SEQ CHAPTER \h \r 1Drip. Drip. Drip.

By Tione

Faces. Smiling. Grinning. Laughing. Mocking. Cruel. Pain. Hurt. Agony. Beyond agony.

            Drip. Drip. Drip.

            Island. It’s coming! No. Fight. Don’t go. Haunting. Nightmare. Here!

            Blue. Green. Black. Flashing, flashing.

            Drip. Drip. Drip.

            Bright. Coming closer. No. No. Stop! Go away!

            Black. Midnight. Calm.

            Drip. Drip. Drip.

            Explosion. Storm. Spinning. Hurtling. Tossed. Flipped. Strong wind. No! No!

            Ripples. Stretching. Winding. Traveling. Growing. Huge. Eating me!

            Drip. Drip. Drip.

            Eaten. Digested. Twisting. Deformed! Agony. Pain. Pain. Hurt. Stop! Stop!

            Enormous. Fangs. Blood. Eyes. Watching, watching. Seeing. Watching. No! Stop!

            Drip. Drip. Drip.

            Sword. Gleaming. Sharp. Stained. Clean. Rusty.

            Cutting. Slashing. Gashing. Tearing. Pain. Fire. Pain. Fire.

            Drip. Drip. Drip.

            Opaque. Unclear. Blocked. Unseeing.

            Spotted! No! Clear. Open. Vulnerable. Book. Open book.

            Drip. Drip. Drip.

            Falling! No! Stop! Can’t! Won’t! Stop!

            Falling! Faster. Faster. Faster.

            Drip. Drip. Drip.

            Impact.

            Drip. Drip. Drip.

            Release...

            ...

            ...

            ...

            No drips?

            ...

            Free? I’m free?

            ...

            No! Let go! Stop!

            ...

            Explanation? You’re going to explain?

            ...

            An old Chinese torture method? Water causing insanity?*

            ...

            I have other uses?

            ...

            ...

            ...

            Knife.

            Sharp.

            Pointy.

            Rusted.

            Cold.  

            Priests.

            Hard faces.

            Knife meets skin.

            Cold.  

            Red.

            Hole.

            Hand.

            Diving into chest.

            My chest?

            Screams.

            Loud.

            My screams?

            Heart.

            Still pumping.

            Gasping.

            My heart?

            Faint.

            Feel faint.

            Look.

            Look down.

            Hole.

            In me.

            No heart.

            ...

            ...

            ...

            Good-bye.

* Water is constantly dripped onto the same spot on a victims forehead until they go insane and/or die.