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2024-10-29 19:42:56“What makes you think that you’re great, huh? You must just be tweaking your stories to make you a victim! Your works are not even that great anyway! You are nothing now but a passe! You should have been the one who is dead!” I see all the pain in his eyes as my body begs for air while his hands' grip on my throat grows stronger. “I wonder why my sister even likes your books. I wonder why Yohanne did her best to line up for you when you did not even show up a month ago. You don’t deserve all the love of your fans when you could not even save them now!”
“We shouldn’t have listed to you and just died there inside the Iodestone! Everyone is just dying anyway. No one even knows if we die in reality or not! But this pain is so real! My sister died in my arms feels so real! I do not deserve this nightmare you have put us in!” My tears are streaming like waterfalls on my face as Steven lets out all his ang
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It is so weird, the playground that Apphia has told us is actually located underneath the hotel. Honestly, I don’t expect much of that place. I wonder what awaits us there. The lights are out when we we have walked through the hallway as Harris flips every switches we see along the way. It is fine though, the light from the moon outside illuminates the glass top to bottom windows on every corner of the building. “Why are you turning the lights off?”I once asks him in whispers. “I realized that there must be someone else who has survived the tragedies we have gone to.” “Huh?”I ask confuse It is so weird, the playground that Apphia has told us is actually located underneath the hotel. I mean, if you ever heard of a playground, then it is usually like a park, right? A place where there would be trees and grass, somewhere there are lots of sunlight and an area where people can freely do picnics and ot
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This mass grave is enormous that I believe the pool lit part is as big as a professional soccer field. I cannot see the ends of it, though, as the unlit part gives an impression that its land area is as huge as a stadium. However, I can see silhouettes of gravel piles and backhoes in the corners of the huge room.There must be thousands of dead bodies lying down here now.Imagine, this hotel has been going on for 64 years already. Steven comes to us, and I notice that Stacey is no longer hanging on his back. He sits next to Harris and me. “Where is Stacey?” “I found Stacey’s grave, so I decided to lay her body there. It will be useless for me to continue bringing her everywhere when she can properly
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Harris is just kneeling there, crying while he’s looking at the grave of his childhood best friend. He’s silent but his shoulders are shaking. He reaches down as if he’s hugging Melvin, but only, the earth separates them two.I keep my mouth shut while I let Harris cry to the realization of him losing his best friend. No one else knows but him the frustration of actually losing an important person from his life. I feel the side of my chest tighten on what I am witnessing. The denial, the frustration, the unbelief that he must be feeling is slowly eating him right now. He must be repressing all this skepticism during our quest to freedom earlier. Holding on to the hope that Steven, Stacey, and I have been lying all along. But alas! We can no longer deny it. The proof of Melvin’s death lies in front of us now. His childhood best friend is really dead.
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Where is Steven? “Steve! Where are you?” Harris calls him out in this poorly lit room. His voice echoes in the entire room but no one responds to him. Not even Steven. Silence starts to engulf us as worry start to appear in my gut. Where can he be? Did we take too long to come back? I can’t see properly and I see no silhouettes of alive human beings around here. I help call Steven out, too. “Steven! Where are you?!” I shout with my hands circling the sides of my mouth in an attempt to louder my voice. We already lost too many people tonight. I don’t think we will be able to let go of another one, too. We have to find him. “Harris, what if he jumped insid
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“HOW DARE YOU DO THIS TO US!” I shout when I reach her. I can no longer stop myself. I need to release all this pent-up anger inside of me. I tried to nab her face but my hands fall short when two of the white-robed people holds both of my arms. Their grip is strong like well-trained men and they are now carrying me up in the air in no time.“HOW CAN YOU DO THIS PEOPLE?!” I am still shouting and being hysterical.I lost everyone I lost my mom. I lost my friends. And there is no assurance of me waking up anymore.“How can you do this?” I cry and I feel the two men put me on the ground. I kneel in front of them, “Please get me back my mom.”I beg.“Please find a way for me to wake up.”“Please tell me that this is not real.”“Please tell me that the ghosts are lying.&rdq
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“Harris!” I call out. I want to hug him. Who would have thought, right? “It worked!” We are finally outside! I am laughing-crying as it seems like all the pain I feel in my body has evaporated. It is a miracle. We are alive! “Where are you?” Struggle to stand up but I am eager to find Harris. I want to celebrate this day with the person who has done this with me. I keep calling out to him but I don’t hear his voice. His silence slowly grows on me. I start to panic. I can hear the distant roar of the cars outside the gates but I can’t hear anything from Harris. The moment that I can see properly I look around in desperation. No... No... I realize that I am alone. “Harris! Where are you!” I shout. “This is not funny!” I walk around the area hoping to find a body lying on the ground. I am hoping that maybe, he is just thrown a bit farther than where I am... but there is none. No... no... no... Harris... I slowly look back at the hotel as Harris’ voice ring in my head shouting Don’t
