How Many Times You Got to Say Baby Blue

Previously: Satoru-kun.

The origins of the game Blue Infant, Baby Blue — or Blue Baby; Blue Infant Blue; Baby Blue; or Baby Bluish, Blueish Infant, as it's variously known — are hard to untangle; I've been hearing about information technology for years, merely honestly, I couldn't tell you lot when the starting time time I think it being mentioned was. I've got a theory, though — and that's that this particular game evolved out of another one: Bloody Mary.

My reasoning is this: One variation of Bloody Mary involves summoning the titular spirit past chanting, "Bloody Mary! I killed your baby!" One version of Baby Blue, meanwhile, has a losing condition in which a woman bursts through a mirror while screaming at the role player to give her back her infant. It's such a short jump from Bespeak A to Point B here that I tin't help but wonder if the kickoff led directly to the second — a thought which, I recollect, is strengthened past the fact that both Bloody Mary and Infant Blueish serve 1 purpose and one purpose only: To tempt fate. They're challenges, not rituals meant to provide luck or expert fortune or a glimpse into the future or what have you. The winning condition is only surviving.

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If my theory is correct, by the mode, that as well gives us an idea of when the Babe Blue story might first take appeared: Around or shortly prior to the 1970s. Folklorist Janet Langlois' essay "Mary Whales, I Believe In You," which was originally published in 1978 and republished in Indiana Sociology: A Reader in 1980,details some of the earliest research nosotros have on the myth; as such, it'south thought that Bloody Mary in its current form may have originated onetime effectually then.

It's also interesting to me that, as is the case with The Raven Man, there'southward more than i version of Baby Blue floating around out there. I've included the instructions for ii variations below; at that place might be more, though. Who knows how many ways to summon Baby Blueish there might be?

Equally always… well, y'all know how it goes.

Variation 1:

Players:

• One master.

Requirements:

• A bathroom.
• The bath must have the following:
  • A toilet.
  • A mirror.
  • A door that locks.

Instructions:

1. Brainstorm at night.
2. Enter the bath.
3. Plow off the lights.
4. Lock the door.
5. Face the mirror.
6. Position your artillery as though you are cradling a baby.
7. Gentle rock your artillery back and forth.
8. While rocking your artillery, chant the phrase, "Blue baby, infant bluish" a full of 13 times.
9. During Footstep 8, you may begin to experience a weight in your arms. Exercise not be alarmed, only stay alert.
10. This weight may begin to grow heavier. Stay alert.
11. You lot may begin to experience a scratching on your artillery. Stay alert. It is time.
12. When you experience the scratching, move quickly: Drop the weight into the toilet, flush the toilet, unlock the door, and exit the bathroom.
13. If y'all make information technology out of the bath unscathed, congratulations — you've won.

Additional Notes:

The following chants may exist used as alternatives to the "Blue baby, baby blueish" chant presented here:

• "Blue infant";
• Or, "Baby blue."

Regardless as to which option is used, the chant should be repeated a full of 13 times.

Exercise Non concur the weight for too long. Do NOT fail to flush the toilet. Do NOT fail to exit the bathroom as chop-chop equally possible. Failure to consummate these actions in time may result in one of two situations: A woman may appear in the mirror and demand the return of her baby; or, the scratching on your arms may become unbearable. If either of these situations occur, a losing condition has been achieved.

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Variation 2:

Players:

• At least ii principals.

Requirements:

• A bathroom.
• The bath must take the following:
  • A mirror.
  • A door that locks.

Instructions:

1. Begin at night.
2. Enter the bathroom.
3. Turn off the lights.
4. Lock the door.
5. Fog upwardly the mirror.
6. In the fog on the mirror, apply your fingertip to write the following words: "Infant Blue."
7. Position your arms equally though you are cradling a babe.
8. During Step 7, you may begin to feel a weight in your arms. Do not exist alarmed, just stay warning.
9. After a brusk time, pass the weight to the next principal.
   • If y'all exercise non drop the weight:
     • You may proceed.
   • If yous drop the weight:
     • You will receive a small scratch. You have two chances left. Y'all may proceed.
10. After a short time, laissez passer the weight to the adjacent chief.
    • If you do non drop the weight:
      • You may go along.
    • If you lot drop the weight:
      • Yous will receive a pocket-sized scratch. Y'all have 1 chance left. Yous may proceed.
11. Afterward a curt time, pass the weight to the next chief.
    • If you do not drop the weight:
      • You may go along, standing to pass the weight back and forth between all principals for as long as you wish.
      • To end the game: While belongings the weight, erase the words from the mirror.
      • You will feel the weight brainstorm to lift.
      • When the weight is gone, unlock the door and get out the bathroom.
      • Congratulations — y'all've won.
    • If y'all drop the weight:
      • You are out of chances. Run.

Additional Notes:

In Step 5, you may use whatsoever method y'all wish to fog up the mirror. Recommended options including breathing on it or turning the shower on. Should you choose to do and then by turning the shower on, turn the shower off once the mirror is completely fogged over.

Exercise Non drib the weight more than than twice. Should it be dropped three times, the mirror earlier you will shatter. If this situation occurs, a losing condition has been achieved.

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General Notes:

"Blue baby syndrome" is a colloquial term for cyanosis in infants. Cyanosis — a blueish tint to the peel — occurs due to poorly oxygenated claret. Bluish babe syndrome can be fatal in some cases.

It is unknown whether blue baby syndrome has any connection to the game presented here.

Concerning Losing Atmospheric condition:

Achieving a losing condition has merely one possible outcome.

Do not achieve a losing condition.

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