You pounce on the mouse and hold it between your paws.\n\n[[Play|PlayHold]]\n[[Kill|Kill]]

He throws you in a bag.<<fadeoutsound "drone.mp3">>\n\n[[Escape|Escape]]

He laughs. “I know what you are.”\n\n[[Kill|Kill3-Man]]

“Your cat is not who she seems.”\n\n[[Listen|Listen4]]\n[[Go back|Back]]

You stare at the man.<<fadeinsound "drone.mp3">>\n\n[[Kill|Kill2-Man]]

You stare harder. The girl begins to twitch.\n\n[[Kill|Kill3-Girl]]

You are a cat on a couch. <<set $prey to "a mouse">><<set $girl to "alive">>\n\n[[Sleep|Sleep]]\n[[Prowl|Prowl]]

You never escape.\n\n[[Play again|Start][state.restart()]]\n[[Share on Twitter|https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=The+Black+Cat%2C+a+bite-sized+horror+game%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbitesizedhorror.com%2Fblackcat%2F]]\n<a href="https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=http://bitesizedhorror.com/blackcat/" target="_blank">Share on Facebook</a>\n[[Play more bite-sized horror|http://bitesizedhorror.com]]

The girl hits the man in the head, and he stumbles.\n\n[[Kill|Kill5-End]]

You bat at the man's face.<<if $theend is true>><<else>><<timedgoto "TheEnd" 2s>><<endif>><<set $theend to true>>

“Where is your cat?” the man demands.\n\n[[Listen|Listen2]]\n[[Go back|Back]]

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You hear a thump, and then he grabs you and picks you up.\n\n[[Scratch|Scratch-Man]]\n[[Bite|Bite-Man]]\n[[Kill|Kill-Man]]\n\n

You chase the mouse around the <<print $location>> until it's cornered.\n\n[[Crouch|Crouch]]\n[[Kill|Kill]]

You crouch.\n\n[[Pounce|Pounce]]\n[[Kill|Kill]]

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The man stumbles toward you with a bag, twitching.\n\n[[Kill|Kill4-End]]

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You bat the corpse around for a bit before you get bored.\n\n[[Sleep|Sleep]]\n[[Prowl|Prowl]]

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<<if visited() is 1>>You cuddle with the girl.<<else if visited() is 2>>You really snuggle.<<else if visited() is 3>>You are warm and happy.<<else if visited() is 4>>You feel at peace.<<else>>You feel totally at peace.<<endif>>\n\n[[Sleep|Dream]]\n[[Play|Play-Girl]]\n[[Kill|Kill-Girl]]

You wake up.\n\n<<if $prey is "a mouse">>[[Sleep some more|Dream]]\n[[Prowl|Prowl]]<<else if $prey is "the girl">><<if $girlfound is true>>[[Sleep some more|Dream]]\n[[Play|Play-Girl]]\n[[Kill|Kill-Girl]]<<else>>[[Sleep some more|Dream]]\n[[Prowl|Prowl]]<<endif>><<else>>[[Sleep some more|Prowl]]\n[[Prowl|Prowl]]<<endif>>

“Get out of here!” the girl screams. You hear them fight.\n\n[[Listen|Listen5]]\n[[Go back|Back]]

You sleep.\n\n[[Dream|Dream]]

You eat the corpse.\n\n[[Sleep|Sleep]]\n[[Prowl|Prowl]]

“Why do you want Fluffy?” the girl asks.\n\n[[Listen|Listen3]]\n[[Go back|Back]]

<<if previous("Prowl")>>You stare at the man. He looks straight at you and says, “I know what you are!”<<else>>You stare at the man while he fights the girl.<<endif>><<fadeinsound "drone.mp3">>\n\n[[Kill|Kill2-End]]

You find <<print $prey>>. <<if $prey is "the girl">>She is asleep with a book on her chest.<<set $girlfound to true>><<endif>>\n\n<<if $prey is "a mouse">>[[Crouch|Crouch]]\n[[Play|Play]]\n[[Kill|Kill]]<<else if $prey is "the girl">>[[Cuddle|Cuddle-Girl]]\n[[Play|Play-Girl]]\n[[Kill|Kill-Girl]]<<else if $prey is "the man">>[[Run|Run-Man]]\n[[Hide|Hide-Man]]\n[[Kill|Kill-Man]]<<endif>>

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The mouse dies.<<set $prey to "the girl">><<fadeoutsound "drone.mp3">>\n\n[[Eat|Eat]]\n[[Play|PlayDead]]\n[[Leave|Leave]]

You leave the man's corpse.<<if $theend is true>><<else>><<timedgoto "TheEnd" 2s>><<endif>><<set $theend to true>>

You run into another room. You hear the girl scream, “Get out of my apartment!”\n\n[[Listen|Listen]]\n[[Hide|Hide-Man-Girl]]

