>>5740749“Divine Dragon Force, watch my back!” you call out, elbow held parallel to your shoulder and fist to the sky as you start walking back towards the split in the hall. But once you come to the split once more, that sensation of danger flares, you whirling around counterclockwise with your right drawn back, ready to swing. Except, instead of Dark Rider or some monster, you see... Nothing. The dark of the hallway creeps closer, the stone of the hall back the way you'd come vanishing in that darkness.
“You have to move. If that darkness swallows you, I don't think any light you can make will be bright enough.” Divine Dragon Force states, you agreeing. And turning back to the choices before you head down the middle path this time, running down the downward ramp. Which brings a good thought to mind, how are you running down despite being in a room with a single flat floor?
“Dammit.” you say, the downward slope coming to a stop and bringing you to another choice. This time there's a leftward path in about a dozen feet from you, then another two yards the forward path ends, turning to the right. You think that the closer path is to hide you from whatever's chasing you, your fear making you want to scurry and hide down a different, closer path than the one further away. So you rush to the far path, taking the right-handed turn. Which leads to another hallway, this one ending in a 'T' intersection. Left and right once more, you running to it and glancing over your shoulder, seeing the darkness grow ever-closer. “Shit.”
“Keep calm, Karn. Use your head.” the crimson-scaled Stand says, but you can feel that it is disturbed as well. You take the right-handed path, running down the hall as it leads to more and more paths. You keep choosing paths at random, running to keep ahead of the encroaching dark behind you. Yet no matter how far you run, you can't escape the darkness. It grows closer and closer, you then sliding to a stop at the seventh 'T' intersection and sliding to a stop. “What are you doing?”
“I'm done running.” you reply, turning to face that encroaching darkness. Your instincts flare up, warning you that you're in serious danger, but don't back down. Instead, you clench your fists, and power up into your Ascended Berserker form with a roar. “HRRRAAAAAAA!!”
Your sudden explosion of light and power should have brightened the darkness, but instead it seemingly only galvanizes the darkness, it engulfing you after a second. As it does you feel yourself falling, falling, and then the sensation ends. The darkness recedes, revealing that you're.... Back at the start, with three paths open to you.
“Not bad son, I give up.” you say, powering back down to normal. “You got me.”
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