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Speaker 1 (00:16):
I was watching TV with my friend Nellie Fiona Luck.
She pointed at the TV screen showing a dancing Barbie doll.
She was dancing to the famous song I'm a Barbie
Girl in a Barbie World. And I could see Nellie's
face light up as she watched the creepy.
Speaker 2 (00:31):
Doll ring the number below for the Barbie Hotline. The
first one hundred callers will receive a free doll.
Speaker 1 (00:39):
Nellie snatched the phone out of my hand and started
dialing the number scrolling under the TV screen. Hello, Nellie
giggled into the receiver. Is this the Barbie hotline I'm
calling about?
Speaker 3 (00:50):
Oh?
Speaker 1 (00:50):
No way, yes, yes, thank you. My address is oh okay,
thank you so much. Nellie threw my phone at me
and start I'm dancing.
Speaker 4 (01:00):
I Am a Barbie girl in a Barbie wirl life
in plastic.
Speaker 3 (01:05):
It's fantastic. What happened?
Speaker 1 (01:07):
I want to free Barbie. You should bring them to Fiona.
Speaker 3 (01:11):
I hate Barbie dolls, I shuddered.
Speaker 1 (01:14):
Nellie made a funny face mocking me, boring whatever, anyways,
how are they going to deliver it to you? You
didn't even give them your address. They already know it.
Speaker 3 (01:25):
That's so weird. I don't care.
Speaker 1 (01:27):
I'm happy my doll will be home soon. The next day,
at school, Nellie rushed at me from the end of
the hallway, holding a box in her hand. Take a
look at this, I already knew it was. In that box,
Nellie took out the blonde haired Barbie doll, wearing everything pink.
Speaker 3 (01:42):
God, I hate pink? Ugh, you hate Barbie? You hate pink?
Speaker 1 (01:46):
Is there anything you like?
Speaker 3 (01:48):
Fiona? Nellie got angry and walked away. I didn't try
to stop her.
Speaker 1 (01:54):
A weird feeling inside my head kept telling me no
matter how hard I tried, I would never be able
to convince Nellie to get rid of that doll. The
rest of the day, Nellie carried the doll around the school.
I don't know why no teachers or students felt weird
that a sixteen year old was roaming around flashing her
new Barbie doll. On her way home, I was walking
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behind Nelly. She kept singing and hopping while looking at
her Barbie.
Speaker 3 (02:21):
It was getting Hella annoying.
Speaker 1 (02:23):
I started making plans on how I could throw away
the doll so Nellie wouldn't be playing with it anymore.
Just then I saw the overbridge.
Speaker 3 (02:32):
Yes, that's perfect.
Speaker 1 (02:33):
I'll snatch the doll from her hand and throw it
down the river. That's it, Nellie will be saved from
this menace of plastic statues.
Speaker 4 (02:41):
I'm a barbie barrel in a barbie worm la la
la la la la la la ying in testa hair
a la la la la la la la la la
la la la la.
Speaker 1 (02:55):
As we reached the cement railings of the overbridge, I
wasted no time.
Speaker 3 (02:59):
I grabbed the dolls for hair. What are you doing, Fiona?
Give that? Give that to me.
Speaker 1 (03:04):
I wasted no time. I took the doll and threw
it into the river. Fiona, why did you do that?
Now you can't play with it anymore.
Speaker 3 (03:14):
Your barbie will drown and you can't even savor. You
don't even know how to swim.
Speaker 1 (03:20):
But what happened next wasn't part of my plan. Nellie
climbed the edge of the bridge and jumped into the water.
Speaker 5 (03:26):
Nellie, miss David said. Miss David said, can you hear me?
Speaker 1 (03:33):
I slowly opened my eyes, hearing the voice of a man.
My blurry vision took time to adjust with the high
powered floodlights. I found myself tied to a chair, face
to face with a doctor and three nurses surrounding him.
The room I was in was painted all white. For
a second, I thought I died and went to heaven.
Speaker 3 (03:53):
Where am I? Where's Nelly? Is she all right?
Speaker 1 (03:56):
The doctor looked at my parents with a worried face.
I was the vibe that all of them were up
to something, something secretive.
Speaker 5 (04:05):
Is your imaginary friend back again?
Speaker 3 (04:07):
What are you saying?
Speaker 1 (04:09):
I'm a sixteen year old girl. I don't have any
imaginary friends.
Speaker 5 (04:14):
Bring the mirror, the doctor instructed the nurse.
