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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... ##@&%%/»-.
.-»/%%@# #@#&%%/»-.
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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. #@#&%%/»-.
.-»/%%&&&& &&&&%%/»-.
.-»/%@## 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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