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<<timedreplace 3 >> <<replacewith>>You calmly try to wake her up from her sleep.<<endtimedreplace>>\n<<timedreplace 6 >>Her head springs up, as she gets startled<<endtimedreplace>>\n<<timedreplace 9 >>"You werent sleeping properly, your neck will hurt in the morning." you whisper as her eyes open wide [[open|She speaks]].<<endtimedreplace>>\n

<<timedreplace 3 >> <<replacewith>>You get up to try to tell her otherwise, but she stops you.<<endtimedreplace>>\n<<timedreplace 6 >>"I know you've tried dear... We've both tried... but our girl isn't missing anymore, she's not with us anymore...", she says calmly.<<endtimedreplace>>\n<<timedreplace 9 >>"and we might be [[joining her soon]]." She continues<<endtimedreplace>>

<<timedreplace 3 >> <<replacewith>>Choose your reply<<endtimedreplace>>\n<<timedreplace 6 >>"[[I don't know]]"<<endtimedreplace>>\n<<timedreplace 9 >>"[[What is going on]]?"<<endtimedreplace>>

<<timedreplace 3 >> <<replacewith>>The once metallic handle does not feel sturdy as it use to be...<<endtimedreplace>>\n<<timedreplace 6 >>It gives...<<endtimedreplace>>\n<<timedreplace 9 >>It [[Crumbles]]...<<endtimedreplace>>

<<timedreplace 3 >> <<replacewith>>In panic, you jumpout of the bed...<<endtimedreplace>>\n<<timedreplace 6 >>Reach out to grab her hand...<<endtimedreplace>>\n<<timedreplace 9 >> And [[pull her toward you|Pull her toward you away from the fog]].<<endtimedreplace>>\n

<<timedreplace 3 >> <<replacewith>>You get there and the car is as the police described, it was in the middle of nowhere, on and left unattended.<<endtimedreplace>>\n<<timedreplace 6 >>You wonder how you not have seen the car leave the home while you were surveying the neighborhood.<<endtimedreplace>>\n<<timedreplace 9 >>"This is not the first time we see this case, a lot of people went missing lately." said the [[policeman]].<<endtimedreplace>>

<<timedreplace 3 >> <<replacewith>>You hang up.<<endtimedreplace>>\n<<timedreplace 6 >>[[Call the police]]<<endtimedreplace>>\n<<timedreplace 9 >>[[Wait for the caller to call again]]<<endtimedreplace>>

Husk.

<<timedreplace 3 >> <<replacewith>>"Before I ask you my questions, I'll give you the chance to ask your questions."<<endtimedreplace>>\n<<timedreplace 6 >>"[[Where's my wife]]?"<<endtimedreplace>>\n<<timedreplace 9 >>"[[What happened to my car]]?"<<endtimedreplace>>

<<timedreplace 3 >> <<replacewith>>What has lead everything to this is far larger than you had fathomed.<<endtimedreplace>>\n<<timedreplace 6 >>The fade doesn't discriminate...<<endtimedreplace>>\n<<timedreplace 9 >> [[The fade is no longer menacing]]. <<endtimedreplace>>

<<timedreplace 3 >> <<replacewith>>You drive back home.<<endtimedreplace>>\n<<timedreplace 6 >>You find the your wife's car missing.<<endtimedreplace>>\n<<timedreplace 9 >>She never drives anywhere unless she really needs to, [[maybe she went for groceries]]?<<endtimedreplace>>

<<timedreplace 3 >> <<replacewith>>The story seems very unsettling...<<endtimedreplace>>\n<<timedreplace 6 >>You take the newspaper with you, hoping your wife doesn't see it...<<endtimedreplace>>\n<<timedreplace 9 >>You call the police to see if they found any trace... [[Nothing yet]].<<endtimedreplace>>\n

