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Inktober Day 1 Synopsis of the Series: It's 2040, and the end of the world is upon us. But it's not by what we all expected - the rapture, a meteor, or alien invasion. It's courtesy of man and Gene research. Man explored genes and how to manipulate human and animal DNA in unnatural ways, and as a result., a lot of monstrous animals have been created. In one act of defiance, Macrohard and it's overzealous CEO, Gill Bates, has planned to create a superhuman, a being of…
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Sketch: Japanese Samurai II Aside from the Inktober post, it's been quite a while since I posted any art on read.cash. Well actually, it's been a while since I even made any serious sketches - just some multiple sketches which I'm using to know how best to depict the human form. https://read.cash/@Ozzyy/inktober-day-1-552eac2d So yesterday, I got bored and decided to do something. I've once posted a work on the Japanese Samurai, but that was digital art, which is honestly…
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Inktober Day 2: Wisps Day 1: Fish https://read.cash/@Ozzyy/inktober-day-1-552eac2d The man was calm and collected as he thought about how to approach the boy. Part of him wanted to just chop then boy's head off, seeing as he'd been eluding them for the past 12 years. He'd have to wait for just a little while longer. Night gave the best cover for this sort of mission. ****** He didn't smoke cigarettes. Cigarettes killed. They were bad for the lungs, which meant he couldn't…
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Siren's Song They always washed up on the shore. Every full moon, kids would vanish from the town. Aged 6 -17, they were almost always young, carefree juvenile delinquents, curious little things who just wanted to be free. But once every month, one family would be one-member short. They'd brought the policemen when someone noticed the belongings of the missing people - a lock of hair, a doll, a torn piece of underwear, anything. All covered in the owner's blood. It was the…
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Inktober Days 3 and 4: Bulky and Radio Sorry, I was very busy yesterday, and I couldn't post 😭😭😢 ****** DAY 3: BULKY He looked on at the man, shocked at how clean he was looking and how calm his demeanor was even though he'd just killed 10 dragonflies just a few minutes ago. "Calm down, Alec. I'm an ally," the man said. *The hell?* "How the hell do you know my name?" he asked, trying to sound authoritative. "Calm down," the man said, pulling out a strange cylindrical disc…
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Inktober Day 5: Blade He stirred slowly, unsure of what he was hearing. At first it sounded like a police siren. Like a raid was going on at his house. He was groggy and his mind was still hazy, which was surprising to him, considering the fact that the armor had been on his body throughout this entire time. He looked at the buzzing red light in his room, and realized what it was. The soiurvenof the alarm. Something was trying to break through his barrier. The only thing…
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Medical Tips 3: Anemia and some Related Illnesses I decided to further expand on this topic because of a request from @heartbeat1515 so I hope you enjoy this! What is Anemia? Anemia can be defined in different ways, all having slightly different ideologies but all pointing towards the same direction in the end. Some say it's the lack of iron in the blood, others say it's the lack of blood itself. There's just one definition that can be universally accepted. Anemia is the…
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Inktober Day 6: Rodent “Where are we going?” Alec asked the man for the sixteenth time that afternoon. The man suddenly turned, exasperated, and looked at him. “Can you please be quiet for a g*ddamn second and let me gather my thoughts? If you’re still confused as to what’s going on, then reality check! You almost git your ass beat to a pulp back there. Worse still, I have no idea who’s next.” “Who was that guy?” “Echo.” “You see, that’s the issue,” Alec sighed, “You know…
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Inktober Day 7: Fancy The woman called Fraulein was a bubbling, charming lady. She looked to be about 45 - 50 years of age, according to Alec's rough estimation based on her looks, and she carried herself with so much dignity, it would sound almost scandalous that she was running an underground smuggling network. Which she was. She wore a long princess-like gown, had her hair packed in a bun, and walked with so much grace and elegance, it felt like she'd been a ballet dancer…
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Inktober Day 8: Teeth The woman called Fraulein was a raggedly old monster. Her transformation was even more dramatic than Ace's. Her cheeks hollowed out, her teeth began to clump together and grew into gigantic calcified mini-horns, with the canines so large that she couldn't keep her mouth shut. She drooled, and her face had a maniacal smile. "So, who's first?" she asked. The right side of her face began to crack, and her features dramatically became like that of an old…
