Sunshine is surprised. In fact, she's shocked.

She finds it so weird that people are actually interested in her life and would like to get invested in her story. How crazy is that? The internet is a weird place.

Though, her mother has decided that Sunshine spends way too much time doing her little videos and stuff — apparently she's quite concerned for her daughter's health and the fact that she still has no friends, but, hey, her YouTube commenters are her friends!

Oh, she also thinks she should buy some new and updated paranormal gear and equipment. Well, more like her mother will buy such things, but — oh! Wait, she could sell t-shirts. That's actually a great idea! No. No, that's stupid. No one would want to wear her logo, or purchase a shirt from her. Wishful thinking.

It would be fun, though.
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So, Mom talked to the landlord. The camera is in her face immediately.

"What am I doing?" Kat asks, sipping her tea.

"Telling everybody — us — about the landlord," Sunshine explains, sliding into a chair across from her mother.

"Oh! Oh, the landlord, okay." She actually looks excited. "Alright, so, our landlord is — am I talking to you or to them?"

"Mm, both."

"Can you move that a little bit, you're like right there — perfect." Kat grins. "Okay, so, the landlord is notoriously hard to catch up with." She squeezes her hands and grits her teeth. "They've been, vacationing in Hawaii," her mother says fancily, then pauses. "Is there anything on my teeth?"

Sunshine rolls her eyes. "No, can you continue?"

"Alright, so I finally got a hold of them and — you're right. Do you know how many people have lived here?" Kat points to her daughter.

"Yeah?"

"Like a bajillion."

"A bajillion, that's a large number."

"A lot," Kat continues. "They cannot keep the house rented and when I asked them why, they don't know. They're like, 'Oh, well, no one tells us why. They just.. don't want to stay here.'" She squints her eyes.

"They just leave," Sunshine snorts. "Yeah, that's logical."

"Right? So I — I have a feeling that they know more —"

"Than they're letting on," Sunshine whispers, finishing the sentence.

Kat nods. "Yeah, that they didn't want us to move out 'cause they like it that we pay rent on time and.."

"And cause we're awesome!"

"Yes, so.. then, I asked him about, specifically, remember when the neighbor was telling us that — that she thought there'd been a murder, or something, and the landlord played dumb. He was like, 'Well, no, there's never been a murder there' —"

"Was she blonde?"

Kat sighs and looks to the side. "Uhhh." She smirks. "I dunno. I was on the phone with them. Um, so, I think we're gonna have to do a little bit of digging more in the neighborhood ourselves because I don't think the landlords can tell us much other than that.. yes, a lot of people have moved in and out, there's been a lot of — they've never been able to keep anyone for very long. And even that was kind of pulling teeth, to get him to say even that much."

She moves her hair behind her ear. "So, not a lot of concrete information, but definitely — other people have not liked living here. Which I wouldn't say that we don't like living here because actually I think —"

"I think we like it," Sunshine agrees, nodding.

"We like it. Other than the.."

"Paranormal side of things.." Sunshine sighs.

"At least you have friends," Kat points out.

Sunshine turns the camera to her face and mouths, 'I don't have friends.'

"Even if they're dead," her mother goes on.

She makes a face. "We're good, thanks Mom."
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"Hey guys, so I have a specific comment that I am deciding to respond to, and I have printed it out and I am going to read it, and you're going to find out, and it's going to be —"

Sunshine is facing the camera, ready to reply when she pauses, hears the water continue running. Her brows furrow. "...awesome. My mom has been downstairs with the water running for forever.."

She walks out of the room, moving down the stairs. The camera glitches, contorting her face for a mere second. "Weird.."

Sunshine slips into the kitchen, the evening sun dappling the counters with golden rays. "Mom, what are you doing?" She sounds almost exasperated. Kat is standing over the sink, water running and a large, thick knife in her left hand. Sunshine looks at her mother's blank face. "Mom."

She looks down and jerks. Her hand is covered in blood, spilling over her wrist and palm, dribbling down the side of the sink. Kat is perfectly still, almost as if she's in a trance. "Mom!" Sunshine screams, dropping the camera and rushing to her mother. "MOM!"

"What?" Kat asks breathily, blinking. She drops the knife and begins to gasp heavily, screaming.

Sunshine cries and the two go out of view from the camera. The screen begins to move as if it's being dragged, and turns on its side before flickering black for a moment. The water continues running. All goes quiet.

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Sunshine is sitting on the couch, Kat right beside her. "Okay," she begins, looking at the camera, "Mom is fine, she's fine."

Her mother shows her bandaged hand, face pale. "It didn't even — it didn't even take stitches."

Sunshine grunts. "It needs stitches. So, I showed her the film and she remembers... nothing."

Kat nods. "I don't know what happened, I don't know how I got cut, but... I was just, doing the dishes and — I do think I heard something."

Sunshine turns toward her mother. "You heard something?"

"Like, a noise or something, and then I don't.. I don't remember anything, and then she was there —" Kat motions toward her daughter, "and I was bleeding all over the kitchen. So." She sighs. "It may not have anything to do with anything, I may have just.. cut myself. I mean, it happens. A little bit of a klutz."

Sunshine looks tired. "Yeah, a klutz."

"It may not mean anything."

She narrows her eyes. "It means something."
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The duo attempt to distract their minds from the knife situation, so take a field trip around the woods and travel to a ruin.

Sunshine actually feels happy.
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So, Sunshine is conflicted. She's not sure whether she should continue the videos or not.

Originally, she'd had no reason to want fans and such. In fact, she'd only made the series so her mother would realize that Sunshine was telling the truth about the ghosts and weird occurances. But now, since her mother believes her, she's... kind of done. Right?

She's done everything she's needed to do. She's proved her mother wrong and allowed them to have an understanding with the creepy things in the house. She's even captured Creepy Lady on camera, twice! So. The videos are over.

Kidding, of course, she can never. She's way too addicted to stop her little series. And she likes the fans. Is that bad? Hopefully not. She just enjoys talking to her fans and having support for once in her life.

It's nice. Sunshine doesn't want it to stop.

so. next chapter is gonna be crazy