<<if $prey neq "the man">>You prowl into the <<if $location is "">><<set $location to either("bedroom","kitchen", "den", "study", "living room")>><<else>><<set $location2 to either("bedroom","living room", "study", "library")>><<if $location neq $location2>><<set $location to $location2>><<else>><<set $location2 to either("bedroom","living room", "den", "study", "library", "bedroom")>><<if $location2 neq $location>><<set $location to $location2>><<else>><<set $location to either("bedroom","living room", "den", "study", "library", "bedroom")>><<endif>><<endif>><<endif>><<print $location>>.\n\n[[Search|Search]]\n<<if visited("Sleep")>>[[Sleep|Dream]]<<else>>[[Sleep|Sleep]]<<endif>><<else>><<if $girl is "dead">>A man barges through the door. He is big and loud.\n\n[[Run|Run-Man]]\n[[Hide|Hide-Man]]\n[[Kill|Kill-Man]]<<else if $girl is "alive">>A man barges through the door. The girl screams, “Who are you?”\n\n[[Run|Run-Man-Girl]]\n[[Hide|Hide-Man-Girl]]\n[[Kill|Kill-Man-Girl]]<<endif>><<endif>>

You leave the corpse in the <<print $location>>.\n\n[[Sleep|Sleep]]\n[[Prowl|Prowl]]

You hear a thump, and then silence.<<set $girl to "dead">>\n\n[[Hide|Hide-Man]]\n[[Go back|Back]]

Black Cat

She starts to shake.\n\n[[Kill|Kill4-Girl]]\n[[Cuddle|CuddleKill-Girl]]

Instead, you cuddle her.<<set $prey to "the man">><<fadeoutsound "drone.mp3">>\n\n[[Sleep|Dream]]

You try to hide, but he finds you.\n\n[[Run|Run-Man]]\n[[Kill|Kill-Man]]

<<if $prey is "the man">>You dream about being chased.\n\n[[Run|Run-Dream]]<<else>><<print either("You dream about death.","You sleep dreamlessly.", "In your dreams, you feast.", "You dream of being God.", "In your dreams, you hunger.", "You dream of falling, right-side up.")>>\n\n[[Awake|Awake]]<<endif>>

You try to bite him, but his arms are covered.\n\n<<nobr>><<if visited("Bite-Man")>><<else>>[[Scratch|Scratch-Man]]<br><<endif>><<endnobr>>\n[[Kill|Kill-Man]]

You hide in the closet. You can't hear anything.\n\n[[Wait|Wait]]\n[[Go back|Back]]

<<if visited() is 0>>You claw the mouse.<<else if visited() is 1>>You make the mouse bleed.<<endif>>\n\n<<if visited() is 1>>[[Play|Kill4]]<<else>>[[Play|PlayHold]]<<endif>>\n[[Kill|Kill]]

You run from the man, but he grabs you and picks you up.\n\n[[Scratch|Scratch-Man]]\n[[Bite|Bite-Man]]\n[[Kill|Kill-Man]]

The man dies. The girl says, “I killed him!”<<fadeoutsound "drone.mp3">>\n\n[[Eat|Eat-End]]\n[[Play|Play-End]]\n[[Leave|Leave-End]]

The mouse begins to twitch.\n\n[[Kill|Kill4]]

You stare harder.\n\n[[Kill|Kill3]]

You nibble on the man.<<if $theend is true>><<else>><<timedgoto "TheEnd" 2s>><<endif>><<set $theend to true>>

The man lets the girl go and looks at you.\n\n[[Kill|Kill3-End]]

You run back. <<if $girl is "dead">>The man stands over the body of the girl.\n\n[[Hide|Hide-Man-Back]]\n[[Kill|Kill-Man]]<<else>>The man is fighting the girl.\n\n[[Hide|Hide-Man-Back]]\n[[Kill|Kill-Man-Girl]]<<endif>>

You stare at the girl.<<fadeinsound "drone.mp3">>\n\n[[Kill|Kill2-Girl]]

<<if visited() is 0>>You bat the girl's face.<<else if visited() is 1>><<else if visited() is 2>>You nibble on the girl's socks.<<else if visited() is 3>>You put your face in the girl's. She mumbles, “Stop it, Fluffy.”<<else>>You rub the girl, but she doesn't wake up.<<endif>>\n\n[[Cuddle|Cuddle-Girl]]\n[[Play|Play-Girl]]\n[[Kill|Kill-Girl]]

You kill the girl.<<set $prey to "the man">><<set $girl to "dead">><<fadeoutsound "drone.mp3">>\n\n[[Eat|Eat]]\n[[Play|PlayDead]]\n[[Leave|Leave]]

You stare at the mouse.<<fadeinsound "drone.mp3">>\n\n[[Kill|Kill2]]

You never escape.<<timedgoto "Escape-End" 2s>>

Greg Karber

After a long wait, the closet door opens. It's the man.\n\n[[Run|Run-Man]]\n[[Hide|Hide-Man]]\n[[Kill|Kill-Man]]

You jump into the girl's arms. She keeps you warm.\n\n[[Snuggle|Awake]]

You try to scratch him, but you can't.\n\n<<nobr>><<if visited("Bite-Man")>><<else>>[[Bite|Bite-Man]]<br><<endif>><<endnobr>>\n[[Kill|Kill-Man]]