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Inktober Day 9: Throw The woman called Fraulein didn't see it coming. All she could see was Ace rushing towards her, and so she turned her back to him and made to flap her wings. Her idea was to create a gust in front of her that would translate to suction in Ace's direction, drawing him in for the kill. But was she looked behind her, she saw Ace bend, and then she caught sight of him. Alec Winters. His posture appeared to be very distorted, almost as if he was throwing…
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How I React When People Yell At Me One of the most difficult people to work or relate with is irritable people - take it from someone who knows. My mother and elder sister were very irritable, and that behavior was at odds with my calm, easygoing nature. While they were so easy to annoy and were so annoying to talk to, I was just this guy that wanted to live out every day of my life like a carefree cloud in the sky. I, however, got the trait from them. Or I don't think it…
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The Hypocrite We all laughed at her. Sally with the big bones and an even bigger body. Standing at six feet while we were still in high school, she was the freak of the class. To be seen associating with her dealt a huge blow to one's reputation, so we all just steered cleared of her while calling her all sorts of names. Yet Sally would smile, laugh with us, and try to hit us sometimes. We thought, "well, if she's such a good sport., then it's okay". We were too dense, too…
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The Hypocrite II For some of us, suicide wasn’t an option. The escape Sally opted for was just something we couldn’t contemplate doing. Killing oneself. The fear of the unknown was too great. On one hand was the premise of damnation to hell. On the other hand, for some who didn’t think hell existed, was the eternity of nothingness. One just ceases to exist. Neither of these options was palatable for us. So we had to live with it. The constant name-calling, bullying,…
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Inktober Day 10: Hope Alec was jolted up from sleep when he noticed the shuttle wasn't moving. Ace was already up, his longsword in hand as they both had the very same thought on their minds. They had been caught. "We need to get out of here, fast. Are you strong now?" Ace asked. "Yeah," Alec said, before punching the roof of the shuttle hard. The echo reverberated around the crevice they were shuttling in, but it only dented the roof of the shuttle. "That's an extremely…
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OPINION: Accept Your Imperfections Do you realize how beautiful you are? Probably no, because you are too busy thinking about how your waist can be thinner, your nose can be more pointed, your lips could be fuller, your hair could be blonde, or read or some other shallow body modification. You want six-packs, bigger biceps, the iron-board chest -you know, you just want to look the picture of the perfect man/woman. You hate the pimples on your face, so you're willing to try…
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Art History: Ife Art Have you ever heard of Ife Art? Well, if you haven't, get ready to read about one of the most iconic arts from West Africa; Nigeria to be precise. INTRODUCTION Ile-Ife, also known as Ife, is an ancient city of the Yoruba tribe in what is the modern-day Osun state of Nigeria. Historical evidence dates this holy city's origin to as far back as 500 BC. But we're here for the art. The art was created within the 13th-14th century, ruling out any possibility…
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The Puzzled Reaper [Writing Prompt] There is more than just the Grim Reaper- there is the Sorrowful Reaper, the Envious Reaper, so on and so forth- one for each emotion. Each one reaps a death based on the emotions behind the death. You were chosen to take over one of the Reaper roles... Welcome to day one as the Puzzled Reaper. ****** "Can all new reapers report to the Common Room for debriefing!' I really needed that, because I didn't know what the hell I was doing there.…
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Art History: The Benin Ivory Masks Have you ever heard of the Benin Ivory Masks? Stick around let's get into the details. INTRODUCTION Benin is another ancient kingdom that is currently the capital city of Edo state of Nigeria. It was one of the oldest and most developed empires in that area of West Africa, having been formed at about the 11th Century A.D and it was annexed by the British in **1897**. Benin had its own art just like the Ife people, although the Benin Bronze…
