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Pasco, Washington, June 14th, 2009. I was at the beach. Seagulls flying, fish jumping, the sound of the water hitting the shore. Life was perfect. Now I don't know how I'm at a beach in Pasco, WA, but I am. I was enjoying the beach until a giant tractor came out of the water. I was quite confused, though this seems ordinary to an extent. The tractor came to ask me for my name. I couldn't answer that.
After the tractor asked the question, it tried sitting next to me. A bit uncomfortable sitting next to a tractor but whatever. The tractor kept edging closer to me and it started getting really awkward. As the tractor started edging closer, I kept scooting away. I think the tractor wanted to go to town down south, but I wasn't letting that happen. I ran away from the tractor but I got chased back.
After fifteen minutes of running, I finally got tired. The tractor was now approaching me, creepily edging towards me. Suddenly, I heard a dreaming harp sound effect and fell through the ground.
I fell into a blood-stained ocean. With no shore in sight, I swam with no questions asked. Eventually, I found shore, the sand as yellow as the sand I was sitting on earlier. "I need to rest", I thought. After resting for a bit, I decided to start exploring the land. I found a crocodile with a set of speakers for ears. The crocodile leered at me and asked
"Hey, how ya doin'?"
I replied with:
"Uhh, fine I guess..."
The crocodile then asked
"Ya lookin' for someone?"
I said no. As I started walking away, the crocodile started following me. We walked together, shared a few jokes like "What do you get when you cross a screwdriver and a glove? Nothing!". We both cracked up at each other's jokes. It was a pleasant walk.
After an hour of walking, we found a train station. The walls were the tiles you'd see on the side of a pool and the floor was a checkered pattern. It appeared to be not so busy. There were only a few people and some workers at the station. I made my way through the station. Some parts were completely devoid of life. I talked to one of the workers and they told me to get out of here while I still could and he said that people who stay for too long get blood tested. I decided not to follow the worker's advice and just wandered aimlessly.
I walked downstairs and I saw a skinny, tall, dark figure with an arched back walking towards me which freaked me out. The shadowy figure then started chasing me even further. I'm way faster than it so I was able to break free fast. I then tried walking upstairs at another part of the train station and a floating clock with eyeballs started following me. It was making loud beep sounds and was almost as fast as me. I ran again. Tired, I went over to the train area to sit down. "Is this what the worker was talking about?" I thought. I sat down because I was tired from running away. "I have had to run a lot today," I thought. Those must be the entities who perform the blood tests. I don't want my blood tested.
Only a minute later did I see the clock again, but this time the clock was with the dark figure I saw earlier. The clock must've alerted my presence and location to the dark figure. I knew I had nowhere to hide and nowhere to run. I was cornered. I gave up. Only for my crocodile friend to quickly pull me into the train he was boarding.
"Thank you" I said. I knew I wouldn't have made it out without that cool crocodile.
Sitting on the train, I looked up at the advertisements. "んんんんんん りんご んんんんんん", it said, I couldn't read the language. I started getting bored on this train. I tried twiddling my thumbs but that only made time go slower. The train then stopped at a log cabin.
I left the train with my crocodile crony. This very large figure in a purple business suit approached me.
"I will be your nightmare today, how would you like your stay?" He asked.
I replied with "cozy".
"Right this way sir!" he exclaimed. I followed the large figure into a hotel room with a nice view of the blood-stained ocean. I ate some of the steaks they served and I got full almost immediately. Absolutely delicious, my taste buds crave it to this day. I decided to go to sleep afterward.
I woke up, but I felt very cold. Maybe the window was left open, I don't know. I then realized I was trapped inside this white box. I kicked and then the door of the box opened. I was in my refrigerator back "home". I don't know what happened to my crocodile friend. It was sad how I never got to say goodbye.
I wandered around my "house", convinced that it wasn't actually my house. I then looked out my window, everything seemed to be normal, I even saw my car. I then grabbed my car keys and set out for the beach again.
Published Nov. 4th, 2021