PrismaCorp Studios · Phase Three
The Unfolded
Some chairs were never meant to be set up.
This fall. In a convention hall near you. After hours.
Off: no jump scares, no sudden loud sounds. On: one (1) jump scare in the closet, a louder thunderclap and a lightning flash or two. Never more than two flashes at a time, and never fast.
Official trailer
Watch the trailer (if you dare) (it’s fine)
The lights are off. Press play.
Read the trailer (full transcript)
- [A music box plays, slightly out of tune.]
- After the convention… after everyone went home…
- something in the storage closet was still waiting.
- [A folding chair creaks open, slowly.]
- Hundreds of folding chairs. Stacked. Silent. Patient.
- [Distant thunder.]
- This fall… they will not stay folded.
- They just want to be set up for the con.
- THE UNFOLDED.
- Join the setup crew. It is not haunted. We checked.
Hall B · after hours
The hall
The con ended hours ago. The chairs were folded and stacked against the wall. They were. We all saw them. Look away for a moment and see what happens.
Chairs set up: 0 of 6. All folded. For now.
They also move when you scroll away or switch tabs. Six chairs, and that’s all of them. They are not going anywhere. That is rather the point.
Whatever you do
Don’t open the storage closet
You can, though. It’s your evening.
Inside: every chair, set up in neat rows, facing a tiny stage. Aisles clear. A note, in very careful handwriting:
Dear setup crew,
we just wanted to be ready on time.
— the chairs
A small voice from the closet: You opened the closet. Thank you. We were getting stiff.
Found footage
The night-shift log
Recovered from a clipboard by the stage. The volunteer’s badge was upside down, so we’re calling them “the volunteer.”
- Last attendee gone. Chairs folded and stacked against the east wall. All of them. I counted twice.
- Heard a creak. Old buildings creak. That is a well-known fact about buildings.
- One chair is unfolded. I did not unfold a chair. Folded it back. It seemed… disappointed?
- Three chairs unfolded. In a row. Facing the stage. Neat spacing. Honestly better than mine.
- The storage closet is open a crack. There is a sign on it that says DON’T. It is in my handwriting. I do not remember writing it.
- Every chair is set up. Aisles clear. Accessible seating up front, properly marked. Someone left a note on the stage: “for tomorrow.”
- I think they just wanted to help.
- I am going to sit down. It would be rude not to.
- [TAPE ENDS. Faint sound of someone sitting down, very comfortably.]
The twist
The chairs just wanted to be set up for the con.
That’s it. That’s the whole horror. A room full of chairs, waiting for somebody to show up early and make the place ready for everyone. Somebody like The Crew. Somebody like you.
Join the setup crew (it’s not haunted)That’s our real volunteer application. Setup happens with the lights on.