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[everything was silent]
[there was no light except for a dim ceiling lamp]
[you were in the kitchen]
[Mama was a few feet away, sitting at the dining table, staring blankly at her phone]
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[you were barefoot on your cranky wooden floor]
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(you have so many splinters from your floor, but Mama has none, you swear the floor just hates you)
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[you were looking up at the jar filled with "amazingness" (as you called it)]
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"Mama ? the jar is too high for me to reach"
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[Mama doesn't respond]
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"pumpkin slices were your favorite"
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"Mama ?"
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[Mama doesn't respond]
"Mama help me get the jar"
[you turn to your right to face mama]
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[mama doesn't respond]
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[mama doesn't respond]
[she was not looking at you.]
[she was blankly staring at her phone. being consumed by the media.]
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"you were only 4"
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[you do a 180 turn to be met with a wooden stool.]
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[stand on it ?]
"you were abnormally short. the stool was half your size."
[you tried to climb onto the stool]
[you struggle to get on the stool]
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[you awaken in darkness]
[as you slowly picked yourself up from the ground]
[your eyes adapt to the darkness]
[you saw an empty jar right in front of you]
[take the jar ?]
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[jar acquired]
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[you turn to your left]
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[you look down to be met with a wooden stool.]
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[you stood on the stool]
[short victory music plays in the background]
"or was the stool abnormally big ?"
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[you do a 180 turn with your head]
[on the dining table: a phone, it's light shining bright, the screen was still on]
[on the chair: pumpkin slices with what seemed to be strawberry jam splattered all over]
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[you turn your body to face towards everything]
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[you step off the stool]
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[you approach the dining table]
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[you look down at the phone]
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[the light was temporarily blinding]
"<EAT>"
[was written on the screen of the phone]
[you look down at the pumpkin slices covered in strawberry jam]
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"I'm not hungry"
[the screen flickered]
"<EAT!?!?!?!?!?>"
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[you refused to eat]
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[the screen flickered again]
"<AREN'T PUMPKIN SLICES YOUR FAVORITE?!?!?!?!?!?>
[you looked down again]
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[you picked up a slice of pumpkin]
[some of the jam was running onto your hand]
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[you ate it]
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[as you eat it... you slowly regain your memories]
[you take out the jar you acquired from earlier..]
[...the jar in your left hand...]
[...as you're eating with your right...]
[...you stare at the empty jar...]
[...as it flashes back...]
'the pumpkin slices were in the jar'
'but there are no signs of it ever being inside'
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'jam'
'there was no jam ??????????????'
[puzzling music intensifies]
[...you eat...]
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"Mama"
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[you look at your right hand]
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[...you have a horrified look in your eyes...]
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[...as you see that you have bit your fingers off...]
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[blood drips down your right hand]
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[you hear glass shattering]
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[you dropped the jar]
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[...you direct your gaze at the phone...]
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"<HOW DID SHE TASTE ?!?!?!?>"
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[you begin to cry]
[the phone flickers again]
[you turn away not wanting to see what it has to say]
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[on the floor: a kitchen knife]
[you didn't notice it before]
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[...you kneel down...]
[...blood dropping everywhere from your right hand...]
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[....you slowly grab the knife with your left hand....]
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[...you didn't get to see...]
[...the message left by the phone...]
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"<LERN>"