.--†^$§@## ##@§$^†--.
.--†††^$§§ §§$^†††--.
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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 §^†-......
...--†^^$§ TOUCHED THE GROUND. THIS WAS HER DOING! §$^^†--...
.--†^$§### SHE WAS HERE! ###§$^†--.
.--†^$§@## ##@§$^†--.
.--†^$§@## ##@§$^†--.
.....-††$§ §$††-.....
.--†^$§@## ##@§$^†--.
.--†^$§@## ##@§$^†--.