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.....,/**@         * MIRAGE CLASS GOTH GF *         @**/,.....
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.,«/*&@¶##                                          ##¶@&*/«,.
.,«/*&¶###                                          ###¶&*/«,.
....,,«*@#  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.                 ##¶@&*/«,.
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.....,«/&@  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...             ##¶@&*/«,.
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.,«/*&@¶##            «««««,,. .,,«««««             ##¶@&*/«,.
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.,«/*&@###    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.       ###¶&*/«,.
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....,,/&&@   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!              ##¶@&*/«,.
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