[Seven-Minute Semblance] GENIUSFORSALE & VORSTELLUNGEN

Chapter 1 - Defying Destiny

Futhark.

7. May.
Friday, 3:00 p.m.
Coronado University.

I'M NOT GOING TO LOCK YOU UP IN SOME ROOM. I'M NOT GOING TO LOCK YOU UP IN SOME ROOM. I'M NOT GOING TO LOCK YOU UP IN SOME ROOM.

Jule Lewis Uresonderry.

The room was dark. Pretty dark. Boxes. Shelves. The room was dark, Jule.

I'M NOT GOING TO LOCK YOU UP IN SOME ROOM.

Breathe. Kiel. Breathe. You're all right. It's alright. Right.

There's a woman standing in front of you. Blurry? No. Blurred. Glitchy? No.

"Bakit ka natatakot, Kiel, nak?"

I curled up on the floor. The woman approached. Closer... Closer.

"Bakit ka natatakot? Hindi ba ganito rin ang ginawa mo sa 'kin noon?"

Breathe. Kiel. Breathe.

Close your eyes, she's not there.

"Hindi ba kinulong mo lang ako sa isang kwarto? Natatakot ka ba sa sarili mong anino?"

"I'm sorry," I whimpered, shutting my eyes tighter. "Sorry. Sorry, ma."

She's beside me. Beside me. She's beside me. She's stroking my hair.

Naririnig ko ang mga sigaw niya. Sumisigaw pa rin siya. Nagsisigawan pa rin kami.

"Jeg beklager min kjære, min Alf."

I ran away from her. I slammed against a metal shelf and fell on the floor. I needed that. Nahimasmasan ako. I gripped my bracelet on my right wrist.

"Kawawa naman ang anak ko, nasaktan."

I screamed.

I'm scared.

I'm shaking.

Am I going to die?

Parang hihiwalay ang kaluluwa ko sa katawan ko. Parang gustong humiwalay ng kaluluwa ko sa katawan ko.

I ran around, hitting shelves and boxes. Every time I bumped into something and fell, I stood up and ran around again. I flailed my arms and screamed louder than all the voices in my head.

I finally crashed into a hard, solid wall, and flopped into the ground.

The world is spinning. The world is spinning around.

Can't move. I feel sick.

"Didn't you kill a person before?"

"Kiel."

"Sometimes I wish I had a son like you, Kiel."

"You're an idiot, Fraulein Snow."