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31 writing prompts: habit

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Mephistopheles Lucifer

I really hate it when I can’t sleep.  Especially when I have nothing else to do…which time is the only time insomnia seems to strike.

Seriously.  There is nothing else for me to do.

I’ve entertained Belial—took him almost five hours to tire of my presence—I’ve helped Belz clean the kitchen, I’ve held and passed Satan his tools for car building and exercising, I’ve subjected myself to Evenstar’s whims, I’ve catalogued Abaddon’s shinies (for the eight thousandth time), and I’ve done everything Sama needs me to do for the next month.  I’ve also played all the way through Nightmare mode in Diablo II and played just about every other game I could think of until I could stand it no more.  I even took out about half of my ‘To Read’ list.

And I still can’t sleep.  I would take pills, but that seems like cheating…and I’m not sure it would work anyway.

The only thing left for me to try is to smoke some of my marijuana stash.  It’s not a habit.  I only do it when I can’t sleep.  Besides, I can stop anytime I want.  I just don’t feel like it…and right now, I need it.

I figure that lying down on my waterbed while I smoke will help…

~~*~~

…lo and behold, it doesn’t.

Still wide awake.  Bit drowsy, but not asleep in any sense of the term.  Three fags…left…out of about twenty.  It’s 3:30 in the morning…

~~*~~

…and now I feel like shit.  Though that might very well be insulting the shit.  And it doesn’t explain why I’m covered in…

…fire extinguisher foam?  I rub at the stuff again, certain that I’ve made a mistake, but no.

After checking the clock, I discover that it is now around noon, and that my stash is missing.  There is a sticky note where it should have been.  I have some trouble focusing on the words, but…

“You fell asleep while smoking, nearly set the house on fire.  You’re lucky it was me, and not Abaddon.  No more drugs for you.

Love ya, even when you do stupid shit like this.

                                                                                                                              —E”
they was unloved! :crying:

...also, mephis would like to protest that he is not an addict. :smoking: :weed:

This is part of the 31 writing prompts thing which i've listed in my journals. for the others, clickies teh links:

:mangapunksai:01. letter: [link]
:mangapunksai:02. sticks and stones: [link]
:mangapunksai:03. birthday: [link]
:mangapunksai:04. immortal: [link]
:mangapunksai:05. circus: [link]
:mangapunksai:06. abandoned: [link]
:mangapunksai:07. nosebleed: [link]
:mangapunksai:08. mother [or father, or both]: [link]
:mangapunksai:09. sunrise: [link]
:mangapunksai:10. distraction: [link]
:mangapunksai:11. habit: [link]
:mangapunksai:12. fuck: [link]
:mangapunksai:13. love: [link]
:mangapunksai:14. waste: [link]
15. skinny
:mangapunksai:16. eyes: [link]
17. white noise
18. impulse
19. addiction
:mangapunksai:20. desecrate: [link]
:mangapunksai:21. death: [link]
22. low
:mangapunksai:23. heartbeat: [link]
:mangapunksai:24. first kiss: [link]
:mangapunksai:25. tomorrow: [link]
26. sweet
:mangapunksai:27. fog [or mist]: [link]
:mangapunksai:28. can't: [link]
:mangapunksai:29. village: [link]
:mangapunksai:30. time: [link]
:mangapunksai:31. forget: [link]

and don't forget to read the original story: [link]
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xlntwtch's avatar
"Though that may be very well be insulting the shit." That's a great line.

And on a waterbed too. It seems Mephis like might've had a swim in the bed.

"Love ya, even when you do stupid shit like this...."

What was the prompt again? :poo: ?

And yeah I know I'm reading stuff from '09. Still... another :+fav: for this.