Results [Issue 35] Continue the Story... Returns! [Chapter 1]

[Pathfinder 1,690]

Well done to all entrants first of all! Lots of quality pieces.

 

In first place, winning the grand 50,000 crystal prize, is @TriNitroToIuene and this entry:

 

 

 

 

INNER TRUTHS

PART ONE - AMNESIAC

 

I wake up in a desolate room with an intense feeling of drowsiness; not knowing where I am or how I got here.

 

As I open my eyes, a smell reminiscent of putrid socks greets my nostrils..... they don't like it. Fingers over my nose, I glance around the place where I am accommodated. Yellow, peeling wallpaper, the walls reduced to plaster and cement, and the ceiling is in the danger of collapsing any moment. I observe that the door is solid steel, and the doorway is stained with what looks suspiciously like blood. 

 

I shake the fatigue out of my eyes and quickly check my body for signs of damage. Nothing..... nothing except a long, winding, snake-like scar running along the length of my right arm. And, judging my the stinging feeling on my arm and the blistering red hue of the wound, it's still fresh.

 

How did I get it? I wonder what had attacked me so badly that I ended up here with a filthy big cut and the feeling that I have been drugged.

 

Come to think of it, how did I get here? I rack my brains, hoping for a suitable reply from the depths of my cerebrum. But, to no avail. I delve into the nooks of my mind, fervently hoping for a memory, anything that could give me a clue of how I could escape from this room, and most importantly, who put me in this.... prison?

 

Suddenly, a splitting migraine invades my head. I let out a groan of pain and collapse on the cot, overcome with a medley of visions, some so clear I could swear my eyes were deceiving me, and some so blurred I think it's happening underwater.

 

I can see a small boy...... gamboling towards me with his hands open; I can see this crystal clear. I can hear myself laughing, but it is all but an echo, For the laugh sounds hollow even from my perspective. I can hear a distant slam.... maybe the door opening? I am getting up and answering it, and talking to a visitor in a low tone, one which I can't make out. My vision blurs........... I can hear the boy laughing, but I turn away and pick up a long, grey, angular object and point it at the boy. He stops laughing abruptly and launches himself at me. Something scratches my arm, and I can see a deep cut. I see my finger move, a bang ensues out of the silence, my world becomes red, and the boy goes limp...... 

 

I wake up from my reverie, my head still throbbing. I clutch my head with my fingers. Who was that boy? Who was the person I talked to? What had I picked up? What was the bang!? But I have a sinister feeling that it was something to do with the scar on my arm and the blood on the doorway.

 

I get up with effort. I was going to set things right. I needed to ask some questions. I went to the door, surprisingly, only to find that it was not locked. I clicked it open, and stepped out into blinding sunshine, determined to know about my past.

 

 

 

 

Also with fantastic entries, were the following, who thoroughly deserve their 10,000 crystal consolation prizes:

 

@GoldRock: http://en.tankiforum.com/index.php?showtopic=253855&p=4653433

@AdustioAtqueDelerent: http://en.tankiforum.com/index.php?showtopic=253855&p=4646602

@greyat: http://en.tankiforum.com/index.php?showtopic=253855&p=4652757

 

Thanks again for entering, see you in Part 2!

Edited July 30, 2017 by Hexed

[Raredust 454]

Congrats TriNitroToluene, your story is amazing. :)

 

I'm looking forward to seeing how it will turn out.

 

 

Also, congrats to the other winners.

 

Edited May 29, 2015 by Raredust

[Darren4Turbo 4,913]

Congrats to all the winners!  :D

[BlazingCoder 108]

Yup.

[kedar2 28]

CONGRATZZ all

[Link_1119 183]

congtratz all

[I.WalkAlone 548]

Congrats to the winners! The winning entry reminded me a lot of Saw and this game that I used to play.

Edited May 30, 2015 by I.WalkAlone

[Gangham_Style 213]

The winner's entry seems a lot like the book Hull Zero Three by Greg Bear.

[Quarks 2,255]

Awh, I thought mine was good.  -_-

[ABIR_BEST 0]

yes, I liked your one the most :wub:  

[TriNitroToIuene 4,765]

Thanks a lot kirb! :) Congrats to all the others. I enjoyed GoldRock's entry a lot!!!

 

To all those who think this story rings a bell in their minds, I didn't get any inspirations for this. I don't know about Saw or Hull Zero Three, i just got a stroke of this idea and penned it.

 

Good luck to everyone participating in this issue!