One afternoon, your character lifts a loose floorboard at their home, school, or other frequently visited location to find a spiraling stairway into a secret factory underneath. Inside, machines churn out mismatched socks that have the ability to talk, and glowing orbs that giggle. When production suddenly goes haywire, your character must find their way out of the factory before the exit seals shut. Write a story about your character's escape from a mysterious factory deep underground and the strange discoveries that they make.
 

Stuck? Consider these starters:

Who is the factory's mysterious creator, and why did they open the factory? What strange goods are being produced down below? How does your character escape, or are they trapped forever? What does the exit look like, and how does your protagonist find it (if they do)?

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