What was going on? Why was this here? What was happening around him? Alex panicked for a moment while watching the girl hoping she would move. Oh god was he in a jail cell and his neighbor was dead. It wasn’t until she started to move that he finally let out a breath of relief. Oh thank god she was alive. When she looked at him, she seemed to be as surprised as he was and he continued to attempt to talk to her.
 
“Can you hear me? Who are you? What’s going on?” But she didn’t seem to respond do he mocked in reference that he could not hear her.
 
“Well, well, well, everyone seems to be awake.” A man’s voice echoed to the two and Alex turned to see a short round top man sitting behind a desk with an extraordinary long nose looking back at them.
 
“Who are you? Where am I? What’s going on? Why can’t I hear her?” Alex said frantically as he dashed towards the end of his cell and gripped tightly onto the bars. His dark eyes scanned the room in front of him. He was in a jail cell. But the cells looked like they were empty except for the one next to him. What was going on? Where was he? Why was he here?
 
Now, Alex was normally a level-headed guy so to have something push him into a panicked state such as what he was in was completely abnormal for him. The brunette haired man ran his fingers through his hair and gave a stress-filled pull before staring down at his feet. After taking a few simple short breathes he composed himself somewhat, the conclusion of this being an extensive interactive dream was his own logical explanation but…
 
“This is not a dream.” The long nose man announced. “My name is Igor and this… this is the Velvet Room.”
 
Alex’s gaze turned back to the man as he let go of his hair and walked to the bars. Wrapping his hands around the metal he leaned forward and spoke to the man. “Igor, I’m Alex. Please tell me what’s going on.”
 
“In due time…” The man responded in a nonchalant manner as his attention moved to the cell next to his and Alex did the same.
 
Who was this girl… she looked, kinda familiar. Did… did they go to school together? Who was she, and why was she here… and why in the hell was this [i]not[/i] a dream!