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I finally got my camera set up and held up three fingers counting down silently to start,“Alright, and…ACTION!”, I shouted. A man using crutches shuffled quickly through a space between the shipping crates after I said the phrase. A woman in a porcelain doll mask chased behind him. The woman caught up and tugged the man backwards, holding him up by the back of his shirt. The man was still holding his crutches attempting to get loose from the woman’s grasp before the woman went to stab him.
“CUT!”, I shouted. “That’s a wrap, you did great Carter! You too Kasey. Although…I think we need to shoot one more time, just so it’s perfect you know!” The woman, my sister Kasey, sighed, pinching the bridge of her nose. “Carson . I know you’re enthusiastic about this project, and I’m happy you found something that interests you, but how about we take a break for the week. I have work and we’ve filmed the same scene for three days in a row now.” I was a bit taken aback and tried to protest “But-” however Carter cut me off “Dude…your sister’s right. You need to take a break, we all do really. But you need it the most. You’re WAY too stressed about getting it perfect, why don’t you go home and take a nap. You look like you need it, maybe it’ll even clear your head a bit?” Carter suggested this…and well, I guess he’s right, so I nodded “Yeah…maybe you’re right…But next week we’re trying again okay?” Carter sighed, chuckling a bit to himself “Yeah, sure buddy…whatever ya’ say.”I finally sighed. I began to walk away, humming to myself as I did so. As I was humming I saw something shiny on the ground so paused my humming and knelt down to pick it up. “Oh sweet, a quarter!” I snickered at my own enthusiasm over a single quarter, but hey, a quarter’s a quarter. I picked up my new found quarter and stood back up before I continued home, beginning to hum again. I was about halfway there when “WOAH-” I tripped, closing my eyes and putting my hands out in front of me anticipating concrete but…instead I felt…carpet…? No, that can’t be right, I was just on the sidewalk but it is carpet, yeah it’s damp sure…but it’s still carpet. When I finally open my eyes I see a yellow maze, with buzzing lights…those’ll get annoying that's for sure. “Ugh…where on earth…?” I muttered to myself “HELLO?” I shouted, hoping someone would hear me…but just my luck, no one was near. “Of course, why WOULD anyone be around…ugh this place is eerie as hell…” I whispered to myself, knowing no one would hear me even if I screamed it at the top of my lungs. I stood up and brushed myself off before picking up my camera bag and checking on my camera “Oh, my camera isn’t damaged, thank god it isn’t. I would’ve killed someone if it was, this thing was expensive.” I sighed out in a breath of relief.
“More importantly though…where am I?"