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>Night drives are one of the few things I peel myself out of my apartment for, these days.
>I would say it’s to look at the stars, but the light pollution of the city takes that away.
>Maybe there’s something about the coolness of the ocean winds once the sun sets.
>Maybe I just like to LARP as Ryan Gosling behind the wheel of my shitter of a Malibu.
>Or maybe, it just gives me a chance to disassociate I guess.
>In a different way.
>Another method to let myself run on autopilot for a few hours until I get bored or hungry enough to slink back home.
>Skin Row and the surrounding suburbs are a frequent occurrence.
>I avoid the nicer parts of the city, if possible.
>Don’t wanna see any familiar faces.
>It’s not like I’m running from a reunion.
>But I’m not exactly chasing after one either.
>Especially after the ghost I saw in that pizza shop.
>Part of me should feel justified by seeing her up there.
>But she proved me wrong in the end, didn’t she?
>Whatever the fuck Fang became, she looked like a faggot, at least.
>No, I just feel...Something.
>It’s not regret, Anon.
>Fang was a mistake.
>Volcaldera was a mistake.
>And yet you’re still here.
>A stop sign rips me out of my monologue. I hit the brakes with a squeal. Those pads need replaced. I’ve got the money, I just don’t feel like dealing with it.
>A quick glance around confirms my suspicions.
>I’m in a dead-end part of the city’s outer limits. Gives Skin Row a run for its money, just has enough Saurians in it to avoid true attention.
>More than one of the street lamps around here are flickering like crazy, and the potholes could rip my junker straight out of alignment if I don’t pay attention.
>The little islands of light cast by the lamps amidst shows dilapidated brick walls, windows with bars over them and at least one house with a foreclosure notice on it.
>It also reveals something dead ahead.
>Or rather, someone.
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