Speaker 1 (04:17):
One of them handed him this big, square shaped mirror.
Speaker 2 (04:21):
You think you're sixteen? Huh, well, why don't you take
a look?
Speaker 1 (04:25):
Saying this, the doctor held the mirror right opposite my face.
Speaker 3 (04:30):
I felt my stomach drop.
Speaker 1 (04:32):
In that mirror, I saw myself, only I wasn't sixteen anymore.
I had white, stringy hair with a bald spot in
the middle of my head, my wrinkly face with my
chapped lips and puffy eyes scared the hell.
Speaker 3 (04:46):
Out of me.
Speaker 1 (04:47):
What what is this a freak show?
Speaker 3 (04:50):
This is all makeup, right? You guys are just trying
to prank me. Why don't you guys stop this nonsense?
And help Nelly.
Speaker 5 (04:58):
There's no one named to Nelly. Do you remember this?
Speaker 3 (05:02):
The doctor now picked up that evil Barbie doll? What
the hell?
Speaker 1 (05:05):
How did this get here? I threw it down the river.
I don't understand.
Speaker 2 (05:09):
This doll belonged to your younger sister, Daisy. Do you
remember Daisy.
Speaker 1 (05:14):
As soon as I heard the name, I got goosebumps
on my skin. Oh my god, Daisy, my little sister, Daisy.
Speaker 3 (05:23):
She was only seven years old.
Speaker 2 (05:24):
When I.
Speaker 3 (05:27):
My body started to shake, I realized I was going
to faint.
Speaker 2 (05:31):
Take her to herself, make sure her hands and likes
her tied to the bed. I can't let a violent
patient move around freely.
Speaker 3 (05:38):
But doctor, how long will this go on? Will she
never get rid of this guilt? Is there no other
way to cure her memory loss?
Speaker 2 (05:46):
I'm afraid she'll be keep going back and forth by
the memory lane until she dies. The fact that she
took her younger sister to the overbridge just to get
rid of her it's taking a big toll on her mind.
Speaker 3 (05:57):
But why is she triggered by a Barbie doll?
Speaker 2 (06:00):
Fiona's sister Daisy loved Barbie dolls, and everyone loved Daisy
more than Fiona. Barbie reminds Fiona of her dead sister.
Her mind hallucinates this imaginary character. Nelly trying to justify
how the Barbie is the reason behind her sister's death.
She came to the asylum when she was eighteen years old,
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and now she's going to die here someday. She's a
lost case. There's nothing we can do to bring her
back into reality. She's the prisoner of her own twisted mind.
Speaker 3 (06:31):
Please please stop that song. No, no, Nelly, don't buy
that doll.
Speaker 1 (06:41):
It's it's cursed. I don't want to see the movie.
Why don't you get it?
Speaker 5 (06:56):
Oh?
Speaker 1 (06:56):
Come on, Tia, just behave like a girl for one.
You think watching the Pink vomit makes you a girl? Hey,
enough of your insults. We are gonna watch the Barbie
movie and that's it. You're my little sister, and you're
coming with me. Why can't you just go with your
stupid bimbo friends. I have no problem chilling at home.
My sister Ruthie looked at me in the eye and said,
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in an angry tone, if you don't come with me,
I'll tell mom that you're dating Tyler boyfriend. Card Really yep,
Now go upstairs and get ready. I got up in
frustration and kicked the couch. Ruthie called out again, Oh,
and we's something pink.
Speaker 3 (07:35):
You're ruining my life. Such a baby.
Speaker 1 (07:40):
I stomped my way to the stairs. I hate Barbie
and I am not the girly girl my sister is,
but she always manages to get her way, and I
hate that even more. We hopped in the car, and
probably for the two thousand, five hundred and forty seventh time,
Ruthie played I'm a Barbie girl in the Barbie World.
I'm so over her that this time I didn't waste
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my energy complaining about it.
Speaker 3 (08:04):
When we reached the movie.
Speaker 1 (08:05):
Theater, all I could see were women dressed in pink
as far as my eyes could see. Suddenly, Ruthie's friends,
Darla and Tammy came rushing at us. Hi Barbie, Hi Barby,
Hi Barby. Oh I'm so excited, so am I.
Speaker 3 (08:22):
Oh me too.
