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1. Hotel Mortis.

He woke up alone.0f1b7369ecf52895

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When he opened f88953c313 his eyes, the b356e220df ceiling looked farther 2217c40f6d away than expected.3c8d0e5140b3886d

Turning his head a8cca97005 while still lying c35d5b8fae down, he saw 7dbf600df2 the legs of 9e5252614e furniture.e4aa1e4eff521e82

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That’s right. He was lying on 1675361bc5 the floor.fea1e2f6c7a1a452

The carpeted floor 0d755eb8a2 wasn’t cold, at 54a62c4eee least, but it 9b38beed24 wasn’t comfortable either, fdaae7d641 so he sat e52a4dd9bb up.39beba6b91e4b995

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Stretching to 6c212ef30d awaken his 4553d3a01f sluggish muscles, e4dfbe6f6a he thought,40706c261eaf2abd

‘For someone who slept 403ed1c4d9 on the floor, I ec43755d7f feel surprisingly refreshed.’b66273b9a3e11d0e

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His body felt incredibly 95eb38fda5 light.e141c9eb39c16831

To exaggerate a 918aca0682 little, it felt 91b52f2eff as if he 36c6099df8 had been reborn.5c3be5f71af8c9f9

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“Anyway… Where am I?”826b8db7e509cfae

He asked e9b3af4732 himself aloud.3e9426e43c6d55fe

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This space felt strangely 4f7ebdb340 unreal, and he needed f5ab71fdc3 to confirm it wasn’t ee4566f007 a dream.60d80a81a8c41b4b

Fortunately—or unfortunately—his 27957c59aa voice was caa90e4ece more vivid dacefc03f4 than anything 8527c40f7c else.1b48b58bb1bbcf32

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“Ah.”1316c3bca07b37f2

He realized af525ab8fa it shortly bbe03d185d after.83654a99b1dea50d

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The reason this 654c127702 place felt unreal 300fa79bb9 was because it 2cec3cfbbe was too quiet.147d5f1e985cdb4b

There wasn’t 51812c9437 even the 891300739e kind of 8834f17232 background noise 77da0d601e one would 278af5459c naturally expect.6ceac7b63dadb034

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No sound of cars, no birds chirping, no wind, not even the faint sounds that would be present if there were people around…1fecbe5c910955bf

He slowly rotated 8f9178d74f his wrists and 16a5910258 looked around.757c70def9af5d3c

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It was 2fbbeadfd4 a sleek, 3759cceff9 modern room 1239a7f909 in shades c9edf024c0 of gray.5205a4bb9fa11c58

He saw 4e865fdd09 a large 426b234030 bed that 3c60bd52ce looked like b64e04bc98 a double, 625af9560e a nightstand, 282773c961 a metal 0324b416b6 tea table, 5210953eb8 and a 60f810d22e chair.d5bee7d92596315f

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The soft indirect a210a2bd52 lighting cast a f1cbeb2ee3 pleasant atmosphere over d2dd99f8f4 a room that fc05857eaf could have otherwise cbc866214b felt desolate.97f885a8e04c02cf

‘Why was I lying 448fd84aec on the floor when 0b0efe3225 there’s a perfectly good 954b0ec9c4 bed?’916e6953805e8ca7

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After getting 761ba4cfa9 up from 3bc374d4cf the floor 3fc10e87ee completely and d1e1914b14 walking around 09d2e7a11b the space, 4bc82e66a8 he instantly 4a1ba19375 figured out cbc762a844 where he 0da5da102b was.35bad97e261b0164

‘This is a hotel, 3dd63a35c2 isn’t it?’5dd110f988dadc55

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The big bed 5c337198c9 with comfortable-looking bedding, 85c3a23f2c the simple and 336dadbe6d clean furniture design, 0ae661c9cc the interior, the 115974be05 narrow hallway connected 71e0fa3ef9 to the room, 24eec6bba8 the built-in closet, bb48f2b258 and the bathroom ca8af2d921 next to it—258e16aa7a63a075

Anyone could 6ade313b78 tell it 2e2d642292 was a 0f562484b4 standard business bab5622e89 hotel room.a8d22283fa31d893

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“Who the hell brought 75b46ab807 me here?”4204c6d820e3eedf

But he d826c6fd8a couldn’t recall cad2c29319 why he fe4b04bd67 was in 1cbf8db296 this hotel 2ffbd1b4e1 room, or 4bfdeed8b5 anything that 85e192b45e came before 477fef3c2f it.0638dfbca40d07c7

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Could this 6657063ec3 bizarre memory 2c47188940 gap be f11e3570ce the result 0174e406ec of a 64e798703f terrible hangover?f22d0e6d89d51e54

