chapter 3: the shadows of the night

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??? PoV:

M̷̝̦̙̦̞̑̋̉m̸̯͂̊̈́̃?̶̖̾̑̓̆͂̆̾̋͛
̶̠̣̝̀̂̈̑̈͆
̷̡͙̖͖͋̏̀̋͆͌̆̆̇̓͜͜W̴̢͚͖̞̠̐͌͛h̵̢̢̖͕͍̦̝͎̬̰͑̿̀̋̐͘ă̶̝̦͕͆̈̀́͒̆̎̄̕t̷̛͚͔͍̄̓͑̍̊̊̕̚'̶̨̪͉̘͚̞̬͖̰̣̓̈́̉͐̉̇s̶̛͔͉̥̠͖̞̈̊̐͒̄̽́̅ ̶̠͈̖̩̞̪̳̞̭̭̌́̈́͠͠ţ̴̡̛̼̣̱̜̙̱̺͕̓̋̍̾͌̿͠ḧ̸̢̺̗̣̝͉͔̼́̂́͋̊͊͊ḭ̴̧͈͛̓͌s̵̳̓̑̈́͂̓̃͋̽̚͘?̷̗̘̈́͑̓̋̽̒̈̾̑͑
̶͔̘̟̞̬̹̪͛̉͊̆
̸̢̢̪͚͎̼̯̰̓̌͐̔̃͝S̸̝͉̬͙̥̅̿̅̿́͋o̷͔̗͍̟̓͛̾̈̅̑͆m̶̻̪̙̙͊̽̀̋̿͌̚͝͝e̴̛̦̓̆̌͝ò̴͚͓͈̞͓̼͔̿͆͐̚͠n̴̨̖̻̟͒̿̔̽̐e̴̘͕͑̀͆̍̅̊́̍̚ ̷̨͈̠̯͈̦̪̗̫̜̉̈́͆̈́̅͘n̷̦͙̑e̷̮̥̳̐̈́̊͊͝͠ẅ̸̗̮͎̼̥̙̫͍́͗͌?̵͚̗̍̒̂
̸̧̻̜̭̳̭͎̩̄
̴̲̫̰̝̰͎̦͊̐̇̽͝W̵͉̘̥̗̉̌͒̕͜͝e̸̡͕͔̘̲̖̅l̵͖̦͚͙̟̀̅̈̌͜l̴̡̬̱͇̬̱̮̔̀̀̈́̔̕.̶͓̯͎̳̙̘̐͒̍͛.̴̢̭͍̺̫͈̮̌̏̊͘.̵̧̨̛̘̙̙̜͙̮̍̍̿
̷͉͇̝̠̈̓̍̃̒̉̎̋͜
̷̨͖͙̘͔͕̙͚͆̅͛T̸̙̰̺͂͋̂h̸̓͑ͅi̷̧͎͇̜̫̥͚̯̦̪͐̈s̴͉̗̱̱̣͍̗̽͗̌͌̅̚͘͝͝ͅ ̴͎̘̼̫̣̭́͌̽͝w̴̞̻̗͉̃̋͝î̸̳̞̹͍̥̌̎̍̐l̷̺̤͑l̵͋̏̂̓̄͐͌̾̍̕ͅ ̷̢̛̪̦̯͓̏̐̿͑͘̚͝͠b̴̛̥̼̟̣̜̤͍̖̔͗̓̃è̶̛̟͊͑͋̅͘ ̸̢̧͚̠̞̲͕̺͚͙͑̀̇́͒̀̈́v̵̨̗̳̖̯̘̉̀è̸͙͙̠̟̲̬̹̲͂̓͐̔͠͝r̴̛͉͉͙͔͙̙̻̹̈͛̐͜y̴̢̡͖̣͕͖͚̖̫̪͊̔͛̐̏̽̈́͝͝ ̴̛̥̣̤̱͖̬̩̦̝̫̈́̊͂̌͌̅̽̒̓f̸̢͓͕͇͋̊̏̌͆̌́͝ṷ̵͖̠̻͎̅͐̌̍͂͊̀͛͝͝ͅņ̶̢̢̠̮̥͔͍͑̕͝

Your PoV:

As dusk turns falls, I begin to wonder if there are other people in this place. Part of me really hopes, nay, prays, that there aren't any other people in this place, for I fear that the worst has yet to come.

