The Holder of Demise

In any city, in any country, go to any mental institution or halfway house you can get yourself to. Once inside, walk up to the attendant and ask to visit someone who calls himself "The Holder of Demise". The worker should look up and smirk, then go back to doing whatever he was doing before. Should you ask again, he will ignore you. Ask seven times, no less, and he will rise and walk to his right until he reaches a door. Do not follow him. Instead, go behind the desk. There should be a red button underneath it. Press it and a door behind you should open. Walk through the door, and you will find yourself in a hallway, dotted by the occasional door on either side. There will be paintings on the walls as well. Should you look at any of these paintings, you will be drawn into them and pitted against evil monsters with nothing but the clothes on your back.

Walk down the hallway until you reach a corner. Turn the corner, and continue. You will notice something strange about this corridor. You will not seem to be getting any closer to the door at the other end. To avoid walking this hall for the rest of your natural life (you cannot turn around and go back, for reasons I will soon explain), you must close your eyes, turn around, and walk backward. Do not open your eyes, for something is stalking you that would destroy your sanity in one clawing stroke should you look upon its face. As soon as you feel something solid against your back, feel around until you grasp a doorknob. You may turn around. Open the door and enter. It is safe to open your eyes now, and the thing that was following you shall trouble you no more.

You should be at the top of a white staircase, except you will notice it seems to be suspended in an endless void of darkness. Be careful not to trip or fall off the side, lest you continue falling until the endlessness begins to shred your mind and body. As you walk down the staircase, try not to look around, as while the demons circling you are mere imps, the sight of them would surely cause doubt and great fear in any mortal mind. When you reach the bottom of the stairs, you will see a small door with a strange symbol on it. The symbol will appear different to all who see it, but it will always be symbolic of something bad that has happened in your life. Ignore the symbol and enter the door. You will see a hooded man sitting behind a small table in the middle of a well-lit room. Sit down in the chair across from the man, and ask the only question he will allow you to ask without killing you: "What will happen if they are brought together?"

He will tell you of every death, every torture, every last detail of every bit of suffering that will occur if the Objects are all brought together. He will tell you of evil beings that will invade every place on Earth, unstoppably powerful, and torture every mortal being in existence, forever. However, he will tell you one things that will happen if they are not brought together, and that information will send you reeling. Compose yourself, stand, and thank the man. He will hold out his hand. If you take what he is holding, he will grab your neck with his other hand and break it with one foul twist. Instead, say you dare not take the possessions of one such as him, and back away, still facing him. He will laugh cruelly, place the Object on the table, and reveal his true form, that of an evil beast. Calmly stare at its feet, else it will dash forward with inhuman speed and tear your head from your body.

As you speak this next statement, be extremely calm, for this beast of the damned can sense fear, and it loves the taste of fright. Say to it, "I fear no evil, be it man, demon, or item." If it believes you, it will howl painfully and disappear. If not... Well, let's not think about your fate then. If it vanishes, walk to the table and grab the Object. Use it, even if you have never used one of its kind before, as it does not judge quality. You should feel drowsy as you use it. Give in to sleep, and you will awake that night in the bathtub of the place you call home.

The flute you hold, known as the Flute of Man's Demise, is Object 596 of 2538. It will play only one more tune; that of the funeral of humanity.