Hello there, everybody! It's PK2 here, back again, once again, with ANOTHER new story! …Predictable, isn't it? This is the "companion" story to Eating Me Alive that I was hinting at a few weeks ago, and it's finally here! And, to those of you who are wondering about Your Love is Music to my Heart, I have some great news on the status of that: UPDATES ON THAT SHALL RESUME TOMORROW! But of course, today is not tomorrow…And today, we shall begin this! Enjoy!
PROLOUGE
Has there ever been an event in your life that just leaves you down in the dumps? You know, the ones that cause you to fall into a deep, sickly, sad depression, causes you to start contemplating the meaning of your pitiful life, and eventually leads you to do something stupidly crazy? That's how the events of my story kicked off.
I'm sure that's also the basis for the stories of many other people, but trust me; my story is way, WAY more unique than the stories of all those nobodies.
Most of the time, the stories about the lives of people in the aftermath of a terrible disaster go like this: Person goes through depression, person meets someone or discovers something that almost rids themselves of their depression, that someone or something seemingly disappears, person contemplates the meaning of life, special someone or something returns, and they all live happily-ever-after. Blech.
My story-about-living-in-the-aftermath-of-a-terrible-disaster is…a little different. It goes like this; Person goes on the lam to avoid execution, person arrives at huge paradise city that coincidentally happens to be rivals with their home city, person buys a shoddy apartment and goes through depression, person goes to a coffee shop and receives a business card from a shifty-looking man, person accidentally joins local mafia, and they become part of a plot to incite a mass-scale rebellion against the government.
By now, you're probably all like 'Whoa, whoa, hold on, mate! What is this city you're talking about? Who is the shifty-looking man you mentioned? How the hell did you accidentally join a mafia? And what the hell did you do to deserve execution?'
Well, all I gotta tell you is, just hold on tight. Everything will make sense as we go along. All of those questions will be answered eventually. Some of them will be answered quickly, and some of them will take quite some time to be answered. But, you'll be learning about how I transformed from a pampered politician to a merciless and arrogant bounty hunter, how I realized I was born in one of the evilest cities in the world, and how I met the five people who are the only ones who I see are as awesome as me! That's a bonus, eh?
So, I recommend you buckle your metaphorical seatbelts and hold on tight. I think I'm going to have a fun time telling you my story, and I hope you learn from my mistakes! (Not that I made any in the first place…I think.)
My name is Cloud Strife. And you are about to hear my story.
Hooray for cliffhangers- one of the most interesting things in the world! And hooray for expositional text- one of the least interesting things in the world! I am truly extremely sorry if you guys found this boring. But, this kind of prologue was the one I thought would be best to kick off the story. You may have also noticed that this story was in first person. Just like Eating Me Alive, this story is going to be in first person, to get Cloud's arrogant sarcasm better across. Having gotten those points across, I am done for the day, so I will see you all tomorrow!