A Feeling

Alex ran away with the man's talisman and read it. He had noticed a few talismans in that there were writings on the talismans that belonged to the participants. 

He had come to notice two different sets of writing. 

One said [CCHASTWDPH] and another one said [ETWLFEONT].

Alex tried to make sense of the 2 types of talismans and didn't notice anything. His own 2 remaining talismans were of the first variety. 

'Is this something random to f*ck with me?' he thought. He gave up on thinking about it for the moment.

Alex ran through some intersections, redoing his runs multiple times cause he ran into dead ends. Finally, he was done with that section of the maze and walked out of it. 

"What the?" he thought as he saw the scene ahead. 

Unlike the previous times, there wasn't an open space to walk through like the previous times. Instead, in front of him was… himself.