↳ THIRTY-SEVEN MINUTES has ticked slowly by to the tune of hours in his mind, chaos and carnage cocooning him in a slow motion haze as he moves through his wreckage, so carefully constructed by his hand. he sifts through the sights and sounds with focus he’s never known. (there’s a fire alarm going off now and the sprinkler system finally kicked its ass into gear. he expected more screaming and the smell of gunpowder is thick and blood is a little more black than he imagined it when it pools like that on the floor and —) he isn’t sure what the point of MEMORIZING the details is anymore. a nine millimeter bullet will soon erase them all. time is running out as the chorus of sirens outside begins to grow. he isn’t bothered. the high is ebbing away and now he’s just beginning to feel goddamned tired. zero day is almost over, the noble war so close to won. just as soon as he’s the last one breathing in this library, he’ll finally be able to rest. if anyone is alive, they’re doing their due diligence and HIDING. he whistles a tune as he scans the rows, knocking over stacks of books and clearing bodies with the toe of his boot, searching. if anyone is left, he’ll FIND them.










