"From the sting of survival, where vinegar burned through my veins, I rose—not just to live, but to wield a power forged in the crucible of my own defiance."
My Name is Faaiz
People usually see me as an unusual person, different from normal. I don't think like they do, and I don't act like they act,
Sometimes I don't agree with what they say and everyone in the room starts to stare at me, like I've said something I'm not supposed to say
I live in a small neighborhood, it's safe to say Everyone here knows me and each other, but when they see me walking in the streets they try to avoid me as much as they can
When i talk with some people i can see the unearnest faces that they make because they think I'm just an idiot spouting bullshit they just laugh awkwardly, i study psychology at college even tho i don't have the best grades i can tell when people are making fun at me they think that my beliefs are just imaginary things I've made to escape from reality
For example i believe in the unnatural like people might have a special abilities that lies dormant inside of someone's self, I'm not saying that to escape reality and it's not because i got inspired by the superheroes comics i used to read when i was a kid
I just got that idea of a secret society that unlocked the special powers that i was imagining
They usually say that human beings can achieve the impossible but at the same time they say that people who develop a special powers that defies physics is impossible and it's only a fiction
So that's why i believe humans can achieve anything you can call me crazy maybe I am crazy and people can't achieve anything like what they say maybe it's going to be a bunch of bullshit but I'll believe in this bullshit anyway.
So One day i went drinking with a bunch of guys from my college, as i told you my relationships with people is on the outside not the inside, i know that they don't see me as a sane person but they act friendly around me anyway, but the disgusted faces that they make when i talk tells me everything i need to know
So i was drinking with them normally the sound of chatter filled the place, i was watching silently of course, that when someone forced me to break my silence
Ross Williams the popular perfect college student that you see in fiction blond hair clean clothes, even a person like me who doesn't care about how people look and what they wear can tell that he's so handsome and always wears the most expensive clothes, honestly i don't know what he's doing in a place like this
He said let's have a contest, a contest??, said the a black long hair dude, his name is Riley Smith, he's a loser just like me no and an idiot
Yes, Said Ross
The loser has to do what the winners tell him to do
So there will be one loser right, said the biggest loser of all Riley
The three of us were sitting together at one table, while the other guys from our college were sitting at the next table.
Yes, so We play charades the first player has to put a word in their mind and start giving hints every hint is worth taking a shot of alcohol, until a player guess it, for example player two guessd it the third player has to drink a full glass of beer and then it's player two turn and so on got it, Ross said
Yeah easy enough, Riley said
Are you in Faaiz?
Uh y-yes, i said with hesitation
Okay let's begin, Ross said
After some time to be precise the clock that was on the bar wall moved from 9:10 PM to 9:45 PM,
it's a run down light blue looking clock with broken glass,wrapped around it, a circular silver Frame, The Glass Looks Sharp, Good Thing that the clock is kinda high up on the wall or somebody could get hurt by the broken glass edges
Anyway yeah i lost...
I mean Don't Judge Me, I'm a Lightweight Drinker what can i do
It's time for the punishment. Ross said
Crap, I'm gonna puke, i murmured in a low voice my head lying on the Table
Riley said to Ross, But what is the Punishment i can't think of anything, I'm quite drunk
fufu, Ross said, I've Came prepared
That's not fair, said Riley
As i was lying my head down on the table murmuring, My poor Stomach, The Air Grew thick as Ross reached out for his grey coloured bag and said i was waiting for too long
As he was opening the bag zipper me and Riley gulped
And he grabbed and put on the table a plastic bottle the size of a family cola bottle, but it didn't have any labels on, it just a plain looking bottle of what it seems to be a brownish looking liquid
Riley gulped and said, wh-WHAT THE HELL IS THIS!!
With a Smug On His Face Ross Said, Hahaha Vinegar, to Be Precise Apple Vinegar
Riley said, no no no we don't want to know which type of vinegar this is, what are going to do with it, and why do you have that anyway
Ross looked seriously at Riley's black eyes and Said, make him drink it of course
No no no no, that's so dangerous you can't let him drink that, that's a lot to drink, Riley Said
I Said, i Don't Feel so good guys
Ross said, what a bummer and here i thought you were a man Faaiz, that's a shame truly, so you're scared after all
After some hesitation i said the following: Listen I'm a Brave Man, Nothing Can Make Me Scared, The Scariest Experience To Some People Is Paying Taxes But I Ain't Scared Of That I Face Them Head On.
Taxes??, Ross Wondered
There's Something about me that I've never said, yeah i Hate when people challenge my ego i see myself as the MANLIEST MAN TO EVER EXIST, so yeah you can call me a narcissist, so i accepted the Challenge like the idiot i am
Bring it, I Said
I Grabbed The Brown Coloured Bottle And Said Cheers, Not Knowing What To Come
Chug Chug Chug, All i can hear from the other side of the table both of them are shouting chug, I'll show them I'm the Greatest man ever, and i Deserved The Honor of Growing Up a Moustache, They'll Never Know That Honor Because They Don't Have Moustaches, I'm The Only Man Sitting On This Table
So I Started Drinking And Drinking Without Taking a breath, i Kept On Chugging The Vinegar Like a Champ, and i started looking at them like, huh you see what I'm saying I'm a goddamn man, a Man Above all Men
But When i Stared at them, all They were Doing is Laughing At me, Looking at Me With Disgust, but even with that i didn't stop especially when I'm halfway there
But my Throat Start To Feel Numb, After What it Felt Like a Bunch of Razor Blades Were Slashing my Throat From the Inside Out
After a While My Breath Started to Get Heavy, to The Point That I Almost passed Out but i kept Drinking, until i Finished it, completely the whole bottle, honestly I've never seen someone do what I've just did ever, drinking a full bottle of brown Apple Vinegar.
And Don't Forget it was Brown.
Anyway, The moment i Let Down the bottle my vision started to go dark, crap I'm going to pass out!!, my lungs felt so heavy i couldn't breathe, The Walls of my stomach felt like it was starting to peel off, I'm going to die
Before i closed my eyes the last thing i saw was Ross smug face and Riley idiotic face, ohh how much I'd give just to punch the hell out of that face
And My Vision Went Completely Dark.....