Hello Tally!!
So,, feathers AU Jade Leech, or rather the whole octavinelle trio
Since MC’s essentially sabotaging racers to ensure Grim’s win, I wanna see how their interactions go down with the trio, considering how shady they are in the canonical story :D
Does Azul know of the fowl (pun intended) play going on behind the scenes? Does he do anything to stop it, or make it benefit him as well? Are Crowley and Azul competing with each other in this aspect? Very intriguing, would like to know
Have a great day/night :D
... *puts down telephone* This is going to be a long one
So just like everyone the octo trio doesn't know who the culprit is either, but he does know that Crowley is involved in this sabotaging race incident, he just doesn't have the evidences to prove it and is working to prove it, although the culprit seems to be pointing at you the more he tries to deny it...
Not every doors are ment to be opened, just like how every secrets are ment to be kept
A mushroom encyclopedia, a hugging killing machine, and a shady takoyaki.
Never get their interest they say
Be careful of what you wish for they say
Don't try fiddling with their secrets they say
Even if somethings might not be true to the targeted people, it's always better to be safe than sorry. A fake trap can still be a trap if use correctly, so any information you grasp, whether real or fake, could always come in use if you know how to play your chess.
You've heard more or less from the Octavinelle team, and alot about their shady business. They say that they're capable of making everyone's wish come true if they can uphold the cost, in which...not all were able to uphold it and become a fool of themselves, pathetic really... but you don't want to join that gang, you're already a fool as if you are right now.
So don't screw it up, your name does not exist in this world as people don't care about it, create a reputation that even you can't disperse, then everything will be over.
You've never met the head of the team neither the twins that follows them, and you prefer it that way as your actual status is being wanted by every Great Sevens whether were they your victims or not.
You have met someone similar to the Octavinelle head's description, a man with light grey wavy hair, with one long lock who surprisingly- can't fly very well despite claiming to be a racer, you find it funny seeing him struggle to even move 1 inch above ground. Then there's twin who looks very identical, one who has manners and rambles like a mushroom encyclopedia, the other is a big hugging killing machine you'd like to refer to since his grip could break your bones if you're not paying attention.
The shady business takoyaki, you like to call him that, once rambled about a sabotager in alot of races which made you jolted a little. He might have caught on that small reaction of yours, cause now he seems interested to pry in every aspects of your personal life, the twins-well the less mannered one seems to cling on you even more while the other one watches intentively...
If the attention is too much, you can always cut ties with them, break every connection and throw it into the abyss, nobody will be able to repair something that's destroyed to the dust, neither be attentive enough to find all the pieces together
It's been a few months since you've last seen them for your sake. A few months of erasing your trails, your existences from this world again.
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Authors note: This draft has been sitting in my inbox for quite a while, I didn't have the full brain power to write anymore and I personally like it to be a cliffhanger :D
Anyways have a good day/night!
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Short Story #67: Monster.
Written: 3/15/2017 Backwards Week
The hosts and the set of the morning talk show are all done up in a light blue and yellow color scheme, in an attempt to make their subject matter seem less depressing. At first the show existed to only discuss uplifting subjects, like puppies that were up for adoption and community projects led by third graders, but one of the executive producer learned that death, violence, rape, disease, and hatred were subjects that brought in more views, and more money, so the show quickly shifted gears, and gave itself a more lighter and playful look. Looking like they were girl’s dolls that had somehow come alive, the two hosts, a blond man and woman, sat on a large, sunflower yellow couch and discussed the biggest story for the past week.
“It seems like Killer Claire,” the woman announced, unsure if she should look at her co-host or the camera, so she awkwardly did both, “might finally have given indisputable proof of how evil of a person she truly is.” The male co-host stared at the camera with a Vaseline smile. “After what happened yesterday, her strongest supporters will have to think twice about claiming her innocence.”
“I hope she gets sent into prison, and never leaves.” Giving a forced laugh, the male turned to his co-host, staring at the side of her face as she stared into the camera. “People like that are just too dangerous, and they really need to be locked up. There is just no reason to have a sociopath like her walking around the streets, after she ruthlessly killed her own wife like that.”