Speaker 1 (08:24):
They were all dressed like pink nightmares, with their overtly
sparkling accessories and loud makeup. Why are you guys repeating
each other like that you won't get it. Let's get
some popcorn. I stood in the corner while my sister
Ruthie hopped towards the food counter with her friends. I
was texting my boyfriend about how ridiculous my weekend was
(08:45):
going when I felt someone watching me.
Speaker 3 (08:47):
WHOA why is she staring like that?
Speaker 1 (08:50):
I looked around and realized the woman was indeed staring
at me. Her eyeballs never moved, and she blinked so slowly.
She was dressed like a barbie from Hell. Hey, come on,
the movie's about to start. Ruthie's voice brought me back
to reality. I went back to check on that creepy woman,
but she wasn't there anymore. As the movie started, I
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felt I was drowning in this ocean of cringe.
Speaker 3 (09:16):
My sister and her.
Speaker 1 (09:17):
Friends were enjoying it, though I was so bored.
Speaker 3 (09:20):
After twenty minutes, I fell asleep.
Speaker 1 (09:25):
They woke up to the loud sound of someone gobbling food,
as if they hadn't eaten for days. Ruthie and her
friends were still hooked to the screen. I turned to
the other side and almost got scooped. It was that
same woman dressed as the creepy barbie. She was sitting
right next to me and eating a tub filled with popcorn.
Speaker 3 (09:46):
She suddenly turned.
Speaker 6 (09:47):
Her face towards me and said, don't you like this movie?
Speaker 1 (09:51):
Oh?
Speaker 3 (09:52):
Not really? Why every one months? Why to be I don't.
Speaker 1 (09:59):
I was about to go back to my nap, but
the woman didn't leave me alone. She kept on ranting
about how Barbie is an icon for young girls and
how every woman should support this movie. When I couldn't
take any more of her stupid rantings, I ended up
screaming at her, will.
Speaker 6 (10:14):
You please shut up and watch the movie?
Speaker 3 (10:17):
Why are you being rude?
Speaker 6 (10:19):
Im not being rude. I just want to sleep in peace. Well,
if you hate this movie so much, why did you come.
That's none of your business. Do just leave me alone.
Speaker 3 (10:30):
I expected her.
Speaker 1 (10:30):
To get angry and leave, but instead she brought her
face extremely close to mine and said, in a spine chilling.
Speaker 3 (10:37):
Voice, do you ever think about dying?
Speaker 2 (10:43):
What? Like?
Speaker 3 (10:44):
How would you prefer to die? What rubbish?
Speaker 5 (10:47):
What do you.
Speaker 7 (10:48):
Sh don't say it out loud.
Speaker 1 (10:51):
You never know when it's your last day on this earth.
Speaker 3 (10:54):
Just her eyes glowed in the darkness of the movie hall.
Speaker 1 (10:59):
I was so terrified and shocked at the same time
that I kind of.
Speaker 3 (11:02):
Forgot to move.
Speaker 1 (11:04):
The woman watched me for a minute more and then
got up from her seat. She walked straight out of
the movie hall without even looking at me once. I
stayed awake the rest of the movie.
Speaker 3 (11:15):
Something about that woman kept wringing a red alarm in
my head. After the movie, we all went home.
Speaker 1 (11:21):
I didn't tell my sister about the woman, just went
to my room and called it a night. I jumped
out of my bed, hearing my sister's strain. I rushed
down the stairs and barched into her room, slamming the
door open. Ruthie was sitting on her bed and her
(11:42):
eyes were wide in fear.
Speaker 3 (11:44):
What happened or what's the sound?
Speaker 1 (11:46):
Ruthie pointed at the window with her shaking hand, and
I slowly turned my head towards that direction. The woman
from the movie theater was standing outside my sister's window,
holding a rat in her teeth.
Speaker 3 (11:58):
Yes, the rat. His neck was broken and it was.
Speaker 1 (12:01):
Squeaking and dying pain. And then she ducked down, taking
the mouth with her. We couldn't see her for a
few seconds, but could hear a low squeaking.
Speaker 3 (12:10):
Sound, followed by rustling on the ground. If you don't
leave now, we'll call the cops.
Speaker 1 (12:16):
After a few more seconds, we heard footsteps fading into
the dark. My sister slept in my room the rest
of the night. The next morning, when I woke up,
I found a letter on our porch.
Speaker 4 (12:28):
It read, not your barbeakerl I'm limping in my own world.
I'm plastic.
Speaker 1 (12:37):
Call me classic.
