The Actor Takes the Stage: Only Unscripted Acting Can Keep You Alive

[An unconventional infinite-flow story + mind games and survival + identity mysteries + mild horror and suspense + decisive, ruthless action] "Welcome to the theater. Perform with your life, hide with your heart. Those who fail... leave the stage forever!" On a stormy night, I opened my eyes to find myself prey on a stage. This place, a strictly hierarchical "theater," was a blood-soaked playhouse where everyone had a bird's face. Nine ranks of birdhood held life and death in their grasp. The performers took the stage with their lives hanging by a thread. When the lights came up, there was no rehearsal, only a play where life and death were at stake! I wanted to go home. I thought that if I performed every part well, I could finally escape, but the two worlds turned out to hold the answers to each other's mysteries.