While thinking of what you originally intended to say, a small hand taps your shoulder. There is a boy and a girl staring at you.
"Hello."
They are children, yes, but they seem so odd. It appears that they are twins. They are pale, and have jet black hair, but there is something else that bothers you. Yes, there it is. Their eyes are completely black. You suddenly feel terrified, although you aren't sure why.
"Would you like to be our friend?"
You shake your head, and notice that you're trembling. The girl quickly grabs your hand and asks you to follow her. The 3 of you begin to walk down your hallway, and you notice all of your family photos. You turn to your left, and see a photo of you and your mother smiling. Everything slowly becomes various shades of grey. Something is wrong, you tell yourself, as your vision flickers.
"**** YOU! EAT **** NOW!" the person in the photo yells. You see your mother in the photo rocking back and forth. Wait. No, she is not you're mother. She begins to scratch her face with her nails. Where you should see muscle, you see only darkness. No blood, just the scratch and the blackness within. The other you is running into a large spike on the wall. It impales him, but he manages to power his way to the side, creating a huge gash, allowing his intestine to fall onto the floor. Again and again he repeats this.
You continue to walk down the hallway. The lights are dim, and they flicker often. The wallpaper has flowers that move around the wall. So...eerie. The girl speeds up. Something is wrong. The hallway extends on both sides for what seems like miles. You can't see the end on either side. You ask where she is taking you, but she does not respond.
"Close your eyes, child" the boy whispers to you.
You do, but question why you obeyed so quickly. Nevermind, it does not matter. The girl tells you to open your eyes. There is a man in a trenchchoat in front of you. He is wearing what appears to be an amish hat. You are unable to see his facial features. There is only darkness.
"Would you like to feel what so many others feel?"
You say yes, but only because you understand that your answer did not matter. Either way, you were about to experience something strange.
"Open your mind, child, and allow me to show you pain."
A tentacle creeps out from his sleeve, quickly flies to you and wraps around your throat, pulling you to his body. It begins to sliver down your throat. You cry and cry, and the pain is so intense. You never knew this much pain was possible, and yet here it is. The pain, there's so much of it. And then there is nothing. You are alive, just barely, but alive. You feel numb and cold. The hallway and its inhabitants disappear. You slowly float up horizontally, and you float down onto your bed.
You are still numb and cold, and completely aware. Tears have stopped flowing down from your eyes. Your body begins to spasm and you involuntarily arch your back, farther than should be possible, and you slowly fold into a cube. You hear your bones break. First your back, then your elbows, then your knees as they fold backwards, and finally your neck.
You wake up in your bed sweating. You have experienced the first of many little deaths. You get up to get a drink of water. You pass by a mirror and decide to take a look at yourself. Someone taps your shoulder.
It's Liono, sword in hand, and prepared to kill. Sleep tight.
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Damnit! How could I both saves my allies and kill the Commander? I sit down and meditate on the matter.