The Compromise.
The nightmare began. He was arguing with himself. The other had nothing but
violent ideas, whilst he attempted reason and logic. In the end, the other
always won, and as he reached for his throat, he woke up in a fit. This was the
third night in a row he's had this nightmare, and it was after that weird day
when he woke up on a subway with a blank book. Sometimes, when he looks in the
mirror now, he feels like he's looking at more than before, and that more is
looking back. He could've sworn he had two shadows yesterday. He hadn't had
anymore lapses in memory, but he was afraid of himself now. He wouldn't admit it
to anyone, either.
~~~
This fool won't cooperate! Most creatures would have turned by now, but this
one was resisting more than Legion ever did! I had probed his mind many times,
and he seems to like the darkness, and yet...
___
He had to do something, talk to someone, it has been a week, and the dreams
were still happening. He had been hearing about a user on Twitter called
"@_Catzo_" but whenever he tried to visit the page, his browser closed as he
blinked. Come to think of it, the blinking always happened as he closed it, and
his left paw felt numb for a moment...
~~~
How many times will he try and view it? Alt F4! He must not know directly of my
existence, he is already too aware! Alt F4! Gah, now that fatty dragon won't
follow my orders! I will destroy- alt F4- him!
___
He decided to set out to Noxi's since she seemed to be more aware of what may
be happening. He arrived at her house, and knocked on her door, attempting to
hide his current emotions...
/\/
Uh oh, it's him again. Oh, that's good, he seems himself. He's not doing a very
good job of hiding his worry though. I suppose I'll let him in, but should I
tell him what I know?
___
He asked her if she still had the blank book, and she did.
He looked at it, and shook his head, "That's not what is bothering me, can we
go to your computer for a sec?" She said sure, and they went.
She turned the seat thinking he wanted to use it, and he shook his head. "Noxi,
I need to to go to a certain webpage for me, and tell me how I react..."
/\/
"Why?" I asked. Of course I knew why, she had heard about the strange Twitter
account from Rami, who had heard of it from DragonFlayer and IntelMiner. They
all thought it was an elaborate prank, hardeehar, that Catso, always messing
around, but she suspected otherwise. She didn't use Twitter herself, but she had
viewed the page before. The writing on it was hardly legible, heavily corrupted,
it seemed the owner of the Twitter was trying to attract others into joining him
somehow. Now, she went to the page again. Her net was slow, so she sat there and
waited for the page to load. As the first line of text appeared, Catso suddenly
reached a paw out and hit two keys, and the browser closed. I looked at him,
confused, and caught a glint of a glowing green and an expression of irritation
for a split second...
~~~
And now this fool is trying to get others to open it for him! If he tries it
again, I shall do far worse than just close the browser...
/\/
"Catso, why did you just close the page?" I asked. He looked perplexed, and
denied having done so.
Then I had an idea, "Well, you just did, but I think we're getting to the root
of this problem. Would you mind if I restrained you somehow?
He blushed a bit, then shook his head, "Sorry, mind in the gutter. How so?"
I poked him in the chest, "Not like that, dork, I just need to see how you
react to the page when you cannot physically do anything about it.
___
So she found a spare, heavy, chair, and tied him firmly to it, and set him a
few feet back to look at the screen. "Alright, I can't move at all. You say I
was hitting some keys to close the page?"
She replied "Yes, you were," not looking at him directly.
"Alright, open it then," he said.
~~~
Damned, I can't use his claws to cut these ropes, they're out of position to do
that! No, I won't let him see!
/\/
The page loaded, slowly. Then, I heard an unearthly roar.
"I will rend you limb from limb, mortal, you shall not know the true meaning of
pain until I'm through with you!" I turned to see Catso jerking and snarling in
the chair, his claws unsheathed, trying to free himself. His eyes were burning
bright green, yet the room seemed darker around him.
"Catso? What are you doing?!"
"Not 'Catso', Catzo! Either you close that page or I'll-" then he seemed to
scream in pain, and his eyes flickered.
"Get out!"
"No!"
"Go back in that book!"
"I am the book!"
"I don't want to be your puppet!"
"You will resist no more!"
"If you want to reside in me so much, you'll have to share then!"
"I will not comprimise with a mere mortal!"
"Well this mortal seems to be just a bit too much to handle for you then!"
"You dare question-"
"Oh, I dare!" Then he roared again, his normal roar and the unearthly one at
the same time, and the chair finally fell sideways, crashing to the floor, where
he continued to wrestle with the entity who called themselves "Catzo"...
~~~
It has been about three days since me and this mortal came to an agreement. I
seeth still, but whatever it takes to achieve my ends, I suppose...