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Noise.

Music.

Pulsing voices.

There was too much going on to focus on even a third of what was happening. The lights, the smells, it was all just so much. Tommy’s brain lacked the capacity to divide attention up among it all, which meant that some things were coming to him a matter of seconds slower than if he were more accustomed to this scene. He felt every single beat of the music as if the natural rhythm of his own heart had sought to match it. A small part of him wondered if he was just going to get motion sick in this place, or discover a photosensitive condition he didn't know he had. But no, instead, he was just in this feeling of being high-strung, where entire minutes felt like they were going by before Tyler said anything. Tommy didn't feel that something was [i]wrong[/i] in that. His thoughts were slow, tonight.

Then there was a thud. A beat out of sync with the rest of them, that tugged on Tommy's sense of awareness, and roused his senses. Then Tommy thought he heard somebody screaming over the noise.

[color=A79500]"What-"[/color]

[color=FFD700]"Run."[/color]

There was a man standing next to him, wearing a tweed suit jacket. He was taller than Tommy, maybe five-eleven and smoking a cigar. He couldn't see the man's face, [color=#FFFFFF]b[/color][color=#FFFEF9]e[/color][color=#FFFDF4]c[/color][color=#FFFCEF]a[/color][color=#FFFBEA]u[/color][color=#FFFAE5]s[/color][color=#FFFAE0]e[/color] [color=#FFF8D6]i[/color][color=#FFF7D1]t[/color] [color=#FFF6C6]w[/color][color=#FFF5C1]a[/color][color=#FFF4BC]s[/color] [color=#FFF2B2]o[/color][color=#FFF2AD]b[/color][color=#FFF1A8]s[/color][color=#FFF0A3]c[/color][color=#FFEF9E]u[/color][color=#FFEE99]r[/color][color=#FFEE93]e[/color][color=#FFED8E]d[/color] [color=#FFEB84]b[/color][color=#FFEA7F]y[/color] [color=#FFE975]g[/color][color=#FFE870]o[/color][color=#FFE76B]l[/color][color=#FFE666]d[/color][color=#FFE660]e[/color][color=#FFE55B]n[/color] [color=#FFE351]t[/color][color=#FFE24C]r[/color][color=#FFE247]a[/color][color=#FFE142]i[/color][color=#FFE03D]l[/color][color=#FFDF38]s[/color] [color=#FFDE2D]o[/color][color=#FFDD28]f[/color] [color=#FFDB1E]s[/color][color=#FFDA19]m[/color][color=#FFDA14]o[/color][color=#FFD90F]k[/color][color=#FFD80A]e[/color][color=#FFD700]. He looked so casual, so in his element here. Even though, somehow, Tommy just knew he was probably in his fifties. Around his neck was locket of brass, that glowed yellow against a dark green sweater. His hands were stained red, but he couldn't get a good look at them.

"It will be here soon, boy," The man said, through the smoke. "Do you not see it?"

Tommy blinked.

[color=A79500]"Who the hell are y-"[/color][/color]

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Tommy saw something fly up over the crowd, a human arm. Blood sprayed up and over people, and that was cold water to his disjointed senses.

[color=a79500][i]"What the fuck?!"[/i][/color]

He backed away, feeling something in his chest burn. He hit a wall. He didn't remember being that close to a wall. He-

[sub][i][color=ffd700]"He's Blind."

"They all are. He doesn't know, he hasn't been taught."[/color][/i][/sub]

Tommy slipped, and he was face down in a mess of cheap alcohol and blood. [i]His[/i] blood, he cut himself on the glass. The burning didn't help him feel any more coherent. What the fuck was happening?

[sub][i][color=ffd700]"Almost there, I think."

"If he dies here, it won't matter. Look, that's close to him. Close enough to work."[/color][/i][/sub]

Tommy got his feet under him and ran. 

[sub][i][color=ffd700]"Go, Vera."[/color][/i][/sub]

All he knew was that he didn't want to be here. The screams, the blood, the [i]sound.[/i] Was somebody here? Was it that fucking guy who the FBI caught? Did he [i]escape?[/i] Tommy jumped over someone who was kneeling in a pool of their own blood, he didn't question that they were staring into thin air like something was watching them. He wasn't breathing properly, he wasn't thinking rationally. The people around him were [i]dying,[/i] he knew that, and he could've maybe stopped to help someone to their feet. But... He was scared. Tommy didn't have the strength to [i]stop.[/i] And besides, [color=#FFFFFF]w[/color][color=#FFFCF1]h[/color][color=#FFFAE4]o[/color] [color=#FFF6C9]w[/color][color=#FFF4BB]o[/color][color=#FFF2AE]u[/color][color=#FFF0A1]l[/color][color=#FFEE93]d[/color] [color=#FFE978]d[/color][color=#FFE76B]o[/color] [color=#FFE350]t[/color][color=#FFE143]h[/color][color=#FFDF35]e[/color] [color=#FFDB1A]s[/color][color=#FFD90D]a[/color][color=#FFD600]m[/color][color=#FFD90D]e[/color] [color=#FFDD28]f[/color][color=#FFDF35]o[/color][color=#FFE143]r[/color] [color=#FFE55D]h[/color][color=#FFE76B]i[/color][color=#FFE978]m[/color][color=#FFEC86]?[/color] [color=#FFF0A1]N[/color][color=#FFF2AE]o[/color] [color=#FFF6C9]o[/color][color=#FFF8D6]n[/color][color=#FFFAE4]e[/color][color=#FFFCF1].[/color] Most people in this town didn't even know his name, except when they needed something from him.

