The Chamber Within

Not far ahead, you find an opened door. You quickly enter the only chamber you can find, assuming it was the start of your quest.

A few steps up the stairs, you look back and notice the doors remain open--contrary to the cliche that all doors leading to somewhere unknown gets locked shut and never to open again.

You breathe a sigh of relief.

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Valiant Warrior

Another presence interrupted your now sulking mood, as it walked past you saying, "Never fret! I have known his aversion towards your kind all this time, and I am here to lift you up to the journey you are about to face."

You suddenly felt safe.

It was the valiant warrior, and the warrior's pleasant voice alone lightens your thoughts. Too pleasant sounding indeed, so you begin to wonder why you feel a peculiar warmth.

The warrior added, "I have taken this journey numerous times before, and it has been the same for me all the time. I will continue to do so for eternity, hoping it will be different sometime. I guarantee you, anything you make of this is for you alone, and it is something even I cannot unravel."

You get puzzled but comforted, as you carried on your way.

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Branded Warrior

At the moment you are about to drown in deeper curiosity, you get startled by a voice of someone you barely noticed was there.

"Halt! Who goes there?!"

You look around and find a finely built warrior being branded at his back. To whom you answered, "I am a wanderer on a quest, but I don't know what that quest is. Not yet."

"A quest? You don't look like you're made for it. But go on, a quest is nothing to pay no attention to!", he replied as he paid no more attention to you.

You feel bitter after what he said.

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Bubble

A strange velvety bubble in the middle of the pool seems to sustain the flow and balance of life in The Courtyard.

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The Courtyard

Vibrant colors, brilliant colors. It looks lively all over The Courtyard. The pool is sparkling clear, so much that all the colorful fish appear like floating in space.

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Door Knocker

You suddenly appear in front of The Door. Wondering how and what could have happened, a crackling voice of a tarnishing fixture suddenly greets you.

"Enter and behold, your quest awaits you!"

And you just do as it says.

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Paradoxical

It's been quite a while since I last held my camera in its full liberty. So last week, my friends and I did a photo walk somewhere. I wasn't planning on doing anything serious, only just for kicks. I snapped photos at random, not minding any preparations at all. The surprise came when I inspected the photos as I transferred them to the computer. Shuffling the photos around, I thought it would be fun to make a fictitious write up instead of narrating as I took each of them.

After a couple of hours going through the photos, I now have a little over twenty or so that are stitched in flavor captions. I'll post it soon. Here's a sample for now. This one won't have flavor text, I'm planning to make it the cover.

Can you guess where this place is? What story do you think did I make up? TMAI!

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