I wake up in a room.
No windows. No door.
Just four white walls that look close,
but the moment I try to touch them,
they vanish.
Like they were never real.
Like I’m not real.
I don’t know how I got here.
But somehow… I do.
I know who I am
and yet, I don’t.
Did I forget?
Or have I never known myself at all?
Days pass, but I don’t need food.
I don’t feel hunger.
No thirst. No sleep. No time.
Only questions.
Every day, I meet a new monster.
But they don’t look like monsters.
They wear masks named Temptation.
Wealth. Beauty.
Gluttony brings me food.
Lust sits on a throne, smiling.
He offers me power, pleasure, a crown.
But something inside me
something sacred
refuses to go.
They whisper, “Come with us.”
But I don’t.
I can’t.
A voice… a light…
maybe a memory
holds me
back.
I’m trapped in a place that feels like a dream
or a punishment
or maybe… a test.
I’m filled with doubt.
And yet, I choose silence.
But would I even recognize myself…
if I was standing right in front of
me?
—Riri