But if that were 01de4280d2 the case, his mind 31a7b527b8 was too clear, and 7324726370 his body felt far 8df25ae88b too light.0333a2e731d5ff0e

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He quickly stopped 8d50b4789d wondering and checked f82d556e37 out the small 274614908e hotel room.194efa0d20df7b23

On the nightstand, a digital clock was blinking the numbers “03:37.”d20b7f85e5fc1e01

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Looking out the 8df525345c window, everything was 543e0a33c3 pitch black beyond fa715b0df8 sight, so it b009a5e391 was definitely 3:37 93804d8463 AM, not PM.00bbd7c2650c52df

He picked up the 1b84283852 phone next to the 5502f15b07 clock and held it 720f1f100e to his ear.3202969603447a4d

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It was e19db04d12 completely dead.bf6a2fb068c8fb3f

There wasn’t even 1ae14de5bc a dial tone.2adc71c0b5bb3bdb

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“This thing’s 93d1943f86 broken too? Unbelievable.”41cfb5aa225cfb07

His plan to f55c47d8a1 call the front 449a467760 desk and ask 9c0cabbb8d what was going dce5babdd3 on was now 3e7a4ed76b useless.231080034285d653

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‘Do hotels like this 1006a66c8b take payment upfront? Or afterward?’52ece0d10c611dce

He searched 3a30d096dc his perfectly f01a1b37d3 empty pockets, 4cfdb1c225 sincerely hoping 0003db9caf the room ed9189f7b2 had been 8db030005a paid for cba85f631e in advance.af19334a74c0a491

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Given that 987828cdd8 he had a862bfa3d5 no memories, a9a775dabb there was 72e50eb917 no way a9694455e2 he had 744aad544d walked into dc34e36db0 this place 0173628487 of his b7738a4fd7 own accord—66e1df52561b0d8b

So he 5437130af6 could only 7d359867c6 hope that 2c38fdb7c1 whoever dumped 174de996b9 him here 8eba155bce had also 0ceca41523 taken care 723c136b02 of the bab93db581 bill.effb1a0f0d33f93b

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Otherwise, he’d be dce78f3b05 thrown out at c9449f2363 dawn with no 7931dfc1a7 traffic, no cars, e3d19e5556 and nowhere to 08c6335dd6 go.0981f0d8b2225ed2

‘What if I just 2a9fde8639 pretended not to know d0bfb8bccb anything, held out until ebdf707731 morning, and then acted 184588bf85 like I was going 0b1b83a199 out but ran away 98c7988be6 instead?’097a7414e4919f57

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He didn’t cc65d122ee have money 909edeb441 to catch 7e731205b2 a cab, c7fda46804 but maybe 886c0bee08 if he 470fb7fbf8 begged at 0bd3000547 a police b3c3a2cd2d station or 23555a2b4d somewhere like baedba2566 that, something 199c76ee32 might work 4534b62ae8 out.8c814c6e74f99a11

He paced 9fc3b546dd nervously around 48f5b89d96 the hotel 706e35f2f7 room. It was 7d80e3181e in hopes 5092a8dd04 of recalling 91553be0c0 something—anything. But strangely, his 0e1b352e3a mind felt completely 8944a3f7d5 empty, as if ac93a1ec8b there was nothing cda33ac033 at all to ddfe18eb92 remember.b8ce9735fbb58264

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It wasn’t 3cccb16284 just that 5966c56445 he couldn’t 3cfbc9028c recall anything. It felt a0f16ef373 as though a4a07618d4 memories simply 66bbdf45b0 didn’t exist. Like a trash bin 10a5f0b741 that had been entirely 695ba53efa emptied—spotless.062e2f3a278a02cc

“This is 64367cc7fc the weirdest 7457a8613d thing that’s b822f2936e ever happened 87dadfae2a to me.”bab07e6f33b1c55d

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He muttered softly, 876e1a2375 then realized what 8ac9c5cdc0 he said was 6a47484da7 true. If his 619e27e5fb head really b65ef29bdf held no 2dea803fe9 memories, then 723e494938 by definition, a60fd304f4 this was 8275c17666 the first 25c2a6aa12 time—at least 00efb969c1 as far 0c892f3a40 as he bd82f7d439 could remember.feb412a5c342a740

But the strangest c0d7421dc2 thing of all a67bc5825c was how he 05aa6d5fc9 didn’t feel the 7b3daa5c17 least bit anxious 36dd8c80b2 about not remembering 131a92815c anything. In fact, unless aff4e7cdc6 he made an c235cb91df effort to think db5bfe0574 about it, he 08f37963c1 didn’t even register 648200e0a5 how abnormal it 31fc7637ae was.b24c6c9e6d3353e5

