Elspeth stared at the painted canvas, trying to figure out just what was wrong with the painting. When she had looked at it last night, it had been utterly perfect, and now -- now, something was off. She brushed a stray strand of her pale blond hair out of her face and fixed her ponytail again. She squinted at her artwork. It was the same forest ( Read more... )

This is the final chapter in my (I hope) epic fic for n3m3sis43's Cliffton. It's about the character Devin's mental instability, and the other chapters are linked below.
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7

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My relief is fucking short lived. Alex narrows his eyes at me and says, “Tell me what you’re doing, or I’ll tell Al.”

( 'Trying to fucking escape.' )

If you want to read the previous chapters in this fanfic about Devin's mental instability, they are linked below.
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6

---------Today’s the fucking day. I’m gonna escape the Home for the Intractably Insane. Just have to wait until 5PM to sneak into the Care Assistants’ Station and steal the MobiDrives. On the advice of a boy, whom ( Read more... )

If you want to read the previous chapters in this fanfic about Devin's mental instability, they are linked below.
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5

---------Can’t fucking sleep. Something’s wrong with the ventilation in my room. Fucking wonky. I think it broke sometime after my last session with Al -- been having a lot of trouble breathing ever since then. Had ( Read more... )

If you want to read the previous chapters in this fanfic about Devin's mental instability, they are linked below.
1 | 2 | 3 | 4

---------I glare at the NutrioStick in my hand. Brian, the fucking Nutrition Counselor, says I have to eat it. I’m “malnourished” and “haven’t been eating enough.” It’s not my fucking fault -- all the food tastes like ( Read more... )

If you want to read the previous chapters in this fanfic about Devin's mental instability, they are linked below.
1 | 2 | 3

---------It’s been weeks, maybe months, maybe longer since I got stuck in the Home for the Intractably Insane. Don’t know how long I’ve been in here. Time flows wrong in this place -- it’s got no meaning. Sometimes I wonder ( Read more... )