Zombiepo?��pse: 12.08

December 26, 2008

I was in??ban ??atching a giant ??per rub its wings together and orchestrating an orch?a of giant insects.

A black cat a?ed on the scene and the orch??oke up, while th?asshopper managed to som??uire a large?al hook which he the???y to?ture the?. The cat was black, a curio? spi???ated figure, and???escaped.
??ed, I we?o th?ore, where in the parking lot th?ere having a?ent; avoid getti?hot and you would be allowed to take she? whi?he nuke ? off. A ?ited man? amo?s and behaving o? (odder, at ??han the ? of the ?le, who were?y dodgin??s), looking ?ard ?hough he?eing something I?e missing. T???his magnificent ?lean, a ?ific?k blue n??erved in?ure, peopled?h gargantuan clouds and I got the im?sion the?as much more going on he?han ???ances would allo??ense of ??ces moving beyond the sky.

H?lled??rote??it and gave ?o me andd I was welcome ?ake shelter with the two win?, and I ran into the alcove ???erve?tting th?it on on the?. The alcove??t a gap ?een two ?rudi?? off the gro? store; it drained into the sewer and wa?ll of dead leaves. I shoved myself in there ?t, a?aited for th?her two, showed ?itho?rote??its.??ina wome?hey gobbled ?e waited? the flash and boom and when it was all ? they cackled, &?;We were right, no need for ??ot; and ? died of radiati?oisoning?>
I ? the alcove and walked back ???b. E?thing had died, and I looked?o the sky do??oad and ?e was a ??e there, like a mountain many miles tall, the base actually ? the?ve of the horizo?t so?ge it was visible, but curved and pointing o?o the le?ith a ho? peak, and it looked?entl?tificial, like a?sile silo for gi?. The sheer scale of it was ??s, galactic, mind-boggling -- and a rocket e?ed out o?s peak a?ailed halfwa?ound the? and things ?ded ? and?ond ? point, I could see ? half-gl?ed h? of ?? machinery behind the sky, above the clouds.?hip here, a ?ile ?e, an enormo?hite?ut m? lon?liding behind the cl? and I knew ?e was wa the hea??>
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I g? it all ?ted with a family thing involvin???t cousin, wh??her was tryi?o convin??pire to a li?hat ??ond ??ettling down?h ch?She used me as a?ampl?aying that I had recently gotten a job as a ?arian in?hington, DC.
?>That reminded me. I dro?p to the building where the job was, which looked like a?ge, red ?ion ?he OEOB ?he middle of a compl?ed Victorian?le neighborhood. I finally manag?o fi?arking a?ent insi?he building to check? my new ?. I wasn'??art working until the next day, but managed to get in and find my desk number on a card ?he manager&#??k. L?ing it, I left a book and th?amed photo o?self in Fran?tanding ? to the wall?h Sharpie'd graffiti?ing "no?e to go but far ... "

I lef? in ?? and left th?ilding. On comin?tside, I? picked up b? grandfa? in his old truck, in which were?o riding the?t of my family. ?as a?ryin?perience because he ? talking?her than?ching where ?as going, which ? dangerous as we?roached ?nnel?ped by a?ge c?ete walls with a pair of pointed arches cut into it, and I had him drop me off in the sa?lace. I look?p, a???as full ??. Giant, bright ?ery ?? of them from horizon to?izon and the?ere ?iple?? going off at once. ?as b?iful?t after a wh the?ere no more meteors and the ?s dimmed and the? looked like a g? tel?ion with a d??een.
???his,?ent back?ide the large, old building and decided ? I h?robably been wrong a? where I? to sit ?here? no telling ?her the card on which I had foun??????dated. As I entethe annex to the??oom ?e I was to be working, I?iced?mall candy dish full of mini-fun-packs of Skittles a?ome ? of sweet made of pe?? creme c?ed in chocolate, and stole a???etrieved my book and photo, I noticed a few ?le already in the room, and asked th?here??o sihey pointed me at a small vertical desk, whe??creen was hi? tha? head and the keyboard a??, and I sat down to noodle around for a few ?tes. I checked Google Re?, found nothing new ?e, and left the building, intending ?tore my things i???ntil it was ?? time to?k. <
Something else caugh? eye: an old?hioned horse??riage parked on the side of the cobb?oned?eet.?ent ? to chec?? and?nd out it wa?ailable ?ent ?ark usin??okens that could be ?en from any number of ki? or one ?he drivers of the local ??awn ?iages. A??pened, one of th?iages was parked behind the automobile, so I ask?he driver if I could?e enough tokens to last ????orkday. ?ead ?esponding, he showed me the pipe he was smoking out of a?aid,?ot;G? what I'm smokin?uot;
??ot;Tobacco?&????ot;Nope. Cok?uot;

"Coke as in?ot;

He nodded?uot;?orical a?acy,? kno??'s legal? me ?moke it. Go ahea?mell the??uot;

?melled it, dippe? finger into? crackling black?, an?bbed the soot ac? the palm of my right hand a?mell?hat.?, indeed?? cocaine.

? to disc? a number of small b??doning it off. There??mall-boat ba??pening next to my parkin?ot and it had taken ? the space. The ?le b? on the road?e connected by l?hs of monofilament fishing line and were sailing ??oad.

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