The Library - Sixth Story

2023-11-21

During her morning walk, Gwen was surprised to notice one of the large boulders behind the house, in the place where she usually gathered the eggs every evening, was missing. Its empty spot looked unnaturally hard and flat, and upon closer observation, Gwen noticed, to her great bewilderment, that it was a poured concrete foundation. “Oh,” No. 7 spoke from behind her, “I see they finally took it for repairs. I thought they were going to put that off until it completely crumbled.” “Who’s they?” Gwen...

During her morning walk, Gwen was surprised to notice one of the large boulders behind the house, in the place where she usually gathered the eggs every evening, was missing.

Its empty spot looked unnaturally hard and flat, and upon closer observation, Gwen noticed, to her great bewilderment, that it was a poured concrete foundation.

“Oh,” No. 7 spoke from behind her, “I see they finally took it for repairs. I thought they were going to put that off until it completely crumbled.”

“Who’s they?” Gwen asked, feeling like she’d just fallen on her head.

“The tech crew, of course,” No. 7 mentioned.

“But,” Gwen whispered, suddenly embarrassed, “I thought we were here alone, all that talk about being lost, not being able to find the way back, all of it?”

“I’m sorry, dear, we thought you were the new actress. We’re not supposed to get out of character. We never suspected…”

“What the hell do you mean?”

“We’re filming a reality show, Ultimate Survival. You must have seen it, it’s been running for a very long time, very good ratings.”

“A reality show?? I’ve been stuck here forever!”

“They stretch these things as far as they can, at least the popular ones. This is season thirteen.”

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