One day, I went to this thrift store that had a lot of clothes, toys, and games. One of the games that stood out was in the clearance section: a portable copy of Madness: project nexus. I found it a little suspicious that it didn't look official, but I bought the game anyway and went to my house to play it. As soon as I inserted the disc and started the game, there wasn't any music playing. I clicked on the "new game" button when suddenly, I heard this very loud, high-pitched sound and the screen turned black. It was very glitchy, with a grunt standing in the middle of the screen, looking very concerned. Suddenly, Tricky was standing far behind the grunt, but he looked a little different. Blood was coming out of one of his eyes and a piece of his head was missing. The grunt slowly turned around and the clown was slowly walking towards him, wielding a chainsaw. He then impaled the saw through the grunt's chest, cutting his body open and splitting his head open. I was just staring at the screen, terrified of what was happening. Tricky then just stared at the screen, with the saw covered in blood. Messages were flashing on the screen while slow, disturbing music played in the background: "You have acquired an illegal copy of this game. It is a serious crime to pirate video games. Shut down your PC and destroy the stolen software." Why would someone make this an anti-piracy screen? I thought. Without thinking, I immediately took out the disc and threw it in my fireplace, that way it can never traumatize anyone again.

Here's another entry for the 2022 creepypasta collab. The story was mainly inspired by the anti-piracy screen creepypastas.