Don't Fall Asleep

Part Three:

First things first, ‘Tartarus’ ain’t actually the mall’s name. That’s just what I call the place on account of the store I have to guard. I won’t tell you the mall’s proper name for security reasons. But yeah, so one of the stores in the mall is called ‘Tartarus’, and this store is perpetually closed. I’ve never seen it open. A metal sheet lives across its door and its window displays are always empty. Boarded-up, even.

The instructions, to put them simply, are as follows:

1: Watch Tartarus.

2: Don’t let anyone in.

3: Don’t let anyone out.

Boom.

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PART TWO:

First things first, ‘Tartarus’ ain’t actually the mall’s name. That’s just what I call the place on account of the store I have to guard. I won’t tell you the mall’s proper name for security reasons. But yeah, so one of the stores in the mall is called ‘Tartarus’, and this store is perpetually closed. I’ve never seen it open. A metal sheet lives across its door and its window displays are always empty. Boarded-up, even.

The instructions, to put them simply, are as follows:

1: Watch Tartarus.

2: Don’t let anyone in.

3: Don’t let anyone out.

Boom.

Instructions for the successful defense of the Tartarus Mall by Reddit user: Darkly_Gathers

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PART ONE:

First things first, ‘Tartarus’ ain’t actually the mall’s name. That’s just what I call the place on account of the store I have to guard. I won’t tell you the mall’s proper name for security reasons. But yeah, so one of the stores in the mall is called ‘Tartarus’, and this store is perpetually closed. I’ve never seen it open. A metal sheet lives across its door and its window displays are always empty. Boarded-up, even.

The instructions, to put them simply, are as follows:

1: Watch Tartarus.

2: Don’t let anyone in.

3: Don’t let anyone out.

Boom.

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"Death opened her up and laid her out, naked and raw. Death granted her immortality and notoriety, sealed her secrets forever between the two halves of her body, abandoned on a vacant lot in L.A. In death she found her new identity, cribbed together from the color of her clothing and the flower she usually wore tucked behind an ear: The Black Dahlia."

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“Nobody’s broke out of here since before your daddy was born,” said the Wish Doctor. “How long you been in? Six months?” He laughed like he was just visiting. “Your body is here for the duration, but you can leave any time you like. If you want to touch the world beyond these walls, it takes discipline. Sacrifice. What’s the one thing you can’t live without?”

Find out the price Gilbert Newcomb must pay to leave his physical body behind and escape the prison…

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I rip back the comforter and there, on his left arm, I see it.

His skin.

His human skin is melting. It’s literally dripping, puddling, soaking the sheets.

Beneath the liquefying skin is a horror I’d never imagined. It’s clear, like freshly-made ice cubes, and I can see the ghosts of his muscles twitching, his veins pulsing and the blood inside them quickening. A patch of skin near his elbow shrinks away like an accelerated film of thawing lake ice.

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Today marks one of the most significant days of my life. It's my twenty-year anniversary of working for Mr. Soto-Gomez, my employer. It is also the day I discovered Mr. Soto-Gomez's body, slouched deeply into his office chair, viscous smears of grey matter dry against the leather headrest. And, unfortunately, today is the day that I, too, shall die.

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“You’re going to be ok,” I told the boy. It’s what I tell all the patients, whether it’s true or not. The kid had no reaction. I wasn’t expecting one -- he hadn’t answered my questions about his name or who the president was, either. He just stared at the ceiling with wide, dark eyes.

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Claire is an ambitious Uber driver obsessed with self-help techniques, submerging herself in a positivity mindset and hustle culture. Johnny Troutman is a smooth-talking guru in need of a serious chakra alignment.

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