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1. Hotel Mortis.

He woke 3533bb98a9 up alone.6ea58ee8f7ae8044

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When he opened his 3be58f1111 eyes, the ceiling looked f2978f4d9f farther away than expected.45cab29064fe196d

Turning his head 71e45f592d while still lying 24491555a0 down, he saw 042e9b2610 the legs of 737ce49c37 furniture.d59252f77fefbc87

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That’s right. He was 1cedc21fad lying on 86dcb2fbf9 the floor.9d6fcfc508e42087

The carpeted floor wasn’t e8f20fe929 cold, at least, but 8557aae0d3 it wasn’t comfortable either, a5f4cce247 so he sat up.31fd31c07390384c

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Stretching to awaken his 14e3edcb6f sluggish muscles, he thought,b5b90d88c7a0c7a5

‘For someone who slept 8b54a213c7 on the floor, I 802114a08a feel surprisingly refreshed.’49287e73e43195b1

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His body 7eed43fe76 felt incredibly 4f19e707b4 light.97eb84a2e614ff86

To exaggerate a 57d6f338b2 little, it felt fa3a60deea as if he 7129c4aa64 had been reborn.b2e1a92dbb86dd83

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“Anyway… Where am I?”52a4d5008403ec22

He asked himself edec2a96c6 aloud.855dfcf3a9af69d1

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This space ca68569d85 felt strangely e9c58e15a1 unreal, and 981899a2b8 he needed 1a7c2a1496 to confirm 3f49d02ed5 it wasn’t 1b918aa40c a dream.bebb2a71c233c25f

Fortunately—or unfortunately—his 11419c2465 voice was 63a65f24d8 more vivid 2d050ac089 than anything b73d2793f2 else.36a2cd2499cfc1bc

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“Ah.”7364791ed1ab9b71

He realized it ee77ab116a shortly after.d877deb959bfd493

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The reason 50e939d550 this place 28531bd268 felt unreal b2a524d875 was because 2ef22669fe it was 8e6cd42496 too quiet.441df61e889c5562

There wasn’t 335c00defb even the 30f21ac6fc kind of c1d966926c background noise 71c889bfdc one would 2b842a5302 naturally expect.d56c4db795a9ba42

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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…7f32b4b8eddfac93

He slowly rotated 5ec561e89d his wrists and b3b06f60d3 looked around.ce6b9c1cded635a3

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It was a sleek, 67297cdf7d modern room in shades efc2a8c66d of gray.fc23c059814b22bd

He saw a 3cec51847d large bed that eec85ab58f looked like a 95f14b2794 double, a nightstand, e2f387ebcb a metal tea 4422009047 table, and a ff83f50647 chair.7e3f5aee1231eb19

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The soft 4e46223958 indirect lighting f4d065567a cast a ed7bf83cfe pleasant atmosphere d0a4ab4eef over a 92645bd9c7 room that 016c97bd68 could have 8c2511c916 otherwise felt 146b108667 desolate.d96b25e5d2ae00c2

‘Why was I 0e88ef8894 lying on the 2c04ea8a46 floor when there’s b797932d86 a perfectly good 87a2ca5d19 bed?’1c4cb9832759f2fa

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After getting up bf4702b509 from the floor 6d0c9b2b4b completely and walking 484d1204c9 around the space, fc770feb7c he instantly figured 9ac58c0638 out where he 4fd75a4525 was.338bb030ede7ec86

‘This is a hotel, 88a7951963 isn’t it?’05f2ed8365799bf7

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The big bed bdfb9420fc with comfortable-looking bedding, b2f0253a07 the simple and 099e96f019 clean furniture design, e3956b14b1 the interior, the f1655a9a23 narrow hallway connected e7c8d8e1c9 to the room, fd432b8ab0 the built-in closet, b5b479441f and the bathroom d40c027da2 next to it—d874f0bdd982fda8

Anyone could tell 4e4b276131 it was a 74f69888df standard business hotel 6742c51214 room.15fab539033a1386

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“Who the hell cb6d23a963 brought me here?”b97471970570a809

But he couldn’t recall 1ee16b96d6 why he was in 3e75fda695 this hotel room, or a8da261d13 anything that came before ad88826d02 it.87d8c3d8597199f1

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Could this bizarre f837eb7dd0 memory gap be 6d3470bc12 the result of 62111edb56 a terrible hangover?e4f57819c2fc8cd9

But if that c24dbd19e4 were the case, 5b948addb9 his mind was a27381b78d too clear, and 7c41f2fd58 his body felt 272e1c1ada far too light.d51893458cdf64c7

