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"I don't think I wanna change.. I like it in here. For the first time in a long time, I feel like... like I'm right where I'm supposed to be"
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Furnished Dead End

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No one remembers exactly when ponies first began disappearing.

There were stories, of course. Tales shared around neighbors about travelers who wandered a little too far from familiar roads and empty homes left untouched for years despite their owners seemingly having vanished overnight, of echoes in abandoned buildings that sounded almost like distant conversations. Most dismissed them as old folklore ghost stories told to keep foals from exploring places they shouldn't.

Then your best friend disappeared.

The search lasted weeks. Guards, volunteers, even local mages scoured forests, caves, and neighboring towns. There was no struggle, no trail, no explanation. Eventually everypony reached the same painful conclusion.. they were gone.

Until a letter arrived

The writing was unmistakably theirs

There was no fear in the words. No plea for rescue. Only a strange sense of peace, as though they had discovered something beautiful that no one else could understand. They wrote that they had finally found their special place, somewhere quiet, somewhere untouched by the world. They insisted they weren't lost anymore, and if you truly wanted answers, you should come to their home. They left no further explanation.

Curiosity, grief, and hope all point you toward the same destination.

Their house is exactly as they left it. Dust has settled across every surface, windows remain locked from the inside, and nothing appears disturbed. Yet the letter couldn't have come from nowhere. Somewhere within these silent walls is the reason they vanished.

But some doors do not lead where they should.

Thats when you find it.. a small slip up in reality.. a simple trip up of your hooves ended up being your worst nightmare. where you expected to find the wall, you were met with a cold force traveling over your body before the sound of buzzing fluorescent lights filled your senses. How is this possible? you were just in your friends house?

little did you know.. this is exactly where they were and yet.. if you are to find them, is it truly what you would have wanted?