STORY STARTER
Your character wakes up one day with the ability to hear the thoughts of those around them.
How will you take this typical sci-fi idea and make your own narrative interesting?
The Mind That Is No Longer Mine
I miss the quiet.
I miss the peace.
My head is no longer my own.
It is brutally attacked by the thoughts of those around me.
Everyday.
I do not remeber a time when I had peace.
I just know I miss it.
_โI wish I looked like that girl.โ_
_โThat boys kinda cute.โ_
_โI canโt believe Iโm going on a date tonight!โ_
My feelings are being pushed to the side in favour of theirs. I feel the pain they experience.
_โI should have told them I loved them.โ_
_โI need to tell somebody what happened last night.โ_
_โI miss them so much.โ_
I feel their anger
_โIโm going to kill that bitch he ran off with.โ_
_โI hate her.โ_
_โThey never gave me a childhood.โ_
I feel myself beginning to get lost in their thoughts.
I do not remember what is mine and what is theirs.
My mind should not be their play place.
But yet it is.
Even in sleep I am ambushed by their dreams.
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And nobody can help.
Their thoughts are too loud.
Their thoughts and feelings are connecting to mine, like a fucked up bluetooth.
I am privy to their private thoughts. The ones they never want anyone to hear.
The ones I donโt want to hear.
So,
Would you really want to hear others thoughts?
Or is it another dream Iโm made to watch,
another fantasy forced on my conscience?