Adam emerged from darkness, only to be enveloped by an oppressive gloom. The air reeked of iron and decay, the putrid stench of rotting flesh hanging heavy.

"Damn it!" Adam cursed, realization dawning. He had reincarnated in Hell.

Standing, he gazed up at the twisted welcome sign: "Abandon All Hope, Sinners" scrawled in bold, blood-red letters, defaced by crude graffiti that seemed to mock his arrival.