tunacake
03-23-2009, 4:12 PM
I was going to post this in the "not worth a thread" thread, but there didn't seem to be much writing in there. Anyway,
Silence (more original title pending)
He screamed. The man awoke and screamed a jarring and resonant scream into the dense blackness which surrounded him from all directions. Never had he been exposed to a darkness with such thickness, such opacity, that he could see nothing of his surroundings, and all he could do was scream.
At length, the man ceased his shrieking, still petrified beyond budging from his current position, but one can only tolerate so much bellowing with such vigor before their vocal cords beg them to stop. It was precisely at this moment of cessation when the man detected a presence in the room. He did not know how exactly he knew it was there; he could see nothing but darkness, and he certainly didn’t hear anything, but somehow he knew that just beyond this shroud of darkness encircling him were the glowing red eyes and the shimmering, jagged teeth of this entity, this demon in his presence.
Naturally, despite the pain now pulsing in his throat, he began to scream again. This time, however, it may not have been in vain. When the man was wailing with fright into the blackness, he somehow perceived that the demon had relented, if only for a moment. He yelled out again, this time with a hint of curiosity mixed with the terror, and, yes! He sensed the demon had eased off again. Again and again he called out into the black, and each time he did he knew that he was holding the wretched demon back, but not weakening it. In between cries the spectre would advance towards him with the same vigor as the first time.
The man began to realize the futility of this Sisyphean task of repelling the beast only to have it pursue him again with tireless vitality. He knew that he could not hold back the demon forever, and yet he still could not move into the petrifying darkness that locked him in place. Eventually, his screams faded into sobs, which faded into faint snivels in the darkness, which faded into nothing.
And for an instant there flashed in the blackness before the man the two piercing red eyes of the ignoble demon, and the incessant darkness remained.
Silence (more original title pending)
He screamed. The man awoke and screamed a jarring and resonant scream into the dense blackness which surrounded him from all directions. Never had he been exposed to a darkness with such thickness, such opacity, that he could see nothing of his surroundings, and all he could do was scream.
At length, the man ceased his shrieking, still petrified beyond budging from his current position, but one can only tolerate so much bellowing with such vigor before their vocal cords beg them to stop. It was precisely at this moment of cessation when the man detected a presence in the room. He did not know how exactly he knew it was there; he could see nothing but darkness, and he certainly didn’t hear anything, but somehow he knew that just beyond this shroud of darkness encircling him were the glowing red eyes and the shimmering, jagged teeth of this entity, this demon in his presence.
Naturally, despite the pain now pulsing in his throat, he began to scream again. This time, however, it may not have been in vain. When the man was wailing with fright into the blackness, he somehow perceived that the demon had relented, if only for a moment. He yelled out again, this time with a hint of curiosity mixed with the terror, and, yes! He sensed the demon had eased off again. Again and again he called out into the black, and each time he did he knew that he was holding the wretched demon back, but not weakening it. In between cries the spectre would advance towards him with the same vigor as the first time.
The man began to realize the futility of this Sisyphean task of repelling the beast only to have it pursue him again with tireless vitality. He knew that he could not hold back the demon forever, and yet he still could not move into the petrifying darkness that locked him in place. Eventually, his screams faded into sobs, which faded into faint snivels in the darkness, which faded into nothing.
And for an instant there flashed in the blackness before the man the two piercing red eyes of the ignoble demon, and the incessant darkness remained.