“You’re in a Video Game Max.”
Posted by Morpork at May 31st, 2008
I look out the window. Steam was rising off the sewage grills and a homeless man was sleeping by a small pile of smoked cigarettes. A siren wails in the distance of this quiet city, as there always was whenever someone begins a solemn, noir narrative. I ponder the reason for this phenomenon. There must be a guild out there for all this. And the homeless man was part of this guild.
I close the curtains and turn to the tome on the table. It was not easy getting my hands on it but the hard part wasn’t over either. Sifting through its contradictions would be the toughest part and there wouldn’t be anyone to help me. I reached into my pocket and remember I’ve given it up already and wished I hadn’t. There was no sense dwelling on it so I sat down, and lifted the heavy cover.
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I admit. I was studying Mechanics of Materials. It had both SI units and imperial units. The ‘given it up’ line was for something else. Breath mint. I wasn’t addicted to it or even had it often, I just put the line in because That’s the way aha aha I like it. I’ll shut up now and dive to the floor while firing guns now.


