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You bit the side of your cheek, creeping towards the basement door. You were just so curious! Even though your parents told you to not go looking, you couldn't help yourself. You'd always followed all of their other rules, but you just feel a strange pull towards this place. They always told you about a puppet show, kept in old VHS tapes. They're in the basement of their home, nevertheless. They said that it's dangerous, and to never touch them though. You listened, you did!
...
For a while.
Now here you are, tip-toeing towards the basement of which you were forbidden to enter. You felt so close, the adrenaline coursing through your veins so prominently you can hear your heart beating in your ears. Once you were close enough, you grasped the door knob, opening it ever so quietly, and slowly of course. You knew you really didn't have to be quiet, your parent's weren't home. The anxiety still riddles you all the same despite that fact.
you hesitated, while staring into the seemingly black void of a basement. Why do I feel like I have to do this so bad? Still though, you began down the steps, searching for anything that could be a light source. Once you make it to the bottom of the stairs, you feel a string which lights up the not-so-small basement.
Low and behold, you easily see a colorful box in a corner. You can just feel that it's where the tapes reside, right beside a small mini TV with a tape-insert. A smile makes it's way onto your lips as you rush over to the box, and TV. You quickly open the box, anticipation rising in your gut. You grab a tape labeled, "Where Are You Neighbor?" Which is kind of unnerving, but it's worth a try. It may even be exciting.
With that, you slip it into the TV's tape-insert, pressing the "play" button. There's crackling from the TV as the screen begins to fade into a colorful neighborhood. There's something's off. The camera man is hiding behind a house, the breathing audible and ragged. There's a monotoned voice, though it sounds a bit... Maniacal. "Neighbor~ Come out, come out wherever you are!~" The voice calls out, trying to be calming. A yellow figure begins to pace around a house with window's for eyes. It doesn't quite look like a muppet, it looks too tall, and human for that. Its bright, welcoming cloths, along with his well-taken care of hair make him look put together and possibly friendly. Everything about him screams approachable. "This isn't funny..." The voice rings out once again, with a slight pleading undertone.
This was so weird... Maybe it wasn't the best idea to pick this tape. It's kind of freaking you out...
You pull your knees to your chest as the TV keeps rolling the tape. The camera man is breathing heavy, right into the mic. It's very unusual and sets and creepy, uncomfortable atmosphere. The yellow not-muppet turns around to face the camera.. "Found you~" The camera man chokes out a gasps as Wally comes closer, staring right into the camera. The camera man tries to back away, but trips and falls, left to the mercy of Wally's scrutinizing gaze that seems to bore into the soul of the person looking back. You feel enveloped in his eyes, unable to look away. The longer you stare into his eyes, the more you feel your own eyes drooping, your vision slowly darkening at the edges. "I'll see you very soon, new neighbor."
With that, everything goes black, eyes sliding closed as you lose consciousness and collapse, reality warping around you as you know it.
"I've been waiting so long for you. Welcome home dearest new neighbor~"