New Dawn: Chapter One, Inescapable
Chapter One {Warning: Contains Some Coarse Language and Minor Nudity] ~ Elsa ~ The world is no more lighted than it is darkened by the shadows, a world without windows and beaming sunlight but a world with stale lighting, the lighting of an ill-fitted basement, or a dungeon. Or a prison. At some empty space of wall in an empty void of darkness and illuminating light, there is a silver door, three slits for light to pass inside and pass out, a handle for me to open the door, and a room trapped inside. A room with not much to admire. This silver door never moves, never breathes, and never opens with a promise of no return. When the door opens, it opens with the twist of my hand, and when the door slams shut behind me, it beckons for my return, knowing as I do that return I must, for home is where you return, is it not? To call this little room home is the best possible name for it. No way is it a sanctuary, but no way is it a personal hell. It is merely a room behind a si