The well hidden swingset connection

The well hidden swingset connection.

It’s not always easy being first. Sometimes it’s even dangerous. It is likely possible to find examples of both scenarios. Examples with video as well. Occasionally being first happens by accident. Other times it’s by design.

When it’s by accident it can only be one of two kinds. A happy accident or a bad one. Samuel snaps backward so fast, he falls backward. Furthermore, he lands hard on his ass. At precisely the same time lightning hits the hatch he had fallen through minutes before.

The Well Hidden

The resulting clap of thunder seems to rip the atmosphere and causes Samuel to jump straight back up again. He is so shaken now, he’s surprised he can stand. Looking back at the amber glass again, he sees it’s opaque but also empty. He has to consider that he imagined it.

The mysterious underground structure is old. This is evident in its design as well as its condition. Furthermore, it is covered in years and years worth of dust and appears to be completely undisturbed. Indeed, it is like a real life snap shot of a time long since passed.

Samuel is sure that he imagined his encounter with the strange glowing eyes. They were red. He feels his flesh crawl, and decides to walk a few feet away from the structure, as he searches for a way in. Moreover, he suspects this place, this strange unexpected immensity, is his only way out. Or up, as the case may be.

He has traveled 200 feet or more from the place where he landed. Turning and looking back, he notices there are far more openings in the structure, than are visible from the other direction. The effect makes him dizzy almost at once. He turns back and stares in the direction he is going. The walls are smooth and featureless. Save for the amber glass.

Swingset

This is more than architecture. It is as though he is watching active camouflage. He carries on, curious if there is an end to the structure. It appears to go on indefinitely. However he feels certain this is an optical illusion.

He walks another hundred feet or so. The structure carries on into the distance as far as he can see. He knows this can’t be possible. For one thing the river. The swingset factory is only a mile and a half away from the river. This illusion is convincing. He turns back again, and comes eye to eye, with Red Eyes.