The Facility (Chapter 13) (Patreon)

Chapter 13 = Escape the Simulation Part I

The moment ‘The Creator’ said start you found yourself in a new place; an office building, and you felt strange. You looked down at yourself and gasped loudly, but it wasn’t your voice! Your body had changed! You were no longer yourself. You were overweight, and hairy, your hair was short, and you could tell that you were balding. You touched your face in shock before seeing a mirror on a nearby wall. You forced yourself to walk over to it and let out another gasp. You were looking into the eyes of an overweight man who was at least 60 years old, was balding, and the little hair you had left was entirely grey.

“This is what you could become.” You heard Discipline’s voice, but you didn’t see Discipline. It was as if he was talking from inside your mind. “This could be you, or at least a version of you. Old, tired, withered and grey. In a horrible dead end job, alone and without anyone to turn to.”

You turned away from the mirror, not wanting to look at your new face any longer.

“This isn’t real, this isn’t real.” You remind yourself.

“Oh it could be.” Discipline’s voice spoke again, firmer this time. “This is just one of many possible realties you could find yourself in as you grow older. Man or Woman. It doesn’t much matter; eventually you will grow old and exhausted. Feeling wasted and forgotten. It’s the sad truth of growing up. Adults don’t want to be adults. They want to return to a time of innocence.”

You tried to ignore the voice in your head as you walked through the office building. They had told you that your goal was to escape, so that’s what you had to do! Keep moving! As you walked through the building you found yourself going through mazes and mazes of cubicles.

“Is this really what you want? To work in a horrible job like this until you die or have nothing left? You should stay here. You’ll like it here.”

“You’re not sure how you know which way to go, but you feel a strange tug internally telling you which way to go, tugging on your heart like strings.

“This could be your future challenger. We could give you something better.”

You see a door at the end of a hall and you know that’s the way you have to go. Its edges glow, as if it’s backlit. You find yourself practically running towards it, scared that the hallway will start stretching like it would in a nightmare. You grow closer and closer until finally your hand grips the handle and you open it!

FLASH

You find yourself practically blinded as a white light envelops you and you feel very strange again... much lighter... the flash that blinded you fades away but there’s still lights shining in your face. A crowd of people are staring at you murmuring. Most of them smile and wave at you.

“Go on sweetie! Go on!” You hear a woman from the crowd say. You look down at your body and are once again shocked by the unfamiliar body you see. You are dressed in a bright pink leotard with a poofy tutu and tied up little ballet slippers to match. Long blonde hair cascades over your face, and when you let out a gasp from your shocking new outfit choice you can hear that your voice is no squeaky and high pitched! You’ve become a 3 foot tall young ballet dancer on a stage! “Go on sweetheart!” The voice from the crowd calls out again. “Dance for Mommy!”

For a moment you’re stunned before you realize that you recognized that voice... it was Nurture’s voice! You shake your head, to break yourself out of being stunned and to get your bearings. You had to find the next exit!

Before anyone could stop you, you sprint off of the stage not sure exactly where you’re headed but knowing that you can’t stay here! This tiny female body feels very strange compared to your normal one. You’re a lot weaker and slower, and running is quickly tiring you out; but you know you have to keep going!

“Don’t run sweetheart,” Nurture’s voice rings in your head now, the same way Discipline’s had. “Wasn’t that fun? Getting to dance on stage and be adorable? Little babies like you get to do stuff like that all of the time. Don’t you want that?”

You couldn’t deny the fact that SONAD’s words were starting to get to you. Right now, adult life did seem pretty sucky... why were you trying so hard to go back to it?

Besides... it could be fun to be a kid again. No responsibilities... no 9 to 5 jobs... no one to worry about besides yourself... You could feel yourself starting to sink into these thoughts further and further.

“That’s it baby.” Nurture’s voice rang out around you. “Just give into it... enjoy being Little. It’s so much more fun, I promise you...” You found yourself smiling a little at Nurture’s words. Somehow what she was saying felt like it made so much sense... didn’t it?

You shook your blonde hair covered head again and pushed those thoughts away! You were an adult! Not a child! This was not you! The simulation was making you think strangely. It was trying to overtake your mind. If you didn’t fight it, then you’d be trapped here forever! You’d never go home and you’d never escape The Facility. And you were determined to beat ‘The Creator’ no matter what it took.

Picking your speed back up, you kept running until you finally saw it! The stage door exit was glowing with the same light that the office had. Forcing your little legs to go faster you pushed yourself through it!

FLASH

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This story was written by Zander Chesney
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