Hello! So these first few chapters will be shorter, because they're R's memories skipping around. So, I'm trying to capture that. Enjoy and tell me what you think!


My body aches. I twist and turn, curling into myself. Nothing helps. I think I am dying. I consider my exits; negotiate with the voices in my head. They do not reply to my own gagging remarks. They continue as if I did not say a word.

Several voices are audible. A girl, a man, another man, and another girl. Nora, Grigio, M, and Julie. Her voice is softer than the others, yet filled with the most emotion. Does she know I'm dying? Does she know my eyes are most likely never to be opened ever again? Until I'm dead. Then they'll snap open; my natural blue buried by a ghostly grey.

I feel the poison in my veins. They burn the cell walls and drown the oxygen. I am dying. Or maybe already dead. Could this be the afterlife? The real one? Not the cursed one given to us like a large, overdue prank?

"R," the voice is far off, like a hazy dream. I can't grasp who's saying it. "R." It says something again. I can't focus. I see blood on the back of my eyelids. The sweet, thick essence of life sparking in images like an old, broken tape.

The words blend together now. Some words repeating twice. I picture a scuffed record. I want to wipe the dust away, but I can't reason with my body's extensions. Are they extensions? Or are they just something evolved and molded onto our bones, connecting with core structures until they create something more? New bones. They exist for a reason.

Fingers. The body's extensions. I can't move them now. I can't feel them. I am numb and lifeless.