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Chapter I: Welcome     “Four boxes of clothes. Seven boxes of knick-knacks. Two boxes of documents, photo albums, and vinyl records . . . Hmm. I’m missing one.”    My eyes scanned the freshly organized attic. The dust had been banished, the cobwebs destroyed, and all creatures kicked out. All that remained were the boxes containing my late grandmother’s belongings. At least, what she wanted me to keep. Anything not mentioned in her will had been sold in a yard sale, but now I was worried I may have sold one thing too many.    “A black box with red designs,” I whispered to myself as I went about checki

    It taunts me. Digs its nails into the deepest, darkest part of my soul, and tears it out so that the tainted pieces may bathe in the light of reality. Like Judas betraying Christ, it causes my own mind to go against and destroy itself.    I am reaching the end of my wits. My sanity slips through my fingers like dry sand, crumbling into a pile of dust that will easily be blown away with the wind.    As time ticks by, I feel myself slowly wasting away. In the end, I will be nothing more than an empty shell; another victim to add to the already massive pile.    And the worst part? I didn't ask for any of this. I didn't know anything li