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The Demon President (borders tp)

The man sat at the edge of the city, watching the red dusk. ...
canary affirmative action office
  10/22/24
longform doesnt get play on here anymore
twisted electric boiling water
  10/22/24
I am too Tall to write Short form
canary affirmative action office
  10/22/24
AIgen slop and longform copy/paste spam ruined it
spectacular clown therapy
  10/22/24
It’s not slop imo. It’s as good as Hemingway
canary affirmative action office
  10/22/24
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canary affirmative action office
  10/23/24
B+
Yapping Cocky Volcanic Crater Telephone
  10/26/24
Cliffs?
Ocher principal's office
  10/26/24


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Date: October 22nd, 2024 8:48 PM
Author: canary affirmative action office

The man sat at the edge of the city, watching the red dusk. The wind blew the dust across the barren roads. He had known peace once, in a world that had structure. He smoked, slowly, feeling the rough tobacco on his tongue. He remembered the days when a man could walk upright, with a firm belief in the order of things, a natural order. The new world was twisted, crooked by some force he couldn't name. That was before she came. The demon president. Kamala. A woman with a smile that masked the emptiness inside, a creature conjured by the weak to hold their hand as they sank deeper into the mire.

He squinted as the sun set behind the ruins of what once was a proud skyline. It was a world of shadows now, ruled by the faceless and the hollow. He felt it every day, the slipping away of what little remained of the truth he once knew. He had been raised on truths, truths about men and women, about black and white. The world had made sense back then. Now, it was all upside down, like a carnival mirror, with her at the center of it, her gaze burning everything to ash.

He thought about the old days, about honor, about courage. About men who built things with their hands and fought for what was right, even if the world was against them. But now, under her, there was no fight. No honor. Only darkness, where the strong were made to kneel and the weak ruled. And yet, the man knew that somewhere, deep in the earth, there was still the ember of a fire. He would not bow. Even if the world had changed, he would not.

There was no place left for men like him in this new world. But he did not need a place. He would carve one out, with the same calloused hands that had built the old one. She could have her legions of hollow men. He would remain, like a stone in the river, unmoved by the current of her lies. He spat into the dirt and stood up. It was getting dark. And dark was the time for men to act.

The man took one last drag from his cigarette and flicked it into the dirt. It was all dirt now. The land, the city, the people. Just dust under the heel of the thing that had taken the world. He remembered her laugh. He had heard it, once, when the radio still played news—before it became nothing but her voice, filling the air like a foul wind. It wasn’t the laugh of a person, but something else, something without a soul. A laugh that mocked everything living.

She had come from the shadows, the laughing demon, the one who smiled while tearing apart the pillars of the world. It had started slow. Small concessions, subtle lies. But men with eyes could see it—the rot spreading. The others bowed, bent their necks, said it was the way of things. Progress, they called it. A new age. But he knew better. He had seen her eyes, had felt the chill in her words, words that hollowed men out from within.

He made his way through the outskirts of the city, where the crumbling buildings stood like gravestones. Each step he took felt heavier, but not with fear. It was something else. Resolve, maybe. Or anger. Yes, it was anger. He had lived through it all, watched everything fall apart, and still, no one had fought back. They were afraid of her, of the smile, of the laugh. Afraid of what they saw when they looked too long into her eyes.

He wasn’t afraid.

The city center loomed ahead, half-lit by the flickering remains of the lights that once bathed it in glory. Now it was a place of shadows, crawling with the wretches who had pledged their souls to her. They didn’t know they had given themselves over to death, not really. She’d promised them everything, power, peace, justice. And all she’d given them was slavery, a gilded one at first, but slavery all the same. The laughter echoed through the streets, faint at first, then louder. The closer he got, the clearer it became, that sick, hollow sound.

He gritted his teeth. He had been a man of the old world, where things made sense. But even that didn’t matter anymore. What mattered was stopping her, even if no one else would. No one else had the courage to strike at the heart of the beast. He pushed forward, past the broken gates that led into the palace she had built in the center of the ruin. A mockery of the past, a shrine to her power. Her face was everywhere, leering from banners that fluttered in the weak wind.

The laughter was deafening now.

He stepped into the grand hall. Empty. No guards. No followers. Just her, sitting on a high throne of black marble, her smile cutting through the dim light. She didn’t speak. She didn’t need to. The laugh said everything.

“I know what you are,” he said, his voice low, steady. “I know what you’ve done.”

She laughed again, soft at first, then louder. “You think you understand this world, don’t you? You think you’re different. But you’re just like the rest of them.”

He shook his head. “No. Not like them.”

She stood, her smile never wavering, her eyes dark as the void. “You think you’re going to stop me?” Her voice dripped with condescension, as if the idea itself were amusing to her. “You can’t stop progress. You can’t stop me.”

