¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:~=                                          =~:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:~                                          ~:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:                                          :¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨                                          ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨         †=~~~~~:::¨  ¨:::~~~~~=†         ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨         †                      †         ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨         † 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!              ~:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:~=                                          =~:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨:~=†                                          †=~:¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨:~=†§                                          §†=~:¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨:~=†§@                                          @§†=~:¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨:~=†§@#                                          #@§†=~:¨¨¨