Speaker 3 (12:54):
The roads are closed due.
Speaker 7 (12:55):
To the accident.
Speaker 3 (12:56):
How will we get home now? We'll cut through the woods.
Speaker 1 (12:59):
Come on, but Mom.
Speaker 3 (13:01):
Said not to go into the woods. Do you want
to get home or not? Daisy? Fine? What was that?
It's an owl? Silly? The woods are so creepy. Mom
would be so mad. You know, you don't have to
tell mom everything.
Speaker 2 (13:18):
Why not?
Speaker 7 (13:19):
Eh, stupid kid, don't call me stupid, You're stupid, poor
Barbie Doll.
Speaker 3 (13:28):
Listen, what does that sound, ariyoll? Sounds like carnival music.
Do you smell that? Yeh, smells like cupcakes. Come on,
let's check it out. What happened? But Mom said we
shouldn't roam in the woods. We can get lost. We
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won't be lost.
Speaker 7 (13:51):
You see this trail, it goes straight to our house.
Maybe Ario all is right? There's no harm in looking
around for a while. Like gus Ari y'all.
Speaker 3 (14:02):
Wait for me. Wow, I've never seen anything like this.
Come on this way. I had no idea there was
a theme park in these ones.
Speaker 1 (14:17):
I wonder why our parents never brought us here.
Speaker 3 (14:20):
Oh my god, it's Barbie themed. I love this place. Wait,
what are you doing? It's called eating, daisy? But we
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don't have any money.
Speaker 1 (14:41):
Do you see anyone asking for it?
Speaker 3 (14:45):
No?
Speaker 1 (14:45):
But but doesn't this feel a little weird to you?
I mean, I don't see anyone here.
Speaker 3 (14:51):
Look at that ball pit.
Speaker 1 (14:52):
Instead of plastic balls, it's filled with Barbie heads.
Speaker 3 (14:56):
I don't like this place, are y'all? Ugh, you are
such an annoying kid.
Speaker 1 (15:01):
Screw it.
Speaker 3 (15:02):
I'm gonna try the rides.
Speaker 1 (15:04):
Wi This is the best day of my life.
Speaker 5 (15:08):
Are y'all?
Speaker 1 (15:12):
Maybe I should play for a little bit too. The
donuts are making me hungry. What's the worst that could
happen if I try one?
Speaker 3 (15:24):
Wow?
Speaker 1 (15:25):
These are so tasty. Maybe I should put some in
my backpack.
Speaker 3 (15:31):
Daisy, come here, This is so much fun.
Speaker 5 (15:46):
Whoa, whoa.
Speaker 3 (15:51):
Daisy, Daisy, Daisy, wake up? We have to go home now, Daisy.
Speaker 2 (15:56):
Are y'all?
Speaker 3 (15:58):
What's happened? Looks like we fell.
Speaker 1 (16:00):
We've been playing and eating junk food all day.
Speaker 3 (16:03):
It's almost midnight. We need to go home. Mom's gonna
kill us. Hurry up now, can we come here again?
Speaker 1 (16:12):
Yes, but we'll tell our parents next time.
Speaker 3 (16:14):
Let's go. It's getting late.
Speaker 2 (16:18):
I don't understand the officer. Where did they go? They
were supposed to come home straight from school.
Speaker 3 (16:26):
Dad, what's happening? Oh, thank god, they're back. Where were you?
Speaker 1 (16:32):
I thought I would never see you guys again. We're sorry, mom.
We were heading home and stopped at this theme park
in the woods. We thought we'd only look around for
a bit, but we ended up playing there for a
few hours. This won't ever happen again.
Speaker 3 (16:45):
Few hours. You guys haven't been home for three days.
It was all Barbie themed.
Speaker 1 (16:55):
Yes, we're not lying.
Speaker 3 (16:57):
I even took donuts from the stall.
Speaker 2 (17:08):
Your kids have been really lucky, Miss Randissenta. Many kids
have gone missing in the forest throughout the years. Those
who have managed to come back mention this theme park,
but each kid said it had a different theme depending
on what they love. To some it was Disney themed,
and to some it was decorated with cars and robots.
Speaker 3 (17:27):
Oh my god, did you look for this park?
Speaker 5 (17:30):
Yes?
Speaker 2 (17:31):
Many times but every time we searched those woods, we
found no such place. We're happy that your kids are
back home safe.
Speaker 1 (17:40):
If there was no steam park, then where were we
for the last three days.