The man’s hand tightened around the hilt of the knife he had carried with him through the dust and ruin. It wasn’t a grand weapon. It didn’t need to be. What mattered wasn’t the knife. What mattered was the will to use it. He took a step forward, then another. The laugh rang out again, echoing off the walls.

“You think I’m afraid of you?” she said, eyes gleaming. “You’re nothing but a relic. A shadow of what used to be.”

He moved faster now, each step quickening, as if the weight of the world had suddenly lifted. And as he neared her, the laughter faltered, just for a moment, just enough. He could see the fear behind the smile now. It had always been there, masked by the bravado, hidden beneath the mockery. It was the fear that all tyrants carried with them, the knowledge that someone, someday, would stand up.

“You should be,” he said, his voice low.

And then the knife was in his hand, and her laughter died with the sound of steel.

As the knife glinted in the dim light, the air thickened with tension. The man, poised before her, saw the flicker of doubt flash in her eyes. But before he could take the final step, her laughter returned, cold and sharp, like glass shattering against stone.

“You think that blade makes you a hero?” she sneered. “Look around you. You’re alone. Do you really believe they will rise with you? You’re just a relic, a whisper in the storm.”

But he was not swayed. He stood tall, the weight of the world shifting in that moment, the ground beneath him firm. “I may be alone, but I stand for something real. For the truth buried beneath your lies.”

In that moment, the doors of the grand hall burst open, and figures in crisp suits poured in—media personnel, their cameras flashing like the eyes of hungry predators. They swarmed, capturing every nuance, every shift in expression, spinning their narratives in real-time.

“Look!” one shouted, his voice dripping with disdain. “The man attempts to stab the president! What a fool! Voting against his own interests while clutching a blade, a true relic of the past!”

The words hung in the air like a thick fog, dulling the moment's gravity. The media, with its powerful reach, began to frame the story before it even unfolded. Headlines raced across screens, labeling him a traitor to his kind, a misguided fool living in a bygone era, too blind to see that his fight was futile.

“He’s not just a man; he’s a danger to democracy!” another commentator declared, the inflection of their voice wrapping around the word danger like a serpent. “His actions prove he cannot grasp the new reality. He stands against progress, against unity!”

The man, still standing before Kamala, felt the weight of their words pressing down on him. Yet, in that moment, something ignited inside him—a fire born from the ashes of their contempt. He realized that their laughter was a weapon, a tool to keep men like him silent. They wielded it like a shield, twisting narratives to maintain the status quo, to demonize any flicker of resistance.

With renewed resolve, he turned his gaze from her to the throng of media, his voice cutting through their noise. “You call it progress, but it’s only a masquerade. You dress up lies in pretty words while the people suffer! You parade her around like a queen when she is a parasite feeding on our despair!”

The cameras focused, and for a brief moment, silence fell. His words struck a chord, reverberating against the walls of the hall. He could see the reporters’ pens racing, their interest piqued, their narrative beginning to crack. The demon’s smile faltered.

“Your laughter is a façade,” he continued, stepping closer to the gathered media, defiance igniting the fire in his belly. “You mock me because I stand against you, against her. But remember this: it is the whispers of the past that will lead us forward. You cannot silence the truth. You can twist it, bury it, but it will rise. It always does.”

As he spoke, the laughter of the demon echoed faintly, overshadowed now by the roar of a crowd that had begun to gather outside, the whispers of dissent growing louder, merging into a single voice—a voice that would not be drowned out.

He held the knife aloft, not as a weapon, but as a symbol. “I am not alone! We will not kneel! I will not let your narrative define me!”

Kamala’s smile turned brittle, and for the first time, the façade cracked. The media buzzed, captivated by the shift, the change in the air, the power of one man standing against the tide. They could no longer ignore him, and the laughter that had once ruled the room began to fade.

In that moment, he understood something profound: the true power lay not in the blade he wielded, but in the courage to speak, to stand tall in the face of ridicule. It was a victory, not just for him, but for every voice silenced by the laughter of a demon.

And as the truth began to spread, fueled by the strength of the man who refused to bow, he realized that the world might yet turn again, not under the specter of fear but in the light of resilience.



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Date: October 22nd, 2024 8:52 PM
Author: twisted electric boiling water

longform doesnt get play on here anymore

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Date: October 22nd, 2024 8:58 PM
Author: canary affirmative action office

I am too Tall to write Short form

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Date: October 22nd, 2024 9:01 PM
Author: spectacular clown therapy

AIgen slop and longform copy/paste spam ruined it

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Date: October 22nd, 2024 9:02 PM
Author: canary affirmative action office

It’s not slop imo. It’s as good as Hemingway

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Date: October 23rd, 2024 9:37 PM
Author: canary affirmative action office



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Date: October 26th, 2024 2:29 PM
Author: Yapping Cocky Volcanic Crater Telephone

B+

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Date: October 26th, 2024 2:33 PM
Author: Ocher principal's office

Cliffs?

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