Now, as fate would have it, his life was totally fucked up from that day on. It was the most⊠abhorrence of a day there ever was. It stared something like this:
First of all, he was out cold. Completely unaware of his surroundings. Then, he stirred. Not much; in fact, he barely moved⊠but it was enough. His hand brushed against the hard surface below himâthe floorâand promptly became coated in some wet, sticky substance. Even in his mostly-unconscious state, his brow furled. Within a minute, he was almost awake.
What the hell is this?Finally opening his eyes, he stared vacantly at the sight before him. It was⊠itâŠwas⊠Oh my god!
It was his hand. Doused inâŠketchup? Whatever he was expecting, it wasnât that. To make things even weirder, he pushed himself up into a sitting position. Damn, his head hurt. Imagine the hangover from hell, intensify it 3 fold, and then imagine banging your head against the wall instead of taking coffee. Got it? Can you envision it? Good. That wasnât it at all. HIS headache, it was more like⊠waitâwho is âhe,â exactly?
Well, thatâs the problem. Maybe it was just his throbbing cranial muscle, but he swore he couldnât quite remember who the hell he was. How did he get here, anyway? Where was here? Damn.
Glancing around, he noticed there were other people. A lot of people. Counting them, he saw there was 22. Waitâno, his bad. There were 11. Cut the guy some slack, he was seeing double. He was extremely hungry, too. Hungrier than hell. What kind of hangover was this? What the hell did he get high on? He couldnât remember ever getting high on anything. Was he a drugged fool? Eh, who knows.
Oh, the ketchup.Looking back, he was pretty sure he wasnât THAT stupid, but hey. Wake up with amnesia and a piercing migraine and see what you do. He soon realized it wasnât ketchup, though. Did he scream in terror like a crazed tween fan girl? Yes. Yes he did. Thereâs no shame in that, either. Why? He did it INWARDLY. In his fuzzy hangover brain. Except, now he was pretty sure he got jumped, not drunk. Outwardly, he was a stupefied statue. Literally, he kept very still, staring down his bloodied hand like it was going to eat him.
One minute passed. Two minutes. Wait for itâcue look of utter mortification.
Oh, Iâm not done, either. It gets better. Being the somewhat intelligent being he was, he came to gather a tiny shred of curiosity. Was it his blood? Where did it come from? He gingerly moved his hand, feeling the slick substance between his fingers like oil. As he finally realized he was fineâthank godâhe looked around. It seemed everyone had blood on them.
But one stood out. There was this one girl simply marinated in the stuff. I mean marinatedâyou couldnât make out anything. He squinted in the darkened room, trying to utilize the hazy light entering through three windows to his left. It was then he noticed how disfigured the girlâhe thought it was a girlâwas. When he leaned in closer, it became apparent she was dead. DEAD.
Cue freakout in 3âŠ2âŠ1⊠âFUCK!â It came out before he could even think. What if the killer was around? Sucking in a caustic breath, he scanned everywhere. EVERYWHERE. A door. Oh, sweet, sweet, sugar cookieâit was a door. He immediately sprang up, taking a moment to wipe his hand off on an unconscious individual. Seconds later, his hand closed on the frigid knob.
Locked.
Well, shit. To make matters worse, people were stirring. These mysteriously unknown people. THEY could be the murderer, for all he knew. Obviously, the sensible thing was to trust no one. And boy, was he sensible. At leastâhe tried to be.
What if they think HEâS the killer? He WAS the first one up⊠Crapâthey might attack him, then the REAL culprit would get off scotch free⊠What solution did he have to this?
Simple. Dive bomb the ground and feign unconsciousness. Just until more people woke up.