I was watching TV with my friend Nellie Fiona Luck.
She pointed at the TV screen showing a dancing Barbie doll.
She was dancing to the famous song I'm a Barbie
Girl in a Barbie World. And I could see Nellie's
face light up as she watched the creepy.
Speaker 2 (00:31):
Doll ring the number below for the Barbie Hotline. The
first one hundred callers will receive a free doll.
Speaker 1 (00:39):
Nellie snatched the phone out of my hand and started
dialing the number scrolling under the TV screen. Hello, Nellie
giggled into the receiver. Is this the Barbie hotline I'm
calling about?
Speaker 3 (00:50):
Oh?
Speaker 1 (00:50):
No way, yes, yes, thank you. My address is oh okay,
thank you so much. Nellie threw my phone at me
and start I'm dancing.
Speaker 4 (01:00):
I Am a Barbie girl in a Barbie wirl life
in plastic.
Speaker 3 (01:05):
It's fantastic. What happened?
Speaker 1 (01:07):
I want to free Barbie. You should bring them to Fiona.
Speaker 3 (01:11):
I hate Barbie dolls, I shuddered.
Speaker 1 (01:14):
Nellie made a funny face mocking me, boring whatever, anyways,
how are they going to deliver it to you? You
didn't even give them your address. They already know it.
Speaker 3 (01:25):
That's so weird. I don't care.
Speaker 1 (01:27):
I'm happy my doll will be home soon. The next day,
at school, Nellie rushed at me from the end of
the hallway, holding a box in her hand. Take a
look at this, I already knew it was. In that box,
Nellie took out the blonde haired Barbie doll, wearing everything pink.
Speaker 3 (01:42):
God, I hate pink? Ugh, you hate Barbie? You hate pink?
Speaker 1 (01:46):
Is there anything you like?
Speaker 3 (01:48):
Fiona? Nellie got angry and walked away. I didn't try
to stop her.
Speaker 1 (01:54):
A weird feeling inside my head kept telling me no
matter how hard I tried, I would never be able
to convince Nellie to get rid of that doll. The
rest of the day, Nellie carried the doll around the school.
I don't know why no teachers or students felt weird
that a sixteen year old was roaming around flashing her
new Barbie doll. On her way home, I was walking
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behind Nelly. She kept singing and hopping while looking at
her Barbie.
Speaker 3 (02:21):
It was getting Hella annoying.
Speaker 1 (02:23):
I started making plans on how I could throw away
the doll so Nellie wouldn't be playing with it anymore.
Just then I saw the overbridge.
Speaker 3 (02:32):
Yes, that's perfect.
Speaker 1 (02:33):
I'll snatch the doll from her hand and throw it
down the river. That's it, Nellie will be saved from
this menace of plastic statues.
Speaker 4 (02:41):
I'm a barbie barrel in a barbie worm la la
la la la la la la ying in testa hair
a la la la la la la la la la
la la la la.
Speaker 1 (02:55):
As we reached the cement railings of the overbridge, I
wasted no time.
Speaker 3 (02:59):
I grabbed the dolls for hair. What are you doing, Fiona?
Give that? Give that to me.
Speaker 1 (03:04):
I wasted no time. I took the doll and threw
it into the river. Fiona, why did you do that?
Now you can't play with it anymore.
Speaker 3 (03:14):
Your barbie will drown and you can't even savor. You
don't even know how to swim.
Speaker 1 (03:20):
But what happened next wasn't part of my plan. Nellie
climbed the edge of the bridge and jumped into the water.
Speaker 5 (03:26):
Nellie, miss David said. Miss David said, can you hear me?
Speaker 1 (03:33):
I slowly opened my eyes, hearing the voice of a man.
My blurry vision took time to adjust with the high
powered floodlights. I found myself tied to a chair, face
to face with a doctor and three nurses surrounding him.
The room I was in was painted all white. For
a second, I thought I died and went to heaven.
Speaker 3 (03:53):
Where am I? Where's Nelly? Is she all right?
Speaker 1 (03:56):
The doctor looked at my parents with a worried face.
I was the vibe that all of them were up
to something, something secretive.
Speaker 5 (04:05):
Is your imaginary friend back again?
Speaker 3 (04:07):
What are you saying?
Speaker 1 (04:09):
I'm a sixteen year old girl. I don't have any
imaginary friends.
Speaker 5 (04:14):
Bring the mirror, the doctor instructed the nurse.