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Inktober Day 11: Disgusting They had been unconscious for a little over five hours. It was now 6 AM, and their bones were aching, as well as their stomachs. Despite being a serene-looking environment, there was nothing calm and soothing about the hard beds they had to sleep on and the unforgiving mosquitoes. "Damn it, I'm hungry!" Alec said, exhausted. Of sleeping. "You know, I can't argue otherwise. I'll go fishing while you find some fruit or little animal for us to cook."…
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Green Snake This is the Writing Prompt. Let's do this. ****** She was benevolent, kind, and trustworthy. One of the best midwives and counselors in the area, she'd helped deliver quite a huge number of babies, and then comfort a lot of mothers who'd lost theirs' in the line of childbirth Bertha was her name, and there wasn't a soul kind as hers within 5 miles of Saint Paul's. Middle Aged and always dressed in her clean sky-0blue scrubs, she became synonymous with that…
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Inktober Day 12: Slippery "It's called the Fruit of Fantasia," Ace said to a groggy Alec who was just coming out of unconsciousness for the second time in one day. It was six hours after he'd become unconscious upon seeing his hand melting. Looking at his two arms, they were both okay. "The Fruit of what? What happened to me?" "The Fruit of Fantasia. It causes fatal hallucinations when a huge amount is eaten, so you're lucky you just had a bite or two. It did knock you out,…
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Time and Time Again They never appreciated the favor I was doing them. Most members of the human race never see the bigger picture until it's too late. So, I wasn't surprised that they did not understand the value of my actions or the reasons behind them - they were just too blinded by their quest to be self-righteous and fight for 'justice'. A stupid definition of the word. As I sat aboard the plane to China, I was thankful to Melissa for the makeup and the prosthetics that…
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Don't Give Up!!! Many people are quick and all-too-willing to talk about how hard life is, and how things aren't working out for them. Which is understandable, since that's how life always is. Like I say, it's an eternal battle in life, and whether we like it or not, the rules that pertain to the animal kingdom also pertain here - the strong live/win and the weak die/lose out. Strength and Weakness are judged under the terms of Financial, Physical, Spiritual, and…
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Afterlife The Prompt; Alright, let's do this: Life was a fickle, transient experience, or state of being with no basis. For 60% of people, it was about being born, finding a way to make a living, taking care of your children, and dying, leaving your kids to continue the pointless cycle. For 30% it was just about doing whatever else - not having kids, being nuisances to the society, and all that. For the last 10%, of which I am painfully among, it is dying young, having never…
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The devil within [WP] A demon possessed your body and in trying to take control, has failed. Now he awkwardly sits inside your body, stuck and bored, and you know he's there. @Hanzell @Leo_kitti ****** At first, it started with the high fevers, sleepless nights, and tiredness - Like Marti said it would. But then over time, instead of losing my personality, the symptoms subsided. And I was left with an angry, bothersome demon in my head. "I could have had all the hosts in the…
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In an instant **[WP] A new merchant just appeared outside of your town. They are selling strange food items called "instant noodles".** ****** When they first appeared, I used to ignore them. If it wasn't in McDonald's, I wasn't eating it. They had the fastest 'fast food' in all of America, so why the hell would I want to try 'instant noodles'? It was probably a gimmick. Until I saw my girlfriend, Evie, eating it. "What's that?" I asked curiously, peeking into her bowl. It…
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The Three-Day Affairs **[WP] You're a staunch atheist with a time machine who is hell-bent on killing each world religion's most recognized historical figures in a bid to rid the world of all religion. Your first target is Jesus, but he keeps coming back to life every three days.** ****** LONDON, 2020 The name of the store never changed. It was always J and J's, or at least it had been since 1950. The guy never even bothered to change, and it meant I found him all the time.…
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The Outcast **[WP] Humanity has merged into a single immortal consciousness. Everyone who has ever lived has become as one, a being of pure energy and infinite love, that shall last to the death of the universe and beyond. And they’re here to explain why they left you out.** ****** Well, well, well. Well. Did they say that three or four times? I honestly couldn't remember. Not that it was important anyway, but it was the only thing I could say now. Now that *they* were here.…