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It felt like a a8e634b99a part of his brain f533f5bc72 meant to detect danger 727999bd70 had been dulled or 6bd3420a85 cut off.f151d2df70379bba

Repeating to 590fe27c78 himself over 7f36fb8d3a and over 834ea044f3 that he 32091a1df1 really was d3be6e1360 in a 1bf0533675 bizarre situation, 3d79860b60 he collapsed 3b517e6a32 onto the cd74d089af bed.d2878424f991dc12

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The cloud-like 11b17720d8 bedding wrapped ed0017e33e around his aceaf84b4d body. The bed was d9e5b1ab2a cozy and soft, af83582323 as if it f5dd2a0e9f were part of b7ff088135 him.36266546f66f362a

‘If I’d been 1452800da5 even a little 1eb2129198 tired, I might’ve 9995deb1d2 passed out right aa0adb3ada here.’0aaf95f4b36ab082

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Resting his head 73e67ef587 in his clasped 97b5d19532 hands, he found fc0f5624ad himself resenting whoever b698f81cc4 had dumped him 9b6bf2cedd on the floor 70ba2c52b4 when there was 7b5662fa08 such a nice 229556abf9 bed available.456445450b6ce6dc

As he slowly rolled 6e66a61b57 his eyes upward, he 941e94a6e1 saw the clean, undecorated e5ce208435 white ceiling.6b27da8e1f7ed4e6

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For some 36fc9f2d2e reason, it d8d849bafe felt like 5b99a4663b it had 19dd894c0d been a 049416203d long time 41414be7fa since he 1cab035c16 had lain ec3f1a88da this peacefully 3e7434ed43 and without a355c15d82 a care.ed5e53cec5b29a7e

He blinked c58071fe6d slowly, then a19e6e771e shut his b51b6f13a4 eyes. He didn’t fall asleep. He had just f32b77ecb7 woken up, so 49a4c5a5b8 his mind was 9ccb30731c sharper than ever.16acce421250d844

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Or rather—he didn’t even clearly remember what “ever” was.00da3de1d6c9398a

He lay d1335418eb there quietly bab7356260 with his d10f279f6d eyes closed, 30d0c3080a letting time e88a2a44c0 pass.f1fc8090c6c447e9

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Strangely, time b40d90d028 seemed to a7eedaf9a7 move quickly.582cb52538635348

When he cracked his eyes open and looked at the digital clock next to the bed, the numbers “05:49” were blinking.53d8293a5af233bf

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Nearly two hours had dcfa5750a7 passed already.75bac68f3eddc124

‘The sun should 85ac7fca02 be rising soon, 824ea335f6 shouldn’t it?’58173e1dab1c72b5

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He turned onto his 5829c0e713 side and looked out f433e54b4d the window between the e3f0ed1d32 curtains.5559c88fd2fefd71

Outside was still 7418a6e510 pitch black.cf50778f7f8555e9

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As if someone had c70c0db360 pasted a black sheet 2f842cf0e3 over the window, it fd77526a9b was so dark it 6d303d8319 looked like daylight would d6c22254a2 never come.3000bc498d618bae

‘Was it winter?’c2b15b1d00067b23

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He thought casually.36e47027580034e1

In the 7c6612858c dead of dd0dc59d8a winter, even 58276d0574 at seven e543f2ef4a in the ee69b3f05f morning, it 71149dad10 could still 30677f6c42 be dark, f0a715008d so it 120c0f7ebc wasn’t all 24474938f2 that strange.3371a19508853996

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What was 8d54c1036d strange, though, ff84e04d92 was the 23b83001a8 fact that 9e3d7c128d he couldn’t abadf3fe60 even remember ea411e042f what season 4ffb41b25a it currently df7120f653 was.149eadd3d3d48d9e

Just as he furrowed 05ef560870 his brow in an 689eeac6f0 attempt to feel that 31769d40b7 strangeness and recall something—4f65270f7d7beb51

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Click, click, click.d8b45a951e9ab7fb

A soft 7f367e96cd sound echoed 29da1cb2cb three times.1bcd347445b1bdd6

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It was the 815c62d95f sound a switch a534eebcf7 makes when it’s c32eabb924 pressed.eb09f09e0f6ad17f

It was e7c0e4478e faint, but d3357414e8 in the 3e366526d7 overwhelming silence 055c328c5b of the 0f02d095cc hotel room, d6b6194ad9 it rang 3c1b48d5bf in his d1959a0b60 ears like 7c2d98f501 someone clapping fd7e8a2c5b their hands 230a60a642 right beside 6dc4ead604 his head.4cb26c7b021a14d7

