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  • The First Fever

    Chapter by barackobrahma · 30 Jan 2026
  • Daniel, a man living a solitary life in the mountain wilderness, witnesses a catastrophic event when a streak of violet light slams into the nearby ridge. Believing it to be a plane crash, his instincts drive him toward the impact site.

    Upon arrival, Daniel finds not a plane, but something ancient, sleek, and pulsing with a rhythmic thrum. In a moment of panic, he makes physical contact with a strange, vibrating material. The encounter is brief but violent, leaving him unconscious as the world seems to "turn inside out."

    Daniel wakes to find the site changed and the authorities closing in. He flees back to his cabin, seemingly unharmed, but soon falls victim to a localized, agonizing pressure in his skull.
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  • The silence of the mountains was Daniel’s only friend, until the sky tore open.

    The sound wasn't a roar; it was a rhythmic, metallic shriek that vibrated the floorboards of his cabin. Daniel stood on his porch, a lukewarm beer in hand, watching a streak of violet-white light cut through the mist. It plummet like a plane falling from the sky. It skipped across the atmosphere before slamming into the ridge of Blackwood Peak with a thud that felt like a localized earthquake.

    "Damn it," he whispered.

    He didn't call the police. In these parts, the police were forty minutes away or more, and Daniel had nothing but time. He grabbed his heavy coat and a high-powered tactical flashlight, his boots crunching on the frost-dusted pine needles as he began the trek.

    As he climbed, the air changed. It smelled weird. When he reached the clearing, he didn't see a Boeing or a Cessna. He saw a jagged shard of obsidian-slick material buried in the dirt. It pulsed with a low, rhythmic thrumming, like a heartbeat. No flames. No smoke. Just a cold, terrifying glow.

    Fear, sharp and primal, finally pierced his curiosity. Run, his brain screamed.

    He turned to flee, but his boot caught on a silky, translucent, and vibrating protruding cable. As he fell, his hand slapped against a warm, metallic surface that felt like liquid.

    The world turned inside out. Then, darkness.

    ***

    Daniel woke up face-down in the dirt. His watch said only ten minutes had passed. He felt fine, better than fine, actually. He felt light. The shard of obsidian-slick material buried completely in the dirt. It wasn't possible to see it anymore.

    Seeing the distant sweep of flashlights from the valley floor, the authorities were finally arriving, he scrambled to his feet and hiked back down the deer trails, bypassing the main roads. He slipped into his house, locked the door, and waited for the adrenaline to fade.

    That’s when the pressure started.

    It began as a dull throb behind his left eye. By the time he hit the bed, it felt like someone was driving a railroad spike into his temple. He swallowed four Advil, dry, and collapsed into a fever dream. He wasn't Daniel anymore. He was a queen on a throne; he was a peasant in a green desert; he was a soldier in a war with three suns.

    He bolted …
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QPA23 ∙ 31 Jan 2026

Really interested to see how this develops. I'm a big fan of possession scenarios where the person being possessed rationalizes all the possessor's actions as their own, no matter how out of character they are.