Vol 1 Chapter 1 (1/2)

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at 25th of April 2016 02:33:48 PM

Chapter 1

It’s dark .

So dark that there isn’t any sense of light at all .

I began to feel uneasy as I smelled something rank . The smell of blood is so strong that it hurts my nose . I almost felt like throwing up .

I jumped up with wide eyes shocked by the nastiness .

[-tsu!!] (1)

A dark corridor comes into view .

Even though it shouldn’t, light vaguely seems to radiate from the stonework .

Surveying the area there was a small altar enshrined behind me . Looking carefully I can see that the altar is so weathered it’s on the verge of collapsing .

It is a small stone table that has the remains of two candles on it . It appears an animal hide has been placed as an offering, stuck there by an arrow .

[What’s this … …]

I muttered .

As I often speak to myself, the words spilled out naturally .

[I don’t understand … … Something feels wrong … …]

(TLN:Might be I don’t feel good not positive)

Repeating the words my heart rate changes greatly . It rises .

I literally don’t understand . I can’t understand this situation .

I went to sleep, didn’t I?

(TLN:not positive one this one it could be more like “I’m not asleep, am I?”)

However, there is no warm bed here, neither is there a noisy mechanical alarm clock nor any morning sunlight spilling through the curtains or light from a lamp’s light bulb .

Only a cold, unsanitary stone floor . A stench that hurts the nose and a few creepy stones that faintly emit light .

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I feel sick … …

I covered my mouth and waited for the nausea to pa.s.s .

I heard a roaring sound in the distance .

[-Uoaaa!!](2)

It was a senseless wailing .

It seemed like a sound a wounded beast filled with killing intent would make .

[– Wait, wait, wait . ]

I remarked unable to understand . Because I don’t know what’s happening, I don’t even know what I’m saying . (Maybe I don’t know what to say . )

In a panic, I begin to run in the direction opposite to which roar was heard .

I run through the stone corridor .

I turned several times, annoyingly the scenery doesn’t change no matter how far I run away .

Along the way I feel something strange and hear a squis.h.i.+ng sound .

I feel something squish into the tread of my shoe, so I check the sole of my sneakers .

There is a fist sized insect in it’s death throes —

[U, Uaaa tsu!](3)

I cry out at the terrible sight .

It’s not that I am especially afraid of insects . But in a city surrounded by concrete I have never run into such large ones, so I retreated from such a viscerally disgusting insect .

The insect cries out . In the same way a dolphin cries out for help .

I feel a chill and look up . My gaze turns towards the next corner .

Something with the visage of a person sized insect peeks around the corner .

A size common sense says is impossible .

It’s body makes a ‘gichi gichi’ sound, as it’s angular insect-like limbs move . At first sight it’s near a stag beetle in appearance . However it’s abnormal size and shape push my sanity to the edge .

[–tsu!](1)

I can’t make another sound . If I do, the monster is likely to jump me, my only choice is to run the other way immediately .

I run and run and keep running .

Without thinking about where I am going I just keep moving .

I keep running until I run out of stamina and breath .

Then I come to my sense a little .