I think things have gone on to the point where I can no
longer pretend everything is fine. First, the people around me started to
ignore me. They must have known I was there on some level, since food was still
brought etc, but they wouldn’t respond to anything I said. Even when I grabbed
a nurse’s arm, she just stood there until I let go and then walked away. Then,
they started to disappear. Less and less traffic, inside the room and out,
until at one point I pulled the curtains away to find my neighbours were
likewise gone, with the bedding neatly folded. Well, I suppose they could have
left while I was asleep.
Unlikely.
Then it started getting colder. Not much, but notably.
The temperature changed from ‘autumn’ to ‘winter’, and the sunlight dulled a
little. Again, someone could have forgot to turn the heaters on.
Unlikely. I was starting to feel like I was radioactive
and people were discreetly evacuating so as not to hurt my feelings and would
eventually build a sarcophagus over my head. I could no longer hear the rushing
of cars outside, or anything outside, for that matter.
Speaking of the sun, as I told Jack, it rose and set in
the space of three hours. The night that followed it lasted for one. Fourteen. Twenty.
Then down to five again. It did not seem to make any sense at all.
I have a suspicion I’m in a Loop, but I until I can check
the spatial warping typical of them, I can’t know for sure. Either way, I’m
moderately prepared for whatever’s coming.
Oh, and the voices haven't stopped. At all. If anything, they might be getting louder. It's driving me nuts.
