I stop someone on the street and ask how to hail a taxi. I extend my arm into the air and make a clenched fist. A taxi pulls up and the driver tells me to get in. I get in the back seat. The inside is black plated and music plays in another language. "Where you headed?" He grunts. "The nearest hotel." I say. The driver faces the front and makes a U-turn so we can go the other way. "What the heck are you doing?" I stammer. "Driving." The driver snorts. Once we arrive he puts his hand towards the back. "17." He says. "Excuse me?" I question. "17 ciphers idiot," he growls, "don't make it more." I pay and get out of the car. I gaze at the hotel. It was not ordinary. Like every other building it towered above everyone. But this building was a sandstone tower, with crystal windows as high as I could see. The front doors were waterfalls, but when I went through I didn't get wet. Naturally, banners with Bill Cipher were everywhere but I just ignored that, I could have some fun once in awhile, right? A fountain in the middle glistened with some red liquid that looked horribly like blood. The front desk was mahogany and the elevators were made of diamonds. I couldn't believe what I was seeing. Bones were creepily embedded in everything and the clerk was a zombie. When I say zombie I means he really looked like a zombie. Half of his skin was torn or rotten and bone was showing through. I looked around everywhere else, at the people walking, or eating, or talking. The lobby was open air, at least I think it was. Shops lined the sides. I walked up to the front desk. "How may I help you sir?" The zombie clerk said in a perfectly normal voice. "How much for a room?" I ask. "For how long will your stay be?" The clerk pestered. "Is forever possible?" I ask. He nods, "and that will be one thousand and two hundred ciphers for our premium member status. Enjoy your stay at Hotel de Ciphere~!" I take the room key and look at the number. 'Floor 6 room 18'. I press the floor 6 button and when I get into my room… It took my breathe away. I was on a beach, but in a room, there was a door behind me but no wall. I looked around at everything. It was the best room anyone could wish for. Except that the 'ocean' was a blood red color, and the beach was embedded with bones. I laid down on the bed under an umbrella and dozed off to sleep. (Authors note: We're getting places! Bit creepy but it is the nightmare realm after all… anyway Pastachio out!)/p