Upon the Unknown

"Prologue 10 - Upon the Unknown"
==Scene 1: Upon the Unknown==
Holding their hands together, they walked through the slim, narrow hall. In the blink of an eye, everything was covered in yellow walls and moisture covered the floor. The cold quickly fills the air and the fluorescent lights clog their ears with a constant buzzing sound.
“This does not feel right at all... are you sure this is the way out of this diner?” exclaims Rye as they stroll into a giant expanse of yellow corridors and rooms. The moist floors gave Yui a slight headache, and the sound of the buzzing lights was enough to worsen her headache.
Like the diner, it didn’t have any large or fancy furniture, but it was nothing but desolate rooms. It seemed to stretch endlessly, making Rye nervous. Were they lost? What used to be the entrance to the limitless yellow expanse was now a yellow wall, leaving Yui and Rye no choice but to go forward. They both wandered for a few minutes until one spotted a flight of stairs in the distance. “Yui! Is that the exit?” exclaims Rye to her older sister, still blinded by the illusions. On the other hand, Yui’s eyes would not give her the flight of stairs she wanted to see, as well as the bright green “Exit” sign. All there was to see was a blank wall, perhaps darker than usual, but nothing that would get her hopes up. Perhaps it was merely her mind trying to comfort her, but nothing can beat the truth.
“Oh… never mind,” said Rye. There was nothing but a plain, empty wall blocking what was supposed to have been an exit. The odor of wet carpet got worse with every second they stayed wherever they were. “An office should not smell this bad, right? And since when does it go on for so long?” said Yui, discouraged in finding an exit. “Can't we find someone to help us? I am sure there is a staff who cleans this place. But whoever they are, they are shit at their job!" said Rye while bored, trying to enlighten the mood and strike up a conversation with her older sister. “Well, There has not been any sound but you, me, and those lights, so I don’t know if there is anybody there; let’s just hope... wait, is it just me or does it feel cold all of a sudden?”. “Ugh, it’s cold again…” complains Yui, a throwback of inconvenience to their time back in London - a frostbitten city that both had never hoped to come back to.
Time went on, and the two girls went forward, seeing nothing but blank wall after blank wall. Not wanting to be separated, they clutched each other’s hands, afraid to release their grip. It would be heartbreaking if they were separated from each other, and even worse, they might never find each other again. Growing tired, Yui leans against the dirty walls, trying to rest for a little bit. Rye, standing near her, is fiddling with her hand while she waits for another trip back to Yui’s nightmare of nothing but halls and corridors with no end in sight or exit. When suddenly, a bottle labeled “Almond Water” rolls to her side. “Water! I am tired, but there’s only one, so we should share it, I guess,” exclaims Rye. Yui nods, “Alright… it smells like vanilla and almonds. That is nice. Maybe see if it is expired or...” Luckily for them, the ‘Almond Water’ looked fresh and clean, and its bottle lacked an expiry date.“Chug it? Alright!” Without giving Yui a chance to say a word, Rye chugged the water bottle and passed it to her. Nothing seemed to be wrong with Rye, so Yui drank the water in small sips, enjoying the taste and getting hydrated.
A faint static yet rainy jingle emits from the walls. “Oh! Music, I love that. Though it sounds eerie yet calming, kind of weird isn’t it?” The sound of a familiar modern yet still captures the old-fashioned past. Empty music as it is, fitting the aesthetic of the lobby. The two stood up and continued their expedition of loneliness. Not many are good at keeping their partners for long here are they? But, that is when it clicked them. What if the sound of music was leading to a room, containing somebody who can lead them to the exit? Or at least another mode of progression? Yui grabbed Rye’s hand and quickly walked to the sound of calm music.
The temperature slowly got warmer, progressively getting tolerable as they followed the jingles of dead elevator music. Then, the dark yellow walls suddenly got darker and darker. “... why is it-” when Rye was cut off by the flick of a light switch, illuminating the halls. Luckily, Yui managed to flick the lights when touching the walls. Now, they are in a manila-colored room that is dimly lit, like a dark aisle in a dark store. There was a Gramophone playing soft music, note by note. “Are those documents? What can they be doing here?” They flipped through the pages, searching for interesting documents, in which one struck their eye…
“A… “Promised Land”? An arcade full of fun and adventure… would be cool. But… no way that can exist here.” Sadly, that is what Rye thought. But, maybe there is more than an unconfirmed statement. “But who knows, maybe it exists. Also, if there are documents written, there have to be people!” relieved by their discovery, Yui sits down and listens, taking a deep breath, followed by Rye’s curiosity as pages get flipped, revealing places of darkness and bloom…
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Category:Antagonverse Canon
Category:Tales