[Balin] Nothing terrible happens in this one

[Balin]

A man leads a child out of a room. Seconds after she leaves the room, she screams. She had barely spoken while in the room, so why the scream?

[WiZ]

Do the man and child have a relevant relationship? Is he the child's father/guardian or older relative? Is he a teacher? Doctor? Some kind of [social] scientist?

Is the location relevant? Does it happen in the man's home? The child's? A school? A medical centre/hospital? A lab?

Is the child screaming due to a strong emotion? If so, are they scared? Delighted? Have they been asked to scream? Does the child scream on purpose, or prompted by anything other than a genuine emotional reaction?

Does the child scream because of something she saw? Heard? Realised? Does the child consider this in conjunction with something she saw or heard while in the room? Had she wanted to scream while in the room, but couldn't or wouldn't?

Was the man in the room with the child for a long period? Did he relevantly say something to her? Do something with her? Is the child's age relevant? Her general level of intelligence and awareness?

Can we trust the puzzle title?

[LemonCurry]

She = The child? Are any other people in the room relevant? Any other people outside the room?

Does the man expect the child to scream?

[Earnest]

Scream of fear? Of surprise? Birthday surprise? Was she asked to scream? Did she wait the door to be open to scream? Was she inside the room before screaming? Did she ask for help by screaming?

[invisiblemimsy]

Did she scream in pain? Did the man expect her to scream? Is his reaction or subsequent action relevant?

[Balin]

Do the man and child have a relevant relationship? No Is he the child's father/guardian or older relative? No Is he a teacher? Doctor? Some kind of [social] scientist? None of these

Is the location relevant? Yes Does it happen in the man's home? The child's? A school? A medical centre/hospital? A lab? None of these

Is the child screaming due to a strong emotion? Yes If so, are they scared? This Delighted? Have they been asked to scream? No Does the child scream on purpose, or prompted by anything other than a genuine emotional reaction? It's a genuine, unscripted scream

Does the child scream because of something she saw? This Heard? Realised? Does the child consider this in conjunction with something she saw or heard while in the room? Yes (saw) Had she wanted to scream while in the room, but couldn't or wouldn't? Yes

Was the man in the room with the child for a long period? No Did he relevantly say something to her? Do something with her? Is the child's age relevant? Her general level of intelligence and awareness?

Can we trust the puzzle title? Yes

She = The child? Yes Are any other people in the room relevant? Yes Any other people outside the room? Yes

Does the man expect the child to scream? Yes

Scream of fear? Yes Of surprise? Birthday surprise? No Was she asked to scream? No Did she wait the door to be open to scream? Doors are irrelevant Was she inside the room before screaming? Yes (she was inside the room, was led out, then screamed) Did she ask for help by screaming? No

Did she scream in pain? No Did the man expect her to scream? Yes Is his reaction or subsequent action relevant? No

[Earnest]

Religion relevant? Culture?
Is her scream justified by a real situation if danger? Is halloween relevant? Was she blindfolded in the room? Was the room dark? Did she scream at first beut then calmed down? If so because she realized something relevant? Are decibels relevant? Units of measurament? When she exited the room, did she enter another room? Similar to the previous one?
Are amousement parks relevant? Was the man doing his job? Was he related to the child?

When going outside of the room, did she see: someone with a costume? Someone she had seen previously? Someone with a relevant tool she feared? Herself in a mirror?

Did she trust the man? Did she know him? Did he prevent her to scream in the room?

To be sure: was she able to see the man in the room? Or maybe she screamed when outside of the room because of the man (e.g. she felt that someone was chasing her).
Was she in the room from a long time? Was the room familiar to her?

Was she part of a group? Was people outside of the room part of her group? Or maybe accomplices of the man? Was a criminal activity going on? Did the child expect something bad to happen? An execution? Someone's death? Her death? Would an adult have had the same fear reaction as she had?

[Balin]

Religion relevant? No Culture? Yes
Is her scream justified by a real situation if danger? No Is halloween relevant? Yes Was she blindfolded in the room? No Was the room dark? No Did she scream at first beut then calmed down? Not for a while If so because she realized something relevant? Irrel Are decibels relevant? No Units of measurament? No When she exited the room, did she enter another room? Yes Similar to the previous one? Yes
Are amousement parks relevant? No Was the man doing his job? Yes Was he related to the child? No

When going outside of the room, did she see: someone with a costume? Yes Someone she had seen previously? Yes (briefly) Someone with a relevant tool she feared? No Herself in a mirror? No

Did she trust the man? Yope! Did she know him? No Did he prevent her to scream in the room? No

To be sure: was she able to see the man in the room? Yes Or maybe she screamed when outside of the room because of the man (e.g. she felt that someone was chasing her). OTRT, though
Was she in the room from a long time? No Was the room familiar to her? No

Was she part of a group? She was with one other person Was people outside of the room part of her group? The person was both inside and outside of the room with her Or maybe accomplices of the man? Yope! Was a criminal activity going on? No Did the child expect something bad to happen? No An execution? Someone's death? Her death? No to all Would an adult have had the same fear reaction as she had? Possibly - assume Yes

[Earnest]

Was there a person with a scaring costume on the other side? Are fake animals relevant? Spider webs? Other filthy things?

