The Calling, Part III: Grand and Glorious
Setting: Before Chapter 1 His hands shook around the piece of paper. If you find this letter, it’s because I’ve succeeded and finally died on my own terms. She was fine when he saw her last. Friends, family, please, do not blame yourselves. You are not to blame for my untimely demise. I am sorry that I couldn’t stick it out like you. When he pulled his thumb over the letter, a little blood smeared over the words, spreading across the paper and across the diligent handwriting in blue ink. We as humans never asked to be born into this life. Fuck. Fuck, this was… Fuck . However we begin, we don’t have the desire to exist. And yet, we are forced into it anyway. Maybe they didn’t get to choose. But he liked existing. Because he had her . Some may choose to stay in this life out of a sense of obligation. He could feel the unco...