LTD: Bloody Mary Accuses Candyman of Copyright Infringement
CHICAGO, Ill. — Long-standing urban legend Bloody Mary announced today that she is considering legal action against fellow folklore celebrity the Candyman. Rather than holding a press conference, Mary gave her statements to a reporter who contacted the infamous entity directly via mirror. “It was pretty confusing, honestly,” said Jennifer Robinson, who conducted the interview. “My friend Sara told me her sister said you had to look in the mirror and say Bloody Mary’s name 13 times, but my cousin’s girlfriend said you only have to say it three times,” the reporter explained. “My other friend Jessica told me you needed to light a candle, so I brought a few of those. She also said that you had to spin around after saying Bloody Mary’s name, so I was kind of dizzy when she actually showed up. I did it like 20 times so she’d be sure to hear me.”
The name game
Bloody Mary told Ms. Robinson that she was concerned about the popularity of local Chicago legend Candyman, who can also be summoned by repeating his name into a mirror. “I’ve been doing the mirror thing for hundreds of years,” Bloody Mary asserted. “Way back when, girls used to summon me to try to see a vision of their future husbands. For decades now, kids at slumber parties have dared each other to call me. And have you checked YouTube lately? There’s a Bloody Mary Challenge video on there with like 13 million views. I’ve still got it.”
Candyman, whose legend gained prominence in the 1990s, is a vengeful Chicago-area spirit who can be summoned by saying his name in a mirror five times. “I totally get why he’s out for revenge,” Bloody Mary said of Candyman. “What happened to him was completely messed up. But the name-in-the-mirror thing is mine. You don’t see me going around painting on walls or filling toilets with bees, do you? No, that’s his thing. I respect other people’s intellectual property.”
Despite high demand from the public, Bloody Mary refused to comment on her own mysterious origins. “I know everyone thinks that I was some killer queen, or that I drink the blood of virgins, or that I’m a witch,” she told Ms. Robinson. “But I never tell all my secrets. That’s how I keep them coming back.”
Bloody Mary says she hopes she and Candyman can work out their differences without resorting to legal action. “Sure, I could go down to hell and get a crack legal team,” she said. “But I’d rather save us both the trouble, you know?” When asked if she had spoken directly with Candyman about her concerns, Bloody Mary admitted that they hadn’t yet discussed the issue in person, but that she was hoping to contact him soon via mirror. “I hope he’s home next time I call,” she said. “I keep getting Helen instead, and she never gives him my messages.”
So you’ve just gotten the pink slip.
Work is letting you go. Amidst all of the layoffs, you just didn’t make the cut. Well, I’m sorry to say, but it behooves you to go quietly. And quickly. Because you don’t want to stick around for the Firing Squad…
In fact, if your HR department is outsourced to one of those Eldritch contractors like so many are nowadays, get outta dodge NOW. Like seriously. Leave the lunch you brought in the fridge; leave the personal items in and on and around your desk. Hell, leave your coat and purse if you are not near them. You can get new ones. Maybe one of your ex-coworkers can help you retrieve your stuff later. Because you need to get out while the getting is still good.
The Firing Squad is coming.
And if they so much as see a pink slip anywhere in your immediate vicinity, it is complete and total annihilation…
I warned you… Those Eldritch contractor HR departments mean business… It’s like going to the Library. Or making Jell-O.
Be sure to follow these simple library rules to ensure that you don’t end up victim to some Cthulhoid Lovecraftian nightmare. Because all of those books in one place can only mean one thing – certain doom!
Artwork description: A bloody female face with metallic crystalline eyes stares blankly at you from her strange ensemble of splattered fur trimmed weirdness. She leans against front of an overflowing bookshelf, guarding its contents.
Image text reads: Welcome to the library. Please follow these simple rules to ensure your safety and the well-being of those around you.
1.) Be quiet. the Eldritch horrors are sleeping. Do NOT awaken them. Ever.
2.) Do NOT open any portals to any interdimensional voids while here at the library. Please check out any such books and do so at home at your own risk.
3.) Do NOT recite any spells, hexes, or incantations in any books found herein, even accidentally. Again, do so at home at your own risk if you must do so at all.
4.) Do NOT smile at the librarians under any circumstance. Doing so will invite terror beyond mortal comprehension.
5.) Do NOT burn or deface any of the books. This incites otherworldly wrath.
6.) The library will NOT be responsible should you awaken any Eldritch horrors, open any interdimensional portals, cast any spells, smile at the librarians, or burn or deface any of the books. Any attacks to your person, belongings, soul, or next of kin are solely your responsibility; you are NOT entitled to legal, medical, monetary, spiritual, or any other compensations on behalf of the library or any of its affiliates, either here, extraplanar, and/or beyond.
For more otherworldly Cthlulhoid horrors, consider making a Jell-O concoction or succumbing to the allure of the Red Lady…
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Registration Chant
There may be a waiting list, but they usually tend to get through the queue in a couple of nights. It can be easier signing on as a new Dream Subscription Service client if you sleep at odd hours though. Sometimes it also helps if you write Dream Subscription Service Sign Me Up Now in the steam on your bathroom mirror before going to bed. Or spin backwards in a circle three times while chanting.
Note: Do NOT use Dream Subscription Service if you are currently taking JeeperzCreeperz or have done so any time in the last century. That shit’ll fuck you up.
Also Note: Make sure you are signing up with the one and only original Dream Subscription Service and not one of those knockoff Cthulhu variants. Those are pretty much guaranteed to drive you insane (it’s even in their fine print in Eldritch Horror speak).
And if you really want to know more about a dream you’ve had, consider dream interpretation to get some ideas of possible symbolism. There are several Dream Dictionaries online including this one available through Psychologist World.
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