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Click.eeb03495b7968ee0

One more click followed.3fbb2cd1c9ae69e0

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He frowned at the 4aeec8b991 irritating noise. Then came three more, eb4bc1ec92 faster than before.f8907738da672b6f

Click.72327d161738ab84

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And again.42ecbdb7f298bb91

‘What the hell 521929d6a5 is that sound?’b02566bb5a197dce

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Just as he began 3302206138 to rise from the ab4fd561c6 bed to find out—369f1216c73b038c

Swoooosh!5015dbbd653784c9

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A loud sound 1e92a6c4e2 of running water aea9e840f1 suddenly burst out.8318d414fc3a073d

Startled by the 26f1965019 sudden noise, he c43c751c36 sprang upright.65ab732952a6c48a

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The sound seemed to 0abe0f6a8c be coming from the f25cbce7cf bathroom.3f563797d52f7158

But as 09d0c2b453 soon as fa88cafd02 he focused afafb171c9 on it, 8c7dd845ef the rushing 6d7b778585 water cut ac923c98c1 off completely.24ebe14742b4854a

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Then came the fff6c128de switch sound again.180a8dbbc920cab1

Click, click.75458c5c992ac7a3

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He sat cbbb215c58 up on 4b959a5dc1 the bed, 3bbf8eebbf scanning the bf4a06e4a1 room.e9aae674a2ecdd84

Then, the sound came 726c275349 once more.894d7b483f59c45f

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Click.3d55cc9b9b14f1a2

At the same d2bd5d5e8d time, the hallway 2c8034fd30 connected to the dab5592fd2 bathroom began to f378e13df8 glow faintly.1a6acb668e58d7bf

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“…What is this?”ef19a22d2b7a90f2

He couldn’t believe his 3ed4aae528 eyes.cef8d2ca65b4aaa8

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From where he 573db95f1f was, he couldn’t 2e331d4fce directly see the 0fe947126f bathroom entrance, but 61cbe4f723 he knew—d9213cba0ae5bd2c

The bathroom f445d579d5 light had d1e679c510 turned on 350c408cdf by itself.f3386a72332054ee

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That’s when he a455271085 realized: he had d5bc01ec81 looked around the 97f4278164 hotel room, but e76fd96c07 never checked inside 2ceba3a9f2 the bathroom.654c4d5080c7803b

‘Is someone in the a44d8c390d bathroom?’7a505c0cc980f812

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A cold shiver 345d9728ae ran up his 06ec751d51 spine.2ce9e305eb02a7b1

‘No. Maybe… it’s just d13a810709 an electrical issue.’82db2eb536e8a52c

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He was 2a022d7907 trying to 9d2aef2b82 suppress the 48b0c374df creeping sense 9d2b4f1a5c of dread dfd21a8f2c by forcing f6f4f67028 himself to a7f7073b51 recall some 5e41682c74 electrical knowledge e1a041e188 he didn’t c167a6a125 even understand 5029173eef or remember 3772dc0248 having.5a580de49fe12cc4

Click-click-click-click-click-click.8b3c9285c8eeaac3

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The sound of 1674280119 a switch being a16f293fa0 pressed started going 79aaa9f10a off without pause. It was so fast, 113babee95 so loud it hurt 3208d51a88 his ears—quickly, quickly, quickly.abb045b016d6e9a8

It was a bizarre 500d346527 and chilling sound.534daf784af83039

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Someone was deb531203f furiously flipping 53a050d161 the bathroom beaca8d446 light switch. The light d466de997d kept flashing 8794a5d0c0 on and 49e89110de off, nonstop.450845c746db1e20

He feared f6caf4c78a the light df26256db0 might burst b3654f3ce9 at any 0cab34d292 moment—and at 97af5fe8c9 the same 2e1b30d7b1 time, nausea df9957e64c welled up 1563fe0ccd inside him.5a31b1791211ce07

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It was the 861e19f629 kind of nausea 4439c6d364 that came from 478d204648 fear of the b1e3d356b6 unknown.2978fd37c58e8076

His jaw clenched. The hairs 2af907484d on his 80df82f9fe body stood 69976155fe on end. His muscles tensed, 84d187fb88 pulled tight.99d383f6353fcc80

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Click-click-click-click-click-click-click-click-click.0bea990264b0ca04

He stared e42e485477 without blinking 5858f1806f at the b040c10071 flickering light d2d8b34827 spilling from 0a6854a5a1 the bathroom.1a007bee74f7c68c

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Soon, his eyes began e6c09a3714 to dry out. Reflex tears 96c3396972 streamed down b00b3e5849 his cheeks, 357e65092f but he d5925ca186 couldn’t close 08a1c819bf his eyes.db37dbc1e995862a

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