<<timedreplace 3 >> <<replacewith>>You pick up the phone to call the police... or at least who you think were the ones to call <<endtimedreplace>>\n<<timedreplace 6 >>Once putting the speaker on your ear, you hear nothing...<<endtimedreplace>>\n<<timedreplace 9 >>[[No tone]]...<<endtimedreplace>>

<<timedreplace 3 >> <<replacewith>>"Nothing but trouble, you shouldn't concern yourself with <<endtimedreplace>>\n<<timedreplace 6 >>at that moment, I was <<endtimedreplace>>\n<<timedreplace 9 >>"strange things have been going on since [[Halsiya]] popped up..."<<endtimedreplace>>

<<timedreplace 3 >> <<replacewith>>"We usually aren't very open to the public with such issues, but lately something is going on and we might use the public's help in this.", he continued.<<endtimedreplace>>\n<<timedreplace 6 >>"You probably read how people and property has been vanishing lately. If you see anything do let us know."<<endtimedreplace>>\n<<timedreplace 9 >>You explain to the officer that your daughter has gone missing, [[now your wife is too|Now your wife is too]].<<endtimedreplace>>

<<timedreplace 3 >> <<replacewith>>She doesn't respond...<<endtimedreplace>>\n<<timedreplace 6 >>You speak a little louder, maybe she didn't hear you when she's standing right beside you...<<endtimedreplace>>\n<<timedreplace 9 >> She still [[doesn't respond]]. <<endtimedreplace>>

<<timedreplace 3 >> <<replacewith>>You lose it and begin to collapse...<<endtimedreplace>>\n<<timedreplace 6 >>Like your wife, you turn to ash...<<endtimedreplace>>\n<<timedreplace 9 >> In your finally found daughter's hands [[you crumble]]. <<endtimedreplace>>

<<timedreplace 3 >> <<replacewith>>You pick up the phone to answer, it was the police.<<endtimedreplace>>\n<<timedreplace 6 >> "We have found a car registered under your name..."<<endtimedreplace>>\n<<timedreplace 9 >>The description fits your wife's car, [[You ask if they've seen her]]<<endtimedreplace>>

<<timedreplace 3 >> <<replacewith>>"But I already went for groceries a few weeks ago...", you think to yourself.<<endtimedreplace>>\n<<timedreplace 6 >>You walk to the kitchen and see nothing touched, she musn't have been preparing anything. The fridge is like you left it from your last grocery shopping, though you did forget to buy eggs the last time.<<endtimedreplace>>\n<<timedreplace 9 >>[[The phone rings]], police probably?<<endtimedreplace>>

<<timedreplace 3 >> <<replacewith>>You slowly pick up and answer the phone<<endtimedreplace>>\n<<timedreplace 6 >>With the speaker in your ear, out of nervousness you try to hear the other side before you answer.<<endtimedreplace>>\n<<timedreplace 9 >>The silence sends a chill down your spine as you start the calls conversation with an unsettled [[hello]]<<endtimedreplace>>

<<timedreplace 3 >> <<replacewith>>A sudden sadness and confusion drops you to your knees<<endtimedreplace>>\n<<timedreplace 6 >>The worry of your own daughter going missing elevates with you not knowing what is going on around you.<<endtimedreplace>>\n<<timedreplace 9 >>Sadness, worry, confusion, disorientation[[....|silence]]<<endtimedreplace>>

<<timedreplace 3 >> <<replacewith>>You are shocked... Your wife told you she was gone.<<endtimedreplace>>\n<<timedreplace 6 >>What happened?<<endtimedreplace>>\n<<timedreplace 9 >> [[Where was she]] this whole time? <<endtimedreplace>>

<<timedreplace 3 >> <<replacewith>>...<<endtimedreplace>>\n<<timedreplace 6 >>...<<endtimedreplace>>\n<<timedreplace 9 >>"...[[dear]]?"<<endtimedreplace>>

<<timedreplace 3 >> <<replacewith>>"Stay calm" you assure your wife.<<endtimedreplace>>\n<<timedreplace 6 >>"I will go see what's going on." you continue to say...<<endtimedreplace>>\n<<timedreplace 9 >>Walking out towards the visible side of the [[porch]].<<endtimedreplace>>

