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Written to the prompt by Making Up Monsters — Monster who thinks — and looks like — they might be dead…
Originally posted on cohost on August 12th, 2024.
When he rolls out of the niche in the catacomb, the drop to the floor chokes a groan out of him. He’s breathing but he’s not sure he’s supposed to be, not sure he needs to be. The air is musty but dry, it makes him choke again.
When he realizes where he is, newfound not sure of why supersedes the not sure of breathing.
Up the wall, the distinctively larger niche now empty of him is surrounded by niches not empty of their decidedly human remains. He’s hardly human. He shakes off the dust and shambles away.
Free from the bowels of the earth, the first creatures taken any liking to him are crows, flies, and coyotes—those that eat carrion. The first person he comes across makes holy gestures and begs a quick death for their loved ones. The first calm surface of water that lets him take a good look at himself makes him doubt his laugh at the person’s reaction.
Hardly human, might be remains.
Originally posted on cohost on August 12th, 2024.
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When he rolls out of the niche in the catacomb, the drop to the floor chokes a groan out of him. He’s breathing but he’s not sure he’s supposed to be, not sure he needs to be. The air is musty but dry, it makes him choke again.
When he realizes where he is, newfound not sure of why supersedes the not sure of breathing.
Up the wall, the distinctively larger niche now empty of him is surrounded by niches not empty of their decidedly human remains. He’s hardly human. He shakes off the dust and shambles away.
Free from the bowels of the earth, the first creatures taken any liking to him are crows, flies, and coyotes—those that eat carrion. The first person he comes across makes holy gestures and begs a quick death for their loved ones. The first calm surface of water that lets him take a good look at himself makes him doubt his laugh at the person’s reaction.
Hardly human, might be remains.
