When Jared opened his eyes, the first thing he did was throw up.
Which would already be unpleasant enough on its own. But to make matters worse, what Jared threw up wasn't the contents of his stomach or digestive juices, but rather some unidentified substance… It was black like pitch resin, thick and sticky, clinging to his throat and oral cavity. It didn't have any smell, but the taste of it… Jared didn't know how to even begin to describe it, but it was so disgusting, that his eyes teared up, and he couldn't stop retching, so hard that he almost fainted again…
