Rooms by Bob Stegner

Author:Bob Stegner [Stegner, Bob]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Bob Stegner
Published: 2019-02-01T22:00:00+00:00

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The members of that night’s gathering were now back together again, sitting in a circle in the room where the game had begun. Each of them had been on their own individual journey after leaving the moon, experiencing moments that belonged only to them. Now, though, they sat witnessing the last moments of Rad’s experience. Tears, sighs, and spoken thoughts of deep concern were shared. Then…the room went quiet.

The lit candles rematerialized. The curved walls of One reasserted themselves, and the luxurious covering on the floor again caressed their bodies. A silent understanding of completion passed between everyone. It was done.

As the players began to leave, they could still feel what had happened, but no one said a word. No one could put out of their mind what they had witnessed at the very end. They had seen Rad reach out and then watched as he had been yanked into a dark and terrible abyss. He was simply gone. Vella was the only one who finally gave voice to everyone thoughts as she wondered, “Where…where is he? What happened?” She couldn’t believe and wouldn’t admit that he was gone.

The last to leave the Room were Rad’s three friends. They’d stayed behind in the hope that he would somehow reappear, but then they, too, left and walked back into the night. The door closed behind them, and as it did, Tal reached back just to check. It was locked.

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