-August 19, 2017
What seeing red looks like.
EVERYONE LOVES THE FIRST DAY OF A NEW JOB, RIGHT?
NEW COLLEAGUES, NEW FRIENDS. IT’S A DAY FULL OF
POTENTIAL AND HOPE, BEFORE ALL THE DREARY
DEPRESSIONS OF REALITY SHOW UP TO RUIN ALL THE FUN.
I LIKE THE FIRST DAY OF WORK FOR A DIFFERENT REASON
THOUGH. YOU SEE, I HAVE A SORT OF POWER. WHEN I LOOK
A COLORED OUTLINE BASED ON HOW LONG THAT PERSON
HAS TO LIVE. MOST EVERYONE I MEET AROUND MY AGE IS
SURROUNDED BY A SOLID GREEN HUE, WHICH MEANS THEY
HAVE PLENTY OF TIME LEFT, LIVING TO OLD AGE.
A FAIR AMOUNT OF THEM HAVE A PEACH TINGE TO THEIR AURA
WHICH TENDS TO MEAN A CANCER OR DEPRESSION. ANYTHING
THAT TAKES PEOPLE“BEFORE THEIR TIME” AS THEY SAY.
THE REAL FUN IS WHEN THE AURAS VENTURE INTO THE RED
END OF THE SPECTRUM, THOUGH. EVERY NOW AND AGAIN
I’LL SEE SOMEONE WHO’S BASICALLY THROBBING FADE. IT’S
SUCH A RUSH TO SEE THEM AND KNOW THEIR TIME IS NUMBERED.
WITH THAT IN MIND, I ALWAYS GET TO WORK VERY EARLY
SO I CAN SCOUT OUT MY COLLEAGUES’ FATES. THE FIRST
MAN WHO WALKED IN WAS BASICALLY RADIATING RED. TOO
BAD, BRO. BUT AS PEOPLE KEPT WALKING IN, THEY ALL HAD
THE SAME RAPIDLY FADING COLOR. I FINALLY CAUGHT A GLIMPSE
OF MY OWN REFLECTION, SUDDENLY PLUMMETING TO A RED LIKE
THE OTHERS. OUR BOSS STEPPED IN SMILING AND LOCKED THE
DOOR, HIS AURA A SICKENING SHADE OF GREEN...
ZENRYHAO