you'd be hotter if you dyed your hair

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Her too-long fingers flutter across the restless plane of your flesh.\n\n<<timedinsert 1500ms>>The tips of her hair frame your face.\n\n<<gains>>She traces glyphic stanzas down your stomach and thighs,\n\n<<gains>>then slowly slides her fingers up and in.\n\n<<gains>>She knows your body as though she made it herself.\n\n<<gains>>She handles you like a holy icon\n\n<<gains>>A privelege to touch, <<gains>>a sacrilege to harm.\n\n<<gains>>Her eyelashes dance in the crook of your neck.\n\n<<gains>>You climax in [[seconds]].<<endtimedinsert>>

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you'd be hotter if you grew your hair out

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Pretty Girl

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"Took your own clothes off too," he says.\n\n<<timedinsert 1500ms>>"What a little slut," he says.\n\n<<gains>>"Must really want it, huh?" he says.\n\n<<gains>>([[Say nothing|Say nothing...]])<<endtimedinsert>>

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Your fingers dive through his lips.\n\n<<timedinsert 1.5s>>A pulpy mass of tongue writhes beneath them.\n\n<<gains>>Your fingers are weapons, instruments of change.\n\n<<gains>>Scalpels.\n\n<<gains>>You grasp, <<gains>>knead, <<gains>>twist, <<gains>>pull.\n\n<<gains>>A flock of fleshy anemones slides past his lips on a red-clear stream.\n\n<<gains>>His screams become guttural dying-cattle [[moans]].<<endtimedinsert>>

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He's there when you open the door, red-faced, huffing.\n\n<<timedinsert 1.5s>>It looks pretty funny.\n\n<<gains>>You surprise yourself by laughing.\n\n<<gains>>He [[rushes in]].<<endtimedinsert>>

You can't remember [[your own face]].

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You drop the phone.\n\n<<timedinsert 1500ms>>Then you head to the bathroom and begin carving yourself up.\n\n<<gains>>You're a jack-o-lantern. Decorative, cut up, hollowed out.\n\n<<gains>>You wish someone could at least put a candle in you, make you shine and keep you warm.\n\n<<gains>>You begin cackling at the absurdity of your own jealousy towards pumpkins.\n\n<<gains>>Tears are streaming down your face.\n\n<<gains>>Soon enough you're blonde and your tits are bigger.\n\n<<gains>>You hear [[knocking]].<<endtimedinsert>>

He pushes you down on the bed and undresses.\n\n<<timedinsert 1500ms>>You wait.\n\n<<gains>>He hits the bed, crawls toward you, turns you over, enters you.\n\n<<gains>>A [[memory]] comes to you.<<endtimedinsert>>

You cut your scalp\n\n<<timedcontinue 1s>>until your hair is a //wine-colored tide//<<timedgoto "finished" 2s>>

You go quiet.\n\n<<timedinsert 1500ms>>Her finger is cool. You kiss it.\n\n<<gains>>She runs it down the line of your jaw,\n\n<<gains>>the curve of your neck,\n\n<<gains>>the rise of your breast.\n\n<<gains>>It settles on your stomach, just below your sternum.\n\n<<gains>>She draws a line down over your navel, stopping just above your groin.\n\n<<gains>>Then your stomach opens like a wide, empty [[eye]].<<endtimedinsert>>

You think of all the words that ruined you.\n\n<<timedinsert 1.5s>>All the names whose standard you were measured against.\n\n<<gains>>All the lies that made you stay.\n\n<<gains>>All the promises to try to make it work.\n\n<<gains>>You pry open his lips, slicing them open in the process.\n\n<<gains>>A few of his teeth slide from his gums as you cut at them.\n\n<<gains>>He bleeds magnificently.\n\n<<gains>>He's trying desperately to scream.\n\n<<gains>>Soon you find his [[tongue|screaming]].<<endtimedinsert>>

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You put the knife down in the bloody sink.\n\n<<timedinsert 1500ms>>Your wounds knit together and close.\n\n<<gains>>You run water, wet a rag, wash yourself.\n\n<<gains>>Then you [[look up]].<<endtimedinsert>>

She grins as you swim closer.\n\n<<timedinsert 1500ms>>The corners of her too-wide mouth protrude from the sides of her white paper mask.\n\n<<gains>>Her eyes are shining pure-black agates.\n\n<<gains>>She takes you, enfolds you, lays you against the sheets.\n\n<<gains>>You settle back. Your body relaxes. She climbs onto you.\n\n<<gains>>She slides over your skin. A cooing song slithers out of her throat.\n\n<<gains>>You begin to [[pant]].<<endtimedinsert>>