Speaker 1 (04:17):
One of them handed him this big, square shaped mirror.
Speaker 2 (04:21):
You think you're sixteen? Huh, well, why don't you take
a look?
Speaker 1 (04:25):
Saying this, the doctor held the mirror right opposite my face.
Speaker 3 (04:30):
I felt my stomach drop.
Speaker 1 (04:32):
In that mirror, I saw myself, only I wasn't sixteen anymore.
I had white, stringy hair with a bald spot in
the middle of my head, my wrinkly face with my
chapped lips and puffy eyes scared the hell.
Speaker 3 (04:46):
Out of me.
Speaker 1 (04:47):
What what is this a freak show?
Speaker 3 (04:50):
This is all makeup, right? You guys are just trying
to prank me. Why don't you guys stop this nonsense?
And help Nelly.
Speaker 5 (04:58):
There's no one named to Nelly. Do you remember this?
Speaker 3 (05:02):
The doctor now picked up that evil Barbie doll? What
the hell?
Speaker 1 (05:05):
How did this get here? I threw it down the river.
I don't understand.
Speaker 2 (05:09):
This doll belonged to your younger sister, Daisy. Do you
remember Daisy.
Speaker 1 (05:14):
As soon as I heard the name, I got goosebumps
on my skin. Oh my god, Daisy, my little sister, Daisy.
Speaker 3 (05:23):
She was only seven years old.
Speaker 2 (05:24):
When I.
Speaker 3 (05:27):
My body started to shake, I realized I was going
to faint.
Speaker 2 (05:31):
Take her to herself, make sure her hands and likes
her tied to the bed. I can't let a violent
patient move around freely.
Speaker 3 (05:38):
But doctor, how long will this go on? Will she
never get rid of this guilt? Is there no other
way to cure her memory loss?
Speaker 2 (05:46):
I'm afraid she'll be keep going back and forth by
the memory lane until she dies. The fact that she
took her younger sister to the overbridge just to get
rid of her it's taking a big toll on her mind.
Speaker 3 (05:57):
But why is she triggered by a Barbie doll?
Speaker 2 (06:00):
Fiona's sister Daisy loved Barbie dolls, and everyone loved Daisy
more than Fiona. Barbie reminds Fiona of her dead sister.
Her mind hallucinates this imaginary character. Nelly trying to justify
how the Barbie is the reason behind her sister's death.
She came to the asylum when she was eighteen years old,
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and now she's going to die here someday. She's a
lost case. There's nothing we can do to bring her
back into reality. She's the prisoner of her own twisted mind.
Speaker 3 (06:31):
Please please stop that song. No, no, Nelly, don't buy
that doll.
Speaker 1 (06:41):
It's it's cursed. I don't want to see the movie.
Why don't you get it?
Speaker 5 (06:56):
Oh?
Speaker 1 (06:56):
Come on, Tia, just behave like a girl for one.
You think watching the Pink vomit makes you a girl? Hey,
enough of your insults. We are gonna watch the Barbie
movie and that's it. You're my little sister, and you're
coming with me. Why can't you just go with your
stupid bimbo friends. I have no problem chilling at home.
My sister Ruthie looked at me in the eye and said,
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in an angry tone, if you don't come with me,
I'll tell mom that you're dating Tyler boyfriend. Card Really yep,
Now go upstairs and get ready. I got up in
frustration and kicked the couch. Ruthie called out again, Oh,
and we's something pink.
Speaker 3 (07:35):
You're ruining my life. Such a baby.
Speaker 1 (07:40):
I stomped my way to the stairs. I hate Barbie
and I am not the girly girl my sister is,
but she always manages to get her way, and I
hate that even more. We hopped in the car, and
probably for the two thousand, five hundred and forty seventh time,
Ruthie played I'm a Barbie girl in the Barbie World.
I'm so over her that this time I didn't waste
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my energy complaining about it.
Speaker 3 (08:04):
When we reached the movie.
Speaker 1 (08:05):
Theater, all I could see were women dressed in pink
as far as my eyes could see. Suddenly, Ruthie's friends,
Darla and Tammy came rushing at us. Hi Barbie, Hi Barby,
Hi Barby. Oh I'm so excited, so am I.
Speaker 3 (08:22):
Oh me too.
