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A bronze girl, a blonde boy, and a dark-haired boy, standing in a line, seeming to inspect her. They faded out. Laughter. Pride crackling. Screams, wails, weeping, a shattered life.

A room came into focus. An empty cafeteria. Loud music booming all around her. Two people walked through the doorway, the blonde boy and girl from before. As they came in, the music faded out. They walked in separate, but as they came in, they started holding hands. They hugged, and kept walking. Still walking, they ripped apart. They just kept walking in a straight line, walking through the tables and chairs, heading for the window. The girl slapped the boy. They were apart for many steps. They hugged. They kissed. They passionately kissed. Holding hands, they flew out the window.

They hadn't noticed her, or anything else. And they had been silent. Even the slap and kissing didn't make a noise. She stood there screaming. She didn't know why, but she hated that bronze girl with an unquenchable hatred. 

The dark-haired boy from before was decked in a full clown's suit. He just kept laughing, but he was crying at the same time. He danced around an empty dark space, with no one to watch him but her. Then the bronze girl appeared, crying. The clown hugged her and danced hyperly around the void with her until she laughed, too. But with her laughter did not come tears. When she was happy again, the clown sent her on her way. She walked away and then disappeared. She was still watching and could see the pain in the clown's eyes as he watched the bronze girl walk away.

Suddenly, she was at a Christmas party. Her name was Sae, she remembered now. She showed off to everyone at the party, only slightly aware of what she was doing. Then, the dark-haired boy from before (his name was Kiley, she remembered) walked in and danced in his clown suit some more. The room was pretty dark but there were crowds of people in white T-shirts. They all watched him and laughed. He danced and danced. While everyone laughed at him, Sae was horrified. Then the blonde boy (oh yeah, his name was Toji) walked into the mosh pit surrounded by people and sat down, looking dazed off, but everyone else was still paying attention to Kiley. Finally, the bronze girl (the whore, Momo) walked into the pit wearing a very skimpy Santa outfit. She had a Santa hat with a bell on the tip, a push up bra type Santa coat, and a short, short mini Santa Skirt. To complete the outfit, she wore high red leather boots. Suddenly, Momo, Kiley, and Toji got into the center and started doing the can-can while singing to a strange tune:

"You're gonna die on Christmas Eve! Hey Hey Hey!"

The "hey hey hey" was repeated many times in their song and had perfect harmony. The three figures were in a spotlight and were beaming and looked extremely happy. Sae was horrified at the sight. She shrunk down and shriveled into a ball…

……………..

Her scream pierced the empty room again. Momo wanted to call the nurse, but she was frozen at the sight of Sae, who was in an endless dream where she just kept screaming and screaming.

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