Welcome to Violence

by THX 0477

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From around my tunes she heard an oily voice, “You girls a bunch of nudists, or are you just short of clothes?” This was followed by a chuckle, and before I had time to swallow the bile rising in the back of my throat the treadmill to her right was occupied by testosterone in a track suit.

Run. Run. Don’t look. Run. Running nowhere is really a disadvantage at this point. Is he strolling? What’s his machine set on, .5?

He won’t take his eyes off of Kate, “Oh, you’re cute…like a velvet glove cast in iron.” She rolled her eyes as dramatically as she could. It had no effect on his unbound machismo. He mosied along, but his eyes ran laps up and down her body.

“Easy baby,” he leered, “you’re almost a fire hazard.” Kate clenches and un-clenches her fists. If ever there was a reason to kill.

“Look, I don’t know what the hell your point is, but…” He cut her off with a condescending look and a finger to his lips. Running would not be enough.

Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to violence.

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Average Reader Rating: 5.0 stars out of 5

  1. Welcome to Violence

    Ana Cristina's Buddy Icon Ana Cristina

    Posted 3 months ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    A creative take on Nouvelle Bardot’s original story. The heroine here is not only very sympathetic but too patient. Mr. Track Suit would’ve found himself wrapped around the treadmill from the moment he opened his mouth, if it was me. :D
    LoA

  2. Welcome to Violence

    Nouvelle Bardot's Buddy Icon Nouvelle Bardot

    Posted 3 months ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    leave it to you to come up with some bizarre character. i love it…’a velvet glove cast in iron’ lol…is that any reference to the graphic novel? this is really amusing, i love the internal dialogue ‘is his machine set on, 5?’ oh, the things that go on in gyms…

  3. Welcome to Violence

    THX 0477's Buddy Icon THX 0477

    Posted 3 months ago

    Heehee, all the quotes are actually from a movie. Do you know which one? You should. It makes interesting things happen when you quote from it.

  4. Welcome to Violence

    Nouvelle Bardot's Buddy Icon Nouvelle Bardot

    Posted 3 months ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    haha, i get it.

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