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You are a student working on a team project. You and your group are accidentally locked in the school library overnight.

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You are an expert spy for the British government, trained to perfection. Your only weakness is that your background music alerts enemies to your presence.

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You are in a bar when an elderly woman takes the stool next to you and says to the bartender, "Hey, Francine, make it a double. It happened again." You can't resist and ask her, "What happened again?"

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You are on a solo camping trip in the woods. After a deep night's sleep, you awake to the voice of someone saying, "Rise and shine!"

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You buy your son a teddy bear. Every night, the bear protects your son from the monsters in the dark.

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You could only watch in disbelief as the work-place prank you had planned turned to chaos.

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You find your grandparent's old chessboard in the attic. Absentmindedly, you move a piece. The next day, an opposing piece has been moved.

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