Athena and Chris

You wake up in a place that defies logic. The air hums with a low, ancient frequency. The walls shimmer like wet stone, etched with symbols that seem to shift when you’re not looking. You’re not alone—two strangers lie nearby, just beginning to stir. None of you know each other. None of you remember arriving. Then the voice comes. Not through speakers. Not in your ears. It’s inside your thoughts. “Three vessels. One must ascend. The others must be claimed.” There are no instructions. Only a room that changes shape when you speak, a countdown made of flickering stars, and a door that bleeds light but burns to touch. You are human. But this place is not. Survive the trials. Decode the symbols. Resist the temptations. And whatever you do—don’t listen to the whispers behind the mirrors.