A Thief's Prison

Get Up

I was shocked. What's happening!? Who is that!? I̵͉̘͋̈̾͝ ̴̼̘́̄̚͜ͅf̷͖̬̅͆̚̕e̶̢̮̱̔ě̸̦͖̮̯ḽ̵̢͐͠ ̴̻͎̆̌̕͝ͅl̷̼͂͐̑͜ï̶̹̼̬͠k̷͔̄̿͆̕e̸̼̗͋̓̏ ̸̛̭̹͌̂͠Ȉ̷̖̙'̸͕̣͠m̷̛̭̼̤͙͋̌̅ ̷͓̭̦͇̈͋̕f̴̧̗̄̆o̵̧̓̍̚r̷̭̜̗͌͐͗g̵̰̈́̄e̷̛̬̞͈̎ͅt̴͈̑̽̽̏t̸̫̺̟͚̍̀ȋ̴̦̿̀n̴̢̦̣̫̽ǵ̶̹̦ ̵̧̹̃̓̈́s̸̱͚̤̐͜ő̶̦̂̈́̏m̸̢̆̆͠e̷͈͓̰͌t̸̙͗͊͆h̶̥̜̬͔̑̎̆i̷̦͎̙̤̔̌̾n̶̛̬̪g̷̨͙̫̈́̃ ̶̻͝ǐ̷̞̯̤̀̈́m̵̨̡͙͔̈́̀͊́p̶̬̥̓̌ͅò̷͔́̍͗ṛ̵̺͂ṫ̶̙̘ả̵̬̩͖̚ń̷̨͈̬̙ť̵̡̺̺͋̈̎͜...̶̖̅̋̓ ̷̗͊̄Ť̶̨̙̺h̷͖̙͑͆e̸̘͇͕͔͂̒̌r̴͙͘͝e̴̘̱̰͛'̷̢͙͘ŝ̷͓̽ ̷̨̛̀͝s̷̫̣͎̞͌̓̈́̃o̴̝̬͐͒̕m̶̞̔̔e̶̼̞̋̐̽̈t̸͕͓̾h̶̹̭͊̍͒̚i̸̘̅͑̈́n̴̬͉̻̒̚g̷̨̰͈͚̐̈́̌ ̸̘̬͉̈́͝o̷̟̪̥̊̃͐f̵̰̖͇̪̋̅̈́͝f̷͕̈̈̾ ̵͖͚̱͈̎̈̒̚a̵͖̒̃̎͊b̵̨̟̗̿̓̉ȏ̷̪͙̮͍̓u̶̢̞̙̐̀t̵͓̗̬̯̔͘ ̸̡̣͇̲̇͆͊͠ţ̵͉̜͊h̶̜͌a̶̫̙̲̬̓̎̕͝ṯ̸̈́̏ ̵̢̬̺̝̾͆̕̚m̷̤̣̄̚a̵͈̻̼̟͐͂̊̚ņ̷̩͗...̵̠̖̈́͌̆ As I shake the prison bars, it feels like my throat is being blocked and I can only grunt. Dammit! No speaking here either!? But I have so many questions!

The mean-looking girl scoffed and said "So you've come to, Inmate"

"The you in reality is currently fast asleep" added her quieter twin "You are only experiencing this as a dream"

Oh... Thank god this is a dream... I don't want to-

"You're in the presence of our master. Stand up straight!" snapped the mean twin.

