Birch Cat

Inside Down Part 12: (Finale)

"CLANG! With that you are once again in complete silence, only the ringing in your ears. On top of that you are in darkness, the air is sweet and light. You try to feel around, the floor is smooth, and cold, like you are sitting on glass. Moving forward, hoping to find a wall or something your hand passes through something, some kind of barrier where the air feels significantly denser and is rushing by, almost like a stream of water. You quickly pull your hand back, having no idea what that was.

You start to hear a soft hum behind you. Turning around hoping to be able to see something, but unfortunately you still can not. But you sense, can practically feel someone, or something watching you, and although you might not be able to see you know that there is some kind of figure before you.

You try to call out, but there is no response, you try to reach forward but feel nothing. You feel the CD case in your hand go from icy cold to warm to hot. Not knowing what else to do you open the case. The CD glows a soft orange as a new noise surrounds you, a pulsating, chugging sound that makes your head spin. A more familar tone starts, slowly at first but quickly speeding up. Faster and faster until it gives way to a sound that shakes your entire being.

You once again feel yourself lifting you off the cold floor feel the sounds, beats, the music flow through you. Unable to tell what is up or down you give in to this strange feeling, letting it wash over you. Not even noticing the CD, the disk that has guided you to this moment, be lifted out of the case and slip into the darkness.

Your head starts to get fuzzy as you think about everything that has happened up till now, finding the disk, bringing together new and old friends, making your own music, and experiencing something out of this world. The sounds of static wash over you as a quiet beat pulsates. Is it this craft, or whatever is in here with you? _{You try to focus on it but can't seem to focus on anything as you drift off into a slumber.}

You feel the warmth of the sun, the hard ground covered in plants underneath you. Your name is called out as someone shakes you. Like a shot of lightning you jump up and try to take in your surroundings. The sun is starting to set and your fiends are beside you looking as spooked as you are.

After going over everything that happened Kyle asks about the disk. Your heart sinks as you know it is gone but you feel as though it is back where it belongs. The other two agree and you all start heading back to the house. Looking back at the strange circle of corn you notice something, something shiny. As you approach your heart starts pounding once again. It is a gold case, and opening it up there is a CD. Engraved on the case are familiar words:

"INSIDE YOUR HEART, DOWN TO EARTH"

Some art I did a good while ago, just having some fun with designs. Not much else to say

Inside Down Part 10:

"You can't help but think this is the stupidest thing you've ever done. Running blindly through a corn field, following an unknown light and sound that very well could lead to something dangerous. You can hear your friends call out to you, maybe they followed you in here but you don't know for sure.

The sounds around you are frantic, wailing, droning, tones with rapid beats swirl around you. It practically surrounds you in a deafening roar. You focus on the light in front of you, one that you can barely see around the corn that towers over you. Your hands sting with the icy cold feeling of the CD that you are clutching so tightly. It hurts but there is no way you are letting go now.

You know that you are getting closer to the source as the light gets even brighter and higher up. As you make your way through the field, you run past a scarecrow, although it was far from any normal scarecrow that you've seen before. Eyes glowing bright red like a fire, and was it... following you? It wouldn't matter, you had to keep moving forward, no going back now.

Your chest hurts from all the running but you are close now, you know it. You can see the end of the corn field and the light just past it. Your heart pounding you stop just at the edge of the line of plants too shocked to go forward. This was not the end of the field, you were still in the middle of it. No, this was a huge clearing of burnt plants making a perfect circle, with the light high above it.

Hearing movement behind you, you quickly turn around ready to face that weird scarecrow but are relieved to see your two friend approach. The tree of you stand in awe at the scene ahead as the blinding light starts to dim down, the music quieting as it does. It focuses down to a single beam in the middle, with just a soft hum reverberating all around you."

Inside Down Part 9:

"As you approach the computer, the echoing beat gives way to a rising tone. The three of you freeze in place as this song plays. Looking into the white screen you see something like a spiral barely able to be made out in the blinding light. You can feel the room fill with static, when out of the corner of your eye you see the computer tower shaking, almost vibrating with energy as light pours out of every seam on the plastic case. You try to get your friends attention but they both are transfixed on the screen.

Feeling a frantic panic as you reach towards the computer, about to press the eject disc, every hair on your head feeling like it's standing on end! With a swift press you hit it, letting the tray slide open. The music drops out and the screen goes black, with only a few more of those echoing beats before it is completely silent again.

You can here a slight creaking noise as you take the flashlight out of Kyle's hand and shine it towards the disc tray to see the CD is now pure white and smoking a little. Without a second thought you reach over and grab the CD and quickly put it back in the case. You were worried that it would have be to hot to touch, but instead it felt ice cold.

After giving Kyle back the flashlight, he asks what the heck just happened. You don't have an answer, and honestly don't think there could be an answer. You just hold the CD case close, feeling the cold radiate through it. You know this thing can disappear so you want to make sure it stays with you.

Before you can really get a grip on what is going on another noise fills the space. This time it is clearly from outside. Needing some kind of answers you tell Kyle and Joe to follow you and head out into the unknown. So there you are on the front porch, Kyle with the Flashlight, Joe still carrying the Stylophone and recorder, and you holding onto that CD as if your life depended on it. You were not loosing it again.

The nose clearly coming from behind the house you all make your way around to find the corn field that comes up to Kyle's property, and another bright light out in it. You take a step forward before Joe grabs your arm trying to stop you... You know it is crazy to go in there, but you have to know... What is... Inside Down!"