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shadesmaclean:
Part 5, in which the next town is as empty as the last. :shrug:
shadesmaclean:
Part 6, in which getting some answers only raises more questions. :-X
shadesmaclean:
Part 7, comes the dawn. :penguin:
shadesmaclean:
And now, the aftermath...
Tradewinds 06: Falling
http://www.absolutechaos.net/viewstory.php?sid=10518
Summary: Wherein Shades must cope with being all alone, trapped in a life that’s been hollowed out, placing one foot in front of the other, but with each step he takes he can feel himself falling…
Categories: Original Fiction Characters: None Genres: Adventure, Fantasy, Horror, Science Fiction, Suspense
Rated: R Warnings: Death, Violence
Series: Tradewinds Challenges: None
Published: 04/01/11
excerpt, from the Chapter II:
--- Quote ---…Then another skip.
Again out in the hall, and again John enters that creepy bathroom. This time even slower, and Shades realizes that this whole routine has been slowing down each time, building up a disturbing sense of suspense, as if something is going to happen one of these times. And, sure enough, as John washes his face again, something very different happens this time.
John again looks up at his reflection, and at least this one doesn’t look like the walking dead. This one actually looks normal. Yet there was still something about this one that Shades likes even less than Cadaver John.
Then it finally hits. John’s reflection doesn’t move with him!
Instead, it reaches out for John, grabbing him by the front of his shirt. Pulling him through the mirror like it isn’t even there. His friend seems reluctant to move, but offers no real resistance. He just sits there and lets his reflection haul him over the counter to the other side, where he simply stands there, right where his reflection had, staring out through the looking glass like a puppy at the pound.
John’s reflection, meanwhile, climbs over the counter as if it is nothing more than the world’s most realistic-looking optical illusion. Even though this other looks identical to his old friend in every way, there is still something about this one that Shades trusts about as far as he could throw him.
For its part, Looking-Glass John stands in the same place the original had stood, just smiling back at him with a devious gleam in his eye.
“Shades…” the real John says quietly, eyes pleading to him from within his bizarre prison.
The last thing Shades remembers before snapping out of the dream is seeing his own reflection step in through the door on the looking-glass side, and somehow, even from behind those opaque lenses, he could feel his reflection’s eyes lock on to him…
--- End quote ---
The nightmare continues… :penguin:
shadesmaclean:
Chapter 1, in which Shades is in for a rude awakening. :'(
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