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                              k in the universe. All at once, all places. A [[Time field|crack in a wall]]. You are dead. Trapped in the Boulevard as the crack engulfs you.
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As you arrive home you find others inside, one of them chiding the other for her mistakes. As the latter apologizes over and over, she's beheaded, no amount of apologies can make up for her failures. The remaining woman grabs you and forces you to bring ''The Book of the War'' and explain how Sisyphus intended to free himself using it. You explain that Sisyphus wants to become like [[Shift (Alien Bodies)|the creature]] in the book, a conceptual entity. He already has a legend, he wants to become it. As she considers the issue, you take her sword and stab her, kill her. Using her blood you complete the ritual, the myth of Sisyphus arises from the book. And Mother Camus stands in the doorway once more, glancing at the scene. She closes the book and you find yourself outside. She sighs, feels some small measure of pity for you, as this will never end. You fall to the ground. Onto a road you can remember so well.
As you arrive home you find others inside, one of them chiding the other for her mistakes. As the latter apologises over and over, she's beheaded, no amount of apologies can make up for her failures. The remaining woman grabs you and forces you to bring ''The Book of the War'' and explain how Sisyphus intended to free himself using it. You explain that Sisyphus wants to become like [[Shift (Alien Bodies)|the creature]] in the book, a conceptual entity. He already has a legend, he wants to become it. As she considers the issue, you take her sword and stab her, kill her. Using her blood you complete the ritual, the myth of Sisyphus arises from the book. And Mother Camus stands in the doorway once more, glancing at the scene. She closes the book and you find yourself outside. She sighs, feels some small measure of pity for you, as this will never end. You fall to the ground. Onto a road you can remember so well.


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You are the Absurd Hero was the sixth story in the Faction Paradox anthology The Boulevard: Volume One.

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  • Writer Kevin Burnard released a public statement discussing how it was intended to be in the Doctor Who universe despite incorporating the reader into the narrative. [1]

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  1. ↑ https://twitter.com/scribblesscript/status/1645904642008842240?s=61&t=SMnLi8PM0iDwP_q_e1RGlw
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