STORY STARTER
Write a story about a character who decides to live without any form of artificial light.
How does this choice affect their daily routine, relationships, and perspective?
Lovelight
For fear of spreading myself too thin, I started writing this letter who knows how many years ago when I first realized my days were numbered
So, if you find it difficult to envision me in some areas as I am now, that makes two of us.
To all who are only really concerned with the proceedings of my will, it is contained in this letter towards the end.
Without further ado
Welcome to my life, and death.
Hello!
If you are reading this, I’m sure we’ve acquainted ourselves at a previous conjecture.
But
Just to remind you how incredible I am, my name is William Pensworth, semi-famous owner of an actually-famous radiology company.
I developed it alongside my dearly beloved
And missed
Later selling it to make myself a fortune
And a disappearance.
Now, you may ask, why is such a handsome and incredible self made man selling his company?
Well. That is a very layered question, and I commend your brilliance in asking so!
When I first discovered the technology that harnesses the energy in individual chemicals to manufacture artificial light seemingly from nowhere
Obviously I was very happy
My favorite hobby was to repeat that very accomplishment to every organism that had ears
Which is a lot, I assume
(I’m not a biologist as well, only a genius)
But it took me several years of testing to find out how exactly I could implement my theory.
Me and my wife spent many, many years testing our product, figuring out how to essentially, Safely, induce enough energy in a molecule to have it produce heat and therefore light
We got one part right.
Our dates were in laboratory’s and we’d feed each other strawberries until we were full enough to use the rest for testing
Truly it was a bright (tee-hee) time in my life
If my experiments failed, my heart beat fast enough to shine on my life forever.
It still does.
But I’ve decided it was enough for me, so I promptly sold my company to bask in it in darkness somewhere you’ve obviously found if your reading this
_……. I miss her Do you know what it’s like, To see the product of your design That took away the only light that mattered Shining everywhere in everything because of YOU I cannot be reminded of it Or taken away from the light she left in me If I knew that all our experimentation would Bring about a latent disorder in her genealogy I would’ve used my knowledge to put a blanket on the stars Suffocate them so I could lay with her Cold but warm in her arms I hate when day comes because I see myself in true light Looking at hands that tried to give But took away any thing I truly cared to see In this glorious Decrepit life I designed I hope some of you out there look at who you love With smiles Illuminated ones With every inch of your being Give them your all It’s all you’ll ever have. Some of my family has tried to reach out, 3 years now since I’ve Dissipated I’ve never really known anyone I tried making my own light because I had none guiding me My entire life I looked to the stars so much I tried to make one And eventually I found one Who returned to the sky as well. Maybe I am ready for the sky to set. Alright. _ Hey people.
My cough has worsened as of late.
But
Scars are starting to heal.
I’ve started to realize how nice it feels on some summer days
But I also know the danger of heat
Better than anyone
My writing is starting to fade
It’s hard to muster enough
Pressure
To finish sentences
But I want to atleast have this to look over
If anyone will ever find it
I need to give it my best
It’s
All I
Have.
Hello. It seems you’ve made it to the end. I am incredibly weak right now, but somehow my spirit has grown a bit stronger. I’m excited to return to what I love. What has guided me, what I now know I’ve been envious of in some ways, but has always been everything.
I’m excited to return to the sky
To say hi to one star in particular
You might ask me why,
If I’m so weak
How can I still write?
Well
The darkness is never as fast as the light is
Oh, and one more thing.
For those who I’ve never really known
Who skipped to the end for my will which I mentioned some years ago
Fuck you.
I’m off to see my wife.