Basement

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Once at a relative's house, I had to sleep in the basement since the house was overpacked with guests. It was dark and musty down there, but quite alright; except for a few cryptic paintings lined across the room - of gruesome, dishevelled, mutilated forms of men, women and children glaring at me. I tried to ignore the paintings and finally fell asleep.

Until the next morning, when I found out those were windows, not paintings.

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