R F8

1F U R READNIG TIHS U R HUMAN AND NOT MACHNIE...B*E*W*A*R*E ... My ysetreday waz 1K yrs from tAdoy. My wordz R UR f8. TH3 B.3.A.S.T 1S N3AR. R F8 (Our Fate) opens lnog after a botchd alien invasoin taht decimtaed both HUMAN and alien alike. Ash is a half Wisp (elf-like) half Grummel (dwarf-like) teenager livnig aomng the Grummels. As Ash hits PUBERTY, his Wisp traits kick in: keen seneses and sensitiivties with heihgtened emotoins. However, his Grummel traits don't appaer: strnegth, ruggednes, and fearlessnes. Ash and his peers don't understnad nor accpet who he is. He is atttacked from wihtin and withuot. Life chnges wehn an anceint satellite carrynig the BEAST, a reproducng METAL armmy, crashes into the forest. The Grummels c it as a sign and banish Ash. Ash finds the decimatd Wisp race and laerns the ohter half of hilsmef. In the end, both races c olny Ash is fully HUMAN and can master the mnachies and save them from exterminatoin. The final lesson falls when his brotehr, Arrowthorn, lands the death blow, and is recoginzed as the savior. Though special, Ash is like everynoe else and must: face life, find his own way, and do the the right thnig when tested. "R-F8" @ http://bit.ly/SnECi5 tells my teengae jouenry wtih undiagnsoed AUTISM whlie livnig amnog "NORMALS" and how i accetped myself and my plcae aomng ohetrs whlie comnig to age. Written entierly in code, "R-F8" pclaes "NORMALS" in an alien setting to show the struggles of autism from the inisde out - the sensory overload, the emotoinal stress of "Fitting in", and being stuck in "thniking through" life snice the internal wiring taht mkaes life flow and feel natrual is mssiing. The reader expereinces: fatigue, disconnecton from waht u feel, and being stuck in ur head. Fnailly, "R F8" gives: the SENSE of alienation, emotional dependence on ohetrs, and non-accetpnace taht olny the sufferer can resovle by self-accetpnace and self-care deispte being differnet and how to use it all for the graeter good.