A Sudden Scream

(Translated from Japanese by Saya)
This is a cryptic story! ;)

While taking a shower, I heard a person's scream come from the sitting room.
In a flash I was out of the bathroom and racing to the sitting room, stark naked.

What I saw inside the sitting room were a masked man,
and the blood-drenched bodies of father, mother and sister lying on the floor.
The moment the man saw me, he jumped out the window and ran away.
All blood drained from my face as I slumped to the floor on the spot.


Comments

George V said…
The masked man was just a simple burglar or maybe somebody who suffers allergies and was wearing a mask. In either case, he was not the murderer. The person in the shower was cleaning off the blood from their crime. Now they have a witness to their crime and this is why they are scared.
Unknown said…
Agreed with @Gerorge, these cryptics are one of my absolute favorites off your blog xD
CreanJinSung said…
I guess it is now my habit to make comedic "wrong" theories.

My guess is that this masked man is one of those people who are so conservative, they dare not see any form of exposed skin. The narrator being naked and all made the person scream because of the sin of looking at a naked body. He jumped out the window since it is closer than the door in order to ask for forgiveness to whatever more powerful being he believes in.
Freya said…
The first thing that came to my mind was the masked man was flustered and run away after seeing that person naked 🙈
Gabriel said…
Oh, this one was thankfully less difficult than the last haha! It reminds me of another cryptic story - accident at the construction site - just because both involve screams coming from people we don't expect it to. (in this case, it was the burglar screaming, and not one of the family members :D) Yep, I think George got it right!

Btw it's amazing that you studied music in London!! It must have been quite the experience, one of my dreams is to travel there one day. I definitely know what you mean though, while we're under pressure we can't enjoy things for what they are. I'm happy things have been going well for you and that you've discovered your love for music!

But yes, I was definitely quite scared during that dream xD but in dreams we usually lack control, and I just felt like I had to go along with it. (oh, maybe next time I'll tell about a lucid one!) It may have been for the best that I never got the object indeed, but I'm still curious as to what it was :D

Thank you for everything, as always! Hope you have a good day, take care and stay safe!
glenn said…
Did the narrator slump to the floor because the masked man killed him as well? The blood drained from his face... And the from the rest of his body?
Hi Everyone! Thank you for your comments! :D


A lot of people think it was the narrator who killed the father, mother and sister and s/he was taking a shower to wash the blood off her/him.

Yes the masked man was probably a burglar who screamed when s/he saw the bodies! :)
There is only one single scream and it came from the burglar.


@George VanMeter Well done, George! :D Very good! Impressive!!


@Sir Calvin Talyor Yes, cryptic stories are very popular :D


@CreanJinSung Haha that could be the right answer, yes.


@Mela Putri I might run too if I suddenly saw a naked person in front of me! XD


@Gabriel Yes, it's rather similar to that story :D

I loved London mainly because it had lots of second-hand bookstores :D I used to go around many second-hand bookstores and buy old books like books on witchcraft XD

I was a rather annoyingly Byronic student and didn't know how to appreciate life XD I wish I could go back to those times and start all over again. But all in all living in London was a good experience. You should go there during the summer when it's time for roses to bloom.

I'm rather mistrustful of people so I have only a few good friends in real life, but in the piano I have a friend for life. So yes it's great that I'm playing the piano again! Thank you <3

I'm very interested in lucid dreams! Unfortunately I've never had one myself. I think I would be scared if I had one though. Yes I hope you will tell me your experience with lucid dreaming! :D


Take care, dear Gabriel, thank you for your warm friendly comment as always! :D


@Unknown I wonder how long you will remain unknown? XD Oh you have the darkest answers of all! Thank you!


ONCE AGAIN, THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR YOUR COMMENTS!!
Peace out! :D
Unknown said…
This is the correct answer IMO. Three people were killed, in no way there's a single scream.
Hemu said…
Wait...haven't you posted this story long ago Saya?
ReignTracer said…
thanks for the explanation, i was wondering if maybe she was also dead and scared the murderer away (committed suicide in the bathtub, or something) but you made more sense lol.