“The thing is, I don’t just blame her. There is no doubt, it is a fact, that she is as evil as they get. But you really have to question her wife, too. I mean, what type of person would choose to marry such a horrible woman? Could you really call her death a tragedy, since she should have known that it was coming?”
It was also discovered, by the same producer who altered the subject matter, that it was easier to just have attractive people who had no idea what they talked about, instead of average looking people who were well informed. So, the original hosts were fired, and he gave their jobs to two escorts he found at a renowned, European film festival. They were a hard find, mainly because he had to find American escorts. It turned out that people preferred to listen to Americans instead of foreigners.
“Well, that’s how they just work. You can never tell who is a sociopath, and who isn’t, its like they are demons walking around in the skin of the average person. So, there was just no way for that poor woman to know who she was marrying, and the whole situation is like a modern day horror movie, all happening in real life.”
Attempting to look horrified, but instead just looking as if she was yawing, “There has to be some way to tell.”
Looking past the cameras, lost, the male host looked for somebody to give him assistance. The only information he was going off of was just a couple sentences from an article he half red, and he wasn’t even fully sure what sociopaths were. Somebody wrote on a piece of paper, and held it up for him to see, it read: Make something up. “Uh, well, you know.” He smiled past the camera, she still stared at his face, now also smiling. Another paper came up, it read: People don’t care if you’re correct, just lie. “Well,” turning to look into the camera, “I read an article, it was about a scientific study done by many of the top scientists.”
Off camera, somebody whispered to the female host, “Just stare at the camera.” She obeyed.
“Top scientists?” She asked, full of surprise. “Which ones?”
“Oh you know,” he rubbed his hands together, to settle his nerves, “A lot of them. The important ones. They said that the only way you can tell a sociopath from a real person, is by their blood.”
“Their blood?”
“Yes. Apparently, their blood has more concentrated evil in it, and can actually corrode metal. There even was a video, somewhere, of an officer of the law-”
“You have to love our boys in blue.” A producer gave her a thumbs up, then signaled her, like a stage mother, to smile.
“You sure do. The officer got blood all over him when he shot the sociopath, and it actually melted his face right off.”
“That is scary stuff, and knowing this now, I hope that Killer Clair gets the chair.”
Another paper was held up, and the guy read it. “Hashtag, Chair for Claire.”
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They put a coat over her head to hide her identity, but it was of no use since the assault had been televised. As they marched cuffed Claire out of the studio, they were greeted by a vast crowd of reporters, all trying to get coverage of the arrest. Even though she was unable to see any of it, Claire understood the intensity of the crow, just by the effort the arresting officers had to put in to get to their car. The wall of noise, that came from the reporters trying to get their questions answered, was deafening, she could hardly pick out any specifics.
Normally, she would have loved to be in this scenario, to have all of this publicity, but now that she had it she was only agitated. If her hands weren’t cuffed she probably would have swung at somebody, maybe would have tried to smash any of their television cameras. She wanted to scream at them, but knew there was no point in it, so she just had to wait to get into the safety of the car.
Ten minutes passed before the police were able to fight their way through, and when they shoved her into the backseat, her head banged against the roof. There was a scrape, some blood, a dull pain, but Claire didn’t care. “I can’t believe we were the ones to finally do you in.” One of the officers said, she didn’t bother to look at him, Claire just stared at her feet. “You’re one sick son of a bitch, you know that?”
“I don’t think she can understand that,” the other chimed in, “that’s how these fuckers work.”
“No, you’ve got it all wrong. They do know, I think, but they just don’t care. Like, she knew it was fucked up that she cut the breaks on her wife’s car, but she just didn’t give a shit.”
“Isn’t that psychopaths?”
“No, I think.. Wait. I think psychopaths don’t understand, and sociopaths do understand. And she’s the latter, right?”
“No, I think, psychopaths are the ones that harm people, but sociopaths manipulate people. Like, when you hear the word psycho, what pops into your head?”
“Blood covered man, holding a chain saw.”
“Exactly, and when you hear society, what do you imagine then?”
“Bunch of people talking with each other.”
