The Holder of Eternal Night

In any city, in any country, go to any mental institution or halfway house you can get yourself to. When you reach the front desk, ask to visit someone who calls himself "The Holder of Eternal Night". You will not have to worry about whether or not the desk clerk is truly the Holder's caretaker. The Holder of Eternal Night knows of everything around himself at all times.

You will find yourself in the dark the moment you speak the Holder's name. Lightning will appear above you, and a dark sky will take the ceiling's place. This is a gateway and will take you to the Holder. If you hear the screams of millions through the black, boiling clouds, then the Holder has granted you permission to enter his lair. The screams are from the future.

In the dark, the Holder's caretaker will whisper, "What is your question?" Be sure to ask: "What will happen to them in the end?" or a question asking about the fate of the world at "the end".

If you show concern for humanity's fate, then the Holder will allow you passage to his lair in order to confront him. The sky in the ceiling will open up for you and you will begin to fall upside-down. You will fall up into the sky, through the ceiling and up into the night. All around you, you will see visions of the future. You will watch them all die, man, beast, and creature.

Whoever overcomes and contains the essence of this Holder will never feel the hand of death. But, they will see the "face" of death. They will be immortal and will live through the ages to see the rise of new life and new biological creatures. They will become a god to a new world. But, they will need to live 2 million years before they will rule... alone. You will see these visions as you fall upward toward the Holder's lair.

The real test is to face the Holder of Eternal Night and confront the goodness in your soul. The Holder will give life to all of the love and joy inside of you. You must overpower your own, true self, and kill it before the darkness of the Holder will weaken enough to be captured into the round, clear amulet worn around the caretaker's neck. The shell of the amulet is created of pure light. So pure that it is unseen to the human eye. The light is bound to the amulet through electron exchange cycling through the alien, brass-colored metal. The metals dance with miniature arches of lightning. The pure light is attracted to the electron exchanges so it is held to the amulet like gravity holds you to the earth. The darkness cannot pass through the light. It will be trapped within the amulet until the Objects come together.

Do not listen to the cries of your good self, you must ignore its screams. You have to kill this youth, a younger image of yourself, in order to weaken the darkness to capture it. The youth will be truly afraid of you and will cringe at your blows. You will not be allowed weapons, so you must literally beat the child to death with your bare hands.

When you do so, the darkness will ooze from the child's nose, eyes, ears, and mouth to swirl aimlessly over the corpse. Take the amulet from the caretaker's neck and hold it over the darkness. The caretaker will be in a vegetative state at this point, so don't mind him or her. The amulet can be opened by unscrewing a small, brass stopper at the top of it. You will need to wrap your palm around the amulet to create a dark place to trap the Holder's darkness. Place your fisted hand into the darkness above the corpse. The darkness will be drawn to the shadows inside of your fist.

Once the darkness has slipped into the amulet, replace the stopper and tighten it securely. The Darkness of Eternal Night will not be able to cross the invisible light of the amulet's casing. Just ask yourself this, though. Are you sure you want to live forever?

The amulet is Object 599 of 2538.