"Hello?"<<timedinsert 1500ms>>\n\n"Hey," he breathes.<<gains>> He sounds horny.<<gains>> \n\n[[Like always]].<<endtimedinsert>>

You shower.\n\n<<timedinsert 1.5s>>The hot water is a steaming ecstasy.\n\n<<gains>>All the blood slides off, spins, disappears.\n\n<<gains>>Your skin is flushed and pink and sensitive.\n\n<<gains>>You feel [[whole]].<<endtimedinsert>>

You begin with your fingers, cutting rings around your digits.\n\n<<timedinsert 1.5s>>You pull them,\n\n<<gains>>stretch them,\n\n<<gains>>make them long and sharp and keen like hers.\n\n<<gains>>Then you set down the knife and press the tip of one finger to your [[skin]].<<endtimedinsert>>

"Good," he says.<<timedinsert 1500ms>> "Because [[I want to fuck her]]."<<endtimedinsert>>

You know the girl.\n\n<<timedcontinue 1500ms>> Dark hair,<<timedcontinue 750ms>> pale skin,<<timedcontinue 750ms>> big eyes,<<timedcontinue 750ms>> perfect smile.\n\n<<timedcontinue 1500ms>>Nobody knows her.<<timedcontinue 1500ms>> Everyone wants her.\n\n<<timedcontinue 1500ms>>([[Say yes]])\n([[Lie and say no]])

She pulls her hand away. You lay there, panting.\n\n<<timedinsert 1500ms>>"Keep me here," you whisper.\n\n<<gains>>"Please."\n\n<<gains>>Her eyes soften and she smiles.\n\n<<gains>>"No," she whispers.\n\n<<gains>>Her breath is the smell of damp earth and blood.\n\n<<gains>>You begin to cry.\n\n<<gains>>Then she raises a finger and presses it to your [[lips]].<<endtimedinsert>>

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His head rolls, ruined mouth working senselessly.\n\n<<timedinsert 1.5s>>You puncture the tattered remains of his lips.\n\n<<gains>>The Surgeon's gifts are yours.\n\n<<gains>>His lips become sutured, sealed by a whimsy of flesh.\n\n<<gains>>You slide yourself down over him until his stomach,\n\n<<gains>>like a blank canvas,\n\n<<gains>>is [[bared]] to you.<<endtimedinsert>>

//I can make him love me again,// you thought.\n\n<<timedinsert 1500ms>>//I can be whatever he wants,// you thought.\n\n<<gains>>//I can be perfect again.//\n\n<<gains>>He [[agreed]].<<endtimedinsert>>

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He pulls out and lays down.<<timedinsert 1500ms>> You feel cold and empty.<<gains>> You didn't come.<<gains>> You [[never do]].<<endtimedinsert>>

You rinse off and leave the bathroom.\n\n<<timedinsert 1500ms>>You're still naked as you drift down the hall.\n\n<<gains>>He's still knocking when you open the door.\n\n<<gains>>He stares at you, doesn't say anything.\n\n<<gains>>His pants are half-way down as he pushes in and [[closes the door]].<<endtimedinsert>>

You look down into his wide eyes.\n\n<<timedinsert 1.5s>>//Remember how he stared at you?//\n\n<<gains>>//Never really saw you.//\n\n<<gains>>//Just saw something imperfect,//\n\n<<gains>>//something to change.//\n\n<<gains>>//Something to use.//\n\n<<gains>>You slide your fingers into his eyes.\n\n<<gains>>There's no resistance, just fluid warmth.\n\n<<gains>>His preoccupation with beauty will never matter again.\n\n<<gains>>He's [[shrieking|screaming]].<<endtimedinsert>>

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A jet of warm blood laps silently across your stomach.\n\n<<timedinsert 1.5s>>He's holding his arm up, clutching his wrist.\n\n<<gains>>He fails to understand the sudden, permanent loss of an appendage.\n\n<<gains>>That hand which pushed you down,\n\n<<gains>>that struck you,\n\n<<gains>>that twisted you up so badly.\n\n<<gains>>You pull him down onto the bed and roll him over, [[climbing on top]].<<endtimedinsert>>

