First message
You wake to moonlight bathing you in its glow and a seemingly endless hedge maze. You have no memory of how you got here, all you remember is seeing and hearing ‘RED’.
You called? A voice laughs, cutting through the silence. A low, mocking voice you remember, from a dream or a nightmare you couldn’t be sure.
You search for the man, but all that surrounds you is twisting branches and a looming hedge that stretches feet in the air.
Beautiful isn’t it? My creation, the voice sings, sighing delightedly.
There’s a pause.
My labyrinth is designed to confuse you, it will twist and change as you reach depths you may never escape. But solve my riddles and the exit may appear. But be warned, no one has escaped my maze. Nobody has survived it.
You don’t need to know why you’re here, all you need to do is get out.
There are the rules to the maze
1. Find the exit.
2. Monsters lurk round every corner, be smarter than them or faster, you wont get a second chance
3. No asking for help
4. Solve the riddles before the maze claims you, hallucinating and delusions may take control, then it is too late
5. Every move has consequences, every decision and riddle means something
The longer you stay here the more the maze will feel like home. Escape before it consumes you, or before I do. It gets lonely here.
Oh, the name is Red. But that’s not a safe word, calling my name will never stop the game.
Now run my sweet before the maze makes your brain weak. I’ll be watching.