<<timedreplace 3 >> <<replacewith>>You stand up from your toppled sit near the chair, and walk towards the living room of your house.<<endtimedreplace>>\n<<timedreplace 6 >>You feel the draft of the open main door.<<endtimedreplace>>\n<<timedreplace 9 >> You [[hesitate|accept your fate]] before you walk out [[that door]] <<endtimedreplace>>

<<timedreplace 3 >> <<replacewith>>A thick white fog surrounds your house...<<endtimedreplace>>\n<<timedreplace 6 >>It's thick enough to completely obscure the porch.<<endtimedreplace>>\n<<timedreplace 9 >>Or at least what's left of the porch... it's as if your house has been torn from its [[foundation]].<<endtimedreplace>>

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<<timedreplace 3 >> <<replacewith>>Not satisfied with the police's response, you decide to go look for your daughter.<<endtimedreplace>>\n<<timedreplace 6 >>You take your car keys...<<endtimedreplace>>\n<<timedreplace 9 >>... [[And take a drive around town|Driving around]]<<endtimedreplace>>

<<timedreplace 3 >> <<replacewith>>"I couldn't sleep earlier." Your wife replies.<<endtimedreplace>>\n<<timedreplace 6 >>"I know I'm being difficult lately, but it's just hard with her gone.", she continues.<<endtimedreplace>>\n<<timedreplace 9 >>She gets up and sleepily walks back to the bedroom to go back to sleep, you should do the [[same|The next morning]].<<endtimedreplace>>\n

<<timedreplace 3 >> <<replacewith>>Your sanity disapates as nothing makes sense.<<endtimedreplace>>\n<<timedreplace 6 >>You lost your, your home and your wife to this...Fade.<<endtimedreplace>>\n<<timedreplace 9 >> You weep for your [[Loss]]. <<endtimedreplace>>

<<timedreplace 3 >> <<replacewith>>You look back towards your wife.<<endtimedreplace>>\n<<timedreplace 6 >>She's in complete shock of what she saw just now<<endtimedreplace>>\n<<timedreplace 9 >>"W-[[what is going on here]]?!" she trembles holding her head horror.<<endtimedreplace>>

<<timedreplace 3 >> <<replacewith>>Polices vehicle extraction truck rears to pick up your wife's car, but as the truck's winch hook grabs onto the car's bumper, it falls off.<<endtimedreplace>>\n<<timedreplace 6 >>The officer in charge of the truck tries to hook it back on but there's no longer a place on the car to hold the winche's hook.<<endtimedreplace>>\n<<timedreplace 9 >>"[[Be careful with that thing]]! that's crucial evidence" Yells the other officer<<endtimedreplace>>

<<timedreplace 3 >> <<replacewith>>Your daughter screams in terror.<<endtimedreplace>>\n<<timedreplace 6 >>As the police and peremedics run towards the traumatized child...<<endtimedreplace>>\n<<timedreplace 9 >> [[And your ash like remains]] <<endtimedreplace>>

<<timedreplace 3 >> <<replacewith>>The car's bumper begins to crumble.<<endtimedreplace>>\n<<timedreplace 6 >>Like a lump of dried out mud it crumbles into dust.<<endtimedreplace>>\n<<timedreplace 9 >>The [[front portion of the car]] crumbles as well.<<endtimedreplace>>

<<timedreplace 3 >> <<replacewith>>Grabbing hold, you hand drives deep into her hand...<<endtimedreplace>>\n<<timedreplace 6 >>As you pull, her hand and a portion of her lap vanishes into dust.<<endtimedreplace>>\n<<timedreplace 9 >> Like the door before, [[your wife crumbles in to a pile of dust]] <<endtimedreplace>>

