The Void - Wrath & Ruin

　　I float in ethereal madness. Bodiless and battered by raw needs. It`s pretty interesting.

　　What do they want?

　　Let`s see, this one`s pretty mad. And this sucker`s real scared. Oh hey! You paired them up!

　　What do they want?

　　Are we pairing up needs? That`s cool. I`ll play. Let`s make some connections.

　　I hear voices and label emotions. Sometimes they pair up and sometimes they stick. Is that good? It`s probably good.

　　Some emotions stick better than others. Horny likes horny. Sad wants to be alone. Fear makes more fear. Anger sticks to everything. Is this how I win? Making fear then turning it to anger? From anger to ashes - a deep despair, that won`t do anything. Just flaming through needs until they`re broken.

　　I`m good at it. Maybe. Maybe it`s just easy.Stolen from its rightful author, this tale is not meant to be on Amazon; report any sightings.

　　I`ve made large patches of nothing. If I keep at it, I can probably burn it all down.

　　Is this what I`m trying to do?

　　What do they want& want& want&

　　My eyes snap open. I`m in a sleep tube. Jesus, these things are weird.

　　It creaks open. Bear`s worried face peers in. "What are you doing?"

　　I shrug. "Having a nap?"

　　"It`s crazy out there."

　　"It`s crazy everywhere, man."

　　"What the fuck does that mean? The city`s on fire. Everyone`s killing each other. Unless they`re drying out in a sleep pod. Two days till they`re all dead. Which is monstrous, though at this point, waking them to get shot isn`t great either. You`re in charge of all this. Or Volt is. But she won`t talk to me - says she`s too busy - and all you do is drugs and sleep. Why did you even take over the city? What the fuck is going on?! What the fuck are we gonna do!?!"

　　Bear`s all worked up. Staring at me with crazy eyes.

　　"Uh. There`s a plan. More of a process. Step one is, uh, I gotta go back to sleep&"

　　I slowly reach out to grasp the door to the sleep pod. Bear watches me with manic intensity. The pod door closes. Whew. Glad that`s over. Sleep has never seemed like a better idea. Better tell Volt to keep an eye on Bear. If she ever talks to me again.

　　I`m so tired.