And yet, there's this small part of me. Part of me that hopes that there are others, because deep down I know that I likely won't be able to survive out here alone.

I truly am scared of this place.

More accurately, I am afraid that I shall perish here and that even in death I cannot escape this world.

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I can see the moon rise.












̴̸̶̶̸̶̵̸̵̸̶̧̧̡̡̛̛̛͓̻̱̞̹̪̣̠͈̘̱̫̠͉̘̝͙̰̭͓̪̺͎̯̱̠͍̪̳̦̯̞̣͔͔̤̝͔̤̈́̆̆̈́͗͂̅̈́͊͌̿̆͗̿̆̌̆͐̇̌̊͌̐͒̈́̃̑͐̊̂̽̓̃̃̐̎̾̓͛̀̅́̍̂͛͆̓̂̅͋̍̀̾̒͐̈́̇̂̊̍̃̃̓̍͒́͒͊͘̕͘͜͜͜͝͝l̶̴̸̴̴̵̶̷̵̵̵̷̶̷̸̴̡̧̢̛̛̛̻̳̞̫̺̞̺̰͙͍̜̩̭̟̲̝̱͕͚̘͎͚͍̲̻͎͕͕͈̹̬̬͓̣͙̥͙̟̙̦͎̹͖̰̻̰͍̟̻̱͍̥̳͚̳̫͎͎̯̫̩̩̤̙̭͍̻͔͍̝̹̎̎͛̆̋͗͑̋̆̎͋̇͗̈́̇̓̎͊͊̔̌̈́͂͐̿̇͌͆̓̇̉́̄̐̍͒̏͛̃̅̒̀̉͒̇̈́̉͛̃̿̐̃͛̾͛̍̚̕͘̚͜͠͠͠͠͝ͅn̵̵̶̷̶̴̵̴̷̵̶̸̴̵̸̷̶̴̨̨̢̨̨̢̡̛̛̻̠̤̲̼͕̳̯̜͚̣̫̩̲̣͉͉̦̞̠͈̰̜̜̝͙͎͚͙̱̫̼̼̱̟͖̪̜̺͎̤̥̝̦̣̹̳͇̺͙̣̫̜̫̤̱̺̻̹̰̝͍̟̥̥͇̱̲̝̝͗̄̀̆̏̔͛͋̃̾̋̒̋̈́̂̆̏͌͂͂̎̇͛͊̐͋̒́̓̎͐͐̇͊͆̌͋̈́̿̏̋̄̔̉̀͑͌̀̾̍̈́̏͑͂̑̔̌̋̒̽͂̈́̅̆͑̽̓͊̾̔̐̂͗͒̉͊͆͊̉̈́̓͛̕̚̕͘̚̚̕͜͜͜͜͝͠͝͝͝ͅͅɟ̶̵̷̵̶̶̸̴̴̡͖̝̹͉̲͍̳̞̻̻̜͎̲͖̻̰̥͍̝̠̩̯̼̳̱͔̰̪̙̬̟̱̤̇̏̔̏̏̄̉̋́͑̓̇̏̂̄͛̍̏̓̆̀̐͛̏͌̉̏̈́̿͋̐̎͊͘͘̚͘̚͜͜͠͝͝ͅı̶̷̸̵̸̸̨̨̧̢̨̧̛̥