23 December 2012
Prologue
'Ugh.' I groan in pain as I wake up (How long was I out for?). My head is pounding so hard I can barely remember a thing. Last I recall my mother was driving down a disused road towards my fathers house deep I the woods. The road looked clear...I think, but if it was then how did we hit that...thing. What was it? It looked like a man...but not at the same time. Elongated limbs? I must've imagined it looked like a man. I think it was wearing a suit. No, it was definitely a tree, I think. Damn, I can't remember anything! I notice a little post-it note stuck to the dashboard. 'Stay in the car. I'm going to find your father. Wait for me to return.' My eyes dart around the paper, trying to see if there's a double meaning or something. Nothing. I check the back. One line. 'A dark creature lives here'. I wonder what it could mean: lions? wolves? bats? Who knows? But it is dangerous. To dangerous or my mother. I know my mother is weak on the best of days. I need to help her. That means funding her first. I'm heading off. To find her. To find my father. I open the car door and pull my body out of the useless wreck that was formerly my car.
Forest Of Suits • Opuss № I