There was no longer any response from any of the other science outposts. The computers had modeled the potential effects of the gravitational shift quite accurately.
Oblivion had already claimed everyone he'd ever known. It would come for him as well. The waves that normally crashed against the base of the stone walls had risen nearly twenty meters since dawn.
Good stuff...and I enjoy the completeness of these snippets.
ReplyDeleteGreat opportunity for some philosophical musings in the wake of oblivion but interesting that he welcomes the sea to take him. Does what it should and leaves me wondering what lead up to this point. BTW - the image with the snippet is awesome.
ReplyDeleteOh, ack! Death by drowning...not my preferred way of dying. Well, not that any is... Great stuff. Welcome back...wondered where you'd disappeared to.
ReplyDeleteGood snippet. I get the feeling that something...or someone...is going to save him. Just a feeling at this point.
ReplyDeleteVery nice. I love the fatality of it and his resignation. Lovely.
ReplyDeleteNope Patrick. He's pretty much hosed, but oddly okay with that. :)
ReplyDeleteI love the word Oblivion, and this piece summed it up perfectly. I thought his resignation was beautiful (if I can say that about someone's demise!).
ReplyDeleteBeautifully written, though I can't imagine where the story will go after he drowns. Maybe this is the end?
ReplyDeleteThis is so well written. It's tragic and peaceful. An odd mix, but effective. I like it.
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