Ultimate Ficly Crisis #6

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“Come on,” MJ mused. “What is this?”

He ambled past unfamiliar buildings and streets mostly devoid of activity. Now and then some sort of weird car would drive by. Usually, they seemed to skim across the streets with almost zero friction. He also noted the utter propensity of security cameras flitting to and fro upon their perches, mocking their subjects.

He stopped, his thoughts chilling him. Is this some sort of new program? he wondered. Is this some new über-Carnivore protocol? Do they still have their beady little eyes on me?

He drew his gun, not caring how foolish it was in a virtual environment, and began to look about himself in an agitated manner.

Someone came out from behind a corner; it was a woman. She was dressed in all black, with a pair of glasses. She looked uncannily like the Informational Agency suits—

She had seen him.

Don’t move!” he demanded, whipping out his weapon. He looked away, aiming it more or less by memory, and fired several shots blindly.

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  1. Avatar Mostly Harmless

    I think I was being rather stupid previously. I hadn’t realised that the worlds had actually collided but of course that’s the case.

    The action is so easy to visualise, which is nice. Mysterious, but not unfollowable. If that’s a word. MH :)

  2. Avatar Mr.Gabriel

    I was right. Muahaha.

    Ooh, he meets Elsh.

  3. Avatar .:Band Baby:.

    turns away and then shoots? I feel like that is not the best move. Isn’t there a saying… “Keep your eyes on the target”?

  4. Avatar ElshaHawk (LoA)

    why blindly?

  5. Avatar The Silence [All By Myself] {LoA}

    Has a matrix kind of feel. But why does it say blindly? Is he not used to using a gun? Or did he close his eyes? lol

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