4The room was drenched in an eerie silence, disturbed only by the faint hum of a fluorescent light. As Blur gradually regained consciousness, he found himself in an uncomfortable position. His head rested on a cold, hard table, and his body ached as if he had been lying there for hours. The last thing he remembered was reading a book, Blur tried to piece together his surroundings. It was empty—something was missing. Panic gripped him as he scanned the room.Blur attempted to sit up, his eyes darted around the room, searching for any clues about what was missing."Okay, stay calm," he told himself, though his racing heart disagreed. "Maybe..."Blur's gaze settled on a lone chair opposite him, and that's when he noticed it—the absence of someone who should have been there. Number 102.As Blur's fear intensified, he couldn't help but wonder about Number 102. Where was she? Was she in danger too? A thousand questions raced through his mind, but the room offered no answers.Then he dashed outside to find her.—In the dimly lit hallway of the facility, young Blur found himself in a precarious situation. He had been searching for someone, someone who was supposed to be here, but she was nowhere to be found. The eeriness of this place was starting to get to him. The flickering lights overhead added an unsettling ambiance to the already unsettling atmosphere.It was the first time he had seen the lights flicker in the facility, but wasn't in anyway unfamiliar. *Blink, blink. The lights blinked twice, casting brief moments of darkness before revealing the hallway once more.Blur's heart raced, and he couldn't shake the feeling that he was not alone. He swallowed hard, trying to quell his unease, and decided to look beyond the next blink of the lights.*Blink.As the third blink approached, he focused his gaze further down the hallway, where an eerie wavering shadow flickered like a flame in the wind. What is that? It seemed to move closer with each passing blink, a ghostly silhouette that left no footsteps in its wake. The only sound that accompanied it was a strange cracking, like wood snapping in the midst of a roaring fire.*Blink.With each light's return, the shadow advanced slightly, repeating this unnerving dance twice more. Blur stood frozen, unable to tear his eyes away from the approaching enigma. His heart pounded in his chest, and a cold sweat trickled down his spine as the unknown entity drew nearer.In the third blink, the shadow revealed its true form, and Blur's breath caught in his throat. It was a monstrous being, headless and grotesque. Its skin resembled tattered, blackened cloth, undulating as if it were composed of flames. Claw-like fingers extended from its gnarled hands, while its limbs appeared more beast than human.But the most unnerving feature was its mask, a grotesque visage with hive-like holes bored into its torso, an eerie semblance of a face.Then, in an instant, the mask split open vertically. "—piiiii!" The creature emitted a chilling, discordant sound akin to multiple birds chirping a single, dissonant note.Black mist cascaded from the ruptured mask, falling like a sinister rain.Blur's body tensed, his skin prickling as the inky mist crept closer, threatening to engulf him. Panic surged within him, and he felt a searing heat emanating from the approaching darkness. It was as if this entity fed on his fear, drawing it in like a moth to a flame.Just as despair began to tighten its grip on him, a voice echoed in Blur's mind, a desperate cry that pierced through the terror. "Run."Without hesitation, Blur obeyed the command. He turned on his heel and sprinted down the hallway, his footsteps echoing loudly in the stillness of the building.
"Hah, hah… I should've exercised a little more!"Blur shouted out blaming himself for his lack of stamina as his heart raced while he sprinted through the narrow, dimly lit hallway. His breath coming in ragged gasps. Every footstep reverberated through the corridor, creating a haunting echo that seemed to chase him. "And what was that thing?" His mind was a whirlwind of fear and confusion, struggling to comprehend the inexplicable situation he had found himself in.His footsteps echoed louder and louder as the lights above continued their relentless blinking. Blur's legs burned with exertion, but he dared not slow down. "Was the hallway ever this long?" The oppressive atmosphere of the hallway seemed to press down on him, urging him to flee faster, to escape the unknown that lurked behind.Finally, as the hallway seemed to stretch endlessly. Blur's frantic sprint led him to an open doorway.Without hesitation, he burst through it, his eyes widening as he found himself in the cloud garden but at night. The cool night air hitting his face like a breath of freedom, but that was not of priority.He dared to hope that he had lost whatever pursued him, but a nagging dread clung to him. He couldn't shake the feeling that the darkness was still close behind. With a trembling glance back at the path he had just run, he saw something that sent icy tendrils of fear down his spine.The creature, the beast with its unnerving, shadowy presence, was still on his trail. It moved with an eerie, animalistic gait, its form now clearly visible in the artificial moonlight. Its claw-like fingers scraped against the ground as it moved, like a predator closing in on its prey.Blur's heart sank as he realized that his escape had not shaken off this relentless pursuer. He knew he had to keep running, to find safety before the beast closed the gap between them.With newfound determination, Blur sprinted toward a nearby forest, the trees looming like sentinels in the night. The distant hope of losing the creature in the dense woods propelled him forward. But no matter how fast he ran, the beast remained a few feet behind, its malevolent presence casting a long shadow over him.Blur's lungs burned, and his legs felt like lead, but he couldn't afford to slow down. The forest was within reach, its dark, enigmatic interior offering a sliver of sanctuary. He pushed himself to run even faster, branches and leaves scraping against his arms as he entered the woods.The beast was almost upon him, its grotesque form mere steps away.
Blur knew he had to do something, and he instinctively chanted a command under his breath.
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