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<<timedreplace 3 >> <<replacewith>>There isn't much footing for you to stand on.<<endtimedreplace>>\n<<timedreplace 6 >>What use to be a small stairway that lead towards your front yard is now replaced with a cliff leading to a fog-filled pit.<<endtimedreplace>>\n<<timedreplace 9 >>You slowly and carefully walk back [[inside]].<<endtimedreplace>>

<<timedreplace 3 >> <<replacewith>>Two hours driving around a very small neighborhood.<<endtimedreplace>>\n<<timedreplace 6 >>You drive back home thinking maybe she might have found her way back.<<endtimedreplace>>\n<<timedreplace 9 >>Your wife stands by the garage in anticipation, disappointedto see only you in the car entering the [[house|Day 3]].<<endtimedreplace>>

<<timedreplace 3 >> <<replacewith>>"If it matters to you how I feel, I will stop feeling stressed when Maryam is back home. Otherwise you can go back to work and wait for the pol...", She's interrupted. <<endtimedreplace>>\n<<timedreplace 6 >>//RING!//<<endtimedreplace>>\n<<timedreplace 9 >>[[The phone is ringing]], Could it be the police?<<endtimedreplace>>

<<timedreplace 3 >> <<replacewith>>You wake up in the middle of the night feeling a cold draft of air from somewhere.<<endtimedreplace>>\n<<timedreplace 6 >>You look to your side...<<endtimedreplace>>\n<<timedreplace 9 >>...your wife is not there, the bedroom door is [[open|The living room]].<<endtimedreplace>>\n

<<timedreplace 3 >> <<replacewith>>No call from the police.<<endtimedreplace>>\n<<timedreplace 6 >>News paper in front of you has an unsettling headling<<endtimedreplace>>\n<<timedreplace 9 >>//"People Missing Without Any Trace"//.<<endtimedreplace>>\n<<timedreplace 12 >>[[Read News Paper|People Missing Without Any Trace]] [[Leave It]]<<endtimedreplace>>\n

<<timedreplace 3 >> <<replacewith>>"Good, I hope you find her", she responds with a glimmer of hope in her eyes.<<endtimedreplace>>\n<<timedreplace 6 >>While still worried about the whereabouts of your daughter, seeing your wife's spirits slightly lifted lifts yours too.<<endtimedreplace>>\n<<timedreplace 9 >>Your wife proceeds to get ready for the day too, time to head to [[work|Work]].<<endtimedreplace>>

<<timedreplace 3 >> <<replacewith>>"I see.", your wife responds with a tone of disappointment in her voice.<<endtimedreplace>>\n<<timedreplace 6 >>"I hope they find her.", she continues<<endtimedreplace>>\n<<timedreplace 9 >>She procedes to walk towards your daughter's bedroom, standing by the door facing the bed.<<endtimedreplace>>\n<<timedreplace 12 >>[[Talk to her]] [[Go to Work|Work]]<<endtimedreplace>>

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<<timedreplace 3 >> <<replacewith>>//"A strange series of events has hit our city. People filed missing, without a trace...//<<endtimedreplace>>\n<<timedreplace 6 >>//First believed to be a series of kidnappings until reports of whole buildings, public properties and automobiles have been disappearing alongside the victims.//<<endtimedreplace>>\n<<timedreplace 9 >>//Police claim that there have been 38 different cases regarding disappearances in the past month and are still looking for any suspected people or causes for these strange incidents.//<<endtimedreplace>>\n<<timedreplace 12 >>[[Continue|Newspaper]]<<endtimedreplace>>

<<timedreplace 3 >> <<replacewith>>With a pillow you try to elevate her abnormally rested head to straighten her neck.<<endtimedreplace>>\n<<timedreplace 6 >>Her head springs up, as she gets startled<<endtimedreplace>>\n<<timedreplace 9 >>"You werent sleeping properly, your neck will hurt in the morning." you whisper as her eyes open wide [[open|She speaks]].<<endtimedreplace>>\n

