Life, Once Again!

I ran down a long corridor. People staring at you with strange eyes fade away behind your back. The sound of all kinds of prayers for the rest of the dead fades and enters a silent space. It was no longer a funeral hall. I ran through a long, concrete cave. The rabbit in front of you looks like a bluebird of hope. I chased the rabbit into the heart of this abyss nightmare if I missed it. The distance from the rabbit seems to be narrow, but not narrow. The rabbit often looks back and flicks its chin as if to follow it.

As I stumbled, the rabbit in front of me disappeared, feeling the limits of my cardiopulmonary abilities. The floor circles around. Where else would we be? There was nothing to see. A place without a handful of light makes it hard to tell even the arms in front of you. Sudden blackouts were enough to paralyze reason. I heard a thump when the accident suddenly stopped and I was afraid of losing my sense of direction. Then I realized that there was no sound around me. Instead, you hear a terribly loud sound inside your body. I heard the sound of the stomach exercising nervously. I tried to find as much leisure as I could, thinking it was a really good environment to let my mind go, but the sound of my body's life's activities growing in silence was eating away at me. As I lost the sound, even the position sensation that I had felt was minimal, regardless of the presence or absence of vision. I was lying on the floor, feeling like my body was leaning backwards. If this is the torture chamber, I'd like to award the Nobel Prize for making this.

I felt the warmth of waiting so eagerly. The warmth of humankind. The floor slowly opened its eyes.

“What's the matter? Were you dreaming?”

She lies beside you in the fall. Wearing a thin bandafalti, she raises her body and turns on the light beside the bed. The floor sweeps down his face with his right hand. You're soaking wet like a man running through a storm.

“Look at the sweat. Aren't you fat?”

“I don't know.”

“Just wait. Have some warm water. ”

I hugged her as she tried to get up, turning her back.

“Mr. Hangul, don't be such a baby. ”

“Wait, wait, wait. ”

“Honey, what's wrong? Is something wrong? ”

“No, it's not like that. I just had a horrible dream. ”

“Dream? What dream? ”

She rubs her face with her palm. Ah, the floor felt a deep relief. I feel like my legs are finally settling down. The smell of loving linens and the smell of gentle shampoo. I can't tell you how delightful it is to see a 5000 won character watch purchased from a discount shop.

“Are you sober now? ”

“Yeah, I think so. ”

“Then why don't you let go? ”

She pulls her hand out, smiling playfully.

“I'll get you some water and some aspirin. Seems like a lot of hard work these days. Wait.”

Light comes through the open door at an angle. The floor looks at her through the kitchen cabinet, shifting her hair behind one ear. Dream, yes, it was a dream. The floor looks down at its hand and grips firmly once. I feel a freezing pain in my mouth.

“You're finally awake. ”

I pinched my cheeks just in case. It hurts. I feel a smile.

“Come on, come on. ”

The floor opened its mouth. She slips the medicine in. I gave him a cup of water and drank warm water. I felt a flash because of the water that flowed into my body.

“Not so good? ”

“No, it's okay now. ”

The floor holds her hand.

“Are you sure you're okay? ”

“It's okay. I had a horrible dream. ”

“A nightmare? Why do you want to hear me say that? ”

She smiles like a fox. Get into bed and lean your head against your shoulders. The floor wraps around her with its right hand.

“I'm dead. ”

“It's been a little hard from the start. ”

“Terrible. He's dead anyway, but he went back to high school with God's help. ”

“That's good. So?”

“I tried to live hard. Oh, you found it, too. ”

“High school day? Ouch, that's too much. I'll let you meet other guys. ”

“Should I have? ”

She shrugs.

“That's not a nightmare. Did you really find me that horrible? ”

“That's what I think right now. ”

“Get a falcon, falcon. ”

She slapped me on the back with her palm. The floor twists and avoids the touch. Why are you so grateful for all this time?

“What happened after that……. ”

“Okay, don't tell me. You said it was a nightmare.You 'd better forget about that soon. ”

“Is that so?"

She nods.

“Go to sleep. You have to go to bed early to wake up tomorrow. ”

“Yes, you should. ”

“Do you want me to sing you to sleep? ”

I lay my head on the pillow. Next to her, she starts to murmur. I feel so relaxed that I may have had a nightmare. If you wake up like this, you'll have a normal day tomorrow.

I closed my eyes and felt her warmth beside me as I went to sleep.

What if I wake up tomorrow? ’

The floor moves its hand and grabs her wrist. I felt the shape of a slender wrist, and the floor sighed tremblingly. At some point, the texture of the flesh that I felt in my hands disappeared.

I slowly opened my eyes. The floor looks both ways. Where empty chairs line up. I cast my gaze forward. I can see the stage in the dark.

Thump, hoof echoes from the center of the stage. Soon after, a white pinlight enters the center of the stage.

“Did you enjoy the play? ”

At the center of the stage is a man in a mask. The floor knows who the man is. A man I have seen many times in my dreams. The man in the mask, a blend of black and white, took a cheerful step onstage. The man in the mask with the rain on the stage used an umbrella he didn't know where he got it from. Singing in the lane echoes silently in the theater. Watching the man walk across the stage with a rhythmic tap dance, the floor grabbed his teeth and jumped onto the stage. And he squeezed the collar of the man who was playing the musical in front of his nose.

