Silence.

silence
noun
# complete absence of sound. "sirens pierce the silence of the night"
Synonyms: quietness, quiet, quietude, still, stillness, hush, tranquility
That was what I found when I searched it up on Google. Now I know it isn't just the absence of sound. Silence, is something much more complex. Silence, is a thing that none of us can possibly comprehend. Silence, isn't. just. silence.
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Do you know what it feels like to be trapped in space for all of eternity? Falling endlessly in the eternal void, with no way of dying, and no way of getting out? What would you even hear or see? Well, you're in luck. That, I can answer you. Just, whatever you do, don't trust the fairytales. Don't blindly chase love.
If you somehow manage to trap yourself in The Void, there is a good chance you will never escape. Can you imagine the feeling? The feeling of never escaping? The feeling that you would see nothing at all for the rest of your life? No light in any direction? Incomprehensibly dark? With just you all alone, falling in the dark, coldness of The Void?
The only thing you can here in The Void is silence. "So, you hear nothing?" you may ask. Silence, as I said before, isn't just the absence of noise. Have you ever wondered why you were freaked out when you first entered the Backrooms? Because there was nobody there. You saw nobody. It was just you and these endless mono-yellow rooms. Silence, can also be interpreted as the fear of being forgotten.
In my opinion, one of the scariest things about The Void is how similar it is to Level 0. There is no one there, you have been completely forgotten, and now nobody can save you from falling endlessly in the endless abyss. It's probably even scarier than Level 0. In The Void, nothing exists, not even time. The only thing that exists in The Void is you, and pure silence.
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Silence is horrifying. The fact you can only see and hear yourself is horrifying. Silence is dangerous, and can cause paranoia and eeriness. There could be something lurking in the darkness, waiting for the perfect moment to strike, and you'd never know, because you couldn't see it. You couldn't hear it. You couldn't sense it coming in any way. That's what happened to me.
Falling endlessly in The Void was I, a mere wanderer. I had blindly trusted the fairytales and had purposely decided to noclip to The Void. But it was nothing like what I expected. "Dammit. It's just pure darkness." I thought to myself. But that wasn't the case. I kept falling in The Void for what I thought were days, but throughout my journey, I saw no one. Nobody was there, just me. The silence continued to echo across the level, and it started to send chills down my spine.
I was starting to get paranoid. I looked around everywhere, but nothing was there. Still, I continued to have this strange feeling that something was lurking nearby, just beyond the corner of my eyes. I continue to fall down the endless abyss. What I didn't expect was to hear footsteps and whispers behind me. I didn't even have a chance to turn around beforeeeeeee-
He still waits for an answer to this day, sitting in silence.
- By Normal
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