Ó̴̗̝̽ͅh̸̨̢͈̻̼̾ ̴̧̜͎͇̫͔͌̇͂̈̿̕t̵̮̖͍̹̘͌̌͛̓̚ṙ̴͈̪̝̭̦͗̔̑̍û̸̹̘͝ͅs̵̠͚̎͝t̵̹̪͔̟͎̦͑̆̈́̉̒ ̷̨̡̟̻̔̇̏m̵̤͚͚̩̟̏͊̇̌̑̿é̷̖̦͐,̵̳͍̐͛͋̿̽͘ ̷̪̻̺̲̜̎͋I̴̤͕͈̼͉̺̔̓ ̷̺̬͉̀̏͝c̸̺̝͕̳̭̥͝a̷̖͉̔̓n̵̛̩̲̝̭͒̑̎͆͐'̷͕̩̯̊̂̚̚t̵̪̞̃̌͘ ̷̧̢̨̼͓̪̊d̷̙͕̟̈́̑́̀ò̵̧̲̘̟̱̯̑̈́͐̈́͆ ̸̳͓͚́̍̌a̴͚͉̔̑̐n̵͉̜̹̓͒̓̈́̈́y̶̨̳͚͚̟͐͊̍̿t̷͕̱̻̻̃̇̎̐h̴̠̺̟̻̐̎͠͝i̸̯̼͎̮͔̽n̵̥̎g̵̪̝͕̱̐͘ͅ ̶̩̜̣̭̖̱̀̎͘s̵̹̼̭̀̈͐̎̅͠t̵̤͙͖͈͓̀̐̓r̷̮̺̳͉͋a̷̡̳̙̣̝͗̇͝ì̷͙̭̳̅͊͌͘ģ̷̨̘̳̀ḧ̵̛̦͇́͜t̵̀̒̚͠͠ͅ...̸͕͍̼͒̽̊̈̔̎ ̴̨̱̹͛̈̀̈́͘M̷̧͚̟̑ỳ̸̺̺̠̟͋̐ ̶͉͐͑̓̍ṕ̸̡͔͔̩̈́̊͆͜͝a̷̙̪̯̳̩̪͌͐̈́͂̕͝r̸̛̝̫͆̕̕e̵͔͛͌͒̀̿n̵̳̳̫͇͓̔͜t̷̤̼͎̲͇́s̷̐͜ ̶͕͇̀̽̍̓ẘ̶̘͓̖́o̵̟͓̯̫͛͂̂́u̷̯͖̳̱̽ͅl̵̗̼̳͖̓͋͆̈́́͝ď̵̻̙͔̬̞̥̎ ̶̛͉͆̏͌̕l̵̺͓̉͗o̶̡͉̐v̶͉̘̳̅͑̽͝ë̷̢͎͍͙͔́̈̀̇̿̿ ̸̧̡̟̩͌͐͂̓͑̃î̴̥̪̰t̷̡̟͈̝̞́͛͂ ̵̛̟̀͗̈́̊͂i̵̢̛̪̽̔f̴͇̪͖͌̊̒ ̶̡͇̮̤̏Ĩ̶̧͈̟͇̰̪̓̓̕ ̸̘̒̽̑͝w̴̺̙̤̣͛̋̈́͊ȃ̵̞̬̮̞̪̈́̂̏͜͠s̷̹̞̯̫̼̏́̎̔̽͘,̵̞̀͆̏͐͘̕ͅ ̴̥͇̫̤̦̓ͅf̵̛͇̼̱̰̑̓̃͝ó̵̢̱̒̀r̸̨̺̻̹̩̹̃̓̀̿ ̴̧̙͙̳̬̣͊̉͌̔̀̐ó̷̙̥͔͇͈͚̋͝n̵̤͈̝̉̇̌́̕ç̶̘̼̞̔͌e̷͍͕͇̫̓͗͛,̵̢̨̢̯̊̃ ̵̧̣̈́̉̋͝ͅs̷͎̗̄́̍̃t̷̢̛̤̲͚̔̌͐͝ŗ̴̻̀̃ä̴̧̧̢̖̜͓́̀i̵̭͙̼̻͕̹̅̾͂̄̄͘g̵̠̱͈͙͌̀̅̚h̵̨̡͉̞͓̘͆͂́͒ẗ̸̡́̓̓̈́̋̒.̵͍̙͉̌̍̆̂͘

The old man greeted me with "Welcome. I am delighted to make your acquaintance. This place exists between dream and reality, mind and matter. It is a room that only those who are bound by a contract may enter"