“What do you want from me? What the hell do you want from me? ”

“I don't want anything. But I told you, you make the choice. But I'll give you the choice. ”

The floor shifts back, spraying its hands, and looks at the man adamantly. I don't even know which dream is real anymore. I didn't know if I was being reborn or if I was still dreaming.

“Did you enjoy the play? ”

“Get me out of here. If it's a fucking dream, let it wake you up. ”

“I'm sorry, but that's not something I can do. Because I'm an incompetent creature who can only do this. ”

The man started tap-dancing again. I ran to the stage to get the rain pouring out of my umbrella. It was short, but the floor felt the man's gesture was pitiful. But soon I woke up and followed the man and caught him.

“Violence is out of the question. ”

“You didn't do this? ”

“I can only live on this little stage that you provided me. All I know is what you know. ”

“Then what are these dreams! Is that fucking god messing with me? Or am I finally crazy and hallucinating? ”

“No, you're not crazy. You're talking straight to me. But it won't be long now. Don't worry, you'll wake up soon enough. Probably. ”

“How do you know that you don't know anything? ”

“I know a few things. I said I was incompetent with humility, but I'm not that incompetent. ”

“Didn't you say you'd give me a choice? Sounds like you have some power. ”

“It's just a little bit of a pun. ”

“Tell me the truth. Who the hell are you? ”

The masked man takes a step back and pulls something from his pocket. A long stretch. It was a tie. The masked man wears a blue tie around his neck and wears it skillfully.

At that moment, the floor reminded me of a tarot card. A clown wearing a tie on stage. It was the same as the man in front of me.

“What do you want to say? ”

“Did you enjoy the play? ”

“Why do you keep asking me that question? ”

“That's all I have to ask. All I can live on is this little stage. And I'm a pathetic creature that only breathes when you're eaten by a creature called smoke. ”

“If you want to talk nonsense, you better take off that stuffy mask. It might hurt more if I get bitten. ”

The floor reaches out and grabs the mask. The masked man did not resist at all. I hold my head back as if to peel it off.

“I'm ashamed to see you like this. You'll get used to it. ”

I pulled the mask as hard as I could while listening to the man's voice. The mask falls off as you hear the thunder and the end of the rope ripping.

“ ……. ”

The floor is speechless. I just took a step back, looking at the man smiling in shame.

“I'm not used to it either. ”

“You……. ”

“You make your choice. But I'll give you a choice. Do you understand what I'm saying? ”

The floor chewed the face of the man standing in front with trembling eyes.

There is a face on the other side that looks the same as looking in the mirror.

“May I formally introduce myself? The floor is also famous for its name, which was named after Mother's strong demands who do not care about the manipulator. She turned into a sea because she thought it would be nice to be named after Korean. But my name isn't in the sky. The floor is better than the sky. Don't you think so? ”

He reached out his hand and laughed. The floor looks at the hand and looks into the man's eyes. Unfortunately, the speech bubble that represents his thoughts did not appear.

“I'm you, and you're me, and you don't have to use that. You don't usually use it. Enemies can be useful, but not for those around them. It's a surface area for getting to know people, but if you peek inside it, it's very uncomfortable. You know that better than anyone. ”

“What the hell are you? Is this another god's prank? ”

“Well, I don't know about that. All I know is that I've been acting alone on this stage for a very long time. But I'm always happy to have guests. I know it's weird that I'm a guest myself. ”

“What do you want from me? ”

“What you want? ”

The man smiled and opened his mouth.

“Can you get me out of this shithole? ”

“What?"

The man who came to that point shrugs his shoulders and flips the fallen mask over.

“It's convenient, isn't it? I'm not a doppelganger. Talking to myself is like talking to myself. ”

It was then that the rabbit appeared, squeezing between the stage curtains.

“Here we are again. ”

The rabbit jumps up and rubs its cheek over the masked man's shoulder. At that moment, I could hear the voice of the woman on the floor. Sorry, sorry. Ata's voice lingers on the stage for a moment before disappearing.

“It's time to leave. I hope it's over, but maybe it's not. Let's meet again, in your heart. And set me free. It's my only play. ”

A rabbit drops over the man's shoulder and leaps outward toward the stage.

“What are you doing? Don't go. ”

The man pointed at the rabbit and said, Then I saw the floor. Through a hole in the mask, he cried without pity.

“She's a lovely woman. So... ”

As soon as the man's words came out, I felt the floor collapse. The floor glances at the man with its bare gaze. I felt like I had to listen to what was going to follow.

The body becomes more and more distant from the stage. The distance from the man became distant. The side curtain slowly closes, and just before the appearance of the man disappears, the man throws off his mask and shouts.

Don't hate me too much.

That's what the man said.

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Wieiei Tatak.

Whee! Whee! Tactical!

Today, I caught four flies with an electric fly.

I'm proud of it, but where does it keep coming from?

Flyers!!!!!!

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Have you seen the sky today?

The phrase "the cloudless sky" was born for today.

It was so clean.

The sun is pouring down through the clear skies without filtering.

Whoa, whoa.

I almost became a squid.

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Let's sleep through the heat!

Good night!

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Coupon, thank you. Thanks to you, I'm writing.

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