Inanimate Insanity Season 2 Episode 15 Novels & Stories

And in a quiet corner of existence, a vast, unseen Audience settled in, waiting for the next upload of divine dysfunction. “So,” Lina sighed, the adrenaline fading. “Do we need to start planning season two? ‘Creating Creation: The Holiday Special’? ‘When Good Narratives Go Bad’?” I looked at the steady, contented hum of the Audience, then at the endless, beautiful chaos of the stories we still had to tend. Jeff’s hoop pulsed with warm, steady love. “Let’s just take it one embarrassing moment at a time,” I said.

Chapter 14. * "What woman?" Cora turned to gaze in the same direction as Tessa, but there was no one there. "That hefty cook was simply looking at us and then she went away!" Tessa was enraged, knowing what would happen if the chef spilled. "So?" Cora was having none of it. "You don't get it, do you? If she reveals that, two patients who were meant to be insane were communicating! Particularly when it comes to you and__"

A death trance. After what felt like an eternity, she stopped trying to kill herself and staggered a few feet away from me with a satisfied look on her face and a demented look still lingering in her eyes. “Why would—!” Just as I was about to question her sanity, she screamed at the top of her lungs. I winced at the sound and was about telling her to shut the fuck up when the dungeon doors burst open and Sawyer along with 4 guards burst in. Yes! Now they can drag this crazy bitch out of here.

“OH MY GOD, STOP MONITORING THE WEATHER LIKE YOU’RE MOTHER NATURE!” For a second—just a second—he almost smiles. I look away because my heart is stupid and traitorous. “So,” I mumble, staring at a random air vent. “What scene are we rehearsing now? Another fake romance thing for PR?” “No.” I blink. “No?” “No. This one is for me.” My brain literally stops buffering. “F-for you?” “Yes.” “What kind of scene?” He pauses. “Episode twelve.” “Episode twel— OH NO. WAIT. THAT’S ALWAYS THE—”

When a second hand skipped, or a gear ground to a halt, it wasn't a glitch. It was a disaster. Silas stood in his command center. Blue light from dozens of monitors washed over his pale face. The air was thick with the smell of static and the faint, bitter scent of burnt wires. “Play the video again,” Silas said. His voice was terrifyingly calm. Nobody moved. The air in the room seemed to freeze. He turned his head slowly, his eyes locking onto the young man sitting at the main computer. “I said,” Silas repeated, dropping his voice to a whisper that carried more weight than a scream, “play it again.”

“Bad enough I’m living here. I won’t have your people following me around all day.” “Sage…” “No guards, Kade.” She turned in the doorway. “I mean it.” He looked like he wanted to argue but finally just nodded. “Fine. But you call me if anything happens.” She got dressed and left. The clinic was exactly how she left it before the shutdown. Patients were already in the waiting room and she activated work mode, grateful for something normal to focus on. Everything was fine until the woman came in seizing. Her husband carried her past the door shouting for help and Sage laid her on a table. The woman was convulsing hard, foam in her mouth and pupils blown wide.

Not ration substitute. Real. I turn slowly. “This is evil genius.” Aidan checks inventory remotely. “We still had sealed reserve grounds.” Ezra’s voice is flat. “It accessed appliance firmware.” I look at both of them. “You say these things like I should remain calm.” The scent reaches us stronger now. Warm. Rich. Perfectly timed for fatigue. My body betrays me by wanting it instantly. No one moves. The open doorway waits. The point glows faintly in the projection behind us.

I sent the recording to Emily. I did not bother with what happened next. The last product was a smash hit, constantly selling out. This time, the big shots decided to upgrade it for a different crowd, aiming to serve them even better. I thought I would deal with it once I was done with my work bubble. It was only after I emerged that Olivia filled me in. The Wallace family was in deep trouble. For some reason, Emily had lost it. She mutilated Charles in his sleep and flushed his beyond-saving private parts down the toilet.

“They go insane.” Nate blinks, slowly turning to look at me. I feel it already. That restless pull, that gnawing ache. The one that started the second I woke up. It’s still there, crawling beneath my skin like fire under glass. I don’t say anything. I don’t need to. Luca sees it on my face. “That insanity,” he continues, “is either going to drive them toward each other—because eventually, it’ll become unbearable—or…” He hesitates for a moment before he adds, “Or they’ll end up dead.”