Not too sure about this one but the nice thing about exercises is that they don’t have to be good or anything.
Scenario: A man wakes up to find that he cannot speak to his gramophone (this is a result of my apparent inept comprehension skills, as the situation was supposed to be that he finds he CAN speak to it)
Genre: Surreal (if that’s even a genre)
The Gramophone
- Thunder rumbled lazily past the window while droplets of water pattered against its pane.
- His eyes were blurry at first and his ears were ringing, but he rubbed the sleep away and stretched limbs toward the four corners of the world.
- Sensors that he hardly noticed were slowly bringing the lights up in his room and the coffee pot began trickling.
- “It isn’t like you to be so quiet, Ptah,” the man said, nearing the gramophone in the corner.
- Whirring from the coffee pot and the continued gentle siege on the window pane were the only sounds in the bedroom.
- “Come on buddy; it’s too early for your shenanigans,” the man picked up the bras and moved it about.
- The gramophone showed no signs of life and dust had begun to collect on the inside of the pavilion.
- The wall was lit up now with the glow of the HoloVision coming to life.
- “…saying that prior to the incidents, low vibrations and ringing were heard…” the anchor on the wall was saying.
- Outside another clap of thunder boomed so close that the man stepped to the window to look out but only saw fire, smoke and a building crumbling to the ground.
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