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Ophilia ([personal profile] starseeing) wrote in [community profile] realmofstories 2018-12-06 05:31 pm (UTC)

It being real would make it scarier, of course.

Imagine walking alone to one’s cottage late after this party ends. It is cold, dark, and the wind hisses along the bare tree branches.... With your story being real, it would make the listener far more wary of any shifting shadows in the moonlight, any noise not accounted for by their own boots upon the road.

When someone is alone and vulnerable, when they let their own imaginations expand upon your tale— that is when you can count on their fear truly taking them. [ She claps her hands together, smiling brightly. ] And I think you accomplished that! Because I already know I will be scared, whether or not your tale is true.

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