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I say this positive affirmation to stop "them" from forcing me to sleep. The "them" in the previous sentence refers to the beings I have taken to calling the Pink Gods. They're the ones at fault for capturing me and putting me on display like what a human zookeeper would do to a lion, butterfly, spider, snake, platypus, horse, gorilla, zebra, giraffe, okapi, monkey, axolotl, elephant, eagle, hawk, polar bear, dolphin, flamingo, caiman, whale, cheetah, parrot, duck, penguin, okapi, peacock, pangolin, wolverine, lion, tiger, leopard, shark, crocodile, muskox, panther, cat, dog, kangaroo, tasmanian tiger, hag fish, manta ray, Komodo dragon, quokka, mongoose, albatross, electric eel, chimpanzee, wolf, koala, painted dog, ocelot, lumpsucker, hippopotamus, umbrella, pillow, coffee mug, water bottle, chessboard, headphones, tissue box, pencil case, alarm clock, hairbrush, toaster, glue stick, potato, dishwasher, cloud, and so on.

This means that EFOP is my zoo enclosure. So they’re also in charge of every aspect of EFOP, from the color to the temperature and everything in between. I suppose I can thank them for giving me something, color aside, similar to Earth when they could’ve just given me blank walls. And perhaps if they brought me here to educate their populace, I would’ve felt less hatred toward them. However, I know that they’re only using me for entertainment.

Why else would they go through the effort of making me battle sleep every night? It's because doing so must be a popular performance for the audience. Yes, just like members of my species would smile and laugh at the antics of the objects and animals placed in our zoos, members of the Pink Gods' species must also smile and laugh at my antics. Or maybe they're getting off on the forcing sleep thing because they like that feeling of dominance they have over me.

But my cleverest of clever mind has figured out that my keepers can't keep doing this. I still have a bit of free will that my keepers can't exercise power over. I mean, my rituals and positive affirmations are gearing up to fling me away like they put me in a trebuchet. The Pink Gods should be all "Trebuchet? How about trebu-not?" and force me to do things such as eating the grass instead. As of now, they haven't done this yet.

This means that, with the proper work, I can soon be free from sleep. And I want those Pink Gods to know how powerful I will soon become as well. So, whenever I have a night where I feel their sleep rays making me their bitch, I do my anti-sleep positive affirmations and, afterwards, stand up and scream at their fake pink sky.

“I will get the upper hand in this never-ending battle of ours. If I keep willing it to be, it will be. You will not hold me back with your weapons of somnolence. I will stay awake until I make it to the end. It doesn't matter if I need to keep hurting myself to stay awake. I will do it. I will do whatever it takes. Just watch me, bitch!"

After screaming this, I will perform self-violence on myself. For example, I'll slap myself all over the surface of my legs. I'll slap myself all over the surface of my arms. I'll slap myself all over the surface of my stomach. I'll slap myself in all the places I can reach on my back. Then I'll slap myself all over the surface of my face and head. When that’s done, I'll pinch myself in those same places. Then I'll punch myself in those same places. I'll often mix up the exact "attacks" I perform on myself and the body parts I attack for variety, but other than that, most of my nights before sleep are the same. I'll do these self violence cycles repeatedly until I feel like I have the strength to keep performing my rituals throughout the night.

I am performing these same actions tonight. However, this time, I am placing my self-pain measures on top of my affirmations, like a sandwich of power and pain. “I will overcome sleep!” Slap! Slap! Slap! Slap! Slap! Slap! Slap! Slap! Slap! Slap! Slap! Slap! Slap! Slap! Slap! Slap! “I have become a god!” Slap! Slap! Slap! Slap! Slap! Slap! Slap! Slap! Slap! Slap! Slap! Slap! Slap! Slap! Slap! Slap! “Ya gotta want it, baby, want it, baby if you want to win it!” Slap! Slap! Slap! Slap! Slap! Slap! Slap! Slap! Slap! Slap! Slap! Slap! Slap! Slap! Slap! Slap! “And by repeating my positive affirmations, I will want it enough!” Slap! Slap! Slap! Slap! Slap! Slap! Slap! Slap! Slap! Slap! Slap! Slap! Slap! Slap! Slap! Slap! Slap! Slap! Slap! Slap! Slap! Slap! Slap! Slap! “I do not need sleep! I do not need to sleep! I do not need to sleep! I do not need to sleep! I do not need to sleep! I do not need to sleep! I do not need to sleep! I do not need to sleep!” Slap! Slap! Slap! Slap! Slap! Slap! Slap! Slap! Slap! Slap! Slap! Slap! Slap! Slap! Slap! Slap! “You cannot confine me in this pink hell forever!” Slap! Slap! Slap! Slap! Slap! Slap! Slap! Slap! Slap! Slap! Slap! Slap! Slap! Slap! Slap! Slap! “I will become a god of your pitiful world!” Slap! Slap! Slap! Slap! Slap! Slap! Slap! Slap! Slap! Slap!

