Lie down for a bit and be careful, for if you are oblivious, you might just find a circle which dictates to
“Wake up! Let’s go or we will miss it!” says the voice. You slowly open your eyelids and find yourself in the corner of a saloon with a person holding his hand out for grabs.
“What? Where am I?” You then catch a glimpse of the saloon you’re in, which is mostly empty, apart from the center, where immediately you notice a long and beautiful wood table, with plenty of people. There seems to be some kind of celebration going on. You ask again “Where am I?”.
“Everyone’s here and we are about to start the festivity! Come on!” says the guy in front of you. Although nothing makes sense, you grab his hand while still wondering how you ended up in this weird place with all these people. “My name is Mondy, what’s yours?” he asks. “My name?”.
You both head for the table. “Finally. Let’s sit, look there’s two empty seats!”. You take your seat reluctantly and feel anxious about this whole setting. Feeling dizzy you ask again “Where am I?” but there’s no answer. You look at Mondy, but he seems to be looking for entertainment elsewhere already, starting a conversation with someone at the other side. On the table there’s a real treat, a banquet that seems very surreal, the one that can usually be seen only in movies. You take another peek at your surroundings, looking for a door but there doesn’t seem to be one. Instead, you notice only some large windows on every single wall. You look at the windows, it is dark outside with flashes of white light. Inside, lit candles give a very unnatural and uncomfortable vibe to this whole setting.
Suddenly everyone starts eating. Mondy asks you to do the same “It’s good, let’s eat!”. Feeling hungry, you take food as your heart desires from the banquet, place it on your plate and you start eating slowly. After a while, you start paying attention to the conversations going around you “This food great! Who made it?” asks a person that seems to be the youngest. “We always find on the table, every single day! It really tastes great, doesn’t it?”. Another person joins in on the conversation and says, “I’m sure it doesn’t appear from thin air, the owner of this saloon makes it for us every single day!”. After a while, you ask Mondy to show you the way out. He points at another person at the table “Go ask Weend, he knows how to get out”. Weend seems to be less festive looking compared to the others.
While you take a few seconds to conjure the courage to ask Weend about the exit, the ground starts to shake. The lightning which you see outside seems to be intensifying, yet no one is bothered by it. Everyone keeps on eating and striking conversations, even though the shaky ground should normally be a cause of alarm or at least raise some eyebrows. Finally, you face Weend and ask him bluntly “Excuse me Weend, how can I leave this place? Where is the exit?”. Weend seems to be judging you with his eyes and says,
“But we’re having so much fun, why would you want to leave?”
“I had enough food, I’m grateful but I’d like to go home now. I’m feeling like an intruder, and honestly I don’t know where I am, nor how I ended up in here” you say.
“Don’t ruin the party, stay here. We will leave later anyway” says Weend. Meanwhile, the light from outside keeps intensifying, and now you can also hear an obnoxiously loud sound with every flash of lightning, which you assume to be thunder. Something is not right here! Nevertheless, people still aren’t disturbed, quite contrary even, they keep on eating and striking conversations. You decide to get up from the table and head for one of the windows to look outside. Outside the window nothing can be distinguished, only pure and complete darkness with flashes of lighting. Suddenly, the light blinds your sight, and the act closes.
“Wake up! Let’s go or we will miss it!”.
These are the humble beginnings of the 11th. A circle. A question unanswered? All else that follows might be the result.
Aelthy 