It was dark. Then a burst of colour occurred. My body absorbed it. Purple blood, blue hair, greenish skin. I am becoming an alien. Those aliens you saw on TV.
The euphoria, the crowd cheering and jeering. The music blasting. And I am the centre of the show. Why? Because I am weird. I am the spectacle. People are coming here to see me. At least, they haven’t caged me. Yet.
Then it spreads like a plague. All the people are coloured. Orange, magenta. Lilac and turquoise. They used to take a photo of me. But now they take photos of each other. Viral content in seconds. What is this? The scientists asked themselves? Bacterial infection? A rare virus? Continue Reading