Alex begins to beg for her life. Suddenly, Katie begins charging at Alex and her face contorts demonically and Alex escapes through a window. She spots Wyatt and begs him to leave with her but she turns around and dozens, maybe hundreds of blank faced people walk towards her. She turns around and possesed!katie attacks her... and that's the end.]]
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** The NightmareFuel gets [[FromBadToWorse worse]] when you realize [[spoiler: the scratches aren't from her attempting to escape, and were put there purposefully and probably not by Katie herself,]] considering they say "MEUS." That's Latin for "mine." It seems Toby the demon is rather... ''[[JustForPun possessive]]''.

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** The NightmareFuel gets [[FromBadToWorse worse]] when you realize [[spoiler: the scratches aren't from her attempting to escape, and were put there purposefully and probably not by Katie Kristi herself,]] considering they say "MEUS." That's Latin for "mine." It seems Toby the demon is rather... ''[[JustForPun possessive]]''.



* When Katie bumps into Toby. Toby doesn't like to be touched.

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* Robbie is one '''hell''' of a CreepyChild. Throughout the movie, whenever he shows up, the hauntings [[JustGotWorse get worser.]]

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* ''"He looks just like his mother."''
* While Wyatt is in the bathtub and his mother downstairs talking on the phone, the [[spoiler: demon thought this would be the perfect time to actually ''drown'' the poor boy.]]
* The moving chair and tricycle.
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* Non-demon example: At one point, Alex almost gets hit by a car while crossing the street.
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*** We'll have to wait and see for that one - it could just be the result of two different light sources, but it's hard to tell from the trailer.



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* Robbie is one '''hell''' of a CreepyChild. Throughout the movie, whenever he shows up, the hauntings [[JustGotWorse get worser.]]
** Not to mention his weird friendship with Wyatt and their ''"imaginary friend."''
* The garage scene.
* Three words: [[spoiler: Circle inside triangle.]]
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* On a more meta level, some of the real terror of the film becomes apparent if the supernatural elements are ignored: now it's a film about home invasion, about how you aren't necessarily safe even in your own ''bedroom'', and how being asleep and oblivious doesn't make you any safer to [[ParanoiaFuel what might be going on during the night]].
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** The NightmareFuel gets [[ItGotWorse worse]] when you realize the scratches aren't random, and probably weren't put there by Katie herself, considering they say "MEUS." Which is Latin for "mine." It seems Toby the demon is rather... [[JustForPun ''possessive'']].

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** The NightmareFuel gets [[ItGotWorse [[FromBadToWorse worse]] when you realize [[spoiler: the scratches aren't random, from her attempting to escape, and were put there purposefully and probably weren't put there not by Katie herself, herself,]] considering they say "MEUS." Which is That's Latin for "mine." It seems Toby the demon is rather... [[JustForPun ''possessive'']].''[[JustForPun possessive]]''.

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** The NightmareFuel gets [[ItGotWorse worse]] when you realize the scratches aren't random, and probably weren't put there by Katie herself, considering they say "MEUS." Which is Latin for "mine." It seems Toby the demon is rather... [[JustForPun ''possessive'']].



** The NightmareFuel gets [[ItGotWorse worse]] when you realize the scratches aren't random. They say "MEUS." Which is Latin for "mine."

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**The NightmareFuel gets [[ItGotWorse worse]] when you realize the scratches aren't random. They say "MEUS." Which is Latin for "mine."

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