Speaker 1 (08:24):
They were all dressed like pink nightmares, with their overtly
sparkling accessories and loud makeup. Why are you guys repeating
each other like that you won't get it. Let's get
some popcorn. I stood in the corner while my sister
Ruthie hopped towards the food counter with her friends. I
was texting my boyfriend about how ridiculous my weekend was
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going when I felt someone watching me.
Speaker 3 (08:47):
WHOA why is she staring like that?
Speaker 1 (08:50):
I looked around and realized the woman was indeed staring
at me. Her eyeballs never moved, and she blinked so slowly.
She was dressed like a barbie from Hell. Hey, come on,
the movie's about to start. Ruthie's voice brought me back
to reality. I went back to check on that creepy woman,
but she wasn't there anymore. As the movie started, I
(09:12):
felt I was drowning in this ocean of cringe.
Speaker 3 (09:16):
My sister and her.
Speaker 1 (09:17):
Friends were enjoying it, though I was so bored.
Speaker 3 (09:20):
After twenty minutes, I fell asleep.
Speaker 1 (09:25):
They woke up to the loud sound of someone gobbling food,
as if they hadn't eaten for days. Ruthie and her
friends were still hooked to the screen. I turned to
the other side and almost got scooped. It was that
same woman dressed as the creepy barbie. She was sitting
right next to me and eating a tub filled with popcorn.
Speaker 3 (09:46):
She suddenly turned.
Speaker 6 (09:47):
Her face towards me and said, don't you like this movie?
Speaker 1 (09:51):
Oh?
Speaker 3 (09:52):
Not really? Why every one months? Why to be I don't.
Speaker 1 (09:59):
I was about to go back to my nap, but
the woman didn't leave me alone. She kept on ranting
about how Barbie is an icon for young girls and
how every woman should support this movie. When I couldn't
take any more of her stupid rantings, I ended up
screaming at her, will.
Speaker 6 (10:14):
You please shut up and watch the movie?
Speaker 3 (10:17):
Why are you being rude?
Speaker 6 (10:19):
Im not being rude. I just want to sleep in peace. Well,
if you hate this movie so much, why did you come.
That's none of your business. Do just leave me alone.
Speaker 3 (10:30):
I expected her.
Speaker 1 (10:30):
To get angry and leave, but instead she brought her
face extremely close to mine and said, in a spine chilling.
Speaker 3 (10:37):
Voice, do you ever think about dying?
Speaker 2 (10:43):
What? Like?
Speaker 3 (10:44):
How would you prefer to die? What rubbish?
Speaker 5 (10:47):
What do you.
Speaker 7 (10:48):
Sh don't say it out loud.
Speaker 1 (10:51):
You never know when it's your last day on this earth.
Speaker 3 (10:54):
Just her eyes glowed in the darkness of the movie hall.
Speaker 1 (10:59):
I was so terrified and shocked at the same time
that I kind of.
Speaker 3 (11:02):
Forgot to move.
Speaker 1 (11:04):
The woman watched me for a minute more and then
got up from her seat. She walked straight out of
the movie hall without even looking at me once. I
stayed awake the rest of the movie.
Speaker 3 (11:15):
Something about that woman kept wringing a red alarm in
my head. After the movie, we all went home.
Speaker 1 (11:21):
I didn't tell my sister about the woman, just went
to my room and called it a night. I jumped
out of my bed, hearing my sister's strain. I rushed
down the stairs and barched into her room, slamming the
door open. Ruthie was sitting on her bed and her
(11:42):
eyes were wide in fear.
Speaker 3 (11:44):
What happened or what's the sound?
Speaker 1 (11:46):
Ruthie pointed at the window with her shaking hand, and
I slowly turned my head towards that direction. The woman
from the movie theater was standing outside my sister's window,
holding a rat in her teeth.
Speaker 3 (11:58):
Yes, the rat. His neck was broken and it was.
Speaker 1 (12:01):
Squeaking and dying pain. And then she ducked down, taking
the mouth with her. We couldn't see her for a
few seconds, but could hear a low squeaking.
Speaker 3 (12:10):
Sound, followed by rustling on the ground. If you don't
leave now, we'll call the cops.
Speaker 1 (12:16):
After a few more seconds, we heard footsteps fading into
the dark. My sister slept in my room the rest
of the night. The next morning, when I woke up,
I found a letter on our porch.
Speaker 4 (12:28):
It read, not your barbeakerl I'm limping in my own world.
I'm plastic.
Speaker 1 (12:37):
Call me classic.
Speaker 3 (12:54):
The roads are closed due.
