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6/30/2025, 6:52:48 AM
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> wake up around 2AM
> whole chapel is dead silent
> cross on the wall is upside down
> doors wide open
> smell that copper mold again
> she’s there
> not Cora
> something else
> too tall
> wears her *face* like a mask
> but it doesn’t fit
> eye holes don’t line up
> mouth opens sideways
> it crouches at the edge of the cot
> stares at me
> says in that garbled voice, “you named her. Now name me.”
> scream and grab the iron spike from my bag
> stab it into the thing’s shoulder
> it doesn’t scream
> it *smiles*
> “you think iron ends me?”
> whole chapel explodes into darkness
> wake up outside
> just… laying in the field next to the church
> everything looks fine
> chapel cross back to normal
> but I know it wasn’t a dream
> spike is still covered in that black, sticky ichor
> priest won’t speak to me after that
> says I brought something old with me
> calls it “The Hollowing”
> says it was sealed in Devil’s Gut a long time ago
> not by people, but by something older.
> says when I gave Cora a name, I created a gap
> names are power
> and 'she' wasn’t the only thing down there
> says Cora was just a vessel
> she didn’t want to be part of it
> but whenn she died in those woods, it latched onto her
> twisted her
> but when I gave her back her name…
> she left
> and the thing underneath had no one left to wear
> now it’s looking for someone new
> someone who 'knows the path'
> we try to go back home
> but it’s not there
> literally
> like our town never existed
> road ends in a collapsed bridge
> no GPS signal
> even the maps app just shows blank green space
> like the forest grew over everything
> drive to the nearest gas station, ask about our hometown
> guy behind the counter just laughs
> “Devil’s Gut? Ain’t no such place. You pullin’ my leg, boy?”
> ask about Cora
> he gets real quiet
7/?
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> wake up around 2AM
> whole chapel is dead silent
> cross on the wall is upside down
> doors wide open
> smell that copper mold again
> she’s there
> not Cora
> something else
> too tall
> wears her *face* like a mask
> but it doesn’t fit
> eye holes don’t line up
> mouth opens sideways
> it crouches at the edge of the cot
> stares at me
> says in that garbled voice, “you named her. Now name me.”
> scream and grab the iron spike from my bag
> stab it into the thing’s shoulder
> it doesn’t scream
> it *smiles*
> “you think iron ends me?”
> whole chapel explodes into darkness
> wake up outside
> just… laying in the field next to the church
> everything looks fine
> chapel cross back to normal
> but I know it wasn’t a dream
> spike is still covered in that black, sticky ichor
> priest won’t speak to me after that
> says I brought something old with me
> calls it “The Hollowing”
> says it was sealed in Devil’s Gut a long time ago
> not by people, but by something older.
> says when I gave Cora a name, I created a gap
> names are power
> and 'she' wasn’t the only thing down there
> says Cora was just a vessel
> she didn’t want to be part of it
> but whenn she died in those woods, it latched onto her
> twisted her
> but when I gave her back her name…
> she left
> and the thing underneath had no one left to wear
> now it’s looking for someone new
> someone who 'knows the path'
> we try to go back home
> but it’s not there
> literally
> like our town never existed
> road ends in a collapsed bridge
> no GPS signal
> even the maps app just shows blank green space
> like the forest grew over everything
> drive to the nearest gas station, ask about our hometown
> guy behind the counter just laughs
> “Devil’s Gut? Ain’t no such place. You pullin’ my leg, boy?”
> ask about Cora
> he gets real quiet
7/?
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