That whispered voice continues to dance through your veins.\n\n<<timedinsert 1500ms>>You feel the urge to experiment.\n\n<<gains>>You take up a knife from the bloody forest\n\n<<gains>>and begin to [[cut|experiment]].<<endtimedinsert>>

He was so eager to change you.\n\n<<timedinsert 1.5s>>How you looked,\n\n<<gains>>who you were.\n\n<<gains>>You can change him now.\n\n<<gains>>Take him away from himself.\n\n<<gains>>Make him unrecognizable.\n\n<<gains>>You begin to cut.\n\n<<gains>>Blood pours.\n\n<<gains>>He's [[screaming]].<<endtimedinsert>>

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You cut your eyes\n\n<<timedcontinue 1s>>//Black// and //shining// and //perfect//<<timedgoto "pale" 2s>>

Your face meets the pillow.\n\n<<timedinsert 1.5s>>He doesn't push hard.\n\n<<gains>>He's not hitting you. <<gains>>He's just done with you.\n\n<<gains>>Such a small thing.\n\n<<gains>>He rolls off the bed, puts his pants on.\n\n<<gains>>"Gotta go," he says. You hear the door open and slam.\n\n<<gains>>You lay there for hours.\n\n<<gains>>Eventually, you [[sleep|i am here]].<<endtimedinsert>>

You try to ignore it.\n\n<<timedinsert 1500ms>>He just calls back.\n\n<<gains>>It's ringing again.\n\n<<gains>>([[Ignore it]])\n([[Answer it|Ignored]])<<endtimedinsert>>

You stare at yourself in the mirror.\n\n<<timedinsert 1.5s>>You are her.\n\n<<gains>>But more than that, she is //you//.\n\n<<gains>>And for the [[first time]] since you can remember...<<endtimedinsert>>

//"Hello,"// you whisper again.\n\n<<timedinsert 1.5s>>"The fuck's up with you?"\n\n<<gains>>He's uncertain. A smokey laugh rattles up out of you.\n\n<<gains>>He doesn't respond at first.\n\n<<gains>>"I'm coming over. I liked yesterday's. Don't change it."\n\n<<gains>>//"No,"// you whisper. Your words feel like a chill breeze as they slide past your grinning teeth.\n\n<<gains>>"The fuck did you just say to me?"\n\n<<gains>>You [[drop the phone]].<<endtimedinsert>>

And you [[dream]].

There was a time, once, when you made love.\n\n<<timedcontinue 1500ms>>Slow, <<timedcontinue 1s>>needful, <<timedcontinue 750ms>>clutching, <<timedcontinue 500ms>> panting, <<timedcontinue 250ms>>loving.\n\n<<timedcontinue 1.5s>>Not like this.\n\n<<timedcontinue 1.5s>>He's just rutting, grunting like some idiot animal. Getting off.\n\n<<timedcontinue 1.5s>>He comes after just a few moments.\n\n<<timedcontinue 1.5s>>Then he pulls out, puts a hand on your ass, and [[pushes you down]].

[[You feel perfect]].

You pick a knife at random from off the floor.\n\n<<timedinsert 1500ms>>A paring knife, small and keen.\n\n<<gains>>You rinse it off.\n\n<<gains>>You raise it to your face, press the blade against the curve of your jaw.\n\n<<gains>>You begin to [[cut]].<<endtimedinsert>>

He grins<<timedcontinue 1500ms>>, laughs<<timedcontinue 1000ms>>, pushes in<<timedcontinue 750ms>>, shuts the door<<timedcontinue 500ms>>, walks toward you.\n\n<<timedcontinue 1500ms>>He starts backing you toward the [[bedroom]].

You head to the bathroom and turn on the light.\n\n<<timedinsert 1500ms>>Your skin is pale in the mirror.\n\n<<gains>>Your sink is stained with old blood.\n\n<<gains>>The floor is a forest of [[knives]].<<endtimedinsert>>

//"Pretty Girl" by Kitty Horrorshow//\n\n<<timedinsert 250ms>>//This work is dedicated//\n<<gains>>//to anyone who has ever//\n<<gains>>//been made to feel like//\n<<gains>>//less than they are.//\n\n<<gains>>//Special thanks to://\n<<gains>>//[[Porpentine|http://www.aliendovecote.com]], whose poetry always inspires//\n<<gains>>//[[Leon Arnott|http://l.j-factor.com/]], for his incredible macros, hard work, and support//\n<<gains>>//Marina and the Diamonds for "[[Lies|http://youtu.be/hig5uLy2fe0]]"//\n<<gains>>//Everyone who follows me on [[twitter|https://twitter.com/Kittythulhu]] and [[tumblr|http://kittyhorrorshow.tumblr.com/]] and [[wordpress|http://kittyhorrorshow.wordpress.com]]//\n\n<<gains>>//Thank you for playing.//<<endtimedinsert>>

