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competitors on a racetrack, he had
dreamed of the day he would be odd tinges of gray darkness that
had welcomed him when he first
welcomed into the most elusive and entered The Void, this darkness had
exclusive club the world over. He a purpose, and it had been waiting
was now elite, exclusive; the thought a long time for the short man. The
salivated in his mind. The short man
young man in white was the only
looked back up at the young man. object not swallowed in darkness,
He was apparently wealthy; he was what seemed to be a spotlight shone

ornamented in an opal white suit down from above on his body,
that shimmered brightly against the blinding the short from looking into
mass of bleak figures, as a piece of the young man's face.
gold does among the dull rocks.
"Please wait here while I inform
His tie was a silky black that the welcoming committee that you
crept down his suit, flowing like have finally arrived."
blood from the vein. "Follow me;
A welcoming committee, the
you seem eager to ascertain the ben-
efits of your admittance here." The short man was flabbergasted, he
young man in the white suit un- was being treated like royalty, he
hooked the queue and gestured for expected this place to be swanky,
the short man to follow him through but never did he expect such treat-
the sixth door. The short man's eyes ment, he must really be special, he
grew larger than the moon; he had thought to himself. The short man
accomplished what all the others was jolted out of his contemplation
waited to achieve. Not only had he by a loud click, a bright light now
gained entry into The Void, but he shone in front of him, a large pul-
was a VIP among its guest, his de- pit had emerged with the light and
meanor emulated that of the young behind it sat a figure masked in the
man, it shifted from beWilderment richest of onyx, an immense black,
to confidence; he straightened his blacker than the darkness that stran-
back, thrust his head high in the gled the short man. A thin, silvery,
air and looked down on the other white hand emerged from the dark-
ness and beckoned the short man to
lines as he followed the young man walk forward.

through the door. It opened into Click!Another light shone down
from above and there sat a chair for
a mammoth room, oval in shape,
musky in smell. the short man to sit in, it was ex-
traordinarily comfortable and the
It was dark, not the myriad of

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