Last night was different. I don't know how to explain it, but the silence felt... alive. It pressed down on me, wrapping itself around me like a suffocating blanket. I could feel it seeping into my mind, filling every corner of my thoughts with a creeping sense of dread. I lay there in the dark, clutching my sword, feeling as if something was lurking just outside, waiting.
Then I saw them-flickering shapes, shadowy figures moving on the horizon, just visible through the small opening of my shelter. They were distant, barely more than smudges of darkness against the faint starlight. But I knew they were there, watching me. Their movements were strange, unnatural, like shadows cast by a light that didn't exist. They flickered in and out, shifting in ways that didn't make sense, like broken images flashing across a screen.
I tried to call out, my voice barely a whisper, but there was no answer. The figures didn't move closer, didn't make a sound. They simply stood there, watching, as if waiting for something. I don't know how long I lay there, paralyzed with fear, my heart pounding so loudly that it drowned out the silence around me. Time seemed to stretch and warp, each second an eternity. Eventually, the figures faded away, melting into the darkness as if they'd never been there at all.
But I knew they were real. I could still feel their gaze, lingering on me even after they were gone, a cold weight pressing down on me. I lay awake for hours, unable to close my eyes, too afraid to move. Every sound, every shadow became a threat, a reminder that I was not alone. By the time dawn finally broke, I was exhausted, my mind frayed and my nerves stretched thin.
Today, I can barely bring myself to leave the shelter. I tried to gather more supplies, but every step feels like a struggle, as if the very ground is trying to pull me down, to keep me here. I know it sounds insane, but I can't shake the feeling that this world is alive, that it's watching me, testing me. And I am terrified of what might happen if I fail.
-This is it for today, stay safe<3
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The Last Journal of xXSykla
FantasyxXSykla awakens in a strange, silent world with no memories, only a name and a sense of dread. Shadows linger, whispers echo, and every step draws her deeper into the mystery. Trapped in a place that won't let her escape, she records her final exper...
