The Culling
-Yukio-
There's been something following us. We all know it's there. Some of us are choosing to ignore it. I envy them for that.
But I don't think we can ignore it anymore.
Last night, I had a strange dream. No, don't laugh. Hear me out.
I was in the woods outside of Tokyo. I don't recognize anything around me. I can barely see anything in the darkness. It feels like I have been running for a long time. I don't know what or who I was running from. At that moment, I was alone. I don't think I was with anyone else. IT was just me out there for some reason.
I walked down the trail. I didn't know where I was going. In fact, it didn't feel like I was in control of my body. My feet were just walking down the trail. As I was walking, it didn't feel like I was alone. I looked behind me. No one there. Okay, come on. Quit playing around. Let me go. Where are you taking me?
A low buzzing noise filled my ears. Not like an incest buzz. More like an electrical buzz. My left ear started to ache. I winced and rubbed my ear. Shit. What was that? I looked around and found nothing but darkness. I think this might have happened before.
Yes. I think this did happen before. My brain tried to place where and when. The buzzing won't let me think straight. I tried to call out to others. The buzzing gave way to static in my head. The discomfort in my head got worse. Somebody is keeping me from calling for help. I tried to stop but my feet wouldn't listen.
I was going down a hill now. The ground was sloping at my feet. Turning back proved fruitless. I would have to make a break for it as soon as I got to the bottom. However, something else caught my attention.
I wasn't alone anymore.
Multiple shocks ran down my spine. The others are here. They are being dragged down the hall like I am. They know that I am here. We just can't reach each other. Something is taking us down this hill. But why? What was down this hill?
I tried again to reach out to the others.
Can you guys hear me? Hello? Hello? Hello?
I still couldn't get through. Something is still dragging me along. At this point, it's become moot to try and break away. I just resigned myself to keep walking. At least until I see where we're going.
That's when I see it.
Just at the bottom of the hill, there was a little bit of light. Wait... What is that?
I narrowed my eyes as the light started to get bigger. The top was peeking over the horizon. A sense of dread began to form in the pit of my stomach. Are they taking us to be executed? The closer I got, the more I could see. It felt like we were marching to our deaths. My eyes were directed to the sky.
And there it was.
A giant cross stood glowing in the dark. The closer I got, the smaller I felt. What the hell? What the hell? What the hell? What the hell?! That cross might as well be a faceless god in the sky. A god about to open its mouth and swallow us whole. I tried to make myself stop but I kept walking closer to the cross.
I could hear myself screaming inside my head.
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I haven't told anyone about this yet. Did we have a shared dream? Was such a thing even possible? There was only one way to find out. The question was who should I talk to first? It couldn't be Itori-chan. Things are already strained between us. Maybe I can speak to Taishi-san, Saori, or maybe even Mikado.
I am going to see who comes to me first.