Speaker 7 (12:55):
To the accident.
Speaker 3 (12:56):
How will we get home now? We'll cut through the woods.
Speaker 1 (12:59):
Come on, but Mom.
Speaker 3 (13:01):
Said not to go into the woods. Do you want
to get home or not? Daisy? Fine? What was that?
It's an owl? Silly? The woods are so creepy. Mom
would be so mad. You know, you don't have to
tell mom everything.
Speaker 2 (13:18):
Why not?
Speaker 7 (13:19):
Eh, stupid kid, don't call me stupid, You're stupid, poor
Barbie Doll.
Speaker 3 (13:28):
Listen, what does that sound, ariyoll? Sounds like carnival music.
Do you smell that? Yeh, smells like cupcakes. Come on,
let's check it out. What happened? But Mom said we
shouldn't roam in the woods. We can get lost. We
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won't be lost.
Speaker 7 (13:51):
You see this trail, it goes straight to our house.
Maybe Ario all is right? There's no harm in looking
around for a while. Like gus Ari y'all.
Speaker 3 (14:02):
Wait for me. Wow, I've never seen anything like this.
Come on this way. I had no idea there was
a theme park in these ones.
Speaker 1 (14:17):
I wonder why our parents never brought us here.
Speaker 3 (14:20):
Oh my god, it's Barbie themed. I love this place. Wait,
what are you doing? It's called eating, daisy? But we
(14:40):
don't have any money.
Speaker 1 (14:41):
Do you see anyone asking for it?
Speaker 3 (14:45):
No?
Speaker 1 (14:45):
But but doesn't this feel a little weird to you?
I mean, I don't see anyone here.
Speaker 3 (14:51):
Look at that ball pit.
Speaker 1 (14:52):
Instead of plastic balls, it's filled with Barbie heads.
Speaker 3 (14:56):
I don't like this place, are y'all? Ugh, you are
such an annoying kid.
Speaker 1 (15:01):
Screw it.
Speaker 3 (15:02):
I'm gonna try the rides.
Speaker 1 (15:04):
Wi This is the best day of my life.
Speaker 5 (15:08):
Are y'all?
Speaker 1 (15:12):
Maybe I should play for a little bit too. The
donuts are making me hungry. What's the worst that could
happen if I try one?
Speaker 3 (15:24):
Wow?
Speaker 1 (15:25):
These are so tasty. Maybe I should put some in
my backpack.
Speaker 3 (15:31):
Daisy, come here, This is so much fun.
Speaker 5 (15:46):
Whoa, whoa.
Speaker 3 (15:51):
Daisy, Daisy, Daisy, wake up? We have to go home now, Daisy.
Speaker 2 (15:56):
Are y'all?
Speaker 3 (15:58):
What's happened? Looks like we fell.
Speaker 1 (16:00):
We've been playing and eating junk food all day.
Speaker 3 (16:03):
It's almost midnight. We need to go home. Mom's gonna
kill us. Hurry up now, can we come here again?
Speaker 1 (16:12):
Yes, but we'll tell our parents next time.
Speaker 3 (16:14):
Let's go. It's getting late.
Speaker 2 (16:18):
I don't understand the officer. Where did they go? They
were supposed to come home straight from school.
Speaker 3 (16:26):
Dad, what's happening? Oh, thank god, they're back. Where were you?
Speaker 1 (16:32):
I thought I would never see you guys again. We're sorry, mom.
We were heading home and stopped at this theme park
in the woods. We thought we'd only look around for
a bit, but we ended up playing there for a
few hours. This won't ever happen again.
Speaker 3 (16:45):
Few hours. You guys haven't been home for three days.
It was all Barbie themed.
Speaker 1 (16:55):
Yes, we're not lying.
Speaker 3 (16:57):
I even took donuts from the stall.
Speaker 2 (17:08):
Your kids have been really lucky, Miss Randissenta. Many kids
have gone missing in the forest throughout the years. Those
who have managed to come back mention this theme park,
but each kid said it had a different theme depending
on what they love. To some it was Disney themed,
and to some it was decorated with cars and robots.
Speaker 3 (17:27):
Oh my god, did you look for this park?
Speaker 5 (17:30):
Yes?
Speaker 2 (17:31):
Many times but every time we searched those woods, we
found no such place. We're happy that your kids are
back home safe.
Speaker 1 (17:40):
If there was no steam park, then where were we
for the last three days.
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