It didn't have a face. At least from Lukas' perspective. There was just empty nothingness where it should be.
"Don't stare for too long.. Even with this cover, you still might go a little insane.." The thing warned. Motioning Lukas with its tentacle thing to put his head down. Lukas does it without even thinking. Which he thought was really freaky.
"Why don't you take a seat with me…" a seat suddenly appeared in front of Lukas, in which he sat immediately onto.
The place kind of looked like an outside grilling area. There was a table separating Lukas with that thing. And there was a big tarp over their heads. It looked very calming and cozy if there wasn't a freak of nature on presentation. Lukas thought that its presence made the whole place really uncanny.
There were also Christmas lights wrapped around almost everything, including the thing. Not really that relevant considering it's June.
"So… who are you?" Lukas felt a weird sense of calmness when he spoke. Almost like all of the adrenaline was just washed away. "Am I still dreaming or something?" He asked another question.
"Yes… this is a dream… and who I am should not be your first concern…" The thing said. "I'm here… for you to be able to vent your struggles…" It continued. "So… is there ANYTHING on your mind right now…" Lukas, with his head still down, ponders for a second before saying: "I mean, my elementary school years were kinda shit. I always got bullied for my long hair. I thought after I moved to a different foster home in 10th grade, that things would get better, but of course it fucking didn't" The thing was nodding its non-existent head. "And then the whole thing with today! Like what the hell is going on in this area?! And why hasn't the police done anything at all about it?!"
The thing puts its tentacle over Lukas' mouth. "Please… do not worry about any of this right now… trust me… all you have to do… is try your hardest… to prepare for the future…" It releases its tentacle.
Lukas, now free from the thing, exhales deeply.
"Ok, I guess?"
"Is… there anything else… you want to… vent?" The thing said. Sipping something that Lukas could only imagine what it was. Lukas, again, started thinking to himself. Trying to come up with any other question that he could possibly ask whatever's talking to him. In the end though, he could think of anything.
"Sorry… whatever you are. I've got nothing" Lukas shrugged.
"If that's… all you have to say… then I think… it's time you take… you leave…" Lukas' visions started to get blurry all over again. He wanted to stay here, with the calming feeling. But the abomination right in front of him didn't want that. The sounds that sounded a little muffle, started to gradually get louder and louder. And his vision started to get more and more warped and blurred as time went on. Lukas fell to the ground, holding his ears and keeping his eyes shut. He just wanted it to be over, screaming: "OH GOD HELP ME!" as he felt the thing getting closer, and closer to him. Slowly inching along. Until it got to his ear, and said:
WAKE.
Lukas' wakes up in a cold sweat, and on the floor right next to the bed. He was looking around the room, hoping that all of that was just a dream. Once he saw whatever Melissa put onto the shelf. He knew that he was back. Lukas wondered if that thing was even real, and wasn't just his imagination.
He sat back down on the bed, looking more tired than he was before he slept. He looked out the window of the room, to see that it's pitch black outside. He wondered whether to go back to sleep or not, but he wanted to look around more.
With him slowly opening the door. He looked around to see if anyone else was still awake, but of course no one was. Lukas, with the best of his own abilities, creped down the hallway, and into the kitchen. He figured to himself that he hasn't had anything to eat in hours, so he decides to raid their pantry in search of some pre-made food. There was only one thing he could eat though, and that was in fact, marshmallows.
He grabs the bag and starts grabbing 10, and shoving them in his mouth. He gagged a little, but nothing was stopping him at that moment.
After overestimating how much he could eat at the moment, and with a half a bag of marshmallows. He gets up from one of the kitchen chairs, and walks over to the reception area. He walks in, peeking behind the entrance to see Arthur, blackout drunk on the floor. He shakes his head in disappointment.
He walked over the blood stained floor, and pushed the door, leading to the outside. He steps out, and breathes in the fresh and cold air. Then, he looks around, and notices someone, sitting on a bench outside, smoking a cigarette. It was Ethan!
Lukas walked slowly to the bench, and plopped down next to him. Offering him a marshmallow. Ethan just looked at him, before gesturing to him to go away. But Lukas didn't listen. He knocked out the cigarette still in his mouth, and stuffed it with 5 marshmallows so he wouldn't protest.
"Hi Lukas…" Ethan says with the marshmallows still in his mouth. "What do you want right now…" He tries to keep it friendly with him the best way he could.
"Why are you not in bed right now?"
"Could sleep. You?"
"Woke up from a nightmare, it felt so surreal"
The two of them look down, not knowing what to say next. Lukas begins to throw some Marshmallows onto the ground. Some go into a tree, others get onto the street. Ethan just sits there, wondering why he's doing this in the first place. Lukas catches him staring, and motions him to grab a marshmallow. Saying: "it relieves stress, I think" whilst throwing another one at some stray mouse. Who gets pissed off, but still eats it anyway, angrily. Ethan starts giggling a little bit, and garbs one of his own marshmallows. Throwing it at a rat. That somehow knows how to flip someone off with their paws.
The other animals in the area begin to flee, as they watch these two giants pelt their other friends with glorified edible pillows. They'll probably plan something for the two of them later on, but Lukas and Ethan couldn't care less at that moment.
After all the marshmallows were gone. The two of them were laughing their asses off at all the small critters' expense.
"You feel any better?"
Ethan pauses before turning to look at him.
"Yep! Let's get back inside and go to bed"
They both get up off the bench, and head back inside. Ready for tomorrow.