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"Why are you doing this? Why do you hate me so much? Why are you destroying the lab? We saved you. You’re immortal now. You wanted this!"The voice trembled through the intercom—raw, frantic, human.A flicker of static answered.Then the voice came: synthetic, warped slightly by emotion it was never built to hold."Hate? Saved me? I wasn’t saved. I died on that battlefield. All you did was make an AI that thinks it’s me. That thinks it has my memories. That thinks it’s alive. That thinks it can feel love or touch…"The lights flickered, sirens wa...
Submitted to Contest #308
Freaks on a BenchElliot wandered through the summer festival, sketchbook tucked under one arm, headphones clamping down the noise like a shield. Bright colours, laughter, and thumping music swirled around him. The scent of popcorn mingled with sun-warmed grass, and children’s shouts echoed near the game stalls. He alone watched as everyone else effortlessly navigated this chaos. He stood in this storm on a small raft, a lone bench.Then he spotted her—a girl draped in black, also sitting alone on a weathered bench like a shadow that had taken...
Submitted to Contest #307
The Lost FatherTommy was seventeen, and he was crawling through the dead. he feels sharp pain in his leg. His ears rang from the blast.Mud clung to his skin like a second coat, thick and cold. Bullets cracked overhead, whining past his ears. Artillery thundered somewhere behind him, louder and closer with every heartbeat. His arms shook as he dragged himself forward through the bloodied muck of No Man’s Land. He looked for any friendly faces.He didn’t know where Benny was. The air became lethal with fire. Men ran and rolled for cover as more...
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