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// and backrooms 
// Story: .b..a...c....k.....r......o.......o........m.........s.......... 
// by shortskirtsandexplosions 
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Stairs

The stairs lead up

But they do not pierce the buzzing

As you ascend

One hoof at a time

The buzz climbs

It carries on

And it carries on

Your ears flick

The buzz carries forward

On fluorescent waves



Or maybe it isn't climbing


It's just a sound


Maybe it is sinking


Sound goes in all direction


Then why are there no hoofsteps?



Your eyes widen

A stab of pain

Brightness and brightness

Piercing gravity

And as you look down

And as you look up

You lose track of either


Are these stairs going up?


Or down?



You pause

You lean against the wall

With your hoof


It's barely even there


Your hoof?


The wall


The walls are everywhere, Twilight Sparkle

They're your only friends now

The walls and the ceiling

Six sides, forever receding

Yet forever devouring

And one day they will sink inwards

And swallow you into nothingness

It was always bound to happen

Maybe

Maybe somepony got tired of waiting

And brought you here before your time

Unless

This is the time



The buzz

Lights flicker

The stairs tilt

Back

Forward

Somewhere

Teetering


No

Do not wait for the walls

You are not surrounded

You can't be

The sixth barrier

It

Is always receding

It is an exit

Must

You must find it, Twilight

You must find it and break free

The stairs tilt up


The are stairs in front of you


Climb


You climb

You ascend

Past the buzz

Through the buzz

The buzz follows

There's a hallway up ahead

There's always a hallway up ahead


Keep an even pace

Get on even hoofing

Even now

Even now

Even now


Do you seriously believe her?



A slight shudder

But

You keep moving

You ascend

And

The buzz