͕͚̣̟͎̜̥̪̣̘͈̬̱͕̹̭̻͈̥́̿̉̄̒͌̇̓̾̇̂̇̉̈́̿͛̑̄̿͑̅̇̉̌̕̚̚͝͠ʇ̶̴̸̵̶̴̴̸̷̨̨̨̡̡̲̻̠̞͕͈̫͉̠̻̪͓͙̙͈̻͍̰̣͍̰̙̥̝͚́̀́̀̾̏͐̐̈́̈́̃̅̾̑̈́̍̿̋̋̊̒̐̏̔̉̑̃͒͊̋͐̓̕͘͜͝ņ̸̶̷̶̷̵̴̸̵̴̶̴̶̷̡̧̢̨̯̹̻̪̝̻͎̯̙̟͇̱͇̩͈͉͔̬̤̹̘̯͕̙͚͇̰̳̪͚̫̺͎̰̠̘̤͙̱̳̩͈̣͖͖͇̱̥̣̙̺̦̥͓̙͖̦̜͉̫̩̭͍͖͚̱̼͉͕͖̣̿̑̾́̀́̿̐̔͊̋́͂͐͒̎̔̿͑̓̾̇̄̐̍́̑̓̉̀́̾̿̊̀́̔́́͒̽͌̑͂̾́͑͊͆̈́͌͋̆̌͐̓̐̉̓͛̔͂̈́̎͋̅̒̿̈́͛͘̚̚͘͘̚̚͘̚͜͜͝͠͝͝͝͠͝ͅɐ̶̴̴̵̷̵̶̷̴̢̡̢̨̢̨̡̳̰̲̻̟͎̤͕͚̰̹̳̫̬̳͎̩͇͎͖̫̱̘̙͎̼̙̙̺͈͚̹̱̦̜̣͉̼̝̈́̐̋͒̄͛͗̀͑̄͗̃̆̄͋̽̾̓͐̋̇́́͗͒̌̈́͌́̒͘͜͠͝ͅǝ̵̸̵̵̶̵̶̵̵̷̶̷̸̴̧̨̧̨̢̡̢̡̡̡̙̱̺̼̘͙̲͖̝͙̫̜̳̥͈͙̰͍͉̺̞̜̜̣̟͉̳̱͔͙͍̞͉͇̠͙̻̬͓͉͎̝͕̠̹̭̬͔̙̞͎͖̳͍̺̺̦͚̱͕͕̳͍͉͎̠̤̈́̍̽̇̏̋͒̾̿̍́́̏̍͛̌͛͂̍́̈́̄͒̈́̀̄̄̿̉͑͛̌́͂̋̐̑̏͆̿͂̒͒̊̀͒́͐̓́̐̒̉͋̎̃̐́̅̊̂̽͆̌́̽̉̎̓̕̕̕͘͘̚͜͜͜͠͝͝ͅͅͅq̸̵̴̶̷̷̵̵̶̷̷̷̷̧̢̨̡̡̧̨̛̛͚͎̫͕͓͎̰̩͓͍͚̳̞̟̰̹͎̯͓͕̻͚͙̪̙̣̫̣̹̹͚̭̝̯͎͙̠̪̫̦̩̣̟͔̹̳͖͇͖͈̲̬͕̠̯̤̘͓̎̌̈́͊̊̾̋̾́̌̄̔͂̍̀̀̇̎͌̐̓͊̍̑̃́̐̔͑͐̔̆͆̅͛͑̈́̆̓͛͗̀̏̓̏̊̄̈́̈́͆̕̕̕̕͘͜͝͠ ̴̸̴̸̷̴̴̷̶̵̷̴̵̴̷̵̸̧̨̧̧̨̡̡̢̛̛̛̱͔̙̥͕̹̩̘͍̹̝͎͎͔͔̹̩̜̻͕̟͎͕̪̱͖̝͕̰̜̼̰̜̜̪̦͈̹̭͕͕͙̝̲̫̼͔͙͖̯͎̠̼͎̺̜̯̠̜̲̭͙̿͌̃̋̂͆̀̎͒͋́̏̍͗́͗̊̓̍̆̾̑͗̐̾́͆̐͊̿̓̀́̉́̆̋͌̽̊̅̍̈́͗͒̀̓̇̓̑̇̀͑̌͑̐̊̿́͗͛́̏͋̏͋̀̔̔͊͊̕͘̚̕͘͘͜͝͝͝͝͝͝͠ͅͅͅơ̶̸̴̴̸̶̷̴̸̶̷̶̸̷̶̵̵̵̧̧̢̧̨̧̡̛̝̳͎̙̘͕͚̰̝̠͇̻̣̟̟̥̤̪̠̠̦̲̭̭̰̱͍͍̩͇̦͎̬͚͇̙͕̜̹̹̞͔̲̩͍̪̝̠̙̦̳̪̜͎̟̰̙̺̝͓̫̠̬̰͇͇͔̹̰̼͔̟̞͇