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that guy, he was gay ([personal profile] 50k) wrote in [community profile] heinouscrimesunit2022-02-28 02:39 pm
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drabbles week eight: GHOST

GHM DRABBLE CHALLENGE

HOW TO PLAY?
  • Every Monday, I will post a prompt. You have until the following Monday to write and reply with a 100-200 word fic, i.e. a 'drabble', inspired by the prompt. (For an extra challenge, try to hit exactly 100 words!)
  • You can reply with the full text of the drabble, or link out to another site like Ao3, Tumblr, etc.
  • Any rating is permitted; please warn for NSFW and content where appropriate.

  • WHAT ELSE?
  • Don't worry if you missed last week: you can go back and write a late response anytime.
  • You may post more than one response to a single week's prompt.
  • If you're inspired to continue your drabbles, you're welcome to connect multiple challenge responses to each other, or expand on your fics outside of the challenge.

  • week eight:
    GHOST
    previous challenges:
    1. escape, 2. rewrite, 3. drive, 4. moon, 5. déjà vu, 6. confession, 7. trial and error

    (Anonymous) 2022-03-03 10:03 am (UTC)(link)
    Characters: Kurumizawa Kosuke, mentions of Tokio
    Rating: G
    Notes: spoilers for 25th Ward
    Word count: 100

    To say he was a ghost in the machine wasn't accurate- Kurumizawa Kosuke had ascended beyond that. Limiting spiritual entities to the binary of alive versus dead seemed reductive.

    He feels within digital space and endless time, waiting for a blip of consciousness other than himself to appear. The Scarlet Cat program felt finicky at times, the .png feeling more like a broken artifact rather than a proper avatar.

    Kurumizawa feels a shift in this echo of the old internet, and he waits patiently, seeing a TurtleGuy emerge from beyond his awareness.

    Another specter of the past... what perfect timing.