Strange dream 4
Day 8 // After nightfall, the screen turns black //
You have a strange dream.
You're having dinner with a blacksmith...
...but he's not touching his food.
The only light in the room comes from the oven.
He clears in throat, stroking his beard.
'I can forge...anything...' he says...
Your eye has been giving you issues lately...so you reply:
'Forge me a new eye, then.'
You laugh...
...but then the ropes come out.
He ties you to your chair with a long rope...to prevent you from struggling.
You rip the rope apart without even trying...so the Blacksmith uses a thicker rope...
....
No turning back now.
He takes a hot poker out of the coals...
Holding it in front of his face...you can see his beard and eyes watching you.
He slowly brings back the poker, aiming carefully for your eye...
...before plunging it through your skull with a sickening crunch.
The force of the blow throws you backwards a few feet. You're unable to break the ropes.
You vomit all over your chest
as the smell of your decimated eye floods your nostrils.
The blacksmith stands over you...
...spitting on your body.
You wake in a cold sweat.
DAY 9