Brits And Pieces

15

Alice woke up on her basement floor, getting up to take in her surroundings and realizing how pointless that was with the lights off.

Quickly getting on her feet and searching for the light switch, she turned the lights on to illuminate the dark room.

Papers and candle wax was scattered on the floor. Upon picking one of the sheets up, she took notice of the writing that read

"¢◎ηℊґѦ†﹩, ¥◎ʊ ¢◎ʊℓ∂ ♭Ѧґ℮ℓ¥ мѦк℮ Ѧη¥ ♭ℓ◎◎∂¥ ∂℮Ѧℓ﹩."

She raised a brow at this and quickly crumpled it up before disposing of it.

After fleeing to her room, she sat at her desk and soon began to write.

"∂єαяєѕт ℓα∂у ∂ιαяу,

ι нσиєѕтℓу ∂σ иσт яємємвєя αиутнιиg яєgαя∂ιиg ∂єαℓѕ αи∂ ωнαт иσт. ιѕ ιт ѕσмєтнιиg тнαт ι мιѕѕє∂? ι ¢αииσт яє¢αℓℓ мυ¢н, нσω ∂ιѕαρρσιитιиg...

ωєℓℓ, ι ѕєє тнαт нαℓℓσωєєи ιѕ иєαяιиg αи∂ ι мυѕт ρяєραяє fσя тнє тяι¢к σя тяєαтєяѕ ѕσσи. ι ∂σ ωσи∂єя ιf ι ѕнσυℓ∂ ∂яєѕѕ υρ αи∂ ρℓαу αℓσиg. ωнαт ωσυℓ∂ вє иι¢є тσ ∂яєѕѕ υρ αѕ, тнσυgн? ι'м иσт єχα¢тℓу fσи∂ σf gσιиg fσя α мσявι∂ℓу нσяяιfуιиg ℓσσк тнαт ¢συℓ∂ ѕ¢αяє тнє ¢нιк∂яєи αωαу. ι ѕυρρσѕє тнαт ι ѕнσυℓ∂ gινє муѕєℓf ѕσмє тιмє тσ тнιик αи∂ ρяєραяє ιи тнє мєαи тιмє.

~ αℓι¢є кιякℓαи∂"