In The Corner vol. 2
:D Yaaaay~
I was originally going to write something different for volume 2, but Satsuki posted a new theme on shitsumeibu so I decided to fit volume 2 into that instead. :)
Hmmm. I'd give a little summary of this chapter, but I don't wanna give anything away!
In The Corner vol. 2
Eita shielded his eyes from the bright light as he passed through the door. As soon as he entered, the door shut itself behind him with a soft thud. He turned around to find himself facing a tree. Instead of seeing a door, he saw the shape of a human carved into the tree. On one of the hands was a doorknob. He grabbed it and tried to shake it open. It seemed to be held shut by a powerful force.
He turned back to face the new location he had just stepped into. He was standing in the middle of a bright, open forest. There was grass up to his knees, and he thought to himself that it was a really lovely shade of green. Trees were scattered around, each a few feet apart from the next. It looked like a forest, but somehow it all felt so surreal to Eita.
As he attempted to walk through the tall grass, he started to worry about stepping on a snake or some other animal. But as he walked on, he began to realize that there seemed to be no signs of life apart from the thriving plants. There were no chirping birds, no scampering squirrels.
Eita walked for a long time, following the path that the trees seemed to make for him. He walked for so long that the sun set and the forest grew dark. As he made his way, he looked up to the gap between the trees and started watching the stars twinkling in the distant sky. He was so transfixed by them that he couldn’t look away. And then, with a bang so loud it seemed to resound throughout the entire empty forest, he walked headfirst into a tree and fell down on his butt.
“Ouch!” he exclaimed, rubbing his forehead. He glared angrily at the tree that knocked him down. It looked unfortunately familiar. He stood up and walked around it. To his dismay, on the other side was the human-shaped door he had come out of earlier. He had walked in a big circle.
He tried to open the door again, but to no avail. This time, he decided, he would take a different path.
As he tried to walk off the path he had taken before, he walked right up into something and fell over again. But when he looked up, there was nothing there at all. He got up again and tried to walk through, but he walked right back into whatever it was. It was like some kind of invisible wall that he couldn’t pass, no matter how many times he tried to.
Feeling confused and dejected, Eita sat down next to the tree with the door. He leaned back onto it and thought about his predicament. He couldn’t go forward or backward. He couldn’t go left or right. And he couldn’t go back the way he came. The only way left to go was up.
Eita looked up at the tree he was sitting beneath. Suddenly he noticed a ladder hanging from it that he swore was not there before.
He started to climb it. Up and up he went until he reached the top of the tree. When he got to the top, he climbed out onto a branch and sat there, looking over the forest. He felt like he was on top of the world now, like he had become part of the sky. He looked up to the stars. They looked so close now, as if he could just read out and grab them.
He stretched out his hand toward a star and grasped it. When he opened his fist, it was there, shimmering in the palm of his hand. He laughed like a kid at the sight. Then, he put it back into the spot in the sky where he had taken it from. He spotted another star and flicked it with his finger. It flew across the sky and landed further away. But none of the stars were out of reach for Eita. He rearranged them into a smiling face. When he was done, the starry face reacted with a laugh. Then he arranged them into a heart and an arrow. The arrow flew into the heart, which popped as it was hit. Eita laughed until his stomach hurt.
He wondered what to draw next with the stars. He looked at them for a moment, pondering. Suddenly, he had an idea. He grabbed all of the stars in one hand and proceeded to put them back, one by one, in a rectangular shape. When the rectangle was done, he added a smaller circle inside it. He had drawn a door. He reached his hand out and grabbed the starry doorknob. He turned it, and a large starry door opened for him in the sky. He jumped into the sky and walked through the door.
To be continued...
I was originally going to write something different for volume 2, but Satsuki posted a new theme on shitsumeibu so I decided to fit volume 2 into that instead. :)
Hmmm. I'd give a little summary of this chapter, but I don't wanna give anything away!
In The Corner vol. 2
Eita shielded his eyes from the bright light as he passed through the door. As soon as he entered, the door shut itself behind him with a soft thud. He turned around to find himself facing a tree. Instead of seeing a door, he saw the shape of a human carved into the tree. On one of the hands was a doorknob. He grabbed it and tried to shake it open. It seemed to be held shut by a powerful force.
He turned back to face the new location he had just stepped into. He was standing in the middle of a bright, open forest. There was grass up to his knees, and he thought to himself that it was a really lovely shade of green. Trees were scattered around, each a few feet apart from the next. It looked like a forest, but somehow it all felt so surreal to Eita.
As he attempted to walk through the tall grass, he started to worry about stepping on a snake or some other animal. But as he walked on, he began to realize that there seemed to be no signs of life apart from the thriving plants. There were no chirping birds, no scampering squirrels.
Eita walked for a long time, following the path that the trees seemed to make for him. He walked for so long that the sun set and the forest grew dark. As he made his way, he looked up to the gap between the trees and started watching the stars twinkling in the distant sky. He was so transfixed by them that he couldn’t look away. And then, with a bang so loud it seemed to resound throughout the entire empty forest, he walked headfirst into a tree and fell down on his butt.
“Ouch!” he exclaimed, rubbing his forehead. He glared angrily at the tree that knocked him down. It looked unfortunately familiar. He stood up and walked around it. To his dismay, on the other side was the human-shaped door he had come out of earlier. He had walked in a big circle.
He tried to open the door again, but to no avail. This time, he decided, he would take a different path.
As he tried to walk off the path he had taken before, he walked right up into something and fell over again. But when he looked up, there was nothing there at all. He got up again and tried to walk through, but he walked right back into whatever it was. It was like some kind of invisible wall that he couldn’t pass, no matter how many times he tried to.
Feeling confused and dejected, Eita sat down next to the tree with the door. He leaned back onto it and thought about his predicament. He couldn’t go forward or backward. He couldn’t go left or right. And he couldn’t go back the way he came. The only way left to go was up.
Eita looked up at the tree he was sitting beneath. Suddenly he noticed a ladder hanging from it that he swore was not there before.
He started to climb it. Up and up he went until he reached the top of the tree. When he got to the top, he climbed out onto a branch and sat there, looking over the forest. He felt like he was on top of the world now, like he had become part of the sky. He looked up to the stars. They looked so close now, as if he could just read out and grab them.
He stretched out his hand toward a star and grasped it. When he opened his fist, it was there, shimmering in the palm of his hand. He laughed like a kid at the sight. Then, he put it back into the spot in the sky where he had taken it from. He spotted another star and flicked it with his finger. It flew across the sky and landed further away. But none of the stars were out of reach for Eita. He rearranged them into a smiling face. When he was done, the starry face reacted with a laugh. Then he arranged them into a heart and an arrow. The arrow flew into the heart, which popped as it was hit. Eita laughed until his stomach hurt.
He wondered what to draw next with the stars. He looked at them for a moment, pondering. Suddenly, he had an idea. He grabbed all of the stars in one hand and proceeded to put them back, one by one, in a rectangular shape. When the rectangle was done, he added a smaller circle inside it. He had drawn a door. He reached his hand out and grabbed the starry doorknob. He turned it, and a large starry door opened for him in the sky. He jumped into the sky and walked through the door.
To be continued...