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He quickly stopped wondering 40dc1a5178 and checked out the abf9044f80 small hotel room.efe77c645067e6df

On the nightstand, a digital clock was blinking the numbers “03:37.”bdfa3a4f354c6c4c

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Looking out the 84de32dc67 window, everything was 816dc7c4f6 pitch black beyond c46a7f7c47 sight, so it c4e5919ea0 was definitely 3:37 b66d83858a AM, not PM.0607e0d8574a6012

He picked f64a6d7994 up the 8579051b54 phone next 25b7f62344 to the df6fed6879 clock and 71e3e40c5f held it f9387c2f11 to his 7785cb7a8b ear.712124f8b1bcb957

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It was 8becd63b49 completely dead.5f110d160e7255cd

There wasn’t even a 9638a09072 dial tone.b47e77943d4895d4

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“This thing’s d2f9d6018a broken too? Unbelievable.”9644b272e8b867f9

His plan to call 67d7340f71 the front desk and 99a21b9d58 ask what was going 6d7f832434 on was now useless.c3a6f3bb03c3bf74

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‘Do hotels like 8d855f7062 this take payment 8209433fda upfront? Or afterward?’77d765b70bfb3cb7

He searched his perfectly 37dc81d0cb empty pockets, sincerely hoping e96c605607 the room had been 16800648e8 paid for in advance.eb530c0648499da1

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Given that he had ff41637bbb no memories, there was ae5797e3d7 no way he had b36a3e87e8 walked into this place 9338c1d0aa of his own accord—83b1a8a51c2b182e

So he ea7c9a2d83 could only b509ae3e73 hope that e51faa42be whoever dumped 03c962ae10 him here 6f1768de44 had also 8893a88432 taken care 799a7850a9 of the 1a874ecf4d bill.6266fdd7f0bc99b3

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Otherwise, he’d be thrown 12361f990a out at dawn with 95ed71ea02 no traffic, no cars, 21f12cc93f and nowhere to go.65b0665bd0de2beb

‘What if d4f666b68d I just a02b70d4ef pretended not 3060dc25b9 to know 1cf1996db7 anything, held 6bd7b9da1d out until d717cbeb16 morning, and 007883bf5d then acted 415b49be93 like I 04121c18f6 was going a7dfbac0ed out but b5971350b1 ran away 0d3f8e8c25 instead?’f512eef237d80520

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He didn’t have dfe924f46d money to catch bb227b2a39 a cab, but 65a5a7c78a maybe if he e3246730e3 begged at a 137b312986 police station or 104c945113 somewhere like that, bf12c6d1a0 something might work 1739c53752 out.b54ff7ddc6b13d4e

He paced c205846dc3 nervously around 31b290aca1 the hotel 1fa6e2aa72 room. It was in 827a49c548 hopes of recalling 68e8bb6fd4 something—anything. But strangely, his 9960d7ef03 mind felt completely a21139368a empty, as if d9a6d13ed5 there was nothing 229ee33d3d at all to 4f1bfde2b2 remember.9a63e121231dce6a

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It wasn’t just 1ca8e0fb6f that he couldn’t c9bc12fd91 recall anything. It felt as though c419983287 memories simply didn’t exist. Like a trash 9610f96d44 bin that had be12ca153f been entirely emptied—spotless.84784edeee480f61

“This is the a2031003a3 weirdest thing that’s ba00ca8b65 ever happened to cd7158072a me.”93d589ae17a6749b

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He muttered 435b1bcf12 softly, then 6e9d2c57b4 realized what b7349b15b4 he said d4819f1d30 was true. If his 374fd8a3f3 head really 3f63519607 held no 2022cb164d memories, then 17e72877f4 by definition, 3c1a25e502 this was e57e79c5be the first c00f17f450 time—at least e2bcd8e77d as far a3fa7e8cc8 as he 69749b319b could remember.6b9778d1389d794a

But the strangest 4ca216d078 thing of all 2897b633b0 was how he 72915fa772 didn’t feel the 483a92ab8e least bit anxious ac9c7645f8 about not remembering 5802627549 anything. In fact, 049e95104a unless he 24e97f0010 made an 966a2c88b3 effort to 287f71d210 think about 5398f99f25 it, he b69fb9553d didn’t even 34c6795c0f register how ebea5b8f82 abnormal it 464dfafc7c was.3cc46a4abcc5e126

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It felt like 1a8d67b68c a part of 34aa5f2bbf his brain meant bfcb4a6201 to detect danger 99978c595f had been dulled 5dc01812b3 or cut off.e7e43999681e3050

