On the Outside

Every year, on December 21, one person goes missing from the Inside. No one knows where they go, what they are doing, or who took them. But everyone knows, that every year, for hundreds of years, one person is taken without fault. This year was no exception. One person is taken and us Insiders can now relax for a year, not having to fear that ''you might be taken''. Or so we thought until I was also taken...