Story Structure — 4 Plot Phases
The Strike and Recovery
A surgeon is struck by lightning and recovers in his own hospital. A second lightning survivor reveals an unusual appetite for electrical voltage.
Key Events
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Lightning Strike — A surgeon is struck by lightning, initiating the story's supernatural transformation.
Location: Unspecified location
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Hospital Recovery — The lightning-struck surgeon recovers inside his own hospital.
Location: Hospital
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Second Accident Revealed — An intern is revealed to have suffered the same natural accident.
Location: Hospital
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Electrical Appetite — The intern has developed an appetite for electrical voltage.
Location: Hospital
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Shared Craving Discovered — The surgeon realizes that he shares the same craving for electricity.
Location: Hospital
The Hidden Electrical Circle
The surgeon recognizes the same craving in himself. He is introduced to an underground group whose members share the addiction.
Key Events
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Forbidden Attraction — The shared addiction draws the two affected medical workers into closer contact.
Location: Hospital
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Underground Group Mentioned — The intern introduces an underground group with the same electrical addiction.
Location: Hospital
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Secret Community Entered — The surgeon encounters people who share the group's unusual addiction.
Location: Underground gathering place
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Addiction Normalized — The underground community presents electrical dependence as a shared way of life.
Location: Underground gathering place
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Medical Knowledge Applied — The surgeon uses his medical knowledge to devise a method for electrical access.
Location: Hospital
Sockets Beneath the Skin
Using surgical knowledge, the surgeon devises a method involving sockets and prongs inserted into members' wrists. The group gains a direct way to obtain electrical voltage.
Key Events
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Socket Method Devised — A method is developed for inserting sockets and prongs into members' wrists.
Location: Hospital
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Wrist Modification — The underground members receive wrist modifications designed to conduct electricity.
Location: Hospital
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First Electrical Feeding — The modified members use the implanted devices to obtain electrical voltage.
Location: Underground gathering place
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Cult Intensifies — The electrical community becomes increasingly central to the surgeon's behavior.
Location: Underground gathering place
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Accidental Discovery — The surgeon accidentally discovers that electricity can be drawn from living people.
Location: Unspecified location
The Living Current
An accidental discovery reveals that electrical power can be drawn from living people. The surgeon becomes hooked on this more dangerous form of absorption.
Key Events
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Living Power Absorbed — The surgeon absorbs electrical power directly from a living person.
Location: Unspecified location
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New Hunger Emerges — Directly absorbing power creates a stronger and more dangerous form of craving.
Location: Unspecified location
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Ordinary Voltage Rejected — The new appetite shifts attention away from ordinary electrical sources.
Location: Underground gathering place
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Human Power Dependence — The surgeon becomes hooked on absorbing power from living people.
Location: Unspecified location
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Addiction's Dark Resolution — The story resolves with the surgeon consumed by his dangerous electrical addiction.
Location: Unspecified location
