LightNovel: Humanity Ver. ? - Chapter 1

Written By: WrittenDusk

Chapter 1:

Amidst a lush forest, filled with life, lies a large foreign clearing. 

Circular in shape, the ground is paved with a smooth sheet of metal coated in white. 

A single, similarly sterile, tall rectangular building can be seen at the center. 

It’s two wings converge into a cylindrical tower, making up a third of the building’s length; 

towering over the rest at twice the height. 

Filling up the rest of the clearing are five circular depressions with clear seams; 

three in front of the building and two behind.

With its clearly defined edges and near spotless appearance, it is as if it was never approached by the 

surrounding nature. 

What little blemishes and dirt that remain are those left by its inhabitants; 

two pillow shaped robots and their wheels. 

Being only a little larger than pillows in size, one is upright on two wheels and the other is spread out on

four. 

Both are clad in the same white of the clearing with a simple display for expression.

As the sun rose to its peak, the two wheeled robot began patrolling the perimeter of the clearing; 

staying a comfortable meter away from the immediate edge. 

Activating its air vent, starting from the back of the building, it clears away any dust and leaves that have

made their way onto the metal ground. 

But as a stray leaf drifted beside it, it paused its activity.

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Comic: Crisp

Drawn and Written By: WrittenDusk

Story: "Someone"

Written By: WrittenDusk                                                                                                                             

On a normal everyday evening, under the clear spring sky, a young salaryman in his mid-twenties makes his way up a slope within the city. Dressed in a simple suit and tie, with a briefcase in his right, he struggles with his climb up the slope.

Salaryman: Argh. This damn slope is getting harder to climb everyday. I swear it must be growing, or something. Huff, huff. I don't remember it being this steep when I first moved here.

The salaryman takes a break holding his knees, halfway up the slope. People looks at him weirdly as they breeze past him walking up the slope. After a few moment he continues his climb.

Salaryman: Huff..huff..huff. Just a few more steps till the top.

He takes a step forward, but it looks as if he miss the ground and steps on air instead. His head falls straight towards the ground.

Salaryman: Huh? Why’s the ground so clo… (Thud).

The salaryman faints on the slope.

Story: The Thief and The Fairy - Chapter 1

The Thief and The Fairy - Chapter One                              

As I walked alone within these empty silent streets of the night, almost as if left behind by time, I am reminded that it has been 20 years since I have been living in this mess of a town. It’s not a mess because of the way it looks, rather it’s a mess because of how organized it is. A town which has an immovable hierarchy with the rich at the top, woven together with a web of connections between those who matter. I despise that system, those who created it, and the ones who lives with it. But what I despise the most is this reflection I see while standing in front of a window. I hate myself for being so powerless, pathetic, and pitiful. Acting all victimized. I have labeled myself as a fault of this society without even giving a fight. I’ve forsaken myself to crimes as a way of self gratification and became a thief. I hate myself for becoming a thief now, but there is nothing I can change anymore. No one is able to accept a person who sees nothing, but the ground before them. No one would want a person who is ashamed of himself; of his disheveled black hair, of his black and white hoody, of his black jeans, and of his black shoes. Everything of my possession was taken from someone else one way or another, there was nothing I took pride of having. The one and only thing I could be proud of, was the name “Will”. It was given to me by my mother; or so I have been told.