Post by abraxes on Nov 19, 2024 5:56:50 GMT
The monster giggles. Not it’s usually titter, but a full blown giggle. It is disturbing. It almost sounds normal, which makes it potentially even more unnerving. Its whole body shakes with the force of its mirth, hands pressed against its face. It scratches at the mask that it wears as it trembles in profane joy, like it wants to tear it off so that its smile can fully spread across its face.
Then all of a sudden, it stops. Like shutting off the tap or closing the door. The monster stands staring into the camera as their nails grip tightly at their mask, tugging it roughly on their face.
“Why. Why, why, why. That is all that you have asked. A solid refrain from you, always asking why. Continued ignorance when you know, deep down inside of your soul. Where you can still hear my whispers, why. The question is there for you to answer. You just have to trust yourself to accept it.”
It clicks its teeth together as it stares into the camera and tugs on its mask again.
“You talk of this mask. But why does anyone wear a mask? To protect. To obscure. To keep themselves safe. It is serendipitous that you call this a halloween mask. You mean to conjure up images of children, frolicking in the streets. Collecting candy and laughing. But why did you start to wear the masks on All Hallow’s Eve? To protect yourself from the demons.”
They seethe out a breath between tightly clenched teeth.
“Your demons. For you are acquainted with masks, are you not Robert? You have worn so many. The Jester, the Prince. The king and the villain. So many masks. So many demons to hide from. Have you figured out the why?”
Abraxes slowly leans forward and clicks his teeth.
“I want to see you without the mask. To see you as you truly are. To show the world just what my child has become so that I may become proud of him. Show me what you hide beneath the mask, Robert. Show us all. Bring me that which you hold close to your heart. Do not hide from me, for I will love you as you are. I will mold you the way you need to be.”
Abraxes titters softly.
“Show me what is under your mask. Perhaps, if you are a good boy? I will show you what is under mine.”
Then all of a sudden, it stops. Like shutting off the tap or closing the door. The monster stands staring into the camera as their nails grip tightly at their mask, tugging it roughly on their face.
“Why. Why, why, why. That is all that you have asked. A solid refrain from you, always asking why. Continued ignorance when you know, deep down inside of your soul. Where you can still hear my whispers, why. The question is there for you to answer. You just have to trust yourself to accept it.”
It clicks its teeth together as it stares into the camera and tugs on its mask again.
“You talk of this mask. But why does anyone wear a mask? To protect. To obscure. To keep themselves safe. It is serendipitous that you call this a halloween mask. You mean to conjure up images of children, frolicking in the streets. Collecting candy and laughing. But why did you start to wear the masks on All Hallow’s Eve? To protect yourself from the demons.”
They seethe out a breath between tightly clenched teeth.
“Your demons. For you are acquainted with masks, are you not Robert? You have worn so many. The Jester, the Prince. The king and the villain. So many masks. So many demons to hide from. Have you figured out the why?”
Abraxes slowly leans forward and clicks his teeth.
“I want to see you without the mask. To see you as you truly are. To show the world just what my child has become so that I may become proud of him. Show me what you hide beneath the mask, Robert. Show us all. Bring me that which you hold close to your heart. Do not hide from me, for I will love you as you are. I will mold you the way you need to be.”
Abraxes titters softly.
“Show me what is under your mask. Perhaps, if you are a good boy? I will show you what is under mine.”
Well howdy there pardner.