Joint compound

A substance that haunts kharring's dreams. She finds herself in a dark cave, kneeling on a piece of particle board, when glowing numbers begin falling from the sky (even though she's still in the cave) all around her. She reaches to pick one up, hoping it holds the key to her salvation, but it crumbles to dust at her touch. "WHY, GOD, WHY??" she shouts in the general direction of up. There is no sound save silence, and her own words echoing mockingly back at her.

Based on a true story.

See also:

• The Phantom Tollbooth