“Hello! Wait, don’t walk by me...” ZRRT

The fog of my mind is lifted once more as the static scratches my ears, which awakens my eyes to attempt locate the source of the sound.

“You appear to...” SZZSSS “...looking in the wrong axis. Look up.” It alerted to me.

With an eye twitch at every loud static, I look up to see a sign that says.

Sound Receiver

"Hello? Who am I speaking too.” I questioned warily.

“lips moving...” PSSSSST “...This is a receiver of my audio, not yours.” It responded.

A brief pause from the audio, so I nod and begin to wonder how it can look at me as I look around the general area of the receiver sign. Finding a smooth surfaced dome object made out of a clearly different materials than the halls, with holes in the dome for some unknown reason until it talks again.

“Hello, designation....” PSAZZZZT “...Welcome to layer 16180.”

Another Fragment?

But that must be the source of the sound.

“Your condition appears to be stable, you should...” PZZRRT “...Point on your map.”

Must be on the bracelet as that is the only place I have seen the word map.

“Boundary.”

MAP LOCATION ADDED

As I click on the newly added option, the map section itself begins to change in function. Adding features and changing how the map is displayed from a second-dimensional plane to adding a third dimension as it counts the previous layer I had passed. However, upon further investigation, I find that place on the map is glowing, and a dotted line begins its journey from a red dot to the glowing spot.

Doesn’t appear far in distance, but knowing this place it is probably gonna be another journey. I guess we will see what happens.

I nod at the dome again, starting my walk down the halls again. While doing so, I inspect my bracelet to see if anything else has changed. Nothing seems to have changed except for the [unavailable] that accompanied the fragment assistance option, that now seems to have disappeared.

It would probably be in my best interest not to call one of those broken fragments into the only tool I have. Wait, whats the map doing.

Looking at the map the red dot appears to be moving towards the glowing object. From this, I realized that the red dot is me and that the destination is not quite that far off as each dotted line is about a couple or so steps. Keeping my mind in check, I slowly come upon an intersection.

Destination is a little past the first intersection here. Weird that it still does not show anything on the map until I walk past it yet, its all the same long identical hallway anyways.

The intersection does the cool light show again, but not as surprising as the first time it happened, Ignoring the other signs and following the sign where I am being guided to. I keep walking until, I reach the destination. A weird spherical room lies before me. Before I can investigate further, a cable snakes its way from the top of the room and onto a screen that floats dead centre ignoring gravity itself.

The cable reaches the screen and out of sight as it goes behind the screen, moments later turning it on.

O R I E N T A T I O N

R O O M

PLEASE PROCEED.

My cue

I think to myself before entering the room, but there is no floor beneath me.

Guess I just have to have faith in the machinations.

Entering the room and experiencing the same phenomenon from the corner turn from before. A little disorientating, but my body quickly acclimates. I look at the screen for further instruction.

FOLLOW THE SCREEN

FOR ORIENTATION

The screen slowly starts moving without any external force as it begins turning from the axis of the bottom of the screen, Stopping so that I may follow the screen as I continue forward from the point of entrance in the room. The gravity pulling me to where I am gonna step, feels like walking up an incline but that must be due to the spherical shape of the room. I clear about 3/4 of the room, and I can see the entrance I came in in front of me.

STOP

The entrance I came in from closes, and before my feet another one opens.

PROCEED

Continuing to follow my instructions, I exit the spherical room. Giving myself a second to breath as my body acclimates to my new orientation.

BEEP

A sound from my wrist, as the map opens itself as I raise my wrist to my view.

MAP UPDATED

I see myself, the red dot, as lines start to appear from the door and into a straight line. The lines seems to be in the hundreds, but not seemingly far enough for my mind to slow down as I walk down the halls once more. Keeping my wits about me as I pass down intersection after intersection, with interesting signs and compartments that catch my eye. Some unreadable to me, but that is the trade off to knowing this language inherently I suppose.

GRAVITY WELL

I’d love to investigate, but I don’t know if I’m on a time limit or not.

ATOMIC PRODUCTION

Production of atoms? Or the productions of various things using atoms?

HUMAN DWELLING

Current Population: 0

Hmm, I would have checked it out if there was even one person there. Maybe I’ll find a populated one as I keep investigating the layers.

The destination only gets closer and closer with each step, being only a right turn at the next intersection and a couple thousand steps.

Approaching the intersection I decide to ignore the signs entirely. However, the sign of my destination steals my attention.

GUANMEATTNOI ROOM

ohg-men-tae-shun. A lot of words usually come to me, but this one keeps shifting before my eyes. I can’t really form it in my head, and sounding it out really isn’t helping either. I guess I don’t know every word and their meaning, but I guess I’ll find out soon enough.

I begin walking towards this room I can’t figure out.