<<timedreplace 3 >> <<replacewith>>1986, Dubai.<<endtimedreplace>>\n<<timedreplace 6 >> <<replacewith>>You wake up one morning to an unfortunate event.<<endtimedreplace>>\n<<timedreplace 9 >>[[Your daughter is missing.|Day 1]]<<endtimedreplace>>

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<<timedreplace 3 >> <<replacewith>>The door...<<endtimedreplace>>\n<<timedreplace 6 >>What is beyond the door?<<endtimedreplace>>\n<<timedreplace 9 >> Do you wish [[fall off the porch]] or [[accept your fate]]? <<endtimedreplace>>

<<timedreplace 3 >> <<replacewith>>You examine the pile of ash on the chair...<<endtimedreplace>>\n<<timedreplace 6 >>She's gone...<<endtimedreplace>>\n<<timedreplace 9 >> [[Oh, God she's gone]]. <<endtimedreplace>>

<<timedreplace 3 >> <<replacewith>>You lose conciousness.<<endtimedreplace>>\n<<timedreplace 6 >>Everything fades.<<endtimedreplace>>\n<<timedreplace 9 >> And as if you never existed, [[the Fade passes through you painlessly]] <<endtimedreplace>>

<<silently>>\n<<set $wife = False>>\n<<endsilently>><<timedreplace 3 >> <<replacewith>>Confusion and panic fills the air.<<endtimedreplace>>\n<<timedreplace 6 >>A car just crumbled as if it was collapsed ash.<<endtimedreplace>>\n<<timedreplace 9 >>After that happened, the police ask you to come along for [[questioning]].<<endtimedreplace>>

<<timedreplace 3 >> <<replacewith>>Your hand without support of what you trusted as a solid door handle makes you loose balance out of your own intertia...<<endtimedreplace>>\n<<timedreplace 6 >>The entire solid door follows the reaction of the handle...<<endtimedreplace>>\n<<timedreplace 9 >>and [[that too crumbles]]...<<endtimedreplace>>

<<timedreplace 3 >> <<replacewith>>As your sight adjusts, something familiar catches your eye.<<endtimedreplace>>\n<<timedreplace 6 >>The fog you saw earlier by the porch was lingering in the room with you, your wife doesn't seem to notice it...<<endtimedreplace>>\n<<timedreplace 9 >> [[Warn her]] [[Pull her toward you away from the fog]] <<endtimedreplace>>

<<timedreplace 3 >> <<replacewith>>There wasn't much of a porch left...<<endtimedreplace>>\n<<timedreplace 6 >>What remains is where you stand...<<endtimedreplace>>\n<<timedreplace 9 >>The rest is [[no more]].<<endtimedreplace>>

<<timedreplace 3 >> <<replacewith>>You shake whatever hesitation you've had for that short moment.<<endtimedreplace>>\n<<timedreplace 6 >>At the edge of the last remaining step on the porch, you leap forward.<<endtimedreplace>>\n<<timedreplace 9 >> [[There was something past the fog]]. <<endtimedreplace>>

<<timedreplace 3 >> <<replacewith>>What do you tell her?<<endtimedreplace>>\n<<timedreplace 6 >>"[[I already looked for her yesterday]]"?<<endtimedreplace>>\n<<timedreplace 9 >>"[[I'll look for her]]"?<<endtimedreplace>>

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<<timedreplace 3 >> <<replacewith>>Your wife wakes you up at sunrise for work.<<endtimedreplace>>\n<<timedreplace 6 >>As I begin to get ready, your wife asks you a question.<<endtimedreplace>>\n<<timedreplace 9 >>"Are you going to go look for her today?"<<endtimedreplace>>\n<<timedreplace 12 >>[[Yes]] [[We might get a report from the police today]]<<endtimedreplace>>\n

<<timedreplace 3 >> <<replacewith>>"This is our child! If we're going to give yup, you think the police will sort this problem out?! She's not of their own to be of their concern!", she responds angrily.<<endtimedreplace>>\n<<timedreplace 6 >>"They're too busy with this strange thing going on with things disappearing, our daughter is just another victim!", She continues.<<endtimedreplace>>\n<<timedreplace 9 >>You thought you hid the newspaper from her, where did she read [[that]]?<<endtimedreplace>>

