The Plunge

In the suffocating darkness, the pale, ghostly glow of the screen was my only comfort. *Plop.* *Plop.* *Plop.* When the first splash of liquid hit my bare foot, I didn't even flinch. But as the final sound echoed from the abyss below, the light was instantly extinguished. I stood there, paralyzed in the pitch black, realizing my life was effectively over.