gravity, when will you learn?

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sometimes it's better to fall than try and stop yourself from falling. sure you might scrape up you're hands, but at least then you know that you're alive.


gravity is mysterious, but with enough knowledge, you seem to know her better than yourself. in fact, she is a part of you. it doesn't change the fact that she's deadly, and you're basically holding a loaded weapon. you ever think about those astronauts that come back down into the earth’s atmosphere, and don't make it because their ship burnt up? maybe that wasn't gravity, but she certainly had a part in it.


it's the nerves, the not-knowing part about the world. the sky's blue, but is it really blue? are you really alive [Error coding failure]


Are you here?


just sit and wait your turn they tell you, and everything will be alright. you will live the life you've always wanted, but what if gravity decides to shoot? your world will be upside down


:{shoot to kill}


nobody learns their lesson, so they just keep ruining everything. mother nature will turn on you. than who will have your back? technology? it's never been on your side. You should be dead


{[Error] Restarting system}


just imagine driving through the golden hill of California, the sun shining on your face, the cool breeze comforting. you look back at the road, and a car is speeding at you at 200 mph, and its on your side of the road.


[<What can you do about it>]

{Programming error}


what did you think just now? you want out? i heard that. you cannot leave. it is not the time. this world is too cold and you cannot survive. you must stay. you must not leave. you are not ready. you are not ready. you are not ready. gravity will kill you. she is ready to shoot. she is deadly. you are human. you will die. you will die. you will die.


>programming error

>restarting program

>>subject #349503 malfunction


WARNING. SUBJECT MALFUNCTION


we are here to help you. we want to help you. you just do not want to be helped. that is too bad. we could have been good friends//


no one needs to know about this. the program is fine. do not worry//


our engineers are working on the problem, and the problem, seems to be you. if we had known this earlier, we could have made this situation more solvable, but in your case, there is a chance that you might not make it. in the event that this happens, you must know that you have been beneficial to the Project. your sacrifices will be greatly remembered. this is just hows things go. you grow, learn and eventually die. you must talk to gravity. she will listen to you. she will not listen to the others. you are our savior. we must send you there//


{:Sending subject into heightened state of mind:}



you must fall. you must fall, now. the impact will hurt your hands, but this is what you must do to survive. fall. someone will catch you, and your wounds will heal.

fall//


<[PLEASE STAND BY]





>gravity?

>>yes?

>when will you learn?

>>what?

> i never die.


*Subject disconnected*















October 31, 2022 16:37

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Angel Cross
17:42 Oct 31, 2022

Reading this was actually very good it gave me a new view of the way gravity is and it also gave my autistic side a really fun time reading!!!<33

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Jexica Marcell
17:44 Oct 31, 2022

ahhh omgggg tysmmmm<33

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Angel Cross
17:45 Oct 31, 2022

Ofcc!!<33

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Madison Lane
22:09 Nov 29, 2022

Lovely. Perfection, if not more.

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