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Ruin by Anderseeds for user18368
Fandoms: I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream - Harlan Ellison
21 Dec 2025
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He’d expected it to taste terrible, just like every other thing AM had provided for sustenance. But it was smooth and cool and tasteless, sliding down his aching throat and prompting a groan. He thought he felt something spasm in his mind - but it was gone a moment later. He drank great, hungry mouthfuls, almost choking in his desperation to suck it all into his gullet, and when his thirst had subsided enough for him to realise he could use this as an opportunity to drown himself, the pool disappeared.
He licked his lips.
AM said nothing. The silence was unnerving. Had it no commentary for this, no mockery? Ted stared up at the sky like a supplicant beneath the gaze of a god, and received no answer.
AM devises a new way to torment Ted.