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− | I spent my time |
+ | I spent my time idling in the mansion. Since the previous night I had been sitting like that, staring at the scenery outside the window of the living room. The sky was ironically blue, and the birds were chirping. They almost seemed to be singing a hymn of peace. But I felt like being the only person left in this world. Rather than falling into sadness, I was more like unable to fully embrace the truth. |
− | Not knowing what |
+ | Not knowing what I should do, I eventually returned to my usual routine work. |
− | + | The chores. |
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− | I gave the mansion a good |
+ | I gave the mansion a good clean, cut the grass, and paid the bills. |
− | When I was trying to wash Professor's clothes, I found my hands shaking. After preparing the meals, I was in shock, realizing that no one would finish my dishes. |
+ | When I was trying to wash Professor's clothes, I found my hands shaking. After preparing the meals, I was in a shock, realizing that no one would finish my dishes. |
− | The bed in Professor's bedroom was cold. When the thought that the bed would never be warm again came up onto my mind, I felt |
+ | The bed in Professor's bedroom was cold. When the thought that the bed would never be warm again came up onto my mind, I felt like my chest was being torn into pieces. |
− | I did not even know what I was doing. But I continued with the chores. |
+ | I did not even know what I was doing. But I continued with the chores. In this way I kept escaping from the truth. It was simply too scary for me to face the reality. |
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− | I sat |
+ | I sat on the corridor outside the bedroom, hugging my knees. I felt like if I waited long enough Professor might return. That was why for the whole night, I was firmly grasping her cigarette case and waiting for her. |
− | But Professor did not return. |
+ | But, Professor did not return. |
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− | --BATTERY |
+ | --BATTERY WILL RUN OUT IN 5 MINUTES-- |
A voice with no intonation, spoken in a businesslike tone. |
A voice with no intonation, spoken in a businesslike tone. |
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− | --PLEASE |
+ | --PLEASE START CHARGING THE BATTERY NOW-- |
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− | As my mental state had been a mess ever since |
+ | As my mental state had been in a mess ever since the death of Professor, I quickly proceeded to realize my desire. |
− | Holding a |
+ | Holding a burner used for maintenance purposes, I pressed the switch. A shimmer of hot air shot out of its opening. Shortly after, a red pillar of flame appeared. Slowly, I moved the burner towards my wrist. Metallic droplets like sweat showed up and the linking unit slowly melted. In ten seconds, the electrical outlet was totally burnt. A large amount of black machine oil burst out of it. |
− | It was a miserable scene. The outburst of oil from my wrist reached even the ceiling. The laboratory which |
+ | It was a miserable scene. The outburst of oil from my wrist reached even the ceiling. The laboratory which was as white as a snowfield turned into a dark room filled with stinky oil. Staring at the scene in a state of ecstasy, the electronic voice of "WARNING! WARNING! WARNING! WARNING!"inside my mind circuit sounded like hysteric screams. |
− | + | In five minutes, all the machine oil had flowed out of my body. There was only a dark liquid kept shooting out of my wrist. It was almost like the water fountain in the square outside the train station. |
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+ | It was at that moment. |
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− | And then, |
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− | I had a |
+ | I had a vehement shivering fit. |
− | I had never felt |
+ | It was something that I had never felt before. Dizziness, nausea, and an intense pain like my cranium being twisted and scratched, struck me multiple times within a short duration. Like humans who drank poison, my lips were trembling. Feeling extremely sick, I rolled on the floor in pain and clutched my chest. |
− | --WARNING! 30 SECONDS BEFORE BATTERY |
+ | --WARNING! 30 SECONDS BEFORE BATTERY RUNS OUT! PLEASE START MAINTENANCE PROCEDURES IMMEDIATELY—- |
In its usual, businesslike tone, the electronic voice declared my coming death. |
In its usual, businesslike tone, the electronic voice declared my coming death. |
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− | Suddenly, like a lunatic, my eyes |
+ | Suddenly, like a lunatic, my eyes became wide open. |
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− | I stood up in a panic and grabbed the recharging |
+ | I stood up in a panic and grabbed the recharging tube violently. Repeatedly I tried to pierce the electrical outlet of my wrist with the tube. However the charging unit had already deformed from heat. Like trying to thread a needle, all my attempts to link the tube with the unit failed. |
− | --BATTERY |
+ | --BATTERY WILL RUN OUT IN 10 SECONDS, 9, 8, 7…-- |
− | Panting in fear, I continued to stab the linking unit in my wrist with the |
+ | Panting in fear, I continued to stab the linking unit in my wrist with the tube. Stab. Stab. Stab. Stab. I don't want to die. I don't want to die. I don't want to die. I don't want to die. |
− | With a |
+ | With a clear sound of the tube being plunged into the linking unit, electricity and machine oil began to be pumped into my body. The warning sound stopped, and I was relieved from the shivering fit and the nauseous feeling. |
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− | Ah… |
+ | Ah… this time I don't have to die. |
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− | I was shocked |
+ | I was shocked by my thought. |
− | Is it good that I didn't die? |
+ | Is it a good thing that I didn't die? |
− | …when Professor |
+ | …when Professor had already passed away? |
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− | Iris Rain Umbrella. Why are you still |
+ | Iris Rain Umbrella. Why are you still living? You are a robot after all. Why are you afraid of death? With the master served by you being gone for good, there is no longer any meaning to your existence. Despite of this why are you still clinging to life? Die! Die! Die quickly now! |
− | + | Being extremely disgusted in myself, I scratched my head fiercely and tried to pluck my hair. |
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− | + | As an undoubted truth, I was obsessed with living. I wanted to live. I did not want to die. That was what I felt, what I realized, right after the first time of facing death. |
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− | I despised |
+ | I despised even my own self. Despite of loving Professor so much, despite of day-by-day shamelessly telling her how much I loved her, I could not even bring myself to follow her. |
− | Whenever I plucked |
+ | Whenever I plucked my hair, the tube clinging from my wrist hit the floor. It was extremely troublesome, but I did not have the courage to pull it away. |
− | The walls and ceiling were black |
+ | The walls and ceiling were in black, giving a stinky smell. Sitting in the black blood bursted out of my body, I kept plucking my hair like a lunatic. Dozen and dozen pieces of hair plucked from my head fell onto the ground. |