Was the man a police officer? A taxi driver? Did he wear a costume? If he is a policeman, did she call him? Because she felt in danger? She felt like someone was chasing her? Was it all part of a joke?

[Balin]

Was there a person with a scaring costume on the other side? Yes, but may mislead Are fake animals relevant? Spider webs? Other filthy things? Neither

Was the man a police officer? A taxi driver? Neither Did he wear a costume? No If he is a policeman, did she call him? Because she felt in danger? She felt like someone was chasing her? He's not a cop Was it all part of a joke? Yes

[Earnest]

To be sure? Was it night time? Relevant? Relevant in which room she entered when she screamed? Bedroom? Bathroom? Generic room? A room that she expected to be empty? Was the room where she entered identical to the previous one? Was it a conventional room? Are mirror relevant? Was the man in the room just following her? Leading to the other room? If so with an excuse? Was the girl upset in the first room? Quiet? Angry? Afraid? If so was she afraid to see what she saw in the room? Afraid for something else (e.g. a punishment)?

Did the man work in entertainment industry? As a teacher? Are paintings relevant?

Was she scaried by the scary costume of the people on the other side? By the man who was inside the previous room with her? (E.g. he wore a mask? If so, the same mask that also the others inside the room were wearing? Did she think that everyone transformed e.g. in a zombie?) Did she fear for herself? Did she genuinely think that she was in danger? Understood that it was a joke? Was she doing trick or treat? Was she wearing a costume? Headphones?
The man was doing his job right?

Someone she had seen previously? Yes (briefly) --> did she see them in face? Wearing a coatume? Far from the room? Did she feel afraid when she saw them the first time? Was she with the man? The something the girl saw: something scarying because of the immediate impact? Something scarying that if not revealed would have remained scaried and plausible (e.g. men with weapons)? Something that was disgusting and scarying (e.g. fake operation with the blood spread all over the room?)? Did the ones inside the room have the same job as the man? If so, was the joke connected to that job? Did they make the job also to other children? Adults? Did they relevantly work with children? Was she the daughter of someone relevantly?

[Balin]

To be sure? Was it night time? Probably Relevant? No Relevant in which room she entered when she screamed? No Bedroom? Bathroom? Generic room? Yes A room that she expected to be empty? Yope Was the room where she entered identical to the previous one? Irrel Was it a conventional room? Yes Are mirror relevant? No Was the man in the room just following her? No Leading to the other room? Yes If so with an excuse? No Was the girl upset in the first room? Quiet? Angry? Afraid? This If so was she afraid to see what she saw in the room? This Afraid for something else (e.g. a punishment)?

Did the man work in entertainment industry? Yes As a teacher? No Are paintings relevant? No

Was she scaried by the scary costume of the people on the other side? Yes By the man who was inside the previous room with her? Yes (E.g. he wore a mask? If so, the same mask that also the others inside the room were wearing? Not a mask, but Yes Did she think that everyone transformed e.g. in a zombie?) No Did she fear for herself? Yes Did she genuinely think that she was in danger? Probably not Understood that it was a joke? Yes, but it was still genuine fear Was she doing trick or treat? No Was she wearing a costume? Probably, as it was a haunted house Headphones? No
The man was doing his job right? Yes

Someone she had seen previously? Yes (briefly) --> did she see them in face? Yes Wearing a coatume? Yes Far from the room? No Did she feel afraid when she saw them the first time? Yes Was she with the man? Yes The something the girl saw: something scarying because of the immediate impact? Not sure what you mean here Something scarying that if not revealed would have remained scaried and plausible (e.g. men with weapons)? No Something that was disgusting and scarying (e.g. fake operation with the blood spread all over the room?)? No Did the ones inside the room have the same job as the man? Yes If so, was the joke connected to that job? Yes Did they make the job also to other children? Adults? Yes and Yes Did they relevantly work with children? They worked around both children and adults Was she the daughter of someone relevantly? No

[Earnest]

Did the man let her believe that there were ghosts in the house? I mean...real ghosts? Did she hear relevant sounds in the first room? If so did they come from the other room? Did the man fake to be afraid as well?

Did they organize parties? Jokes? Gifts? Are they actors? Was the man faking to threatening her? To kidnao her? To have bad intentions?

