Holder of Isolation

In any city, in any country, go to any apartment complex you can get yourself into. When you reach the front desk, ask if you can see someone who calls himself the "Holder of Isolation." The worker should gladly lead you down a flight of stairs that wasn't previously there. If there s no front desk, use the buzzer and request to look at the twenty sixth room for sale. A worker should appear. Soon you will arrive at a door and the worker will open it for you. Do not enter just yet, rather, look into the opened door. Ask for the worker to close the door and leave you alone. If he insists that you enter, you have two choices: to wait for the worker to reveal his true form or to step into the door and feed yourself to the countless horrors that lie within. Either way your journey ends here. If the worker obliges you, wait for him to be out of sight. Make sure you are alone before you open that door.

Beyond that door will be a gathering in a high rise apartment overlooking your capital city. You will notice that everyone who you love and cherish will be in that room. Friends, family, and loved ones will all greet you with loving and open arms. Talk to them as if they were the real thing, laugh with them, reminisce with them. Treat them with respect, and you will treated with such as well. Treating them any less will result in a punishment far worse than any mortal could ever conjure up or even think of. One by one the guests will start excusing themselves, saying that they have somewhere else to go. Do not stop them for anything, as they have obliged you enough already. Slowly the room will drain of people, and soon the only ones left will be you and the person you love most. Cherish the time given to you, as they too will have to leave, and you need to muster every ounce of mental strength for the coming trial. Even though they're not real, they know enough to be as good as the real thing. Here you can say everything and anything you would like to confess to them, but remember to give the proper respect. When they make a motion to leave, let them. There's no turning back now. As soon as they close the door, everything will slowly turn black. You are free to do anything here, shout, panic, or stay calm, it's your choice. Once everything has turned to black, there is nothing to do but wait.

You'll spends weeks here in this darkness, months, even years. You will start missing the people that were surrounding you earlier, their warmth, their laughter. You felt that you belonged when you were with them, but now, you are alone to fend for yourself in this darkness. You'll start looking for someone, anyone, to accompany you in this trying time, but only darkness greets you in every waking moment. You will feel no hunger, no thirst, but you will feel the energy drained from you with every second. This realm will not allow you to sleep, even if you try, you will be unable to find slumber to temporarily relieve you of your loneliness. Many before you who couldn't bear the madness of it are all a part of this darkness now, and wait for you to join them, though they will never get their wish. Again, you are free to do anything here, though ending your own life with your bare hands will only leave you in that darkness forever with those before you. Steel yourself, and eventually you will see a point of light on the horizon, if there can be such a thing in a place like this. As soon as you see it, close your eyes and ask, "Is this how they feel?" Wait for about 3 minutes before you open your eyes.

If it's still dark, sit down and relax. Your journey is over and this darkness is now your home for all eternity.

If you're lucky, when you open your eyes you will be outside the apartment complex. At your feet will be a picture frame, a picture of you and the person you love in a warm embrace at the apartment will be inside of it. Don't let anyone see it though, as they will certainly wonder about the origin of that picture.

The picture and frame are Object 126 of 538. You've felt their pain, now you must end their suffering.