From The Mind Robber, prompt 'open and closed.'
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Book End
"Jamie!" Zoe cried, instinctively appealing to him in her fear. Not that he could do anything more than he was; the white robots relentlessly pushed the book shut upon them, oversized pages pressing in. The young man was no match for them.
"Push, Zoe!" he despaired, pressing with all his strength on the incoming wall of text. His feet slid back, heels catching on the opposing side; muscles trembled, to no avail.
He heard Zoe scream. Their hands pushed through the text as it absorbed them, their very lives entangling in the story, hostages delivered into the hands of madness.