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<blockquote data-quote="Mosier" data-source="post: 6625133" data-attributes="member: 6776381"><p><span style="font-size: 12px">December 15, 2011. 1:45 AM: </span></p><p></p><p>Benjamin "Skinny" Patterson wakes up for the second time tonight, in the middle of a particularly violent coughing fit. He jolts upright involuntarily, not even bothering to cover his mouth anymore. For more than a minute, he gasps and chokes through the coughs, until the coughing slows down, and he collapses in exhaustion. </p><p></p><p>There's a wet tickle on his lips. He wipes it with his fingers and examines it. Blood. Darker than normal. He won't last much longer.</p><p></p><p>His computer monitor is still powered on, across the room. Something about it catches his eye. Skinny gets out of bed and sits in front of the computer, where he sees the headline "Great Beast Takes to Skies," and a picture of a dragon flying next to a train. His eyes flash to the top of the screen, double-checking the internet address. It's the news, not an entertainment broadcast. </p><p></p><p>Skinny clicks the headline, and is amazed by what he sees. One part in particular stands out to him. "Thousands of reports are coming in from all across the globe, from people claiming this creature spoke directly to them." He reads the rest of the article, which he cynically sums up as the sentence, <em>Holy sh*t, what's going on?</em> repeated for fifteen paragraphs. </p><p></p><p>At the bottom of the article is a short video, which Skinny clicks to start. The video shows the dragon flying alongside the train, peering into each of the windows in turn. Finally, it reaches the moment where it's looking directly at the camera. Skinny can see why everyone would claim the creature was addressing them, personally. Its gaze was ancient, piercing, and purposeful. And yet somehow familiar, in the way that a closet-monster is familiar to a terrified child. </p><p></p><p>But nothing terrifies Skinny anymore. He has already fallen into the abyss. He no longer has to consider what hopelessness and despair may feel like, because he lives it already. Nobody loves him. Nobody will miss him. Nobody will even remember him. </p><p></p><p>And then the dragon speaks. </p><p></p><p><span style="color: #FF0000"><strong>You will die,</strong></span> the dragon says to him calmly. Matter-of-factly. Skinny is unimpressed. He has known this for a long time. </p><p></p><p>But then, the dragon smiles, and reveals that his sentence is not complete. </p><p></p><p><strong><span style="color: #FF0000">...before <em>he</em> does.</span></strong></p><p></p><p>The dragon waits a moment, as if to measure just how painfully hard this strikes Skinny before the video cuts to black.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mosier, post: 6625133, member: 6776381"] [SIZE=3]December 15, 2011. 1:45 AM: [/SIZE] Benjamin "Skinny" Patterson wakes up for the second time tonight, in the middle of a particularly violent coughing fit. He jolts upright involuntarily, not even bothering to cover his mouth anymore. For more than a minute, he gasps and chokes through the coughs, until the coughing slows down, and he collapses in exhaustion. There's a wet tickle on his lips. He wipes it with his fingers and examines it. Blood. Darker than normal. He won't last much longer. His computer monitor is still powered on, across the room. Something about it catches his eye. Skinny gets out of bed and sits in front of the computer, where he sees the headline "Great Beast Takes to Skies," and a picture of a dragon flying next to a train. His eyes flash to the top of the screen, double-checking the internet address. It's the news, not an entertainment broadcast. Skinny clicks the headline, and is amazed by what he sees. One part in particular stands out to him. "Thousands of reports are coming in from all across the globe, from people claiming this creature spoke directly to them." He reads the rest of the article, which he cynically sums up as the sentence, [I]Holy sh*t, what's going on?[/I] repeated for fifteen paragraphs. At the bottom of the article is a short video, which Skinny clicks to start. The video shows the dragon flying alongside the train, peering into each of the windows in turn. Finally, it reaches the moment where it's looking directly at the camera. Skinny can see why everyone would claim the creature was addressing them, personally. Its gaze was ancient, piercing, and purposeful. And yet somehow familiar, in the way that a closet-monster is familiar to a terrified child. But nothing terrifies Skinny anymore. He has already fallen into the abyss. He no longer has to consider what hopelessness and despair may feel like, because he lives it already. Nobody loves him. Nobody will miss him. Nobody will even remember him. And then the dragon speaks. [COLOR="#FF0000"][B]You will die,[/B][/COLOR] the dragon says to him calmly. Matter-of-factly. Skinny is unimpressed. He has known this for a long time. But then, the dragon smiles, and reveals that his sentence is not complete. [B][COLOR="#FF0000"]...before [I]he[/I] does.[/COLOR][/B] The dragon waits a moment, as if to measure just how painfully hard this strikes Skinny before the video cuts to black. [/QUOTE]
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