Beyond the Gates Page #4

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It was good, you know, we, uh

we, we found this, like

weird, probably banned VCR game.

What's a VCR game?

It's like a,

it's like a board game, you know

but you gotta watch it.

There are, like, a bunch of them.

There's Gatekeeper"

and Nightmare"

and, like,

a bunch of adventure ones.

I don't know, there's, like,

way too many to name

but here, check it out.

Wow!

The designer

clearly did not study semiotics.

Mm-hmm.

Wait, what's that?

Oh, it's, um,

just full of clashing symbols.

Well, it's really old

and seizure inducing.

Shut up.

Let's play it.

- Yeah?

- Right now?

- Yeah.

- Okay.

Come on.

It'll be fun.

Okay.

Alright, so we gotta

get the tape in there.

Okay, here's the board.

I'll put the tape in.

Whoa! Who's the babe?

Oh, sh -- she said

something about

opening up the game board earlier.

The blue, grey

and red players i/

place your pieces

on the starting point. i/

I'll go for grey. i/

I'll be red.

I guess I will be blue.

The blue player i/

you may now

step in front of the screen. i/

Do it.

To collect the keys

and unlock the gateway i/

a series of challenges

must be undertaken. i/

Failure to do so

will turn your souls i/

over to our world. i/

Okay, there's supposed to be

some sort of goal or something?

I have no idea.

Obtaining the four keys i/

allows passage beyond the gates i/

and a return to your world. i/

Only there

can your father's soul be saved. i/

What the f***?

Did you just hear that?

The other world awaits you. i/

Where did you say

you found this again?

Our dad's office.

Could it be

some sort of prank?

If it is,

it's not very funny.

You know,

we should show this to someone.

Wait. Maybe Derek could help.

You think he'd do that?

Can't hurt to ask.

You guys, I'm getting

a really bad energy off of this.

Do you mind if I go upstairs?

No, no.

I'll take care of the dishes.

Thank you.

Oh, hey, you know what?

Let me help you out with those.

Sure, that'd be great.

Thanks.

Do you need money or something?

No.

Just maybe, like, a place to

crash for a couple of days.

Hey, you're homeless?

Oh, wow, uh.. nn..

Well, I had something

going on for a while

uh, with, uh, someone,

but she turned out to..

I, I don't anymore, so..

So let me guess.

This is an indefinite stay

until you get your own place?

Uh, yeah, pretty much. Yeah.

Well...

Tell you what? Do these

and you got yourself a deal.

Yeah, I'm doing 'em.

Hey, um...

Yeah, what's up?

I don't know.

Do you really think that tape

has something to do with dad?

It seems that way.

Sh*t.

I wonder if officer Derek's

ever dealt with anything

like this.

I'm sure he's handled

much more weirder cases.

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