Lynch and John

Lynch and his partner, John, arrive in Tokyo, Japan, to Kayako's house, where, according to a realtor, her husband pushed her down the second-floor stairs, breaking her neck in the fall. He was sent to a mental hospital, and the house remained empty, as legend has it that the spirit of Kayako and her son haunts it. The friends must unravel the house's secrets.

Lynch agrees, although he can't help but think that John is now somewhere in the woods, walking all alone.

The journalist was tormented by doubts. Should he abandon his friend and stay behind to watch Max? Or should he leave the wounded man alone and follow John? The choice was difficult, but obvious. Lynch could not abandon his best friend.

The men decide to head back to the spot where they last rode together. On the way back, they spot Dima and John's ATV, then hear gunshots and run toward the sound. It turns out John needed to step away, and Dima followed him to keep the writer safe. And for good reason—they're attacked by a bear, which they manage to subdue. Dima casually mentions some "Mansi," noting that if they had attacked instead of the bear, things wouldn't have ended well.

Lynch, John, Dima, and Max reach the base and go to bed. To prevent his friend from sleepwalking, Lynch locks the doors to their cabin. However, a restless morning was inevitable. It was discovered that someone had brutally mauled Strelka, the guard dog, during the night. The boys buried her and, without checking the security cameras to determine who had committed the crime, continued on to the Pass. The journey was complicated by the impossibility of access on ATVs—the vehicles couldn't cope with the deep snow and sank. They reached their destination only after dark, four hours later, and set up their tents. Once they were done, they ate and went to bed, first tying John to Lynch to ensure the newly-minted sleepwalker wouldn't wander off during the night.

The decision was in vain. Waking up in the middle of the night, the journalist noticed the rope had been cut and his comrade was nowhere to be found. He went to the guides and discovered only one of them, Dima, in the tent. The men set off to search for the missing men. Lynch spotted John near the tent, but John pushed his comrade aside and ran into the forest. After informing Dima of the situation, Yegor followed, but along the way he spotted the light of a lantern and discovered its owner, Max, completely wounded and, as Lynch assumed, dead. Together with Dima, Lynch carried the man back to the tent, where it was discovered he had not died. Dima suggested, "I'll go to the base for help, and you stay here, guard Max, and don't go anywhere."

Yegor and John decide to go to the Dyatlov Pass, famous for the events of February 2, 1959, where a group of nine people died on that fateful night. John, as always, declines the trip, but it's too late, as they're approaching the station. At the station, they meet a drunk who tells Yegor and John about the pass and, before leaving, says they'll die there. Yegor and John don't believe him and continue on. The next person they meet is a policeman who asks them to turn off the camera. The events unfold from a car driven by Valery Grigorievich, the man who agreed to shelter Yegor and John for one night. Once inside, Valery Grigorievich and Elizaveta Vasilyevna feed Yegor and John, after which they go to bed. That night, strange things begin to happen: when Yegor goes to the bathroom, he sees John standing behind the fence, staring into the distance. Yegor was surprised and tried to wake his friend. Trying to wake John, Yegor asked him what he was looking at. He turned around and saw a bear, which had noticed the friends and was running towards them. Lynch hits John, and John is surprised to see him standing outside, out of his mind. Lynch says it's not the time to think, pointing at the bear. Together, they run into the house and barricade themselves inside. Valery Grigorievich runs up to them with a gun, and the boys wait with him for the bear to leave. The animal leaves, but John is unable to fall asleep due to fear of John's sleepwalking and the bear wandering the street.

The next morning, they immediately gave Valery Grigorievich the money for the fence the bear had broken, then mounted the guides' ATVs and headed to the Lesnik 1 base, where they would spend one more night before heading to the Pass. The guys made their way there, crossing a river and a road covered in loose snow, but not everything went smoothly—John and Dima (one of the guides) soon disappeared from sight. Max (the other guide) and Lynch decided to stop and contact them by radio, but no one responded.

