°․ ℓσиg ραѕт gσиє | α ѕнσят ѕтσяу ․° ———․° ❈ °․——— "sickness lingers by these streets like a companion." ———․° ❈ °․——— 1,564 words this won 4th place! :D /CW/ : mention of death, sickness and mental illness. forum version : https://scratch.mit.edu/discuss/topic/701705/?page=1#post-7417554 written for the july swc 2023 writing competition! I began writing this without having any idea what it would be about, just that a girl was running in the rain. I wrote two paragraphs and then had a mild writers' block before deciding to just mash two ideas together and see what happened (this dark, dreary setting with the plot of a virus/illness) - I finished it a day later. I can honestly say that this is one of the best surprise writing pieces I've ever written, and I hope you guys enjoy reading it as much as I loved writing it! It is a more complex plot than what I've written in the past, so it may require rereading it again to fully understand what's happening. thank you so much to Kay (@silvxrywaves) for the amazing critique and Sunny (@-Sunmeadow-) for the wonderful feedback! <3 (follow them bothhh-) ———․° ❈ °․——— ✎ sтσяү: all me - 1,564 words ▢ вαcкgяσυη∂s: Canva ♬ мυѕι¢: Faded - Alan Walker (Instrumental) ◎ тɪмε: about 2 days (+ many hours more on editing) ———․° ❈ °․——— #longpastgone #pastgone #gone #streets #sickness