Grayscale

Part 1

So this just sort of came to me and I wrote it... enjoy, I suppose.
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You're alone. And lost.

I'm not lost.

Just exploring? Ha.

No, I...

Where am I?

So you admit you're lost?

...Yes.

Well, good job. That's the first step.

First step to what?

Getting back, of course.

I don't want to go back. Why do you think I left?

That's what we all think... but in time, you'll realize that you want to go back. By then it's usually too late... but there's still time for you.

No... I don't want to go back. I don't know where I am, but it's better than there.

Trust me... it may seem that way, but you'll regret it.

Please... can't I stay? Just for a bit?

... all right. But when blue starts to become gray, tell me, okay? Once the color fades, it'll be too late.

Fine... now where am I?

This, my friend, is a world between worlds. The gap between the pages of a book. The pause between two words being written. The second before the other foot drops in a step. The shade of gray that is neither light nor dark, simply... there.

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What did any of that mean?

I honestly don't know, Nara came up with it. They were here before me.

Who's Nara?
Can I meet them?

Of course. Come this way.

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216 words... I swear, it was longer in my notebook-
Anyways, yeah, part one. If stuff's unclear right now, well, it should be- the setting and other stuff will be clarified next chapter. If you have any questions after that, I'll try and answer them in later chapters. For now, bye!