Did they wear masks? If so the same mask everyone? Was the room the room of a generic house? Relevant the building in which the room was? The building where such people used to work? Is it common to find them in such a building? Are her parents involved? Are they afraid as well? Did they arrange the joke?

[Balin]

Did the man let her believe that there were ghosts in the house? No I mean...real ghosts? No Did she hear relevant sounds in the first room? No If so did they come from the other room? No Did the man fake to be afraid as well? No

Did they organize parties? Jokes? Gifts? No to all Are they actors? The man is a kind of actor Was the man faking to threatening her? Yope To kidnao her? No To have bad intentions? No

Did they wear masks? The man did If so the same mask everyone? Others in the first room with the man did Was the room the room of a generic house? Assume so Relevant the building in which the room was? Yes - as I said, a haunted house The building where such people used to work? Yope Is it common to find them in such a building? Yes Are her parents involved? No Are they afraid as well? Did they arrange the joke?

[Earnest]

Did they make the joke to other people also? Didbthey eventually revealed their identities? Did they scream as well when the girl went inside the second room? Is it relevant which costumes they wore? Ghost costumes? Masks of death people? Did they have relevant make up? Did she see them in other rooms? We know that the joke was connected to their job...but was it part of it? E.g. they worked as make-up artists; youtubers? Video-maker? (E.g. it was part of a movie)

Did they usually work with the man? Did they work in haunted houses also in other days than halloween? If so, do they usually wear a costume?
Is the haunted house a sort of museum/historical house? Do they live there? Adams family relevant? Edgar Allan Poe? Is their job in the haunted house: to keep it clean? To host people (e.g. a bed and breakfast/hotel)? To keep people away from it? To run a business? To sell items? To educate people?

Are there other similar haunted houses? Ghost hunters relevant? Are hell houses relevant?

[Balin]

Did they make the joke to other people also? Possibly; irrel Did they eventually revealed their identities? No Did they scream as well when the girl went inside the second room? No Is it relevant which costumes they wore? Not really, just that it was very frightening to the girl Ghost costumes? Masks of death people? Did they have relevant make up? For their costumes Did she see them in other rooms? No We know that the joke was connected to their job...but was it part of it? Yes E.g. they worked as make-up artists; youtubers? Video-maker? (E.g. it was part of a movie) Not these

Did they usually work with the man? No Did they work in haunted houses also in other days than halloween? No If so, do they usually wear a costume?
Is the haunted house a sort of museum/historical house? No Do they live there? Adams family relevant? Edgar Allan Poe? No to these Is their job in the haunted house: to keep it clean? To host people (e.g. a bed and breakfast/hotel)? To keep people away from it? To run a business? To sell items? To educate people? Entertainment

Are there other similar haunted houses? Yes Ghost hunters relevant? No Are hell houses relevant? No

[Earnest]

Is their job connected to the internet? To technology? To cinema? To music? To art? Food? Did they engage the man? In orther to perform the joke? Did they work in the house just during halloween? Was the girl their customer? The only client? Was the man? Were they street performers? Part of a tv show? E.g. the show in which people is subject to jokes...

[Balin]

Is their job connected to the internet? To technology? To cinema? To music? To art? Food? None of these Did they engage the man? Not sure what you mean In orther to perform the joke? Yes, I think Did they work in the house just during halloween? Yes Was the girl their customer? Yes The only client? No Was the man? No Were they street performers? No Part of a tv show? No E.g. the show in which people is subject to jokes... Not a bad thought though

[Earnest]

The girl was their customer = she was directly their customers or was customer of the organization (e.g. amusement park?) to which they belonged?

Are amusement parks relevant? Did they work in circus? Pub? Theater? Charity associations? In the same place? Is advertising relevant? Are pictures taken/video of the experience recorded? Did they eventually reveal their identity? Relevant? Did they mainly entertain people by doing jokes to them? By recreating relevant experiences? By making whaat customers require them to do? By serving them? By listening to them? By organizing events for them? Relevant where the other customers were when the joke was performed? Did they know that the joke would have been made? To the girl?

Do they have the same identical task in the job they made? The girl is a customer right? As a customer, did she expect to be involved in a joke? In that particular joke? Did she ask for it? Did someone else? CAN THE JOKE BE CONSIDERED A "SERVICE" MADE TO THE CUSTOMER (= the girl? To another customer?) ? Hiccup relevant? Trick or treat relevant? Relevant how many people was wearing a mask? inside the room More than 5? HAM? HAF? Were they famous? Once the joke was done, was their job over? Video surveillance cameras relevant?

Are there other similar haunted houses? Yes --> are there people with their same job working inside them as well? Did they reproduce relevant movies? Did someone (a part from the man and them) relevantly hear her screaming? Expect her to scream?

