Well hello, you. Would you stay a while and listen?
Because as someone who’d grown up with video games, I feel that I have an interesting article for you today.
I used to think that mindlessly hacking away at fake monsters was a waste of time. But now I see the purpose of all those hours sunk into the old DOS games like Flashback or Heroes Of Might And Magic.
It’s so that I can now write you a listicle. Let’s start with the first item on the list.
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Writing prompt: One morning humanity wakes up to a message in the sky. “Sorry was AFK for a bit there” -God
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“How do you think it got there?”
“I don’t know,” I say. “Probably some skywriters with a good idea of a prank.”
“Skywriting? But it’s been there since this morning!”
I leave the stranger behind, because I don’t need more questions that I can understand myself. Why don’t you come up with your own explanations then? If I’d stayed there for another minute, I might’ve snapped at him. Thank God, heh, I had the presence of mind to leave. Who knows what else I’d have done. I’m just on edge, is all. But deep down, I know I’m fuckin’ terrified.
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