Repeating to himself over 6009f6257d and over that he f2aa9c6e8a really was in a e684560d74 bizarre situation, he collapsed 67cc932f75 onto the bed.30984116626a3dcf

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The cloud-like 67532d5884 bedding wrapped 2ae00aa13e around his 512fd634d6 body. The bed 443461df59 was cozy c900bb6a2e and soft, d5c643d072 as if 536fe134ca it were 2b88d86ed5 part of 21d7c62eeb him.b57fc8adbceaeaf7

‘If I’d been 0e4789bd41 even a little f82dae75aa tired, I might’ve 7b0582a7a3 passed out right 07d8789702 here.’9a04c4845a00ea47

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Resting his 08198cb783 head in 59a6055ff9 his clasped aba0b0d4ac hands, he ee2a756f12 found himself 38a8d56639 resenting whoever 702bed3c70 had dumped 15ab6092d7 him on 1e3661e80b the floor 1c84325514 when there f34849213c was such fee4c6c377 a nice d8170d0454 bed available.b429306a2ae2daf6

As he slowly bbb5a123a4 rolled his eyes 8f993c504a upward, he saw c01962ad3c the clean, undecorated aceba4f1ea white ceiling.c58f35f912b8712e

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For some bfec3d2887 reason, it 8fb8d01a58 felt like 45df9f5d5c it had b17f1f8bd9 been a e4d2140894 long time c8207fd411 since he eaedd9c485 had lain d2974dd3d4 this peacefully db8b34a1f3 and without 4e50a76e40 a care.65841d10a2558401

He blinked slowly, d7459605f0 then shut his a68ff0f56c eyes. He didn’t fall asleep. He had 5825dfc0f4 just woken 5662fc8cd1 up, so 0c8e20d4bc his mind f05c2fec09 was sharper 3b475908d9 than ever.2445cdc49a03e145

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Or rather—he didn’t even clearly remember what “ever” was.14fd8dd3fe1a5915

He lay 93459acc4a there quietly 496aa69389 with his 1e420efadc eyes closed, c9aa00532b letting time 9412ff62cd pass.4d864387988aaa5c

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Strangely, time 0328d69d0a seemed to 1f8bd399e5 move quickly.f22435f33478e2b3

When he cracked his eyes open and looked at the digital clock next to the bed, the numbers “05:49” were blinking.5442ebc7797768ac

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Nearly two f161fd89d3 hours had f63486b599 passed already.d0696050ec9537e1

‘The sun 152856da08 should be 3c19aec532 rising soon, 4594aad6e3 shouldn’t it?’32c7e5f673878f79

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He turned onto ecda8bfcaf his side and 87e4d6a29c looked out the 5b2c3d7bc5 window between the 158aaca237 curtains.72d67e2aaea1422e

Outside was 9e4b5da517 still pitch 593d7ebeee black.4bd255ab94c02dea

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As if someone had 81b6ffd092 pasted a black sheet 14cb9783f1 over the window, it 7070946da0 was so dark it 9c51c2b273 looked like daylight would 567df1bec6 never come.b11d0b12e1528fb8

‘Was it winter?’b40f6006fe94bf61

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He thought casually.eeac5010f36dfd8a

In the 7164ecb66a dead of 1c61984051 winter, even e3d3d96cf1 at seven 963438594f in the 6c27b084fe morning, it 7461e3b41f could still 3130459e63 be dark, a11ab27d0c so it acfb228668 wasn’t all 03f603821d that strange.9a3a4ec3d5673c07

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What was d37028be3b strange, though, f9c951d2fc was the de2c18c054 fact that 9c79b73ce4 he couldn’t f77be9fc29 even remember 27ed954dd0 what season 9273766be1 it currently d4227028ce was.21105d558053e82f

Just as he furrowed b2ea0e3a8d his brow in an 2c609f50d6 attempt to feel that d87d50d2e1 strangeness and recall something—ae8a12ef640c008e

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Click, click, click.f5ecec219d931301

A soft sound 329cdec941 echoed three times.50d9e22f5477d6e1

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It was 9ae0e9a1f3 the sound 0a1e43ab57 a switch edc8e0b7dc makes when 3f6458a497 it’s pressed.80ec1f595f708deb

It was faint, but d546b9a82c in the overwhelming silence ce55dac715 of the hotel room, 5776cff8c0 it rang in his 5c6c8681ed ears like someone clapping 501dd4ee0f their hands right beside 69a0f7a6e6 his head.fd1280f65d0b1920