Relevant how she met with the man? By convincing her? Or she already knew she had to follow him? Did the man force her to follow him? Asked her? Told her that there was an emergency? Told her to know someone she knew as well? Relevant where she met the man? On the street? Inside a building? Inside the house? Was the girl already in the house when the joke took place? Somewhere else? Relevant? Relevant where the haunted house was? In an amusement park? Was the girl already in the house when the joke was organized? Was the joke organized days before? Improvised? To be sure...did they intend to do the joke or it happened by chance?

[Balin]

The girl was their customer = she was directly their customers or was customer of the organization (e.g. amusement park?) to which they belonged? Either. The puzzle works if the haunted house was independent or run by another organization.

Are amusement parks relevant? Not necessarily - see above Did they work in circus? Pub? Theater? Charity associations? They worked in the haunted house In the same place? Yes Is advertising relevant? No Are pictures taken/video of the experience recorded? Irrel
Did they eventually reveal their identity? Relevant? Did they mainly entertain people by doing jokes to them? By recreating relevant experiences? By making whaat customers require them to do? By serving them? By listening to them? By organizing events for them? No/Irrel to all of them
Relevant where the other customers were when the joke was performed? Yes - somewhere in the haunted house Did they know that the joke would have been made? To the girl? No to both

Do they have the same identical task in the job they made? Similar, not exactly the sameThe girl is a customer right? Yes As a customer, did she expect to be involved in a joke? Not necessarily, but possibly In that particular joke? No Did she ask for it? No Did someone else? No CAN THE JOKE BE CONSIDERED A "SERVICE" MADE TO THE CUSTOMER I'm going to say Yope (= the girl? Arguably To another customer?) ? Also possibly Hiccup relevant? No Trick or treat relevant? No, but OTRT Relevant how many people was wearing a mask? Not exactly inside the room More than 5? Exact number irrel, but probably less than five HAM? HAF? Could be either Were they famous? No Once the joke was done, was their job over? No Video surveillance cameras relevant? No

Are there other similar haunted houses? Yes --> are there people with their same job working inside them as well? Yes Did they reproduce relevant movies? Some of them do, but those particular ones aren't relevant to the puzzle Did someone (a part from the man and them) relevantly hear her screaming? One person - don't worry about the other "them"s, only the man Expect her to scream? Same one person

Relevant how she met with the man? Yes By convincing her? Or she already knew she had to follow him? No to both Did the man force her to follow him? Asked her? Told her that there was an emergency? Told her to know someone she knew as well? No to these Relevant where she met the man? Yes On the street? Inside a building? Inside the house? This Was the girl already in the house when the joke took place? Yes Somewhere else? Relevant? Yes Relevant where the haunted house was? Not really In an amusement park? Possibly Was the girl already in the house when the joke was organized? See next Was the joke organized days before? Improvised? This To be sure...did they intend to do the joke or it happened by chance? Wasn't planned in advance

[CoffeeBean]

Is the girl's age relevant? The age(s) of anyone else who entered the house with her?
Before leaving the room, does the man say something to her? About something else that's in the room? About something that is in another part of the house? Something in the next room or hall? Something that she needs to look for?
Does the man lead the girl out of the room because she doesn't know how to get out without help? Because she can't see an exit? Because something is distracting her? Because she is waiting for someone or something?
Is there another relevant person in the room with the girl? A relevant object? A relevant noise? A relevant situation?

[Balin]

Is the girl's age relevant? Not really The age(s) of anyone else who entered the house with her? Not much, but there is one relevant person who entered with her
Before leaving the room, does the man say something to her? No About something else that's in the room? About something that is in another part of the house? Something in the next room or hall? Something that she needs to look for?
Does the man lead the girl out of the room because she doesn't know how to get out without help? Yope Because she can't see an exit? Yes Because something is distracting her? No Because she is waiting for someone or something? Yope
Is there another relevant person in the room with the girl? Yes A relevant object? A relevant noise? A relevant situation?

[trebor]

Did the man take the girl’s hand in the dark, pretending to be her father (who had accompanied her) and she screamed when they got into the next room and she realized that he wasn’t her father and that he was a scary-looking ghoul or whatever?

[Balin]

Did the man take the girl’s hand in the dark, pretending to be her father (who had accompanied her) and she screamed when they got into the next room and she realized that he wasn’t her father and that he was a scary-looking ghoul or whatever? It wasn't her father, but Yes, exactly!

****SPOILER****

The girl was afraid of clowns. Upon walking into a room in the haunted house filled with clowns, she closed her eyes and asked her cousin to take her outside. But one of the clowns grabbed her hand instead and led her out, so when the girl opened her eyes...