Devidose: Origins 1


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Origins Part 1: Baptism of Fire

Flames burned around the floor, the heat hit hard, sweat dripped down David’s face. He tried to move away from the fires, but every step away seemed to aggravate the flames more as if they were reacting to his very movements. Suddenly the fires lurched at David, all of them consuming him. He opened his mouth to scream but only felt the heat burning down his throat. The flames became more intense, the pain built until David could take it no more. He screamed out past the fires, past the burning, past the pain and everything went black.
David sat up, feeling his throat with one hand, no pain. His other hand felt the bed sheets under him, soaked with sweat, “A dream, “ he murmured, “only a dream…again. This one was so intense this time.”
He fell back the bed. Fumbling in the dark with his right hand he searched for the desk lamp, nothing there. He sat up again, both hands searching but still no lamp. His hand nudged something in the dark. It felt warm to the touch, but with no definitive shape, like melted plastic. Then the smell hit him. He could smell burning, lots of burning. He quickly got up on his bed trying to see anything. Several smell orange glows were scattered around his room. Straining his night vision he placed them at being at or near objects in the room, a chair, the cupboard, the chest of drawers. He stumbled off the bed towards the main light switch. Pressing it, he expectantly turned to examine the room, still dark. He tried the button again, and again, still dark. He reached for the door, the handle feeling strangely warm. Pulling the door open he was confronted by his fellow flatmates, all standing with looks of shock, curiosity and concern.

One piped up, “Are you ok? We heard something, but its sounded unlikely as to what it could have been”
David looked back, slightly perplexed, “Erm, I had a somewhat intense bad dream. The fires again. It’s nothing to worry about though.”

“Em, Dave? Are you sure you’re alright? Have you looked in the mirror recently?

Again David looked at his friends with a degree of confusion, “not recently, my lights aren’t working, think the bulbs have gone. I’ll use the shower room one thought for now.”
His flatmates parted, forming a short path to the shower room. David pressed the light switch outside the door, the lights coming on inside the room.

Thinking to himself he looked at the lights with curiosity, “Strange, must just be my room’s lights”

He walked over to the sink, and peered into the mirror, gasping slightly at what he saw. Apart from the standard horror of bed hair, he was filthy. His face was blackened as if by soot from a fireplace. He rubbed at his face, not necessarily making any improvement, but slightly revealing his clear skin underneath. As he went to reach for the tap, a voice called to him from the hallway.

“David? I think you should come and see this”

turning for the door he saw that his whole body was covered in blackened soot, his arms, legs, chest and underwear. As he left the room, he hit the light switching turning off the light. His flatmates were crowded around his door, looking inside.

Sighing somewhat forcefully, he spoke with a twist of sarcasm that he often imparted on most of the things he said, “Look guys, I know it’s a mess, but gimme a break ok? I’ve been busy these past few weeks.” They didn’t turn to acknowledge him.

“No Dave, not that, something… else”

David briefly went over in his mind what could possibly be so interesting. Walking over to the doorway, he looked in, the light from the hallway illuminating the inside of his room. For the second time since getting up he gasped. His room had been destroyed, it was all ash. Practically everything in his room had been incinerated.

One of his flatmates turned to him, “What kind of dream did you have?”


 

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cool, nice opening mate, all i can say is.. cmon part 2!


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Sometimes all at once.
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the origin is 5 parts long, ive done 1 and 2, need to type up 2 still, and i kno how its to play out, all i need to do is stop playing so much and start writing again...


 

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servers are going down at 6, you'll have time then!


I am the Blaster, I have filled the role of Tank, Controller and Defender
Sometimes all at once.
Union EU player! Pip pip, tally ho, top hats and tea etc etc

 

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what the hell are you people doing awake at this time of night?

and GJ Devi


 

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erm, i woke up at 11 pm, ive been awake for little under 7 hours now, i was bored and thought i would finally get around to posting part 1 seeing as how its been typed up for the past 2 weeks

and thx

now to wait for this patch to hurry up...


 

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i woke up at 2am, so ive only been up for 4 hours.


I am the Blaster, I have filled the role of Tank, Controller and Defender
Sometimes all at once.
Union EU player! Pip pip, tally ho, top hats and tea etc etc

 

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I knew you could find something more constructive to do with your insomnia mate good stuff!


 

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hmm, i suppose i could type up part 2 while waiting for the patch...


 

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Yay part 2 is coming

G-Force


 

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typing it up now, 5 sides of A4 notebook, halfway thru 1st page. part 1 was just under 2 sides of A4, so the next one will be longer.


 

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yay, ill have to read it at school, cant wait!


I am the Blaster, I have filled the role of Tank, Controller and Defender
Sometimes all at once.
Union EU player! Pip pip, tally ho, top hats and tea etc etc

 

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Nice, I like it.


 

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Good story, have some imaginary stars .


 

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Yup, have more imaginary stars!


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