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I immediately open my eyes after I heard the voice and look around. What the hell is happening? I can’t help myself from smiling when I imagine myself opening my eyes inside my room. I miss those plain painted walls and my soft bed. And then I would wake up to my mom baking cookies and the smell of freshly brewed coffee consumed the entire house. I kind of regret not appreciating those little things that I have before we have gone here. However, that smile does not last long when I realize what is happening. It is already bright outside as I feel the warmth of the sun surrounds the entirety of the room. However, the golden walls have drained the life out of my entire body when I notice that we are still inside The Passion House. The water sprinkler system turns on but it is not stopping the fire. There are various explosions that we can hear as the fire quickly spreads around the entire hotel. I hold tighter to Harris when the fire appears in front of us like a snake, devouring ever
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He sounds so sincere and I can see through his eyes that he has been so earnest. I can feel that what he says is true. And before I knew it... I am here, eyes closed, and am kissing him in this fucked world.His kisses, as before, are so slow and gentle. It feels like he is taking his time and is just enjoying the moment he is sharing with me. I can’t help but smile as he teases my lips with his. Biting, sucking, and devouring me with unspoken promises that I wish he will fulfill. His right hand is caressing my left cheek. He pulls me closer I gasp for air when feel his left hand on my back, rubbing me softly. I put my arms around his neck as I can feel the arousal rise within me. He pulls away to look at me and his stare leaves me wanting for...“more...” I find myself breathing unconsciously. Completely enchanted by what he is doing to me.I know that this is not the right time to be thinking like this especially when we are trying to do our escape, but I can’t help it. Just like wh
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The chef’s blood goes squirting around the floor when Harris cut his life from his neck. His lifeless body then rests on the top of the black bag with a thud. I take a step back as I feel myself shaking, scared of the event that happened in front of me. I look at Harris, his face is dark and his hand that is holding the knife is up in the air. He is shaking, too, and turns to look at me. Seeing my face, it seems like he has been brought back to his senses. He lets go of the knife and it falls down on the floor clanking loudly. He brings his hands in front of him as he stares at it in disbelief. His hands are bloody. His eyes are so lost. He looks at me and I feel scared for Him. “Amy...” He starts as I hear his voice crack, “I-I killed a man.” I have to do something. I go near him and pushed him to the side to let him collect himself. I push down the corpse on the floor and drag it towards the storage room although it is very heavy. I think that this is because of the adrenaline in m
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My heart is throbbing inside my chest as I gasp for air.What just happened? I slightly push myself away from Harris. I meet his eyes, “What is going-” he cuts me off as he put one of his hands to cover my mouth while the other signals me to-shh. He then moves his fingers to point in a direction behind me. I turn my head around and see a huge man walking around the kitchen floor. It turns out that we are not the only people here. Is he a survivor, too? Or a mere employee? And also, why does it seem like although he has thrown a knife at us earlier, he does not appear to be aware of other people in the kitchen right now? “He must be the head chef,” I hear Harris whisper. The man is indeed wearing a chef’s uniform with a black apron. He is short and quite fat with a mustache just above his mouth. He turns around while tapping on the tables as if he is looking for something. I look back at us and notice
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“Jane! We need to burn the hotel!” I tell her with my voice ringing in the air. I can also tell a sign of relief from Jane’s face as her eyes brighten and a genuine smile gently forms on her lips.That’s it. Maybe this is the way out.I start to feel giddy as I feel a slight ray of hope brim in my heart once again.This could be it, right?“We should create a plan now! Where can we find fire hazards?” I go to Harris, “Harris, we can finally leave this place!” I hug him in delight. “We can finally escape this nightmare.”“Yeah,” I hear him say as his eyes gleam under the moonlight.Finally, we can now go.I go back to Jane to ask more questions.I hold her hands while I look at her eyes, “Jane. We can finally wake up! Tell me, what should we do? What’s the plan? You guys know how this place works. Tell me so we ca
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“HOW DARE YOU DO THIS TO US!” I shout when I reach her. I can no longer stop myself. I need to release all this pent-up anger inside of me. I tried to nab her face but my hands fall short when two of the white-robed people holds both of my arms. Their grip is strong like well-trained men and they are now carrying me up in the air in no time.“HOW CAN YOU DO THIS PEOPLE?!” I am still shouting and being hysterical.I lost everyone I lost my mom. I lost my friends. And there is no assurance of me waking up anymore.“How can you do this?” I cry and I feel the two men put me on the ground. I kneel in front of them, “Please get me back my mom.”I beg.“Please find a way for me to wake up.”“Please tell me that this is not real.”“Please tell me that the ghosts are lying.&rdq