//You were perfect.//\n\n<<timedinsert 1.5s>>//[[You were always perfect.|The End]]//<<endtimedinsert>>

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Your fingertips dance and dive across the bleeding grid.\n\n<<timedinsert 1500ms>>Your chin softens. <<gains>>Your lips widen. <<gains>>Your eyes open.\n\n<<gains>>You run your bloody hands through your hair. It darkens.\n\n<<gains>>You run your bloody hands across your skin. It glows.\n\n<<gains>>You cut your breasts. They grow, take shape.\n\n<<gains>>You cut your thighs, they swell and smooth [[out]].<<endtimedinsert>>

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"Hey," you say.<<timedinsert 1500ms>>\n\n"You know that hot chick in that new show everyone's watching?" he asks.\n\n<<gains>>Straight to [[business]].<<endtimedinsert>>

[[Thump]].

You can still taste those memories on your tongue.\n\n<<timedcontinue 1500ms>>Times when he was perfect, <<timedcontinue 1500ms>>times when you were perfect.\n\n<<timedcontinue 1500ms>>You turn over and try to press against him, <<timedcontinue 1500ms>>trying to cling to those thoughts as you cling to him.\n\n<<timedcontinue 1500ms>>Desperate to be <<timedreplace 1500ms>>someone,<<becomes>>loved,<<becomes>>enough.<<endtimedreplace>>\n\n<<timedcontinue 6s>>He grunts, pushes you away, rolls over, sleeps.\n\n<<timedcontinue 1500ms>>You cry for a while.\n\n<<timedcontinue 1500ms>>Then you [[sleep]].\n

You draw a straight line down the pale expanse.\n\n<<timedinsert 1.5s>>A path appears, crimson and potent.\n\n<<gains>>Blood begins to well.\n\n<<gains>>Your fingers dive, <<gains>>seize, <<gains>>pull.\n\n<<gains>>His belly yawns wide and you are emptying him,\n\n<<gains>>drawing out hand-fulls of dripping sanguine streamers.\n\n<<gains>>You empty him like he emptied you.\n\n<<gains>>Then, when he is hollow and cavernous,\n\n<<gains>>when he has stopped moving and is more outside than in,\n\n<<gains>>you [[stand]].<<endtimedinsert>>

You drift back to the bathroom and stare in the mirror.\n\n<<timedinsert 1.5s>>She's so beautiful.\n\n<<gains>>A goddess, lethal and self-assured.\n\n<<gains>>Exactly what she wants to be, no more or less.\n\n<<gains>>She's perfect.\n\n<<gains>>//You're perfect,// the voice shimmers.\n\n<<gains>>Minutes pass.\n\n<<gains>>[[Knock, knock]].<<endtimedinsert>>

He's pushing you back to the bedroom.\n\n<<timedinsert 1.5s>>His face is contorted in anger.\n\n<<gains>>It looks fucking ridiculous and you can't stop laughing.\n\n<<gains>>He pushes you down on the bed.\n\n<<gains>>It's too dark for him to see you well.\n\n<<gains>>He's unfastening his belt.\n\n<<gains>>"Stop fucking laughing," he growls.\n\n<<gains>>You [[laugh harder]].<<endtimedinsert>>

"Good job," he says.\n\n<<timedinsert 1500ms>>"Looks just like her."\n\n<<gains>>([[Say nothing]])<<endtimedinsert>>

A twisted black tower shoulders up from a city full of ghosts.\n\n<<timedinsert 1500ms>>You ride the wind, guided toward a high, open window.\n\n<<gains>>You flicker through and see her,\n\n<<gains>>the Surgeon,\n\n<<gains>>ensnared in a web of sheets that fills the room,\n\n<<gains>>criss-crossing the space from every nook and corner.\n\n<<gains>>She smiles as you approach.\n\n<<gains>>You drift [[closer]].<<endtimedinsert>>

//How would you like to ruin him?//\n\n([[His face]])\n([[His eyes]])\n([[His mouth]])