Wake Up...

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Thomas wakes up in an unfamiliar place, the ground is cold beneath him.  As he looks around he notices no grass to be found in this area, just stones and a sickly yellow dirt. Somehow the night is illuminated by nothing whatsoever, the sky is blank and not even the moon or stars can be found.

"Hello?"

"Is anybody there?"

There is no response but the reverbing echoes of his voice. As Thomas gets up to walk suddenly he hears a voice...

"HELLO"

He looks up to see a startling face. A yellow mask with a smiley face painted across him is staring back at him. The man with the mask is wearing a large trench coat and a top hat to follow suit. The man beckons for Thomas to come closer

"CMON, I DON'T BITE"

Thomas cautiously approaches the masked man. As he starts to get close the man jumps on him pinning him to the ground.

"Tough luck, kid"

The man pulls out a knife and stabs Thomas between his shoulder and his chest, as the masked man was about to swing his blade again, Thomas socks the man in the face knocking off his mask. It turns out that this was no man, it was a creature unlike any other Thomas had seen, comparable to an eldritch horror. The creature then scurried to go pick up its mask making a horrible screeching sound while doing so. Thomas runs as fast as he can toward the edge of a nearby cliff, He falls into the darkness and hits the ground with a heavy thud. Thomas is unconscious...

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