Things I learn from horror:

[nilchance]

Say you're a 15 year old kid, and there's a monster living in your closet. Every night, the monster creeps out (it's been living in the crawl-space) and mutilates you while you sleep.

Do you:
a) run screaming from the house after the first incident, never to return?
b) start taking kitchen knives to bed?
c) continue sleeping in room with monster and bandaging wounds so no one can know?

(Hint: the story says C.)

Comments

[joannindiw.livejournal.com]

...A).

Though, after reading the comments, I guess I would hope that at that first incidence, I would use the double-bladed sword that's next to my bed (looks somewhat like this: http://www.karatedepot.com/sw-ni-33.html ) and/or the long glass vase/bottle sitting on the nightstand that was chosen specifically because the neck of it was easy to grip and it has a nice square bottom so there are pointed corners to bash against something...

... but, def. A. Afterward.