“I QUIT!”  I’m resigning from my job as a stooge-drone at a stifling  [finance-defense-tech-ancillary services-etc.] corporation.  The yuppified manager gives me a disapproving look…then starts giggling.  “Heh.  Heh heh.  Haha.  Ho ho!  Heeheehee…MUAHAHA!  MUAHAHAHAHA!  ALL PRAISE ICTHULTU!!!”  He rips off his human face, revealing an insectile-reptile head.  I bust out of the office and I see workers rise from their desks, ripping off their skin and revealing similar, Cthulu-inspired visages.  They get on all fours, knees and elbows bent, and skitter toward me in a spider-like shimmy.  I start sprinting for the window.  Fifty yards to my front, they’re forming a demonic human shield, their hands raised in a come-hither gesture.  Open my eReader.  Magic flash.  An iron man suit starts clanking into place on me, each segment and vibranium cable connecting in a crisp, servo-driven snap.  A blazing techno-katana extends from my hand, and as I’m sprinting, I’m cutting into lizards left and right with side-to-side swipes.  On the holographic telemetry readout that’s splayed across my face, I order the suit to activate thrusters.  My boot-jets kick into gear; I shoot out the tenth floor window in a gorgeous, screaming whine, exploding through dozens of evil insect-lizards that are blocking my path.

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