No, he had to help himself.

So he ran, away from the direction others were going. His car was in that direction, but if there were that many people, he'd just get caught in whatever was going on. He shoved past bodies, nearly hit the floor a few times, almost tripped over someone's lost bag of drugs. [color=#FFFFFF]H[/color][color=#FFFDF4]e[/color] [color=#FFFADF]p[/color][color=#FFF8D4]u[/color][color=#FFF6C9]s[/color][color=#FFF5BF]h[/color][color=#FFF3B4]e[/color][color=#FFF1AA]d[/color] [color=#FFEE94]a[/color][color=#FFEC8A]w[/color][color=#FFEB7F]a[/color][color=#FFE974]y[/color] [color=#FFE65F]f[/color][color=#FFE455]r[/color][color=#FFE24A]o[/color][color=#FFE13F]m[/color] [color=#FFDD2A]t[/color][color=#FFDC1F]h[/color][color=#FFDA15]e[/color][color=#FFD80A]m[/color][color=#FFD700].[/color] [color=#FFDA15]H[/color][color=#FFDC1F]e[/color] [color=#FFDF35]d[/color][color=#FFE13F]i[/color][color=#FFE24A]d[/color][color=#FFE455]n[/color][color=#FFE65F]'[/color][color=#FFE76A]t[/color] [color=#FFEB7F]d[/color][color=#FFEC8A]e[/color][color=#FFEE94]s[/color][color=#FFF09F]e[/color][color=#FFF1AA]r[/color][color=#FFF3B4]v[/color][color=#FFF5BF]e[/color] [color=#FFF8D4]t[/color][color=#FFFADF]h[/color][color=#FFFBE9]i[/color][color=#FFFDF4]s[/color][color=#FFFFFF].[/color] Whatever [i]this[/i] was.

[color=ffd700]"This way."[/color]

There was a woman, standing by the walls of the warehouse. She was in a red dress, brown hair in short curls. She looked... Old, familiar. She had his mother's eyes. Despite the chaos, she just stood there, arm outstretched. She looked like watercolor against impressionism, pointing him towards a door.

[color=ffd700]"You do not deserve this, young man."[/color]

That voice sounded familiar to him. It pulled on that feeling in his heart. That warm, swelling [color=#FFFFFF]f[/color][color=#FFFCF0]e[/color][color=#FFFAE1]e[/color][color=#FFF7D2]l[/color][color=#FFF5C3]i[/color][color=#FFF3B4]n[/color][color=#FFF0A5]g[/color] [color=#FFEC87]o[/color][color=#FFE978]f[/color] [i][b][color=#FFE55A]p[/color][color=#FFE24B]r[/color][color=#FFE03C]i[/color][color=#FFDE2D]d[/color][color=#FFDB1E]e[/color][color=#FFD90F].[/color][/b][/i]

It burned.

He couldn't breathe.

[color=a79500]"I don't- What- What's going on-"[/color] He felt like he was going to burn up, sweat beaded up under his hair. There was a pain in his chest, and it made Tommy clutch at his shirt and-

His hands. They were smoking. Golden flecks of something he'd never seen before were coming off his skin. 

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"Ah... There it is." A hand fell on his shoulder, and made him flinch. He looked, and the smoking man was there.

"Congratulations, boy," He said. His face was visible now. He was old, with ashy blonde hair, his features gentle and soft. There was a smile on his face. His eyes were yellow like sunflowers, and just looking at them made Tommy feel [i]still.[/i] The locket around his neck had more details to it, Tommy could see what looked like a sword, circled by olive branches, engraved on its surface. He smelled like wood ash.

"That was more rough than mine," The woman in the red dress remarked. Tommy noticed her arms were covered in tattoo sleeves, depicting flowers of various species. Everything from thorny roses to hemlocks. She held a fountain pen that glowed the same color as the old man's locket.

A black snake hung around her shoulders.

Finally, after what could have been a thousand years, Tommy breathed.

[color=a79500]"What... In the [i]fucking-"[/i][/color]

"Quiet, we don't have long." The woman had a stern tone. "You are going to run for your life, and then you will use what you've been given. You just Kindled, Thomas Bracken, as we did when we were alive. We're already running out of time, so I'll just tell you now, that magic is real."

Tommy blinked. [i]What?[/i]

"And..." The old man sighed. "As much as we would love to tell you more, I expect that we won't have that chance."

He stepped around to face Tommy, and his body seemed to be fraying like an old photograph. He tapped his locket, and then touched Tommy's jacket, where his cards were stored.

"When you know you are safe, reach for those. You will know what to do."

He felt so confused. What was he supposed to do?

The black snake around the woman's neck stuck its tongue out and hissed. Her legs and feet were evaporating.

"Well, time to go."

"Yes. Be proud, boy. Above all else, be proud."

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Back to the writhing bodies of the living and the dying.

And he just ran.