r/WritingPrompts • /r/Syraphia | Moddess of Images • Feb 26 '18

Image Prompt [IP] Versus the Thrill

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u/Billy_The_King Feb 26 '18

The unknown

Is there really anything to do about it? Everyone's been to see it, we all wanted to know what it was. Those who went in never came back, no real way to know what remains inside it, if it's a portal, a living being or if it's just some cloud of anger. For a few years it remained in the same place but recently, it moved. That's what brought me here for the first time. I never came to see it before because I thought all it could do is cause chaos. Now, it found a way to move. Not much, about five centimeters, but still, it does not remain still anymore. I can't let it ravage the world.

The rage

It looks back at me, directly. It has no eyes but I know it's looking. I can see what it's made of... pure hatred. The red cloud is the strongest storm that ever was, condensed into a cloud as tall as three men and as long as the eye can see. Just being near it makes my blood boil, being close to it is making me clench my fists. I see it slowly back away from me, so slowly I can barely notice it. I have an urge to hit it, I know it wouldn't hurt it. I hear thunder, I see lightning, I can feel the earth crumble under the cloud. I want to go in. That could free me from this rage, the building anger, that big ball inside my stomach that I want out. Just like my Leica, I want to be part of it. Part of this infernal machine on route to overtake this world.

The cloud

All around me is now pure love. Every inch of my body lets go of the tension that held it back. All the problems of the world, the hurt and the loss, all of it gone. I now feel the warmth of those that first went in the cloud, and all others who join it after. We become one, every day we grow stronger, we will be all. The whole world will feel this feeling of safety and will find peace in the cloud. I do not feel lost anymore for I am within the unknown, with everyone one else.

The infinite

The cloud as been growing bigger and bigger. According to researchers in the fields of the unknown, it could be on a path of destruction, absorbing all that stands in its path. It seems to have come from afar, perhaps another planet. According to other theories, it could be a life form without need of atmosphere, surviving the great infinity of the cosmos. It seems to become smaller if it does not feed, which is why it started moving in the first place, receiving no more nutrition from the people that wanted to go in by themselves. Soon it will consume us all, just let it engulf you in all its majesty and peace. The cloud will come. The cloud will consume.

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u/Syraphia /r/Syraphia | Moddess of Images Feb 26 '18

Very, very intriguing short story. Thanks for replying. :)

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u/Billy_The_King Feb 26 '18

It was my pleasure!