[From the Author of Author's POV...] Emotions are like a drug to us. The more we experience them, the more we become addicted. The hardest part is not letting them consume us. But it's already too late for me. I've already been swallowed whole. *** I had no knowledge of the game. I was meant to have died. And yet, I found myself in this situation. A game I had never played before. A character I was unfamiliar with, and... A world that seemed to want to swallow me whole with every move I made. What the hell is going on? ...and who am I? *** Discord : https://discord.gg/PEbN7fc2ww
The lights turned off, and the curtains closed.
"....."
Aoife stood behind the stage with her eyes closed. She had poured everything she had into the performance and was mentally exhausted.
She couldn't see the audience, but it felt as though thousands of eyes were still lingering over her body.
'How did it go? Was my acting okay...?'
The silence that took over the theater made her nervous.
Immersed in her role, she didn't pay attention to the audience's reaction. All she did was act.
Act as if this was the last time she was ever going to act.
"....."
Just as her heart started to sink, she heard a small clap coming from behind the curtains.
Clap!
It was subtle, but within the silence, it echoed loudly.
Another soon followed that clap, and before Aoife knew it, the entire audience was clapping.
Clap, clap, clap—!