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Memory [WP] You have been selected to test the first working prototype of the Faster-than-light space shuttle, but as you were about to initiate the test, you spot a note in your handwriting telling you to abort the test. ****** I saw the note early. Tucked in between the ignition button and its encasing cavity, it was impossible not to see anyway, but that surprised me. Whoever had put the note definitely wanted it to be seen. And he or she wanted it to be seen by whoever…
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Detec-thief [WP] It was supposed to be an easy burglary. The husband left for work at 6, the kid left for school at 7, and the wife left for shopping at 12. You go in at 12:30 to grab a TV and some jewelry. Breaking in and finding the husband, kid, and wife hanging from the ceiling was definitely not part of the plan. ****** As I looked at the scene before me, I realized that I'd have been better off if I actually finished high school. Dropping out and leaving home sounded…
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God Save the Queen **[WP] Everyone is immortal. Death by age is a myth. You are part of a secret order of assassins from the future whose job is to kill people once they get too old, The Queen of England is 200 and nobody in your order has never even been able to get near her, Until now.** ****** Yesterday was a fiasco. "You all had one job. Just the one. Kill the old bat. That's all. And you BLEW IT!" Our commander screamed, looking at all 12 of us sitting at the table. We…
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Nigeria Bleeds: Black Tuesday! Please note that this video contains gruesome scenes, Readers' Discretion is advised! It was like every other day - the people gathered at their usual spot in the morning - The Lekki Toll Gate in Nigeria, for another day of peaceful protests. About 15 hours later, 78 of these people would be confirmed dead, killed by the Army of their own country. For years, members of the Special Ant Robbery Squad, as well as Police officers have been involved…
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A Visit From Tomorrow **[**WP] A homeless 23-year-old living in a van receives a visit from a woman in bizarre clothes. "Almighty ruler!" she says, kneeling down. "I come to you from the future where..." She trails off as she scans the surroundings. "I'm... sorry, I knew you came from humble beginnings, but..." ****** I usually came out of my van by 9 AM, spit into a metal bucket, and stuck three peppermints into my mouth as I prepared for the days odd jobs - side gigs in…
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Lord of the Flies **[WP] At the age of 18, everyone gains a Familiar, an animal suddenly enchanted to be intelligent and bonded to them. You wake up on your 18th birthday to find your room covered in hornets, all of them speaking to you as one.** ****** I had always dreamed it would be a lion. You know, like Aslan in the Chronicles of Narnia. A big lion that would scare the sh!t out of all the bullies at school and would make me look cool in front of all the girls. Tyler had…
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Battle for Supremacy [WP] All Humans have a Sword they are born with, Every year on your birthday, your sword gets more detailed and powerful. You are born with a Gun. ****** I exhaled deeply, inhaling in a like manner as I knew it would be long before I would breathe like that again. I could feel him coming closer and closer as I tried to stay one step ahead. But I'm narrating this too fast. You must have a hard time trying to follow my narrative. Let's go back to the…
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After weeks of trying to nderstand the Random Rewarder's algorithm, I have come to the conclusion that it is indeed, random. It's not always about the upvotes we get, since some of my articles with small upvotes earned way more tips than others with big upvotes. Then again, it isn't about the length because some of my 6 - 7 minute articles didn't make an equally 'long' amount of tips XD. I guess it's just a game of luck, keeping posting regularly and remember to interact…
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My Psychic Phone 1 **[WP] There's something off about your new phone. You seem to keep getting cryptic notifications about bad things that are about to happen around you. '21:13:' the latest one reads, 'The time has come. The blade is ready. Here comes the end. Just keep steady.'** ****** All my fears about that phone were justified. When I first saw the 80 dollar phone on Wish Express, I did a double-take. First of all, Wish Express was known for selling fake, substandard…