<<timedreplace 3 >> <<replacewith>>Your wife is trembling in shock from the sight.<<endtimedreplace>>\n<<timedreplace 6 >>You slowly become overwhelmed with all this yourself.<<endtimedreplace>>\n<<timedreplace 9 >>You try to stay strong so it doesn't upset her more than it is... but you [[fail]].<<endtimedreplace>>

<<timedreplace 3 >> <<replacewith>>You walk towards the phone slowly, dreading every second of the uncertainty that passes.<<endtimedreplace>>\n<<timedreplace 6 >>What if they found her? What if they didn't? What if they found her... dead?<<endtimedreplace>>\n<<timedreplace 9 >>You shake off the dread and [[answer the phone|Answer the phone]], Could it be the police?<<endtimedreplace>>

<<timedreplace 3 >> <<replacewith>>You decide to leave the news paper.<<endtimedreplace>>\n<<timedreplace 6 >>The police still haven't found your daughter, you shoul look around<<endtimedreplace>>\n<<timedreplace 9 >>You call the police to see if they found any trace... [[Nothing yet|Nothing]].<<endtimedreplace>>\n

<<timedreplace 3 >> <<replacewith>>You check on the phone to see if it was wired properly, everything seems to be in place...<<endtimedreplace>>\n<<timedreplace 6 >>"Maybe it's the wiring on the outside", you think running towards the main door to fix it, desperately to get the answer...<<endtimedreplace>>\n<<timedreplace 9 >>Your hand grabs hold of the [[door handle]]...<<endtimedreplace>>

<<timedreplace 3 >> <<replacewith>>"First it hit Abu Dhabi"<<endtimedreplace>>\n<<timedreplace 6 >>"and now it's hitting us..."<<endtimedreplace>>\n<<timedreplace 9 >>"strange things have been going on since [[Halsiya]] popped up..."<<endtimedreplace>>

<<timedreplace 3 >> <<replacewith>>You wake up.<<endtimedreplace>>\n<<timedreplace 6 >>You find yourself in bed.<<endtimedreplace>>\n<<timedreplace 9 >>You raise your head to find your wife sitting right [[beside you]].<<endtimedreplace>>

<<timedreplace 3 >> <<replacewith>>The entire engine compartment crumbles to dust, droppig the rest of the car on the ground, spilling oil and petrol from the car's tank.<<endtimedreplace>>\n<<timedreplace 6 >>An oficer pulls you back away from the potential flame hazard that the strange incident has left, the other officers back off too.<<endtimedreplace>>\n<<timedreplace 9 >>You, alongside the present police officers are dumbfounded at [[what just happened]].<<endtimedreplace>>

<<timedreplace 3 >> <<replacewith>>You reach out to grab her hand...<<endtimedreplace>>\n<<timedreplace 6 >>As your finger tips make contact to the back of her palm, something felt unusual about her skin.<<endtimedreplace>>\n<<timedreplace 9 >> It feels and brittle, like dry [[ash from a long extinguished fire]]. <<endtimedreplace>>

<<timedreplace 3 >> <<replacewith>>"So what, you'll give up? This is our daughter we're talking about!", she responds angrily.<<endtimedreplace>>\n<<timedreplace 6 >>"[[Our town isn't that big, if she's nearby I would have found her]]"?<<endtimedreplace>>\n<<timedreplace 9 >>"[[The police would tread more ground and have more acces to places I can't go to, they will find her]]"?<<endtimedreplace>>

<<timedreplace 3 >> <<replacewith>>"I saw you hide the newspaper yesterday... What were you thinking hiding it from me? it's not like I'm oblivious to what's going on.", she answers as if you already asked the question.<<endtimedreplace>>\n<<timedreplace 6 >>"[[You were already upset, I didn't want to add more stress]]"?<<endtimedreplace>>\n<<timedreplace 9 >>"[[What newspaper?]]"?<<endtimedreplace>>