Egor and John arrive at the airport to go to Turkey for a couple of days. Meanwhile, an outbreak of infection is occurring at the airport, and people are losing their minds one after another. Amidst the chaos, Egor helps airport security isolate those who haven't been infected. After the power goes out, Egor and Yuri Petrov head through the utility tunnels to the backup generators. After turning the power back on, they return to the shelter, which John later visits. They are later forced to leave the shelter because the survivors are wary of John due to his appearance, reasonably assuming he is also infected. They later meet a scientist who explains what's happening. Together, they discover protection from the virus: alcohol intoxication. After becoming intoxicated, their fears of a building assault are confirmed. Egor and Yuri head to the warehouse to get uniforms for the survivors, just as special forces enter the airport. Having discovered the survivors, they were about to shoot them, but Yegor's live broadcast, which caused a stir among the population, forced them to reconsider. Afterwards, everyone was placed under mandatory quarantine.

The duo decides to visit a long-abandoned city called "Pripyat." With the help of a guide, they reach the city and climb a tall building. But then their guide is killed by some of Yerzhan's men, who take their transport and passports, leaving Lynch and John stranded in Pripyat.

To escape Pripyat, Lynch is forced to head to the monolith's lair, commanded by Yerzhan. However, Yerzhan wounds Lynch in the shoulder with his weapon, and then they climb the tower. There, Yerzhan is about to finish Lynch off, but his machine gun jams just in time, giving Yegor the opportunity to throw Yerzhan down and then retrieve the documents.

In his apartment, Lynch tries to find out about the SCP Foundation online, but he can't find out anything about it. Then, Lynch decides to go with John to the building's headquarters.

As soon as Lynch arrives and enters the building, he's met by Deakins, who escorts him to an office. Inside, he's knocked out by an agent, and then placed in one of the cells. Once he manages to escape, he makes his way down one corridor after another, encountering Foundation agents who try to kill him. But then, Lynch manages to find John, who's also been captured by the agents.

After a series of events, Lynch and John reach the upper level, where they meet Colonel Sanders, who explains everything about the SCP organization. From this point on, cooperation between Lynch and the Foundation begins.

Lynch wants to go to a Halloween party. He drives along the road, but a tree blocks his path. He eventually stops near a village whose residents are also celebrating Halloween. However, the village bartender, Henry, asks the journalist to leave, but won't explain why. Later, Lynch learns that the village is being terrorized by a werewolf, the priest's son. Together with Henry, Lynch manages to stop the priest and kill his werewolf.

Egor decides to get a job as a security guard at Freddy's Pizzeria. As soon as he arrives, he learns that the guards before him quit for some reason because of the creepy animatronics. Later, Egor learns that a crazy janitor has decided to use robotic animals to take back the pizzeria, but with the help of his partner, John, Egor manages to stop him.

Egor is driving along the highway and suddenly crashes into something that runs away from the scene into the woods. He gets out of the car to see what happened. When Lynch looks around, he finds a rat, which gives him a serious scar. His car has broken down. He then wants to call someone or summon someone who can help him, so he goes into the woods, where he finds Granny's house and later, Granny herself. In response to Lynch's requests for help or to call, the old woman rudely tells him to get out of her house. When Egor tells her that his car has broken down and there's no signal, Granny decides to "shelter" him, saying that her mechanic husband can help him but won't arrive until tomorrow, and invites Egor to spend the night with her. Lynch agrees and goes into the house with her. She shows him a room he can use and offers him food, but Egor refuses. That night, he hears a scream and makes his way down to the basement, where he finds a murdered man. From that moment on, he realizes that the house he is staying in is not safe...

After the events with the ghost, the journalist decides to take a vacation and goes to a ski resort, but on the way, a bird hits his car (as Lynch initially suggests) and Yegor loses control. Yegor Lynch finds a service station, and the mechanic says the repair will take a couple of days. He decides to stop in a nearby village. Something strange is happening there, and Lynch teams up with John, a writer who lived there, to fight the evil.

A journalist named Yegor Lynch arrives in an unknown village. He explains his intentions by saying that about a week ago he came across a news website where he learned that people were disappearing at night in the village. He's come here to interview the locals. As the story unfolds, he realizes something strange is going on: the village is deserted, and the only living being is a strange man who pays him no attention.

