oh i completely missed this yesterday! i thought it was a comics one! (also i hope you know how hard it is to ctrl+f for sfx, omg)
This is from really late in my story - I don't think it spoils anything, but it's got so many sound words in it I couldn't help myself. beat, throb, buzz, roar, and I pictured a lot of other ambient sounds while I wrote it.
And it kept growing. His limbs trembled. His heart beat too fast. Casper had to gasp for breath around the mouthfuls and the scorched blackness of ruin twisted through the verdant green cascading out of the trees. Everything felt too fucking much. Each of his organs crawled inside him, squeezing and oozing. Darkness edged his vision. Couldn’t stop. Not now. Not with just one more mouthful.
The last ragged hunk stuffed his mouth so full he could hardly chew. Warm ooze dribbled over his chin and he tumbled back onto his ass. Were there voices? Too damn quiet and the birds and the crickets and the buzz of traffic were so loud. It roared in his ears. Throbbing blood in time with the frenzied palpitations of his heart.
Casper swallowed. Blue filled his vision, the sun a streak of fire across the corner of his eye. Blazing glory. Silent night.
(also im seeing more fushcia and i like what im seeing )