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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. -=^*%¤@@##
#@@¤%*^=-. .-=^*%¤@@#
@@¤%*^=-.. ..-=^*%¤@@
@¤%*^=-... =====--. .--===== ...-=^*%¤@
¤%*^=-.... ....-=^*%¤
%*^=-..... .....-=^*%
*^=-...... 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! .-=^*%¤@@#
##@@¤%*^=- -=^*%¤@@##
#@@¤%*^=-. .-=^*%¤@@#
@@¤%*^=-.. ..-=^*%¤@@
@¤%*^=-... ...-=^*%¤@
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