Feb 16, 2018

A Drawn World



I aim by bow. It is made of very salty peanuts, so licking it would be awful. Not to mention how dirty it is. The arrow is of sharpened bread, crafted by the best baker blacksmith in town. I shoot.
-35! says a bald man with a very long sparkly purple party hat. Not bad, huh?
-Johnnie, I don't get this game, I say. What's the point of shooting if the number is random?
-I don't know, says Johnnie, scratching his beard. Show... entertainment? Someth' like that! People really like a good performance! Jacky can tell ya more.
-Where is he anyways? Back in that unicorn drawing of his daughter? Pathetic, the man can't let go of the past!
-Don't forget, he does pay you! says Johnnie.
-Yeah-yeah... But the show is tomorrow! The only thing we have prepared is that stupid random number machine!
-Hey, betting gives us a lot of money!
I humph and decide to head for Jacky. This drawing world is very weird... From all I've seen and all the drawing worlds I've spoken with, ours is the weirdest. You can draw something and make it part of it! We are ever-expanding and apparently live in a super server. Go figure..
Jacky turned his garage in his dead daughter's drawing. It's always unsettling to visit him, but I am in dire need of money and we paid a lot to hold the show. We need more.
I reach his house and notice the door open. I know the man is all alone, so I enter without hesitation. But to my surprise, a green cat is walking through the house.
I hide. Green cats are vicious thieves. People who joined the life of crime gain the ability to morph into one. Also, it's light green, which indicates it's dangerous.
I'm breathing heavily. Panicked, I pick up the table and scream. I can hear noises in the garage. The green cat looks at me and hisses. I throw the table at the cat. It morphs into its human form and dodges it. It gets out a sharp bread knife! I decide to run outside the house, the thief chasing me. I go to the nearest house, smash the door open and enter. Its inhabitants scream. I break a window and get out through the back of the house, and smash open another door of another house. Slowly, the entire neighborhood screams. What do I do now? I get in the middle of the street and wait. The thief runs to me, but suddenly pans started being thrown at him. He dies. Then at me. I start running and head to Jacky's.
-What the heck happened?! Says Jacky alarmed.
-A green cat. I started acting, running and alarmed the entire neighborhood. They killed the cat and now I'm wanted.
-What's wrong with you?!
-I... I don't know...
I don't... know... I don't know... I... don't know...
I fall on the ground unconscious. I feel like a million windows smash into my face. I feel sad, lonely, incapable. Everything turns black.
Where am I? Uhh.... I see Johnnie looking at me with a worried face.
-The entire neighborhood was murdered by our bull.. You're lucky to be alive.
-Johnnie, may I just say, this world makes no sense...
-And neither it should, he says.
I am in his house, up on a hill, far from civilisation. Johnnie goes and boils water for me. I decide to sleep...

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