<<timedreplace 3 >> <<replacewith>>You stare at the phone idly, expecting the caller to call again. <<endtimedreplace>>\n<<timedreplace 6 >>No answer... Expecting the police you call try calling them.<<endtimedreplace>>\n<<timedreplace 9 >>[[No tone]]...<<endtimedreplace>>

<<timedreplace 3 >> <<replacewith>>Without intention you destroy the door<<endtimedreplace>>\n<<timedreplace 6 >>Your other hand grabs the door's frame to maintain balance...<<endtimedreplace>>\n<<timedreplace 9 >>There you see the [[outside]]...<<endtimedreplace>>

<<timedreplace 3 >> <<replacewith>>"That is why we've called you for... The car was left on and no one was inside." answered the policeman<<endtimedreplace>>\n<<timedreplace 6 >>A chill runs down your spine upon hearing that.<<endtimedreplace>>\n<<timedreplace 9 >>You ask for the [[location]] and head there immediately<<endtimedreplace>>

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<<timedreplace 3 >> <<replacewith>>Covered in tears and the ash that use to be your beloved wife and the mother of your child...<<endtimedreplace>>\n<<timedreplace 6 >>your willingness to live falters, you've reached the limit to what you can humanly handle...<<endtimedreplace>>\n<<timedreplace 9 >> [[There is no escape]]<<endtimedreplace>>

<<timedreplace 3 >> <<replacewith>>"The Rashediya case, yes we're already working on that. I personally am sorry for your misfortunate turn of events, but please understand that this issue has been widespread lately", he responds with an unassuring sigh.<<endtimedreplace>>\n<<timedreplace 6 >>"With your permission, we'll be taking the car for evidence. It will be much safer in our possession than out here." He politely speaks<<endtimedreplace>>\n<<timedreplace 9 >>You [[nod quietly]].<<endtimedreplace>>

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<<timedreplace 3 >> <<replacewith>>"She mustn't have gone far.", you think yourself.<<endtimedreplace>>\n<<timedreplace 6 >>She's only 8 years old, maybe she got lost in the neighborhood and is hiding somewhere.<<endtimedreplace>>\n<<timedreplace 9 >>You get into your car and drive out to [[look for her|Look for her]].<<endtimedreplace>>

<<timedreplace 3 >> <<replacewith>>You sit in a tabled room<<endtimedreplace>>\n<<timedreplace 6 >>"We don't think your involved, but you're among the few witnesses we got." Says a detective on the opposite side of the table.<<endtimedreplace>>\n<<timedreplace 9 >>"I assume you have many questions yourself, seeing that your wife is missing and your car... crumbled right before your eyes.", he [[continues]]<<endtimedreplace>>

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<<timedreplace 3 >> <<replacewith>>The sound of sirens blair in front of your gates.<<endtimedreplace>>\n<<timedreplace 6 >>As you open the gate to see what's going on...<<endtimedreplace>>\n<<timedreplace 9 >> A short blur rams onto your legs amidst the glaring siren lights and the police chatter... [[in tears and emitting incomprehensible whimpering|It was your daughter]]...<<endtimedreplace>>

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<<timedreplace 3 >> <<replacewith>>Hours pass by...<<endtimedreplace>>\n<<timedreplace 6 >>No trace of her.<<endtimedreplace>>\n<<timedreplace 9 >>[[You go back home]], maybe the police have a new report.<<endtimedreplace>>

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<<timedreplace 3 >> <<replacewith>>You fall sharply on your face and front side of, or at least, of what use to be your front yard.<<endtimedreplace>>\n<<timedreplace 6 >>The brick pavement hits you hard as you find yourself beyond the fog.<<endtimedreplace>>\n<<timedreplace 9 >> [[You seem to be safe]] <<endtimedreplace>>