͆͑̄͆̋̇͊̒̊̆̾̀̐̾̉̋̒͛̿̌̆̍̉̀̉̾̓́̑̅̎͂̋͋͌̍̌̔͋̽̍̂͆̐̀̿̂͒̂̊̇̅̒͒̾́͐͒̋̀̈́͊̌̃͑̄̀̒̌͒̓́͒̀̒͂̓̑̌̽͑͂̈́̓̇̓͛̿͌͆̋̋̔̾̀̂̃̒̾̈́͘̕̚͘̕̕̕̕̕̕̕͜͜͜͝͝͝͝͝͝͝͠͝͠ͅş̵̴̷̸̵̷̸̶̷͎̥͖̱̪̙͉̯͓̩͔̝̝͇̣̹̼̤̳̪̹͓̲̭̤̰͎̟̜͖͛̓̒̏̆͐̍͊̃͆̓͌̒̂̃̀͗̓͋̀͆̎̋̽͂̾̽͊̍̈́̈́̇̄͐̏́̓̃͛̃̿͒͌̆̀͛̕̕̕̕͝͠͝͝͠͝ͅ ̶̸̴̶̴̷̷̵̵̶̵̴̵̶̴̶̢̧̧̨̧̢̧̢̛̛̜̪̠̰̪̻͔͇̥̳̘͚̪̦͙͍̼̥̯̦̜̥̹̜̼͚̭̦̬͈̣̟̭͇̰̻̞͓͎̯̱͙̟̩̜̝̙̲̲̝̬̳̞̣̭̘̫̺͈͉̜̩͕̙̝͉̙̫̪̪͖̈́̎̎̾̃̔̍̊͆̓̉̉̆́̾̇̾͂͊͒̄̈́̄̎͊̒͆̃̾͒͂̎͗̋͂̈́̿̿͒̀͆́̄͛̃̔̍̐̇̂̄͗́͛̂̍́͑̇͂̑̊̋̍͋̈́̕͘̚͜͜͝͝͝͠͝͝͠͝ͅş̷̴̷̶̶̸̸̴̴̴̴̧̧̧̨̢̡̼͖̤͚͉̘̙̱̪̟̹̹̺̲̪̰̤̘͉̘̯̲̱͍̭̩̣̩͖̥̞̹̞͓̘̤̠̯̬̺̳̺͈̲̫̰͎̠̾̀͆̍̃̊̅͗́̓̿̈́̑́͑̄̂̎̉͐̍͗͑̃̑̃̈́͋̾̓̉̂́͑̅̈́̿͗̓́̀̏͊̉͋̒̅̅̑͆͋̎̈́̕͜͜͝͝͠͠ͅ,̷̸̴̵̸̵̴̴̷̶̵̴̷̴̷̷̵̵̨̢̡̡̢̱̩͖̲͚͕̤̠̭̼̠͚̺̫̯̥̹̯͖̝͔̥̱̻̠͉͖̣͍̫͇̘̜̫̩͍̜̙̟̱͙͉̫̦͖̹̣̜͈̳̦̯͚̹̰̟̞̭͈̭̯̘͔͕̜̊͂͌̎̇͛͋̌́̔̆̀̇̽̔̍̆̊́̉̈́̏̽̽͒͑̆͂̂̒͐͆̇̈́̒̈́̏̌͌́͐̊̓͐͂̑̆͊͑̔̿́̓̾̾̒̾̎̈́̃͋͗́̑̒͛̓͐̉͋̄͆͛̏̾̉̓͗̾̒̀̾̊͐̌̔̇͛̚͝͝͝͝ͅǝ̶̵̴̴̸̵̶̶̶̵̵̵̴̸̷̷̶̶̵̡̧̢̢̧̡̢̛̛̛͔͈͔̠̠͔͚͖̜̺͎̜̤̺͙̩̥̞͍̹̤͚͔̯̤͓͇̻̫̼̩̭̪͚̲͚͎̺͖̯̜͙̩͕̘̦̹͎̫̳̱͕̫̺̥̦̫̼̲͙͍̟͕̪̦̺͇̩͙̺͚̣̜̟͍͌́̐̑́́̈́̔̍͗͋̔͑̐̒̓̓̀͐̂̋̃͒̐̓͐͋̀̌̎͑̄̌̋͊̋͋̽́̈́̒̄̃̀͊̆́͑́̉̓͐̄̍̏̎̽̂͛͒̀̂̇̔͑̄̾̍̀͌̊̃̕͘͜͜͜͠͝͝͠͠͠͝͠͝͝ͅͅɥ̵̸̶̴̸̸̸̢̧̛̣͖̜͚̟͓̘̫̠͓̼͈̙̥̭̭̬̣̥̝̐̆̐̄͌͊̈́͒͊̾̆͐͐̈́͛͂̀͂̀̇̒̿̍̏͆̅̆̉̄̿̌͐̚̚͘̚͘̚̚͝͠͝͝ͅS



