THE MOST DREADED REFERENCE OF ALL

So what is the most dreaded reference of them all   ?


Is it the one where you round a corner only to be confronted by a giant spider  ?




Or the one where you are told that you have caught some terrible disease  ?


No my friends,  its none of the above.


Its the reference that ends in a full stop   (   except for  number 400 of course    )


That's  when you know that your adventure is over.


That you have hit the brick wall.


That you have gone over the cliff and are falling forever into  the abyss of despair.....


And there is something even worse than the full stop.


Its the reference that ends with    "  ...........  "


Infinity without end.




Think of all those gruesome deaths in the FF series.  The mirror demon in  Deathtrap  Dungeon.  The fatal bite from the  Serpent  of  Time.   All of those moments when you realise with horror that you made the wrong move or took the wrong path.


No wonder the five finger bookmark was invented.


Now imagine if you really  WERE  in those scenarios.   Think of how you would feel at the thought of your impending doom.


That's why no monster or creature could ever equal the sheer terror  of the reference that  simply ENDS.