The Many Deaths Of You

by Hadjii

Collateral Damage

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    This is it. You've been building up to this moment. It's been an hour since you got the last part and put it all together. You push the power button on your console. You wired up your Xbox 360 to this fire hazard of a mess you optimistically call "My Ticket to Equestria". You check the fuel gauge on the gas tank, and it's now at 89%. While you wait for it to finish filling up, you pull out your phone and post to Twitter, "Here goes nothing".

   You push the ‘start’ button on your contraption, and squee when it makes powering up sounds. Before you can make that awful high-pitched noise again, it happens. The thing that every gamer on Xbox fears. The RRoD. With such a major part out of commission, quite a few things go out of control. Sparks fly everywhere. Cables short and burst into flames. Something breaks and slams into your head. You see stars and are knocked down.

   Unfortunately, you land on the loose fuel line for your machine. Now it's no longer attached, and leaking gas. A few seconds later, there is a massive explosion. That DOES kill you. Shrapnel from the explosion takes the lives of two innocent people walking outside your house and severely injures another. The story is the headline for the newspaper the next day, and the forensics people are still trying to figure out what you were doing.

==Summary==

Attempt Number: 1

Time Lasted: 48 seconds

Distance Reached: Home

Hopefully this won't turn out like Kerbal Space Program usually does for most people...

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