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Anna
Hurried steps on plastic flooring echoed through the endless seeming pathways of the labyrinth as Anna barely managed to drag herself ahead. Not far behind her, the slightly out of tune melody of a music box assisted by rapid metallic clanking crept closer and closer as she hurried through the various turns and twists which presented themselves in front of her.
Anna turned a corner as she pulled herself inside of another hallway consisting of bright colours and shapes. All sorts of giant children's toys towered high towards the horizon, creating massive walls too tall to even see the top of them. Ominous red light was cast over the area as the reddened, starless sky stared down upon her, covering the entire scenery in crimson shade.
She almost tripped over a bunch of oversized marbles – which laid randomly spread across the colourful tiled floor – but barely managed to catch herself before returning to run for her life.
This wasn't how it was supposed to turn out. The others could be anywhere by now, and she felt like her body could collapse on the spot as soon as she stopped moving. Every part of her being urged her to rest – to stop – but the fear kept her pushing forward.
This fucking idiot, she thought. This is all his fault.
The barely out of tune music had gotten quieter after she had turned the corner, so Anna decided to take the opportunity and turn her head while running to get a brief glance at the area behind her. Right as she did, the melody suddenly increased in volume as the abomination of a being slid around the corner.
Rows of metallic, scissor-like feet left scratching marks on the plastic flooring as the being stumbled and dragged itself forward. The expressionless smirk on its eyeless white mask hid what appeared to be its head. It pointed towards Anna as its black, oozy body rolled forward. Some lines of reflection ascended from its body upwards, but it was difficult to make out their source.
Anna continued dashing forward, her eyes locked on the next corner where she hoped to find a hiding spot, or – even better – a way out of this realm of nightmares.
The Doll-Maker screeched in inhuman frequencies. Then, a sharp hissing cut through the air as something embedded itself into the floor close to Anna.
Then again. And again.
One of the sharp, thin objects darted right past her – just close enough to be in her field of vision for the glimpse of a second – then got stuck inside of a giant teddy bear's stomach not too far away. A line of shimmer reflected from the point where the object had landed to behind Anna's field of vision. As the Doll-Maker realized it had struck cotton, the object flew back to where it had come from.
Needles. It throws needles attached to strings.
Anna could feel her pulse inside of her throat as she successfully managed to dodge another salvo of needles before drifting around the long awaited corner. She took a hurried glance at the opportunities presented in front of her, her eyes darting back and forth from item to item in rapid succession. The out of tune notes increasingly grew in volume as she struggled to keep herself together.
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