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Medinoc
(Before Recorded History)
2013-02-09 04:04:43
It was adapted into the Twilight Zone episode "To See the Invisible Man"
, see the note on the bottom of that page.
MikeK
Since: Jan, 2001

A short story with what I think was a 20 Minutes into the Future sort of setting. The main character was given a punishment where no one was allowed to interact with him or otherwise acknowledge his existence - I think he was made to wear some kind of uniform or symbol that signified that everyone should ignore him. He points out the potential Cursed with Awesome aspect of this punishment, that you could sneak around where ever you wanted or just openly steal things, but also notes that people can still bend the rules enough to retaliate - the example he gives is that you could walk right into the kitchen of a restaurant and start grabbing food, but a cook could then "slip" and spill the contents of a pot of boiling water in your direction.