Cadenza: Veritas
Chapter 16: Dream Vacances > Look at the notebook and its contents
You walk closer to the desk, and examine the contents of the opened notebook. If only there was some way you can read what's written on it more clearly...
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You walk closer to the desk, and examine the contents of the opened notebook. If only there was some way you can read what's written on it more clearly...
(lineart by Rololi, coloured with permission)
"Don't be scared, we'll get you out of here," says the girl, in an oddly familiar voice. She points at your right leg. "Try to feel for something that looks like a wire on your leg. When you do, yank it out!"
You don't see anything when you check your leg for a wire. Is this girl playing some kind of prank with you? You go ahead with it anyway, and palpate for something that feels like a wire on your leg, starting from your ankle. There's nothing on the anterior surface of your leg. You then try to feel for a wire on the back of your calf, brushing upward until you feel something behind your knee.
Your surroundings pulsate. You catch a quick glimpse of dimmed overhead fluorescent lights and steel panels. You pull on the wire gently, finding it strange.
You seem to no longer be inside a well-lit, cozy beachside hut. The wood panels behind the girl turn into a wall made out of corrugated steel panels. The girl still looks the same, her pink wings glowing against your drastically changed surroundings. It's dark inside what seems to be a warehouse. You pull your hand to your field of vision to find something resembling a chip with a peripheral cable. Its tip appears to be bloodied. The sensation of something removed from your body is there, but you are otherwise numb to pain.
"What is the meaning of this," you inquire, slightly irate.
"I don't know, but I couldn't take it off from you." There is a look of worry on her face. "Actually, I don't know how to take you with me, if I can't even touch you in this form."
"Then how do we get out of here?"
"Just trust me. If you can trust that I can get us out of this place, just close your eyes. When I tell you to open your eyes, we should be somewhere else. No cheating!"
You close your eyes. At best, you'd end up somewhere else. At worst, nothing will probably happen.
You don't see anything when you check your leg for a wire. Is this girl playing some kind of prank with you? You go ahead with it anyway, and palpate for something that feels like a wire on your leg, starting from your ankle. There's nothing on the anterior surface of your leg. You then try to feel for a wire on the back of your calf, brushing upward until you feel something behind your knee.
Your surroundings pulsate. You catch a quick glimpse of dimmed overhead fluorescent lights and steel panels. You pull on the wire gently, finding it strange.
You seem to no longer be inside a well-lit, cozy beachside hut. The wood panels behind the girl turn into a wall made out of corrugated steel panels. The girl still looks the same, her pink wings glowing against your drastically changed surroundings. It's dark inside what seems to be a warehouse. You pull your hand to your field of vision to find something resembling a chip with a peripheral cable. Its tip appears to be bloodied. The sensation of something removed from your body is there, but you are otherwise numb to pain.
"What is the meaning of this," you inquire, slightly irate.
"I don't know, but I couldn't take it off from you." There is a look of worry on her face. "Actually, I don't know how to take you with me, if I can't even touch you in this form."
"Then how do we get out of here?"
"Just trust me. If you can trust that I can get us out of this place, just close your eyes. When I tell you to open your eyes, we should be somewhere else. No cheating!"
You close your eyes. At best, you'd end up somewhere else. At worst, nothing will probably happen.
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