Interloper

Singularity 1 Prologue (Edited)

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Something is burning.

"Burn the witch!"

"Set that wretch ablaze!"

"Send her to the pits of hell!"

A series of voices yell out for retribution, their words laced with so much malice; so much hatred.

But why?

In front of the crowd there was a large wooden log being set ablaze with a faint human-shaped silhouette inside.

Someone is being set on fire!

I can hear the high-pitched screams coming from there. They were killing a girl. She screams in writhing agony as her flesh is burning away. She begs for someone, anyone to save her.

I try to move but something grabs me from behind and twists me around to face them. What stands in front of me can only be described as a half-burned corpse. Its hair completely gone, its face scorched beyond recognition and a body crackling with heat that it might collapse at any moment and turn into ashes.

The zombie grabs my face and makes me stare at the remains of its eye sockets, leaking blood like it was crying.

"̵̡͕͗͜T̶̢͖̱̝̾̔̿̉H̴̰̗̞̼̦͋̓̓Ė̷̝̪̘̥Y̸̮͙͈͂͗̀̉͘ ̶̻̼̱̪̏̄W̴̦̥͕͙̋̄̑̒̕ͅȊ̷̡̯̺̟̓̏̈́̚L̵͚͐͜L̷͓̲̮͛́͊͐̕ ̸̧̤̖̫̪̎̀B̸̤̟̽͂̚U̷̡͊͆̔Ř̷͖̿N̶͒͆͛͘͜"̷̡͔̙̣̹̋̀

The words were hoarse, her voice filled with venom and malice.

"̴̛̰̎̈́̈́̈́I̸̡̺̮̿́ ̶̪̺͌͗́̂͠W̷̧̆͆̽̒̾Ỉ̴̭L̵͉̞̼̘̠̄Ļ̵͕̳̖́ ̷͙̙̗̟͕͌̀S̶̬̘̞̩̓̍͐̕͝Ẻ̶͖̩̩̖̆̒E̸͉̦̦͂ ̶͉̻̹̻̔̈́͜T̶̨̢̛͓̫̐̔͠Ḧ̴̟́̆͋̑͌I̵̧̨̻͚̓͌S̸̡̭̱̻̋͜ ̴̞͍̟͊̄͝͝Ẇ̸͔̩̥̋O̶̳̩͎͌̄̉Ŗ̶̞͓̭̐̉̀͌Ḻ̷̗̰̈̔̍̒D̶͉͕̮͋̈́̍̉ ̵̛͉̼͍̍͗̓B̵̘̈́͆̂͝U̸̟̭̪̮͆ͅR̶̪̥̮͚̈́N̵̞̗͔͉̖̔͘ ̶̛̪̦͇̱͐͛̆̒F̷͇̜͖͚̈́͜Ò̸̪̝R̶͕͗̏̿̕͠ ̷̢̧͉̮͙̑̉̔͝W̴̱̻̘͇̲̅H̷̫̬̟̘̘̊͗̓̎͘Ȃ̵͎͜T̸̺̓̅͐̈́ ̴͔͍͌͂͐͌T̸̺͔͖̰̀̓͆̈̕Ḩ̷̧̪̳̲̂̀̏E̸̳̲̊̈́̓̏͝Ỳ̸̱͔̝̈ ̸̢̟̻͍̊̉D̴̡̜̩̦͛̍͒̃I̴͖̪̅̀D̷̻̦̾͂̓̓ ̶̪̞̬̐̀͘͠ͅT̷͓͐̆Ȏ̶͈̗̊͘͝ ̸̝̊M̶̛͉̗̏̋̃E̶̮͇̼͂̃̽!̵̲́̔́̈́̚ͅͅ"̵̨̨̯̟̺̿͝

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My eyes snap open and quickly rise from my bed. Beads of sweat roll off my forehead. All that rage, all of that despair. What the hell happened to make someone like that?

My thoughts are then interrupted by the sudden sound of the door opening and Mashu walks in. "Mashu?"

Mashu smiles. "Frank-sa-" She stops mid sentence as she notices my exposed chest and stares at my six-pack and blushes. "W-W-Why aren't you wearing a shirt!?"

I look down at my chest and shrug. "I like to sleep without a shirt."

"E-Everyone's waiting in the Command Room!" With her piece said, the Demi-Servant dashes out of my room.

I pull off my covers and stand up, only for a bout of dizziness to seize me as I lose balance and fall on the cold floor.

I grab onto a nearby table and pull myself up. "What the hell was that!?" It felt as if a part of me suddenly vanished.

[That's not possible]

"What's wrong?" I asked, concerned by my partner's unusual tone.