ilovefire
2007-06-09, 09:24 PM
Well, Short-ish story. Based on the Dresden Codak comic 'Epilogue'. Hope it dosen't suck to bad, here's part 1 of I don't know how many yet. I know this is short, but all of the parts are like that, since I'm writing all of them to be excactly one page in 12 point times new roman font, double spaced in MSword. I'll try to post one every day or two, if people like them.
Introduction
Just like a paperback novel. That basically describes these past few centuries, to me at least. After all, I practically grew up on paperback novels—bad sci fi ones, at that, with robots taking over mankind. Never would have thought it’d actually happen… or that robotics would then take over itself. And to think, it all started because I was afraid of death. Now, the only thing I have to look forwards to is what I once feared.
Cancer’s a deadly thing. Especially if you didn’t know you had it. I was feeling sick—very sick. Sicker than I had ever felt before, not that I let it affect my research. Just went to the doctor for a checkup, he convinced me to get a CAT scan. And I found the truth. I had cancer in all my limbs and most of my organs, and it was heading for my brain. I think that’s when I first snapped, when I realized that I was going to die if I didn’t do something about it.
So I turned to cybernetics. My field of study, I was the best in the world. I locked myself in my lab for… weeks? Months? Maybe years, I can’t remember anymore, it was so long ago. My only consolation… I can’t talk about that, yet, the memories are to… painful. I worked tirelessly, replacing parts of my body with robotics. I started with limbs, then organs. I moved on to my skin and bones, my spine was replaced, and parts of my face and skull that had been cancerous. Leaving me with an organic brain, but little else. I guess anyone accessing this file will want me to go in-depth, but that’s for after the introduction. After all, what’s a paperback without the proper cheesy intro? *Bitter laughter* I just wish I could cry right now. But machines cannot cry.
Introduction
Just like a paperback novel. That basically describes these past few centuries, to me at least. After all, I practically grew up on paperback novels—bad sci fi ones, at that, with robots taking over mankind. Never would have thought it’d actually happen… or that robotics would then take over itself. And to think, it all started because I was afraid of death. Now, the only thing I have to look forwards to is what I once feared.
Cancer’s a deadly thing. Especially if you didn’t know you had it. I was feeling sick—very sick. Sicker than I had ever felt before, not that I let it affect my research. Just went to the doctor for a checkup, he convinced me to get a CAT scan. And I found the truth. I had cancer in all my limbs and most of my organs, and it was heading for my brain. I think that’s when I first snapped, when I realized that I was going to die if I didn’t do something about it.
So I turned to cybernetics. My field of study, I was the best in the world. I locked myself in my lab for… weeks? Months? Maybe years, I can’t remember anymore, it was so long ago. My only consolation… I can’t talk about that, yet, the memories are to… painful. I worked tirelessly, replacing parts of my body with robotics. I started with limbs, then organs. I moved on to my skin and bones, my spine was replaced, and parts of my face and skull that had been cancerous. Leaving me with an organic brain, but little else. I guess anyone accessing this file will want me to go in-depth, but that’s for after the introduction. After all, what’s a paperback without the proper cheesy intro? *Bitter laughter* I just wish I could cry right now. But machines cannot cry.