A void carved deep into dense rock. Water flowing through cracks in the ceiling, dripping down, building spikes of stone over millennia. Blind troglodytes squirm in pools, reacting to an unseen force. Something appears in the space. It reaches out and….Then comes blinding light, a cacophony of sound, an eclectic mixture of tastes and smells, burning heat, freezing cold and the feeling that your body is being torn apart.You reflexively try to flail about, but nothing happens, the overwhelming pain and sensations continue unabated, you can’t even tell where any of them are coming from, it’s as if your entire body is one giant phantom limb.As you try to scream out, a dark patch spread out from the centre of your vision, within are a pair of glowing spheres. They draw in your focus, drowning out the pain and other sensations, a strange feeling of familiarity falls on your mind.A long silence and deep calm follow. You feel as if all will be well.Something begins to gnaw at your consciousness, a wooden creak. Quiet, at first, it grinds at the back of your mind. The sound builds, drawing more of your focus, it becomes an onslaught of groaning and rending wood, until…
An echoing drip, a moment of weightlessness, and then you drop.With a splash you hit the hard stone floor of a cave, a vibrant cyan mist is around you, dissipating quickly as you sit there in shock.You sit there, staring blankly at the cave wall, your mind slowly processing. You know things; words, concepts, what things are, but no memories. You don’t know your name or if you even have one.Your attempt at introspection is broken by water splashing on you, it’s dripping down from stalactites on the ceiling, onto the stalagmites…. There’s no point in getting lost in thought, especially when you’ve been dropped into an unknown place. Maybe you should look around this cave, or find a way out.What do (You) want to do?> (Write In)> Move around the cave (Where?)> Leave the cave> Look at something in particular > Try to remember something (What?)
>>6366703>> Try to remember something (What?)How we got here, I guess? Do we... do we live here, or?Oh, and our NAME too
>>6366721You suppose your mind might hold some knowledge about how you got here or something about this place even if you don’t recognise it, maybe this is your home?First, your name. You been calling yourself “U” in your thoughts, maybe that’s your name? It doesn’t feel like it, but it’s the only thing you can think of.“U,” U say, it echoes throughout the cave the only sound other than the echoing drips. Language… there’s something you know, at least.Digging further into the back of your mind, you find the same issue you had earlier, knowledge but no memories, at least nothing beyond the short time since you arrived.However, there is something, a feeling. Safety? Familiarity?... Dread? You try pushing deeper into it, it’s the only thing in your head.The feeling builds until…Two amber spheres, looming out of the darkness, a stale smell, a sound like a forest being ripped apart by a hurricane, immense pain.You snap back to reality, wrenching your arms upwards, the pain is still there, pulsing in your head. That was awful, but what were those spheres and that noise? Trying to remember brings that feeling back, faintly. Best to avoid thinking about it, you don’t want to experience that again.Well, if your mind is no help, you might as well do something else about your situationWhat do (You) want to do?> Move/look around the cave (Where?)> Look at something in particular (What?)> Leave the cave> ….try to remember something, again.> Do something else (Write In)There’s a second dripping noise now; your nose is bleeding…
