.~~:$¤¤¤¤¤ ¤¤¤¤¤$:~~.
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.~~:$¤¤### $ mirage class goth gf $ ###¤¤$:~~.
.~~:$¤#### $ $ ####¤$:~~.
...~~$$¤¤# $:~~~~~~~~. .~~~~~~~~:$ #¤¤$$~~...
.~~:$¤¤### ###¤¤$:~~.
.~~:$¤#### ####¤$:~~.
.~~::::$¤# i used to be a goth, in my youth, doing #¤$::::~~.
.~~:$¤¤### crimes mostly from or in my beloved and ###¤¤$:~~.
.....~$¤## trusted car, and sometimes my mothers ##¤$~.....
...~~:$¤¤# barn. we lived just outside town, a #¤¤$:~~...
.~~:$¤¤### grove at the end of a dirt road, and ###¤¤$:~~.
.~~:$¤¤### the barn was placed so you could just ###¤¤$:~~.
.~~:$$¤¤## make out the surrounding fields through ##¤¤$$:~~.
.~~:$¤¤### the trees. ###¤¤$:~~.
.~~:$¤¤### ###¤¤$:~~.
.~~:$¤¤### my car was black and loud, both the ###¤¤$:~~.
.~~:$¤¤### engine and the way the parts didn't ###¤¤$:~~.
.~~:$¤¤### really stick together. i took my ###¤¤$:~~.
.~~:$¤¤### crimefriend for rides, in the dark, the ###¤¤$:~~.
.~~~~~~$$¤ eternal dark that seemed to surround ¤$$~~~~~~.
.~~:$$¤¤## us. she seemed to cast this veil over ##¤¤$$:~~.
.~~::::¤¤¤ everything. her black skirt reached to ¤¤¤::::~~.
.~~:$¤¤### her knees but then somehow also back ###¤¤$:~~.
.~~~~~$¤¤# around, enveloping all my memories of #¤¤$~~~~~.
.~~:$¤¤### our time together. ###¤¤$:~~.
.....~:$¤¤ ¤¤$:~.....
.~~:$¤¤### there was blood everywhere. sometimes ###¤¤$:~~.
.~~:$$$¤¤# the blood was her red lipstick or her #¤¤$$$:~~.
.~~:$¤¤### checkered shirt. she was on television. ###¤¤$:~~.
.~~:$¤¤### we did crime, and we made weird ###¤¤$:~~.
....~:$$¤¤ structures in the barn, tall pillars of ¤¤$$:~....
.~~~~~:¤¤# dark wood, ladders and plateaus, fires #¤¤:~~~~~.
.....~:¤¤# and fairy lights. we would sleep there #¤¤:~.....
.~~:$¤¤### and drink there and she would go in the ###¤¤$:~~.
.~~::$$$$¤ television. ¤$$$$::~~.
.~~:$¤¤¤## ##¤¤¤$:~~.
.~~:$¤¤### and then the sun came out, and she went ###¤¤$:~~.
.~~:$$$¤## away. everything changed... i yearned, ##¤$$$:~~.
.~~:$¤¤### and the world became dull around me. ###¤¤$:~~.
....~:¤¤¤# #¤¤¤:~....
.~~:$¤¤¤¤# i stopped doing crime, except when #¤¤¤¤$:~~.
.....~:¤¤# necessarry. things somehow seemed like #¤¤:~.....
.....~~:$¤ they were allright, moulded in place, ¤$:~~.....
.~~:$¤¤### and i loathed it ------ i missed her ###¤¤$:~~.
.~~~~~$¤¤# so much. #¤¤$~~~~~.
......~$¤# #¤$~......
.~~:$¤¤¤## ##¤¤¤$:~~.
.~~:$¤¤### ~~~~~~~. .~~~~~~~ ###¤¤$:~~.
.~~:$¤¤### ###¤¤$:~~.
.~~:$¤¤### ###¤¤$:~~.
.~~:$¤¤¤¤# i searched for her, but nobody had any #¤¤¤¤$:~~.
.~~:$¤¤### memories of her. not so much of me ###¤¤$:~~.
.~~:$¤¤### either, from the time we were together. ###¤¤$:~~.
.....~$$¤¤ my mother said i kept to myself in the ¤¤$$~.....
.~~:$¤¤### barn, or in the car. ###¤¤$:~~.
.~~:$¤¤### ###¤¤$:~~.
.~~:$¤¤### sometimes i could still see her ###¤¤$:~~.
.~~:$¤¤### flashing by on the tv in the barn. ###¤¤$:~~.
.~~:$¤¤### everything was black then, for a ###¤¤$:~~.
.....~:¤¤# moment. i remembered her laugh and knew #¤¤:~.....
.~~:$¤¤### we had done crimes together, that it ###¤¤$:~~.
.~~:$¤¤### had been real... ###¤¤$:~~.
.~~:$¤¤### ###¤¤$:~~.
.~~:$¤#### ####¤$:~~.
.~:$¤¤#### ~~~~~~~. .~~~~~~~ ####¤¤$:~.
.~~:$¤¤### ###¤¤$:~~.
.~~:$¤¤### ###¤¤$:~~.
.~~:$¤¤¤## i died by getting shot in the head ##¤¤¤$:~~.
...~~~$¤¤# while ramming the fence to a military #¤¤$~~~...
.~~:$¤¤### facility. by this time they had been ###¤¤$:~~.
.~~:$¤¤¤## chasing me for days. i lost control ##¤¤¤$:~~.
.~~:$¤¤### over the car, crashed it into a rock ###¤¤$:~~.
.~~:$¤¤### wall and flew out the windshield. ###¤¤$:~~.
.~~:$¤¤### ###¤¤$:~~.
.~~:$$¤¤¤¤ and then i got up, and looked around. ¤¤¤¤$$:~~.
.~~:$¤#### it was dark, where it previously had ####¤$:~~.
.~~:$$¤¤¤¤ been a bright day. around me where ¤¤¤¤$$:~~.
......~:¤# dozens of crashed cars, all my car, #¤:~......
.~~:¤¤#### some on fire. ####¤¤:~~.
.~~:::$¤¤¤ ¤¤¤$:::~~.
.~~:$¤#### the ground was sticky, red. ####¤$:~~.
.~~:$¤¤### ###¤¤$:~~.
....~:$$$¤ and then i realized that i knew this ¤$$$:~....
.~~:$$¤¤¤# darkness. i knew the way the sky #¤¤¤$$:~~.
......~:$¤ touched the ground. this was her doing! ¤$:~......
....~~:¤¤# she was here! #¤¤:~~....
.~~:$¤¤### ###¤¤$:~~.
.....~~:$¤ ¤$:~~.....
.....~:¤¤# #¤¤:~.....
.....~~:¤# #¤:~~.....
.~~:$¤¤### ###¤¤$:~~.