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Threshold

A peculiar thing it is, to taste the flesh of another man. Now you may dismiss me as a lunatic or heathen and yet I must ask, what would your course of action be if you were by some unfortunate string of events in my situation? Necessity breeds ingenuity and when a scene becomes inevitably dire, ingenuity can metamorphose into something lurid.

White. A never-ending uneven sea of commanding white, rivaled only by the bitter numbing cold. What sort of monstrous creature could withstand such an absolute and unrelenting climate?

Man can bear great pressures and overcome tremendous obstacles. I am of the most proficient at bearing pressure and of the most adept at overcoming obstacles. Yet this place tested me beyond comprehension.

One by one our once lucid party dwindled into a sickly shriveled pack of ravenous dogs. My sanity frayed, I descended. No food no sleep no trust no alternative.

We slit Willis’ throat that night. And ever did we feast.

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