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“Hello?” [ONE] rolled their eyes as they said the word. Come on, they were better than this. They didn’t need to talk to themselves.
“Ah, Hello” A soft voice came from behind them and their head shot up. Twisting their neck to search behind them, they made a sound of confusion when nothing was there.
“What are you doing?” [ONE] jumped as the voice was right next to them. But… no one was there. Were they hearing voices now?
[ONE] paused and thought for a moment. This place was full of different things. Maybe this something could help them? “Looking for something.”
The voice hummed in what sounded like excitement. “Ooh, Can I help?” [ONE] stared in the direction of the voice. They were uneasy and their hands were gripping the flashlight …show more content…

It is nothing of your concern.” The feeling of the voice changed. It sounded tense. But they were a curious person by nature, it was why they were here after all. “How is your ‘something’ going then? Can you at least talk about that?” It relented, and the image of a silhouette slumping in defeat crossed his mind. “OK, at least I can hope.” “Well,” [ONE] spoke slowly, mapping out a plan in their mind. “Would you like to stay and chat?” The temperature dropped and they could feel emotions coming off in waves. [ONE] choked on a small gasp when he could see a faint outline of a person. The owner of the voice did not feel very happy.
“Look, I really do not want to ‘chat’”, The form shimmered out of existence and reappeared right in front of him. Nose to nose with this being, their eyes were open wide with fear. A hard object was shoved into his chest and [ONE] fell backwards. The thing loomed over them, and it felt like it was glaring holes into them. “Take it.” It snapped angrily.
“W-what?” [ONE] stuttered in surprise. They thought it would attack them! They held the thing up to his face by a cord. It was a small, engraved disk. A necklace? “What is it?” [ONE] glanced at the still visible ‘Voice’.
“An amulet. It’ll help guide you.” Seeing the plain question showing on the others face, it continued with irritation. “Don’t look at me like that. It told me to give it to you.”
The confusion shone clear on their face. “It,” they hesitated, thinking they had heard

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