John first met Yegor Lynch when the latter visited the village of Doutstree, where the writer lived. John was the only person who believed Lynch's claim that one of the villagers, Jacob, was a vampire. John, acting prudently, hung garlic and vervain throughout the village, stocked up on holy water, crosses, and aspen, and equipped Yegor for the battle with Jacob. The distrustful villagers ignored John's warnings of danger and harvested the garlic, for which they paid the price. Accompanying Lynch, John went to the vampires' lair, where he overcame them with his wits. Although the villagers ultimately refused to believe the story of their rescue, Lynch and John exchanged contact information, and the writer saw his new friend off as his car drove away.

Name: John
Age: 25 years
John (nicknamed "John Dangerous") is one of the main protagonists in Yegor Lynch's horror stories. He is Lynch's partner and close friend. Together with Lynch, John investigates various paranormal phenomena around the world and is also a writer. His quick temper and eccentricity complement his partner's calm and melancholy, although his actions sometimes lead to unnecessary trouble.
Appearance: John appears to be a man of approximately twenty years old, always wearing glasses. His hair is dark brown with thick bangs. He is approximately 185 cm tall. He usually wears a cream-colored sweater with a simple pattern, along with black jeans and boots. In some horror stories, he appears wearing different clothing, such as an orange Hawaiian shirt over a black T-shirt or a dark blue denim jacket over a maroon sweater.
Personality: John is quite hot-tempered, easily provoked, and straightforward. His behavior is justified by the various psychological and physical traumas he suffered on missions with Lynch. He can be skeptical at times. He is squeamish and capricious in some matters, preferring not to sacrifice himself, but sometimes displays surprising ingenuity and resilience. He gets into many scrapes through accident, rudeness, or carelessness. He is timid. When Bolton tells John that there is no writer in his future, he takes this as a sign of his imminent demise, causing his former agility to give way to melancholy, bordering on depression, and constant paranoia. John now tries to avoid unnecessary risks, and the desire to leave something behind drives him to buy a dacha so that his friends can remember him there.
Health: John suffers from nearsightedness, a weak immune system, and snoring. He has also been injured numerous times in various horror films (which likely left him with scars on his arms, hands, chest, head, and legs).

Interesting facts:

1. Lynch had a car (a black 11th generation Chevrolet Suburban) that he sold, which is mentioned in one of the horror stories.
2. Throughout the history of horror stories, Lynch lived in two places: in an apartment in the city and in a country house.
3. Egor's funding is only officially mentioned in the airport horror story; according to John, he and Lynch receive money through Lynch's channel.
4. The only time Lynch ever went on a case as part of his official journalistic work was the very first ghost story. Subsequently, Lynch got into trouble purely by accident or while filming for his channel. This suggests he quit his job and became a blogger, so it's unclear why he still introduces himself as a journalist.
5. Their earnings from videos are small, which is mentioned in one of the horror stories.
6. In the horror story "Snowmen," the ghosts pierced Yegor's chest, which he fortunately survived. And in the horror story "The Curse," you can see the scar from this blow.

Full name: Stanley Egor Lynch
Age: 28 years
Yegor Lynch is the protagonist of his Horror Stories. He appears in all the stories and also serves as their cameraman, with a few exceptions, where John is the cameraman.
Appearance: Lynch has dark hair, dark green eyes, and peach-colored skin. He wears blue glasses, but doesn't use them most of the time. He wears black sneakers, dark jeans, a leather coat, and a gray sweater. He is approximately 180 centimeters tall.
Personality: Yegor is a fairly reasonable person. He never goes anywhere without a reason. He's also quite compassionate—he always tries to help those in trouble. In critical situations, he doesn't lose his common sense, unlike his friend. This has saved him in dangerous situations more than once.
After the events of Metro 2066, he changed dramatically: he became less reserved and began spending all his free time trying to save the future. He began to lash out at his friends and Lucas. Although he eventually returned to a state of calm, he still desires to save the world, even at the cost of himself.