Creepypasta

[Edward V. Strand]

The machine was off for three minutes and forty-seven seconds, which doesn’t seem like so very long, but something happened in the world during that time, and it was an irreversible action. The Engineer had spent four hours and thirty-seven minutes aimlessly surfing the Internet when he should have been mindful of his watch; then, foolishly he dozed. Two Girls, One Cup and the little girl from The Ring danced in his dream, which creeped him out a bit until he was awakened by the silence. He shivered, realizing there would be consequences, and he had to go to the bathroom. Tormented by need and responsibility, he wavered. As the machine whirred to life, thoughts of suicide crossed his guilty mind.

[Kristine_ES]

i keep reading this, going back and forth between wanting you to tell me what he's engineer of, what the machine was, what the outcome of his actions were--and not wanting to know because what you didn't say is somehow more interesting.  very cool.

[Angela]

Edward, I enjoyed watching this happen, especially seeing the Engineer's eyes blink open suddenly in the quiet.   I used to run a steam autoclave at a local hospital on the night shift, so your Engineer is understood, I think.