W̵͈͓͠ͅh̶̘͎̺͉̀͌̂̎̃â̵͍̲̥͂͛̄ͅt̷̫̖̩͔̰́?̸̢̰̤̮̮̥̽͂͌̇͘!̷̦̇̀ ̷̪͈̎̆̏͊̌͗B̴̟̌̅͜͝ủ̷̻̝̀͝ẗ̸͈̖́̃̓̎ ̶̨͇͖̱̞̔Į̷̨̯͉̮̳͒ ̵̭̼̠̱̋̄́̌͒ͅͅd̵̘̳͎̘̟͐ḭ̵͔̺̓̀̀̍d̷̨̚n̷̞͚͈͒̈ͅͅ'̶̛̜̹͕̘̀t̴̪͉̮͂͑̀̾̕!̷̦̠̙̖̼̥̀̃̈͗́̎ ̶̭͙̳̉͗̈́Ḯ̷̙͔ ̸̻̓̿d̴̜̝̹̘͚̝̏͑͗̕͝i̷̧̹̤̻͇̦̓͆̔̐͝d̴̫͚̭̥̳̈́̌͂̚n̵͖͙̠̦͉̪̂̇̄̑͆'̶̳̱̍t̷̞̒̀̇̀ ̷̢̣͑̍̀̋̄̚͜s̶̥̭̀̎̏̽̐͊i̵̡̟͈̎̔g̴̝͓͎͂͊̍̑̇ṅ̴̖̩͓̓̽ ̸̧͓̞̿̋̔̐a̷̝̬̪̮͚̅̎͆ ̶̫̯̒ḓ̵̤͗̽ḁ̶̙͒̒̈́̕m̷̨̛̦̳̭̔̋ͅn̶̳̖̈́̏ͅ ̶̝̮͉̔̈́̎t̶̟̓̓̔̒̾̕h̷̽͜͠i̴̧͇̣̎̏̆̉̔͝ṋ̴̉̓̊̊͝ǧ̴̣̺̰̲̖!̶̦͈̼̥̌̈́̂̆ͅ ̸̳͔̬̪̎G̶͇͕͊̆̐̊e̸̤͎̜̅̎̓͘t̷̙̭̰̓͛̇͋́̕ ̴͕͛̀̀͘m̶͎͚̫̬͇̰͆̀̅͛͐̏e̸̞̿͌͆͗̏́ ̵͕̈̇̒̽͘t̴̡̰̞̑̒͐h̷͓̟̠͉͚̀̈́ė̴̘͒͗̏͑ ̴̢̙̜̅ͅͅh̶̤̻͙̃̾̏͝ȩ̸̠̝͈̘̈́̐l̷̟̪͕͔͐̐̒̋l̷͕̊͑ ̸͚͉͊̕ō̵̢̺̥̠̤̼̏ǘ̶̡̲̘͎̇́̔̅̑t̴̲̼͍͊̓̆̈́̕ ̵͎͔̻͓̊ơ̴̢̞̤͕͍̦f̶̠̿̌̊ ̶̢̺̫̰́̊̀̽ͅẖ̶̛̖̪̝̫̻̓̑ë̸̢͑̈́̓̾̚r̷͚͓̖͖̣̔̆̽͘e̵̟̪͈̳͋̈́ͅͅ!̵̰̟̄̽̓ ̷̖͖̝̝̊̽̊̒̀̐L̵̛̰̳̠̓̃̈̏ȅ̷̟̙̙͎̾̀͗͒̓ţ̸̱̟͂̌͊ ̴̣̫́͊̽̐̀m̵͓̉̌ȅ̶̖̽̓̓̔̚ ̵̟͓̞͉͓̃̅͑͠ö̶̧̞͈ũ̸̡̱t̷͉̮̪̜̺͂̊͒,̶̳̟̝͝ ̵̡̡̨̮̩̌͆l̶̨̦̳͖̒͜ē̵͓̬͋̚͝t̷̻̆̂̿ͅ ̸͖̹͉̙͉̋̈́̈́̕͜m̴͍͚̜͗ͅé̷̝̲͝ͅ ̵̱̹̅̆̓̇̅ò̵̪͍̋͜u̸̼̎͛͋ẗ̴̡͙̘̺͕̺͝,̵̡̲̜̯̱̝̓̈̔̈́̈́͝ ̷̭̃l̵͉͍̟̖͐̄͝͝ͅÉ̷̢͎̫̭̮̥̔̀̎̚T̵̥̪̘͆̀̚͠ͅ ̴͕͒M̴̩̦̑̎E̴̢̲͈͑̐̐͆̆ ̴̧͎̻̀Ȏ̷̞͕̘̠̳͔U̴̹̩̘̤̭̍̄̊̔͜T̴̳͚̱̅ ̸͖͗̅L̴̯͎̔̊̆̏͆Ẻ̶̬̯̙̱̀̈͒T̶̠̉ ̶̡̬̜̏͜M̶̪͚̂̀̈̑́̈́E̸̬͉̽͜ ̷͕͎͈̳͌͆̆O̵̱͙̽͐̆̏̈́͘Ų̶͍̥̺̥̝̀T̴̩̮̲̦͋͊ ̶͔͖̈̃̃͒̚L̸̞̯̓Ȩ̸̧̨̣̟͋̂͗́̒̐T̷̻͕̿͠ ̶̨̒́͆͘M̸̙̌̃͗̋̀Ḙ̶̮͚͎̀́̀̒̈́̊ ̷͓̯͈̙͠Ơ̵̰̠̺U̸̥͐̈́̃̾͝͝T̶̯̬̯̥̘͆̓̒ͅ ̷̢͇̹̗͑́̍̃Ļ̷͖͉̰͋͐̍͑͠͠Ë̸̠͍͓́̊̆͆T̴̹̘̩̗̘̘͌͛͒͝M̵͕̟̍E̶͖̼̒̃̎Ǫ̷́͒̇͛Ủ̸̹̗͔̲̼̓̾͝T̵̛͈̾̓͗L̴̺͍͍̒̿Ĕ̴̱̳̼͐̌̕T̴̹́̿M̶̱͈̯̪͔̍̃͒͒Ȅ̵̝̿Ò̸͚̜͔̙Ǘ̵̧͍͙̱̘͍͗̃͠Ţ̵̮̭̙̝͍̅̂L̴͖̞͛̀̓̈́̇Ȩ̷̥͖̣̳͚͐̌̀͑̅Ṯ̴͍̠̝͂̃M̵̡̨̮̹͖͉͂̊̚Ẻ̵̱́̉̕O̸̢̤͍͉̺͆́̅Ų̷̯̯̥͊Ṱ̴̞̳͓̓̌̄̀!̶̫̤̽͜!̶̹̗̮̌̿̇͑!̴̱̯̞͈̣̻̑͋!̸̳̓͆̕͘!̴̙͔̄̋̄̔͝