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Submitted by FelizJBirth (View user info) at 2005-07-11 17:41:36 EDT
Richard Fraser, the man with no face, sat on a bench in London listening to
the beautiful sound of chaos that was coming through like a chorus all around him.
A woman had appeared across the street, sat down half on the pavement and half on the
road and started crying. She had been there about twenty minutes now and although at
first her arrival had been like a welcome addition to the growing symphony around him
it was now instead getting to be like the chorus to an annoying pop song that repeated
itself ad nauseum. It was time to get moving. Besides, he had things to do.
He walked down the street dressed in what would presumably be an expensive
black suit if he had actually paid for it. His hair was short and neat and he
had grown a small goatee. At first, he was not particularly enamoured with his
new look but it grew on him, much as the cries around him continued to grow.
He could hear someone about a block away screaming the name "Bobby!" over and
over again. It didn't even sound like any regular use of language after a few
minutes; it sounded like the only noise that person was capable of making anymore.
The dark man was starting to think that poor little Bobby wasn't likely to answer.
As he continued to walk through the streets of London he decided to have
a cigarette. He reached for his favorite lighter, the one he had been given as
a gift from someone very special he had known back in the United States. Although
he ended up killing the man and most of his associates, he had also "helped" him
for the past several years. The lighter was pitch black with the "circled-and-crossed
-out A" for Anarchism symbol in white. Beneath the symbol the words "No Gods No Masters"
had been engraved. It was simple and to the point which is why the dark man had chosen
it as his favorite portable source of fire. However, when he reached for it it was
not there. His temper flared up instantly at the thought that such a sentimental item
could be missing combined with his growing desire to light the cigarette he was holding
in his hands. It was then that the dark man smelled the freshly lit cigarette he was
now holding in his hands.
Could it possibly be his time already? How else could he explain the re-appearance
of his magic? After all, this wasn't the first time it had come back in recent years.
Thinking more about it made the dark man angry; he didn't like the way his magic was
coming back. Usually he had more control. The unknown was not something he was familiar
with. While he pondered the irony of such a statement an ambulance started to drive by.
It veered off the road and crashed into one of the many stores that had closed earlier
that morning. It wasn't until the crash that the dark man even noticed the ambulance.
As he watched the people gather around the crash he decided that perhaps he was just a
little rusty is all.
Regardless, it was most definitely time. In between puffs of his cigarette, he
could literally taste it in the air. Soon he would be reborn for the fifth time. The
whole world around him felt like a giant womb which could no longer contain him. He
would go back to the US tomorrow, Vegas maybe, and finally get rid of this suit. Go see
some old friends and maybe make a few new ones. As he walked away from the hysteria
behind him he noticed something rubbing against his hand in the pocket of his suit jacket.
He reached in and pulled it out. It was his favorite lighter. I'll be damned, the walkin'
dude thought to himself; there it was all along.
His luck was improving already. Maybe he would go to Vegas after all.
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Submitted by FelizJbirth (user info) at 2005-07-11 19:20:03 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Falconer (user info) at 2005-07-11 18:39:44 (#)
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+2 for the stones and King references alone. Gonna continue this?
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I think I'll get out while the getting out is good but thanks for the encouragement. A lot of the stuff from this is very directly from one specific chapter in "The Stand" that I was trying to apply to now. All the leftist movements he gets involved with reminded me of "Sympathy for the Devil" and I couldn't think of a title anyway hence the Stones reference. If anyone hasn't read The Stand, I highly urge you to read it. And seeing the ABC-TV movie does NOT count. Damn you ABC. (Some parts were alright)
Submitted by FelizJbirth (user info) at 2005-07-11 18:56:58 EDT (#)
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I was going to put something about how Im in the middle of reading "The Stand" again and that's why I wrote this but I didn't want to post anything other than the post itself. So, I am saying now, this is a complete ripoff of Stephen King's character Flagg appearing in various novels. I figured I made enough "dark man" references that even people unfamiliar should figure it's from somewhere... Anyway, yeah. I only wish I could write 1/millionth as good as King.
Submitted by Circe (user info) at 2005-07-11 18:49:36 EDT (#)
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If you're going to write a story using someone else's character - in this case the walkin' dude from The Stand - at least credit where you got it from.
Submitted by Falconer (user info) at 2005-07-11 18:39:44 EDT (#)
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+2 for the stones and King references alone. Gonna continue this?
Submitted by G-prime (user info) at 2005-07-11 18:22:20 EDT (#)
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While he pondered the irony of such a statement
Submitted by G-prime (user info) at 2005-07-11 18:21:58 EDT (#)
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Submitted by alfakyle (user info) at 2005-07-11 18:16:03 (#)
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"The unknown was not something he was familiar with" -- That's why its called UNKNOWN.
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You know, you're a genius.
Submitted by G-prime (user info) at 2005-07-11 18:21:21 EDT (#)
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I don't really get it. I'm not familiar. BUT, you're from PEI. AND I think that's Saint Michael the Archangel casting Lucifer out of heaven. So that's a +2.
Submitted by alfakyle (user info) at 2005-07-11 18:16:03 EDT (#)
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"The unknown was not something he was familiar with" -- That's why its called UNKNOWN.
Submitted by Grownasskid (user info) at 2005-07-11 18:06:29 EDT (#)
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a nod to "the stand" as well?
Submitted by Grownasskid (user info) at 2005-07-11 18:04:30 EDT (#)
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auto +2 for the nod to one of my favorite stones songs, and i like the story too
Submitted by GodChicken (user info) at 2005-07-11 17:53:09 EDT (#)
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"I rode a tank, held a General's rank.."
OMG WTF BBQ PATTON WAS TEH DEBIL
Submitted by c1ndy (user info) at 2005-07-11 17:46:06 EDT (#)
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I like this.
Submitted by Wiggles (user info) at 2005-07-11 17:45:00 EDT (#)
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I watched with glee while your kings and queens
Fought for ten decades
For the gods they made