He rose from his cloister and sat...

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

Darkened halls and shadows of minions melded with the walls.

The silent hum of the machinery played backdrop to silence. Drops of water ricocheted sounds off of skulls and bones in the walls. On the floors.

He coughed and a hunched creature wiped the spittle and blood from his chin.

"Now, sir?"

Silence.

The machine hummed more loudly becoming almost perceptible as light in the forward hall became prescient. He adjusted his tie.

The things in attendance backed up in a collective fear. Anticipation like libido shot through bodies. He spoke.

"Water." Hoary and moist.

The light slowly rose. Expensive suit, well shined shoes and the chemical smell of dry cleaning hid nothing and everything at the same time. A glass of liquid thrust forward, the body attached unseen. He drank deeply.

The minions bowed as he rose. Silence became a noise. The first step was silent but shattered the place like thunder... Another step and yet another As he stepped toward the light.

A strange gait for a little man with all the power of mankind at his fingers. If someone listened, they could hear bronchial tubes coated in mucous fighting for air in his lungs. Another step.

He passed the light with disdain for it and approached the dais. Looking down as if the floor was his enemy, he became intimate with the dais like a lover.

Hands grasped the edges, he looked toward the teleprompter...

"My fellow Americans..."

So began the end of the world.








Enjoy the speech!

[HysteryDiagnosis]

1. Daaaaaaaaaaaammmmm, you write children's books?? That was awesome

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

2. Heh. I'd scare the shit out of the little buggers if I did!

Thanks.
:toast:

[HysteryDiagnosis]

5. Howzabout..... curious George and the high voltage fence, or perhaps

Strangers have the best candy..... come on, you can do it... :)

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

7. Heh. Homeland Security would invite me to Gitmo if I did.

[HysteryDiagnosis]

8. Naw.... they might invite you to be a guard

at one of their facilities though....

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

11. LOL. I think I'd pass on that one.

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

3. God, waiting on the real thing is worse than the imagined....

[roguevalley]

4. very scary. excellent, *excellent* writing. Kudos

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

9. Thanks! Fun to do the little things.

[meti57b]

6. awesome writing! do you have a webpage of your writings??

great stuff!

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

10. Thanks. Not at the moment. I've got plenty of space, mebbe I'll throw

some stuff out there and see if it sticks.

[meti57b]

12. Thanks! Please keep us posted!

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

13. I'll do that. Thanks for the words of encouragement.

I need to get my writing rolling again. Hope to have the site up by this weekend.

(You gotta hear this!

http://www.knology.net/~rareandfirsts/FCCSong.mp3