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The day I found my face, originally uploaded by The Searcher.

Once they found the masks, their lives changed. When they went out, people noticed them, liked them. Being the center of attention, being noticed at all. It had become addictive.

Kevin even got to make out with a woman last month. Wayne doesn't think he's taken off the mask since, not for sleep, or eating. He never took showers much. Wayne too, hardly took it off anymore. When he dreams, his face is just the mask, and he wonders what that means.

Last week, he forgot Kevin's name. He stared at his friend, and stared, but for words, only "Sopapea" would come. It felt right. He knew it should not have. He stared in the mirror, trying to recall what color his hair was. It wasn't important.

# posted by Derek Chatwood @ 12:54 PM