James Reade Venable, Archway
Directions Home from a Nightmare
Maria Hardin
Welcome to MapQuest!
Directions
To: Home
From: Nightmare
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Walk northeast into the night toward the street on which you were born
It’s just past Wintercrest Ln
If you get to Hatherly Rd you’ve gone too far
---------you walk until you see the log cabin-------
Turn Right on Topping Pl
Lift the latch on the gate to the backyard
It’s almost too high for you to reach
------- you see your old plastic tent-------
Push the flaps of the tent aside
Enter the tent
The tent is impossibly large now
Try and find your way back out
-------you can’t see the exit-------
Turn around
The tent has become a crowded conference room
There is a door at the far end of the room
-------you can’t understand what anyone is saying-------
Go towards that door
The people block you from getting to the door
There’s a large table with a tablecloth on it
-------you still can’t understand anyone, now they are louder-------
Crawl under the table
It’s your old basement
Something skitters into the corner
Turn around
-------you discover there is no door-------
Go down the stairs into the basement
Look for another way out
Find a defensive weapon
-------you can’t pick up the shovel or the broom, try to wake up-------
Go towards the washing machine
There’s something making noise inside
-------you wake up-------
Go closer to the washing machine
-------you are not awake-------
Open the door to the washing machine
A large rat jumps out and bites you on the arm
-------you feel it bite your right lower arm, try to wake up-------
Wake up
The nails from your left hand are digging in to your right arm
There is a rat in the bed
-------you are not awake-------
Wake up again
There is no rat
There is a rat in the bed
-------you are not awake-------
Sit up, wake up, you are now awake
Brush your arm off
There is no rat in bed
Double check the bed
-------you are awake-------
You have arrived at your destination
It is 3:47 AM
-------you try to go back to sleep-------
Maria Hardin
Welcome to MapQuest!
Directions
To: Home
From: Nightmare
Save to My Maps? Y/N Click here for Printer Friendly Version!
Walk northeast into the night toward the street on which you were born
It’s just past Wintercrest Ln
If you get to Hatherly Rd you’ve gone too far
---------you walk until you see the log cabin-------
Turn Right on Topping Pl
Lift the latch on the gate to the backyard
It’s almost too high for you to reach
------- you see your old plastic tent-------
Push the flaps of the tent aside
Enter the tent
The tent is impossibly large now
Try and find your way back out
-------you can’t see the exit-------
Turn around
The tent has become a crowded conference room
There is a door at the far end of the room
-------you can’t understand what anyone is saying-------
Go towards that door
The people block you from getting to the door
There’s a large table with a tablecloth on it
-------you still can’t understand anyone, now they are louder-------
Crawl under the table
It’s your old basement
Something skitters into the corner
Turn around
-------you discover there is no door-------
Go down the stairs into the basement
Look for another way out
Find a defensive weapon
-------you can’t pick up the shovel or the broom, try to wake up-------
Go towards the washing machine
There’s something making noise inside
-------you wake up-------
Go closer to the washing machine
-------you are not awake-------
Open the door to the washing machine
A large rat jumps out and bites you on the arm
-------you feel it bite your right lower arm, try to wake up-------
Wake up
The nails from your left hand are digging in to your right arm
There is a rat in the bed
-------you are not awake-------
Wake up again
There is no rat
There is a rat in the bed
-------you are not awake-------
Sit up, wake up, you are now awake
Brush your arm off
There is no rat in bed
Double check the bed
-------you are awake-------
You have arrived at your destination
It is 3:47 AM
-------you try to go back to sleep-------