ARIA

The sound of something scratching against wood makes my eyes spring open.

I look around for several seconds while blinking desperately and my vision doesn't clear. Before the paranoia that I might be blind truly sinks in, I realize that it's probably nighttime and there's no light in here, which is why I can't see a thing.

The scratching sound continues, and that makes me look around. It's hard to navigate in the dark, but I crawl my way to where I can hear the noise and to my surprise, ...