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Then I switch to pinching. “I do not need to sleep!” Pinch! Pinch! Pinch! Pinch! Pinch! Pinch! Pinch! Pinch! Pinch! Pinch! “I do not need to sleep!” Pinch! Pinch! Pinch! Pinch! Pinch! Pinch! Pinch! Pinch! Pinch! Pinch! “My urge to sleep is pathetically weak!” Pinch! Pinch! Pinch! Pinch! Pinch! Pinch! Pinch! Pinch! Pinch! Pinch! “I do not need to sleep!” Pinch! Pinch! Pinch! Pinch! Pinch! Pinch! Pinch! Pinch! Pinch! Pinch! “I will find a way out of this world! I do not need to sleep! I will find a way out of this world!” Pinch! Pinch! Pinch! Pinch! Pinch! Pinch! Pinch! Pinch! Pinch! Pinch! “I'm no sideshow, I'm a main show on the main stage and that main stage is real life in my world!” Pinch! Pinch! Pinch! Pinch! Pinch! Pinch! Pinch! Pinch! Pinch! Pinch! “I will find a way out of this world! You will not keep me from my family and patients along with all the other people I'll help."

Pinch! Pinch! Pinch! Pinch! Pinch! Pinch! Pinch! Pinch! Pinch! Pinch! “I don’t need to sleep! I will find a way out of this world! I don’t need to sleep! I will find a way out of this world!” Pinch! Pinch! Pinch! Pinch! Pinch! Pinch! Pinch! Pinch! Pinch! Pinch! “I will find a way out of this world! And you’ll all be weeping yourselves to death when your little cash piggy is gone! Well, screw yourself down to the pit of hell! I'm not yours. I'm a free piggy!” Pinch! Pinch! Pinch! Pinch! Pinch! Pinch! Pinch! Pinch! Pinch! Pinch! “I will find a way out of this world! I don’t need to sleep! I will find a way out of this world! I don’t need to sleep! I will find a way out of this world! I WILL FIND A WAY OUT OF THIS WORLD! I WILL FIND A WAY OUT OF THIS WORLD! I DON’T NEED TO SLEEP! I DON’T NEED TO SLEEP!”

I believed that I had filled up the anti-sleep tank and decide to switch to rituals. I allow my mind to focus in on selecting a new action target. My mind tells me to punch a nearby tree 104 times. I race up to the tree and stand with my nose exactly a foot and 4.34 inches away from the tree. I begin my assault. Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam!

My hands hurt. I feel as if my fingers could explode into tiny volcanoes of blood soon. But I can’t stop now. Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam.... Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam.... Bam.... Bam! Bam......... Bam… Bam! Bam......... Bam.......... Bam........!

At that point, the sleep rays from the two pinkish moons above must have grown more powerful. But I knew that the Pink Gods couldn't get me with this. No, no, no! I return to the anti-sleep stuff. “I do not need to sleep!” Pinch! Pinch! Pinch! Pinch! Pinch! Pinch! Pinch! Pinch! Pinch! Pinch! “I don't need to sleep! My love for my friends, family, and patients is too strong!" Pinch! Pinch! Pinch! Pinch! Pinch! Pinch! Pinch! Pinch! Pinch! Pinch! “I don't need to sleep!” Pinch! Pinch! Pinch! Pinch! Pinch! Pinch! Pinch! Pinch! Pinch! Pinch! “I don't need to sleep!” Pinch! Pinch! Pinch! Pinch! Pinch! Pinch! Pinch! Pinch! Pinch! Pinch! “I will find a way out of this world!” Pinch! Pinch! Pinch! Pinch! Pinch! Pinch! Pinch! Pinch! Pinch! Pinch! “I will find a way out of this world!” Pinch! Pinch! Pinch! Pinch! Pinch! Pinch! Pinch! Pinch! Pinch! Pinch! “Go away! I’m the big boss now!” Pinch! Pinch! Pinch! Pinch! Pinch! Pinch! Pinch! Pinch! Pinch! Pinch! Pinch! Pinch! Pinch! Pinch! Pinch! Pinch! Pinch! Pinch! Pinch! Pinch! “I will find a way out of this world!” Pinch! Pinch! Pinch! Pinch! Pinch! Pinch! Pinch! Pinch! Pinch! Pinch! Pinch! Pinch!

Nope! I still feel fatigued. I switch to punching. Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! "I will find a way out of this world." Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! "I will find a way out of this world." Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! "I don't need sleep!" Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! "I don't need sleep!" Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! "I don't need sleep! I don't need sleep!" Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! "Idon'tneedsleep!Idon'tneedsleepIdon'tneedsleepIdon'tneedsleepIdon'tneedsleepIdon'tneedsleepIdon'tneedsleepIdon'tneedsleepIdon'tneedsleepIdon'tneedsleepIdon'tneedsleepIdon'tneedsleepIdon'tneedsleep! Raaaaaaaaaaahaaaaaaaaaaah!!!!!!"

That last scream gets me fired up enough to keep going. I turn back to the tree. So...how many punches have I done? I feel adamant that I've only performed five punches. So now I need to punch the tree 256 more times. Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam!

Then my mind manifests another idea of what to do to the tree. I must headbutt it now. After I grab the tree by its lower branches, I bent myself over. The pink grass brushes against my face as I go at it! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bambambam! Bam!....... Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam!........... Bam!............ Bam!

I feel dizzy and fall to my knees. From that blowjob position, I get in a few more hits with the forehead. Bam!.... Bam!.... Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! But I won’t give e perverts the benefit of looking like I’m sucking a human sexual member. I get back up onto my legs. Then I continue head-butting the tree. Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam!......

I get dizzy and fall backwards. That oh so stupidly pink but so soothingly soft grass catches me. I pass out.