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I. An Unusual Entryway and My Disappearance

Sabitsuki's Perspective

I lay sprawled on my bed, hair ruffled by the sheets covering me. I was tired; I did not want to get up. But even so, I found to motivation to roll out of my bed and fall on the floor.

The floor hurt more than anticipated.

Groaning and rubbing my head, I stared at my dull, gray room. Everything was what it had always been; computer in the corner, bookshelf leaning against the wall, the TV by the door. Just where they always were.

How boring, I thought.

Too boring, in fact. I stared at the door, pondering whether or not I should venture outside. I felt uneasy; perhaps it was best to stay here. Besides, the door was probably locked as always.

After a mental debate, I decided to at least try the door.

Grasping the doorknob, I slowly cracked open the door, hoping that it would not creak. When the door was halfway open, I stuck my head outside.

The sight of what was there made me groan and collapse to my knees.

The Nexus. Of course, I was stuck back here again. The black landscape stretched endlessly in all directions. Silvery-white cracks ran across it in four directions, as if they were cracks in ice.

It was completely unreasonable. I already completed the dumb game; I had collected all of the Effects and had dropped them in the computer. So, why the heck was I back here? I glared unhappily at the surroundings.

As I did, I noticed something new; another path that I had not noticed before spiraled around the door, slowly leading into another unknown direction. Instead of consisting of white cracks, this new path was a rusty-red color. Ironic.

My curiosity got the better of me, and I persuaded myself to follow it and find where it led to. For awhile, it seemed like I was walking in circles. But, eventually, I found myself in a new, surprisingly un-bloodied area. At least it was much more cheerful than the rest of this place.

Like much of the other areas, there was no definite division between the ground and sky; the entire place consisted of a deep navy blue color. There were several beds lying around everywhere. This place was probably telling me that sleeping too much is bad for my health. Oh well.

I walked up to one of the beds and examined it in greater detail.

Okay, this place is weirder than initially thought.

In the bed, I saw a sleeping form of me. Except that this other Sabitsuki had cat ears and a tail, just like the Cat Effect. When I poked her, she disappeared. Also, I noted that I regained the Cat Effect after contact. As I searched around more, I found the rest of the 24 Effects.

Unlike the rest of the dream world, this area did not seem to loop around. I counted 82 beds; 24 of them had contained my Effects, another set of 24 was empty from the start, but the last 34 contained various different forms of another girl. The other girl had short, blonde hair and wore a violet plaid sweater.

However, that is of no concern to me.

Deciding that my business was finished here, I returned to the path that led me here, but it had unfortunately disappeared. Frowning, I turned back to the area, but found nothing. I even pinched my cheek, but it did not work.

When I checked underneath the beds, I found a narrow passageway underneath the bed that had contained Pipe Effect; and it was barely wide enough to fit me.

I dropped down into a dark, unlit area. I heard a rustling, and turned to find the source.

I would love to say that I saw eyes peering at me through the darkness; however, that is not the case, considering that I was gazing upon the horrific visage of a faceless Kaibutsu.

Well this idea worked splendidly.

Urotsuki's Perspective

What had been a peaceful walk through town became a kidnapping.

My kidnapping, in fact.

Whoever did it was a coward; I was totally unprepared to be kidnapped today. Okay, I admit, like you could ever prepare to be kidnapped. But still, I consider it cowardly.

Anyways, when I woke up, I found myself in what appeared to be some type of hospital room of sorts. I was strapped down to a table. An oxygen mask covered my face, as an IV needle was in my arm. The steady beeping of a heart rate monitor was close by.

I had no clue what the heck was happening.

Uro-chan, how did you manage to get yourself in a situation like this? I chastised myself.

Uh oh, I thought. I began to feel myself drifting off into unconsciousness.

Little did I know that I when I come to, I'd still be in a dream.

Madotsuki is like, "where the heck am I? I'm the main character!"

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