A Taste of Terror

You were looking forward to a break from chess, and a holiday on Aunt Clarissa's farm was just what you needed.

However, something's off. Your aunt seems to have aged incredibly since you last saw her at Uncle Bill's funeral. She just doesn't look her normal sprightly self. Her voice is raspy, her skin looks more flabby than usual and she seems to have grown a hooked nose. Uncle Bill's death must have hit her hard, poor thing.

When you go to bed that night, you can't get to sleep due to a pain in your back. You guess you must have torn a muscle or something with all the running around, so you tip-toe down to the kitchen to see if you can find a painkiller...

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