Prompt
I have the ability to feel other people’s pain, but I can’t do anything
about it, so I’ve moved out to the middle of nowhere, and plan to avoid
people as much as possible.
Botner
Not just to protect myself, but also to help the curse on my life disappear
as soon as I can. I’m stuck here, in the middle of nowhere, by my lonesome.
No one knows where I am. And that scares me more than I can explain, as it
means that they’re all waiting for me to turn up again, and either find me
or confront me. I’m not good at hiding things. I have a very bad conscience.
It feels as if my chest would burst from the weight of what I’ve been
through. But I’m not alone in the house, or in the hills. I have a loving
cousin who understands my curse, and who has promised to hide me and help me
as much as he can. I have friends, too, who believe in me and who I can talk
to about anything. I feel my power is growing, too. I’m seeing power in
objects around me that wasn’t there before, and my curse is helping it
happen. It’s getting harder to hide. I’m only hiding myself because it’s
safer than talking to my neighbors, who think I’m a dangerous psychopath.
Even though I’m not. With...
Conclusion
...everything going on in the world right now, I should look quite normal as
a hermit, but you know people, they talk. For the last week, my satellite
internet has been down, and I don’t know how to fix it myself. I keep trying
to force myself to go into town to get some help, but I just can’t do it. It
hurts too much. Now that I know how much easier life is when there’s no one
around to mess with my feelings and senses, I can’t go back to how it was. I
don’t want to spend another minute around another person. My cousin hasn’t
attempted to come help me, even though I missed our weekly video chat
check-in. He’s given up, as have my friends. I look around the cabin for
something to do, but I didn’t bring a whole lot of entertainment with me,
because I was intending to stay connected to the world virtually. Another
week goes by, and I still haven’t worked up the courage to seek help. I
have, however, given the simple life a real shot. My garden is blooming, and
I am loving the long walks I take through the woods. Maybe I don’t need the
internet at all. Even without my curse forcing me into it, maybe this is the
best life I could have asked for. Right now, I’m farther from my home than I
ever have been before, and it turns out I’m pretty close to some
campgrounds. I hear music in the distance, but there’s only one tent within
my pain-sensing range. It must be empty, though, because I’m not feeling any
pain, emotional or physical. I turn back, glad that I didn’t run into anyone
else, when a woman appears from around the bend, holding a stack of
firewood. It’s amazing, I don’t feel anything but serenity, love, and joy
from her. I don’t know if that means she isn’t feeling any pain, or there’s
just something different about her. I wonder what my life could be life if
we were together, just me and her. I would no longer have to be alone, and
my curse wouldn’t matter anymore. She smiles at me politely, completely
unaware of how incredibly magnificent she is, and how great it feels just to
be around her. I can’t tell her, either. She wouldn’t understand, and it
would just make her uncomfortable. All I can do is tip my hat, walk past
her, and move on with my life without ever seeing her again.
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