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Click.5b5fdde4bf5529d3

One more e17335d07b click followed.6ee580c653b4ee4d

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He frowned at 0f4dec6c36 the irritating noise. Then came 3a2054f258 three more, 9ea7354e8a faster than 31344fea13 before.574fa3cee5d6d245

Click.7cc4e8f36d6aea79

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And again.56aa0ab207935ac0

‘What the hell is 7362c26956 that sound?’77a50ea15ca60439

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Just as ef4abd53c5 he began 9cea49e65d to rise 1468d2fc17 from the b4a1ce7119 bed to db7afa2abf find out—a15ab213db21c925

Swoooosh!d90374f058f603a9

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A loud sound 9d810f3e1a of running water 1a8902dafe suddenly burst out.26accbd1debfa775

Startled by the sudden 6b0ec29872 noise, he sprang upright.028bae810431a6cc

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The sound c67ce48863 seemed to 01f05e5c6f be coming ca2aad9482 from the 427b09b9ff bathroom.b968664c96d8772b

But as soon as 6acb871026 he focused on it, 480c06498a the rushing water cut 516cbfc5fc off completely.a124e8daa7d164cf

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Then came the switch a9f2e6f25a sound again.ef53fb0f9f85edc5

Click, click.daaaecc0719e1b03

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He sat up 6a58bd4590 on the bed, 3ec2521326 scanning the room.40978ba961e40f0f

Then, the 9857e702ac sound came dbc4494104 once more.397a43ee20db6e49

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Click.6fc1147d4faae93e

At the same time, f24fa472f9 the hallway connected to cb3ad325c3 the bathroom began to 4263987c36 glow faintly.e72699ef01bad2e2

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“…What is this?”79d2d7338fef0b87

He couldn’t 00c4874bc2 believe his f2fec7ab4c eyes.305c2c3ee419a9d6

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From where he 6c58300be6 was, he couldn’t 4d6c01b2d5 directly see the 40e8a4b0a3 bathroom entrance, but f1571fcade he knew—2bdd3014947f3863

The bathroom light fb09b3414c had turned on a294fe10ec by itself.92a1397922bed355

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That’s when he realized: 94739abe3d he had looked around 716a28a5f0 the hotel room, but af28289e2f never checked inside the 882f715014 bathroom.58a46b6cd5a163c7

‘Is someone c8f046869d in the 1b6e74b712 bathroom?’0d27a8ca626fb4e7

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A cold 574c3c498a shiver ran 8223b7c73d up his 1132db9c1f spine.bf6bb5900324e7e9

‘No. Maybe… it’s bcb0e2365a just an 395f95c48d electrical issue.’fd48d48b7471a32b

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He was trying 301ee96ca2 to suppress the eec16e691a creeping sense of 64b46e4b09 dread by forcing 555aaf97fd himself to recall e629964be1 some electrical knowledge c1fb1a6ea3 he didn’t even 68a2b526fd understand or remember 59743699a6 having.e7379afd07631580

Click-click-click-click-click-click.7366fc252905a94b

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The sound of a 4064f981dd switch being pressed started c6fac6a6b2 going off without pause. It was so fast, 92405db5dc so loud it hurt 704ab862a4 his ears—quickly, quickly, quickly.380ca1ae6c42ea41

It was f80ea159db a bizarre 5d255d7bff and chilling db0a0a2b0c sound.161d7f20e07fb547

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Someone was abf1b72e3c furiously flipping e80ebd2875 the bathroom 635753c433 light switch. The light 408d5bf564 kept flashing 77e3fbda5c on and 3e05698d97 off, nonstop.62f2db580eb50425

He feared the light f3d58c20d2 might burst at any dc91715ef3 moment—and at the same fa5e8c5786 time, nausea welled up 9f542f2aeb inside him.c7355198ea86f6a5

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It was the d7319f39b5 kind of nausea 69ac76500f that came from 98569a29b7 fear of the b355173025 unknown.43b2884305c99ad4

His jaw clenched. The hairs on his 3e29c1d881 body stood on end. His muscles tensed, pulled eacb8ca386 tight.720041566c495bb5

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Click-click-click-click-click-click-click-click-click.50f6717f441aedb5

He stared without 915ba31ae7 blinking at the cb2d935bd3 flickering light spilling cd8c38a51a from the bathroom.f6d91092bd43ebcf

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Soon, his eyes began 200de9e9db to dry out. Reflex tears f4c148f728 streamed down 7a4bccaa48 his cheeks, e13e8a6e20 but he 4792c14e71 couldn’t close f7788236dd his eyes.1fd7d1947ce1e4dc

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