flashing lights.
Flashing lights. An array of different colours illuminated my face, highlighting my profound beauty, the aspect I was notorious for. I had the public wrapped around my palm, the absent-minded, gullible media playing a credible part to the success of my career. The world had seemed so easy back then, almost as if you could get away with anything,
The one thing that the public didnāt know- was that I was diagnosed with Schizophrenia. At the beginning, it was easy to control. The condition was incredibly minute-subsequent to the concealment. For years upon years, my secrecy neednāt of been questioned-only someone withholding impeccable intelligence may have been able to conclude something was different. It wasnāt a problem.
The spotlight clung to me like a disease. Ironic, regarding the actual disease that followed, the symptoms slowly becoming clearer day by day. It wasnāt until I married that the fear grew.
He was an average, respectable man who fitted my persona well. I liked him. Love was too hard to conquer, however. It was inexplicable to me, to even forge any vague understanding to what love meant. As the disease grew stronger, my ability to conduct any emotion became weaker.
People began to suspect something was off- gradually. My lack of empathy being the catalyst to this reaction. I was frequently questioned about the devastating world events; almost psychotically, I could not dispense any monumental speech for how much sympathy I felt. For quite simply, I felt none.
My fame began to simmer as I became a controversial character- I couldnāt say I was disliked, I think people were just worried. For me. Yet, on the eve of a cool October night, I grew accustomed to that worry too.
They came in the morning-red and blue-flashing lights.
The way you build a character is great; thereās backstory, relationships, emotions etc. Well thought out and put together!
Maybe one improvement I would say is to watch your language again, there are still some overly-fancy words which donāt belong in the context. For example āincredibly minuteā doesnāt really seem like a way to describe the condition of schizophrenia, and āimpeccableā is not typically a word youād use to describe intelligence. Just watch your adjectives and this would read a lot smoother.
Great work! š
I love this, especially the link between the start and end! Itās also very mysterious which makes it even more exciting!