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Gas Mask

TheFirstVallen
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Survive. That is all you can do in the Blank. Don't try helping others. Don't try fighting back. Don't try resting. In the Blank, monsters roam the land. In the Blank, people who either are afraid or hesitate to act die. In the Blank, your only sense of comfort is yourself. Do not trust others. “Let the foul rot in a land of confusion. Let the blessed tricked find peace in the land of fout. Let the wicked dragged with the blessed face a fate worse than the blessed. Let the foul, the bless, the wicked, and the silent be lost forever in the land of confusion.” (Bit of a heads up, the novel will have first person and third person views)
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Chapter 1 - The journal

Hello there.

I decided to write in this little journal I found in a building that I think I found Sector B, maybe D? But either way, I have it as both a way to keep myself sane and so people know who I was once I die. You're probably confused as to what I mean when I die.

Before I get to that, allow me to introduce myself. As much as I want to write my name down in this journal, I don't think it's a good idea. Since there are monsters that can kill you just by uttering your name. So just refer to me as "Mask." Reason being, I am wearing a mask. Or more specifically, a Gas Mask.

So if you find a mangled skeleton near this journal, then that would be my body. If so, would you mind burying my body in Sector C. I really much like to be buried in solid grass and dirt instead of being left to rot in the other sectors.

Now I'm going to assume that you were already living in this little prison of ours or were unfortunately brought in with the rest of us. If you are the latter, then allow me to explain what he'll hold you were sadly dragged into.

Now I'm going to point this out. I've lived in this space for about a month. Maybe more. First thing you're going to notice is that it is nighttime. You're going to think, "Oh, the sun is going to come up in a few hours."

Wrong!

In this world, it is always night. There is no sunshine in this world and there is only the blasted red moon. The moon is so red you would mistake it for blood. Just like how these monsters love it. 

Now, if you were smart, you would have noticed something I wrote. If not, then allow me to point it out. I wrote "In this World." Allow me to confirm your thoughts. We are not on earth or whatever you called it. Instead, we are trapped in a world that would make you look at a gun and have thoughts.

And I am not exaggerating this. There are things in this world that would make you do horrendous things just to live. But I am getting ahead of myself. First thing is first, this world is called The Blank. Or at least that is what me and a few others called it. Reason for this name was that it was ominous. And having something being named ominous will not only save you but also others you encounter in this world. So spread the name to as many people as you can. It will save them.

Alright, with that out of the way. Allow me to get to the juicy stuff. First thing is first, you were most likely living an ordinary life before being dragged here. Probably sleeping, making food, having a time with your lover, or even taking your cute Pitbull called Daisy out on a walk. You know, living a nice life. But then you were hit by a wave of discomfort. You know, the one where you feel a bad tingling feeling in your spine, a buzzing feeling in the center of your chest, and the feeling of your heart dropping or going hollow. And then bam, you appear in this world with hundreds of others around you. Don't worry, Daisy is with you since it's not only people brought into this world. But also animals. Though you're going to have to abandon Daisy pretty quickly.

Since you probably met the inhabitants of this world. And yes, I am referring to the monsters that began massacring you the seconds after you were brought to this world. You know, the ones that made you question if you were dreaming or if a creature with a reversed human face connected to a snake's body was actually just eating the man next to you by slowly taking chunks of their face off. Or maybe a giant bird that looks like a crow, but has the face of a baby and hands of a spider just jabbing at people before taking them to the sky before being eaten.

Those things. They don't have fancy names. I just call them monsters. Really no need to even try to even separate these things into categories as well. Just consider themselves one of the same species, just with different survival strategies. Like nature just said, fuck it and decided to kill itself and made these things. I'm writing it like this since these things are most definitely not made by nature.

I'm getting sidetracked. So how do you survive against these things and how do you live in this world? Well, read the next page and find out. Cause I see a monster roaming the street below me and I am so sure I saw this thing just a couple of blocks away. So either it is tracking me or it's getting lucky.

Either way, I'm heading out.