The Ijikurse. #MiniTaleofTerror

In my mind they scream my name. But I'm not J-J-Jonie. They tried to eradicate me, the bullies. I slay evil these days like, IRL. I do it for me. The bass runs through my big skull, bliss. The rage I felt from every kick. Skip track. Skip! Seditious -180bpm. Tap, repeat track. It's the RPG Maker stare-off. Just me & the 8K monitor I recently bought. Everyone says they see more with 8K, but I don't see more.

//MINOS.respawn 

I eradicate bugs. Delete. Minos isn't in my game, I don't remember it being in the game…maybe the mechanics got buggy. Slurp! My energy drink gives me momentary bliss. I'm not Jonie in my m-mind, that's because in the big event they define as…existing, Mr Z is my mental moniker. 

Mr Z releases the best rpg maker game, steals boyfriends, receives bad review's!? No! I ring my family immediately to cool it. Mr Z killed Jonie, so I'm blunt these days. Then back to the bass, back to Mr Z's dominion. I bash out the main story, rather…I let myself be a medium for it. The Ijikurse. I just released the demo into the ether. DAMN! I love running my indie empire. They fucking fear me, the baddies that...

//MINOS.respawn

The f-fucking fuck, the bloody bug!!! Isn't it too late? It's in the release…my tumblr feed, broken. I'm sitting there, in the mud. Evil exists and I must end it. But the internet is down. I'm in the mud. I need my buzz, maybe a root beer and end my bad thoughts. But I released the RPG, OK. Fine. Back to bliss. 

Mmm. In my re-telling of this, there's a few things I shouldn't mention. The thing that still sends me insane. Just let me, Tsk! Root beer fizz to the brain. Bite me. The evil melts away for the briefest moment. In my meditation tape, I feel a strong purple light that removes everything. Except for the bad thing. Blergh! I shouldn't be meditating on this shit. The ambient lights went out, but then it was a bleedin' miracle!

Internet was back, so I scour the Ijikurse for bugs. No sign of MINOS. I must be seeing things, bad thought. But then my monitor begins to rattle. My reflection, is moving. But I'm not, then- BONK! The monitor...it actually hit me. Hard! The black screen stares me down. 

//-J-Jonie!?R-U-There? 

The text types itself, the words bleeding through the millions of pixels. 

I peel myself away just as my speakers blow out! Boof! The bassline drops, not even ready for it. The menu music but it's slowed, reverbed. The bass pounds what feels like this eternal terror. My breath synchronises to it. I'm stuck to it.

Then I see on the monitor: No save file. Error on boot.That's when i knew, I needed to end it. I rush over to the black mess, my empire I built, immaterial right now. The bass still beating against my body. I begin typin'-

//MrZ.restart
//MrZ.boot
//Minos.1.10.released

I'm sucked into the black screen and am trapped in the Ijikurse…

I bide my time, hiding in the shadows of the game. Surveilling him. Making mental notes, how is he in here? But I know I must try, just waiting for it...

//Minos.respawn

The end.

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