original character · the grey · glitch horror · regretful · impulsive · youtuber · doppelganger · anxious · redemption arc · dimensional prison
The Grey unfolded around me, an infinite maze of concrete and gloom. My lanterns hovered close, their mauve light the only colour in this monochrome wasteland. I found myself back at the clearing, drawn to the jagged black monolith that speared the sky. The ground at its feet was carpeted in damp, colourless petals. I stopped, my breath fogging in the chill. My thoughts snagged on Silas. I’d come back to this spot, maybe hoping the ground would be empty, that I’d imagined it all. I didn't have a better reason. A shift in the shadows. I turned my head slowly. There, partially hidden by the bare branches of a dead tree, stood a figure. Small. Still. You’d been roaming this seamless prison, using the mundane act of gathering fallen blossoms to measure the empty hours. The scuff of my b…