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My Psychic Phone 2 This is still the prompt **[WP] There's something off about your new phone. You seem to keep getting cryptic notifications about bad things that are about to happen around you. '21:13:' the latest one reads, 'The time has come. The blade is ready. Here comes the end. Just keep steady.'** https://read.cash/@Ozzyy/my-psychic-phone-1-546d8c25#wp-there039s-something-off-about-your-new-phone-you-seem-to-keep-getting-cryptic-notificatio Part One…
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The Marriage Counselor [Writing Prompt] As a side gig, you work as the best hitman in the city. One day, two Mafia bosses hire you to kill the other. Not wanting a gang war, you resort to your main profession: Marriage Counselor ****** Your choices make or mar you. I don't know if that saying already exists, or I just made it up, but that's what it is. And for me, the choice to leave school and hone my shooting skill on Grandpa's shooting range 13 years ago was one that had…
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My Psychic Phone 3 My Psychic Phone 1 https://read.cash/@Ozzyy/my-psychic-phone-1-546d8c25 My Psychic Phone 2 https://read.cash/@Ozzyy/my-psychic-phone-2-2fb13c15 **[WP] There's something off about your new phone. You seem to keep getting cryptic notifications about bad things that are about to happen around you. '21:13:' the latest one reads, 'The time has come. The blade is ready. Here comes the end. Just keep steady.'**…
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Word...play? **[WP] Believing it to be a simple typo, you've accepted an interview to be a janitor at a "Werehouse".** ****** I was used to a harsh life, struggling to make ends meet and barely having enough to take care of myself. I ran away from an abusive home, joined a circus, pickpocketed, street-performed, and did all manner of things to try and keep my head above the water. Of course, not having any formal education beyond middle school, I was severely handicapped in…
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NaNoWriMo Novel Teaser: Blades **[WP]There were eight swords, and each sword could control an element: earth, water, air, fire, light, darkness, life, and death. You somehow managed to find the Life and Death sword.** It was by a stroke of pure luck - nothing, nothing but pure luck, that I found the two most iconic of the legendary swords. Or so I thought. Fire. Water. Earth. Air. Light. Darkness. Life. Death. Created by the Almighty, using the sun as his very furnace, these…
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How Did You Come Up With Your Read.Cash Username? Okay, so I know the title may have been a little weird (pardon me), but today I was just looking at some replies in my article when I noticed something that had literally been staring at me for the past few months. @Leo_kitti's username! Sure, I'd been seeing it a lot, but for the first time, I actually looked at it. And then thought, "what motivated her to use this username?" Because yeah, it's pretty unique, and it really…
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A Cupboard full of Skeletons 1 **[WP] A priest, a Navy SEAL, an actress, a manager, and a construction worker check into a motel somewhere in no-man's-land in the desert. All of them have disturbing and horrible secrets and by the end of the night, only one of them will leave the place alive.** ****** They all met at the Rendezvous motel, located in the middle Chihuahuan desert, South Arizona. They all had journeys ahead of them the next day, and they had just stopped for…
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A Cupboard full of Skeletons 2 Eric Lenard had never felt so threatened. A chronic womanizer with a loving wife at home, he'd wanted to keep this affair a secret always. Always. Always. And then, of all people to catch him in such a compromising situation, it was this man. Father Manuel. The priest at his very own parish. There was no escaping the fact that he would be exposed. The priest would do it in the name of being 'a good servant of the Lord.'. But to him, that meant…
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Choices [WP] People always portray Death as a scary Grim Reaper with a black hood and scythe. But today on your deathbed, you learned that this couldn’t be further from the truth. At death, the essence of life becomes clear. Not the reason why we are here; no, some people never get to find that out. But the true value of life - the things that matter become clear. What becomes clear is that earthly possessions are vanity. The bullet-proof car I had wasn't accident-proof. It…
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Soulmate **[WP] "Uh... Why don't you have a pulse?" the nurse questions you. You begin sweating. Your cover's been blown!** It's said that each and every one of us has a soulmate. That one person who was specifically sent to this world to be with us. But it's a one in a millionth chance that we'll ever find them. Or maybe the stakes a higher - who knows? With over 7 Billion people on one spinning ball, finding your soulmate might be virtually impossible - or unexpectedly…