Red meat, A vignette. 




Our fantasies transcribed through another's reality can equal a nightmare. In
this parallel universe, potentially in our past, present or future, a man's
folly through the woods has unintended consequences. He had grown tired. This
mixed with the subtle wellbeing over having done something beneficial for
one's body and mind. It wasn't so much a fear of being lost but he had a
comprehension for the elongated time it may take to get back to his car.
"Shhhh", "don't move". Whispered words uttered 200 hundred or so feet from the
young, skinny but otherwise healthy looking man. "Don't pull the trigger
unless you're sure you have his vitals in your cross-hair", "ok!" The girl,
very much a friend of her partner was frustrated and impatient with the
overbearing nature of the command. "ZOOOOOOP" a sudden blast from the crossbow
sent the man flying off his feat. A jolt unlike one the man had ever felt.
This was followed by a pain so great that uncontrollable vomit quickly ensued.
"Nice shot!", "I told you not to worry!" From the girls vantage point it was
clear the target was hit, how bad was the only unknown. "Let's get a better
look" As the two girls reached their prey they could see the shot was fatal.
The man, crying hysterically and confused, writhed in pan as he held the back
end of the arrow lodged in his gut. The girl opposite the shooter, blonde,
somewhat stocky approached the man. Straddling over his body she applies her
palm to cover his mouth. Her taller brunette friend walks over to his head and
pinches his nose closed. After some brief convulsions the man drowns on his
own blood, accentuated by the girl's attempts at stifling his breath.
"Alright, trophy pose time!!!", "My favorite Haley". With the man dead,
stretched onto the ground the blonde goes first. Turning over his body, she
presses one knee onto his back, takes his hair and lifts his bloodied head.
"Smile"! The blonde drops the head and retrieves her friend's camera. "Your
turn". The brunette turns the corpse over, stands over the face and lowers her
butt to his face, that coupled with a thumbs up and immature smile, Haley
cannot help but laugh. "I just farted on his face!!", "OMG, your such a pig".
With the brief photo session complete the two girls grab a leg each and walk
off into the woods, destination unknown.