Stench of Pandemonium-4 (450 hits)
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Submitted by Wasabi (View user info) at 2006-05-29 03:05:09 EDT
You never can get over the stench. Thick as fog, you swear you can see the fumes rise up and make their way into the ventilation system. The stench is so thick, you've required a breather-mask to keep from purging since day one. Day one in this nether void was eight months ago. Still, mask or no, the stench manages to infest your nostrils to no avail. You never can get over the stench. You decide as much to say so.
"I never can get over the fucking stench."
Well put. Or so you think. 6448-31, on the other hand, doesn't seem to pay your comment any heed. He never does. 6448-31 doesn't pay any sort of piece of mind to anything. You've begun to suspect there isn't enough mind to constitute a piece in the vicinity of "31". But you take solace in the knowledge that he can't possibly stand the god-awful stench any more than you can. The prick.
The source of the odoriferous contaminant is well beneath your attention. Conversations amongst the other prisoners rarely turn to the topic of nasal infestation, lest one show a sign of weakness. To discuss the stench means you pay attention to it. And the source of it, as you have established, is well beneath you. Literally.
Literally under your god-dammed feet. What good does it do, sending prisoners down to the depths of hell, the very pit of despair, only to have them clean it up? Decades of shit, piss, vomit, food, and the corpses of other prisoners have been swept into the abyss. You always figured they'd remain there, destined to be forgotten for eternity. Why was it, for the last eight months, your fucking job to clean it all up?
Other prisons have easier, more "humane" ways to dispose of their waste. Shit, it can't get any easier than fire can it? Fire! Even the heathen cavemen knew how to wield fire! Burn the hell out of everything that's lost its value. Simple enough.
So, just when, in the rancid bowels of hell, did Pandemonium-4 figure it necessary to send it's own prisoners to manually clean the filth up? (You know that answer, as you've been here since they first concocted the notion, but you still mull it over every chance you get) And, pray tell, why was it deemed crucial to do so by hand? Furthermore, and most importantly: why, in the name of all that's corrupt and defiled, did they choose you (and five others) to supply said hands?
"Beats the fuck out of me."
As expected, 6448-31 doesn't react to your out of place remark.
Truth is, you have an inkling of why they conscripted you to fulfill this most vile of duties. It could, just possibly, have something to do with your criminal record. You know, the reason why you're in Pandemonium-4 in the first place?
Genocide just isn't an acceptable career choice these days.
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To be continued? Not sure yet, but it looks that way...
User Reviews
Submitted by hour_man (user info) at 2006-05-30 04:59:08 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
becuase u only got 1 review.
Submitted by Bundaberg (user info) at 2006-05-29 04:22:58 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
It wasnt bad.