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₵̷̫̭̟̬̪̻̋̋͜ ̵̢̩͖̼̠͔͈̞͑̍͂͝Ø̵̨̠͉̈́̔̂̚ ̷̨̠̰͆͐̌̍͗͐̍̎̕͝₥̵̧̡̛̟̫̙̗͛͑͌̈́͋͝ͅ ̷̢̧̡̯͘Ɇ̶̯͊̆̄̽̇̾͐̊͝͝ ̶̰̘̝̤̼͠͝͝ ̸̡̙͖͇̲̘͇̳̖͗͜

₮̷̘̞̗͙̠́̄͐̓́͗̓̆ ̵̹̹̱̗̬̭̍̊̒͑̿͐Ø̸̛̛̱̲̟̦̀̃͌̏͋̑́͝ ̵̨̗̥̣̦̞̙͎͉͑̎̍ ̴̧̼̭͚̃̈́͆̓̚̚͝

Ɽ̶̳̭̱͙̩̣̬̈̇͑̌͊̊́̈ ̶̡̟͙̱͕͙̰̹͓̌͗͂̈́̆̒Ɇ̴̢̛̹̲̳̖̞̠̪͍͋̃̃̈́̂̚ ̷̖̰̟̀̍͂́̕͝₵̵̨̧̻̯̯̥̠̿̉͗̊͐͠͠͠͝ ̸̬̲̳͛͜Ⱡ̸̨̨̼̼͚̺͉̎́͑̈̈͘ ̸͍̼̝̻̃͂̂̈̉͛₳̴̺̊͑̓̏̾̏̃͆͐͝ ̴̡̢̠̪̣͓̭̟̮͑̈́͗͗̽͒̇͜ł̶̡̪̘͔̩̬͍̜͇̻̀̔̽̾͘̚ ̸͉̲̖̀͊̏̍͜₥̶̨͕̟͓̫͉͈̃͋̐̾̋̀͠

̵̳͆̓͑͜ ̴̡̳̪̪̩͐́͑₮̴̛̠̹͊̏̆͌̕ ̷̹̹̻̝̈́͜Ⱨ̶̫͓̈́̌͐̇ ̸̡̲̦̖́͒͆́͌̆̓͘ͅɆ̶̠̠̯̄̏̈͂́̀͑̽͋ ̴̨̺̪̟̽̈̋̄̂͜ł̵̘̟̒̔̎̉̌̀͝ ̴̨̛̥̟̱͑̋̀͒͛͗͝Ɽ̸͚̮̠̌̀̍̓͑̅̀̂͠

̷̛̀͋̉͝ ̴̳̱͖̭͛͂͒̄̇͛₮̴͍̪́̊͌̌̔͠ ̸̛̥̽̃̏͗͊̄͘Ⱨ̴̢͕̦̪̞͉̗̀̋̀̇͆͛̋ ̵̜͕̩͍͇̟̹́͂͘Ɽ̴͉̹͇̑̿͑̽͗ͅ ̴͓͇̱̯́̂̉̂͂̌̌͝Ø̴̧̛̠͇̫̼̮̥̮̈́̅̔ ̷͙͎̮̀̎̄̎͆͒₦̶̦͚̯̖͕͕̫́̎̾͂̅̏̃̄̚͝ ̷̧̧̺̬̚Ɇ̴̡̢̪̘̳̙̘͕̮̂̐͒͗̓̀̔̕͝




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