“So,” the officer announced proudly, proving his misguided point, “psychopaths are the violent ones, while sociopaths are the ones who manipulate and shit. Cutting the breaks on somebody’s car isn’t violent, because she didn’t hit anyone, and when you think about it, she was just manipulating the car.”
“But she just strangled somebody on national television, isn’t that violent.”
Thinking deeply about this for a second, the other officer came to a conclusion, “She must be a hybrid then.” Looking back at her, eyes full of fear and hatred, “We should be very careful about her then. For all we know, she could have wanted to have been arrested.”
“So you’re saying that this could just be a part some sick plan?”
“I have no doubt about it.” For added measure, he removed his gun and held it in his hand, just in case. “Who knows what is going on in her head.”
Claire, who tuned out somewhere during the argument over the distinctions between psycho and sociopaths, was trying to remember the words to the MASH theme song. Although the instrumentation was clear in her mind, the lyrics eluded her.
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“Alright, welcome back, America.” The host, a man with a receding hairline, button up shirt, tie, and suspenders, announced to the camera. “We’re here with the woman known as “Killer Claire”, who has been accused of cutting the breaks on her wife's car, which led to the woman’s death. Police suspect the motives may have been to collect life and car insurance, in addition to a clear lack of morals. What do you have to say about this Claire?”
Was she supposed to smile and defend herself, showing that she didn’t care about their accusations? Or was she supposed to act grief stricken about the loss of her wife, because that might be how regular people would react. In the end, she decided to go with something safe, and talked slow and sad, while looking at the hands in her lap, occasionally making brief eye contact with the host. “Well, I’m innocent. I don’t have any idea of how the breaks were cut in the first place.”
Behind her, and the host, there was a screen that displayed Tweets from the show’s viewers. One read: Crocodile tears from a lying bitch.
“What about the reports, claiming that you have been formally diagnosed as a sociopath? Doesn’t that show that there is a strong chance that you killed her? How could you be one of those, and not kill your wife?”
This probably isn’t the first time she killed. She probably drowned those kids that were found in that abandoned pool the other day #LockHerUp
This accusation was enough for her to stare directly at him, giving up her fake routine, forgetting to blink. “What I was actually diagnosed with was antisocial personality disorder. And having that doesn’t mean I’m some psycho killer. I loved my wife.”
So she’s trying to claim that she is shy? Why does her story keep changing?
Is she trying to claim that she doesn’t love her wife anymore? What an awful human being.
“How could we trust you when you say that you aren’t a psycho killer, when you are diagnosed as a psychopath?” Her left eye twitched. “Also, wouldn’t the police only suspect you if they had good reasons to do so? Are you trying to claim that you, a manipulative, morally bankrupt human being, is more trustworthy than the men who put their lives on the line every day, just to keep this country safe? Are you trying to say-”
“Look, Chet, they didn’t even suspect fowl play until a family member of mine mentioned the ASPD. At first they thought that it was just a malfunction, an accident, so I’m not calling them liars, I’m just saying that their views are clouded by prejudice.”
She’s trying to do the calm and reasonable routine. Chet, don’t let her trick you into becoming aggravated.
The host saw this message, and said into the camera, “Don’t worry America, I won’t let her get me all flustered. I’m a professional. Now, Claire, let me ask you a simple question. How can we trust you?”
“What?”
“Well, lying and being manipulative are a part of your disorder, are they not?”
“Well-”
“So, since you have been professionally diagnosed as being a compulsive liar, a wolf in sheep's clothing, somebody who cannot feel remorse or shame, how can we trust you?”
She’s sweating! Oh man, he’s got her cornered, what a fucking pro
Claire wondered if this was some sort of nightmare, but the pain she received from digging her nails into her forearm proved that it was indeed real. “I didn’t kill my wife. What happened to innocent until proven guilty?”
“That’s for the courtrooms, this is television.”
They should water board her for what she did, how could anybody do that to a human being?
You have to be morally bankrupt to kill somebody, obviously she’s evil. I volunteer to shoot that bitch dead.
I hope she tries to flee so that there can be a manhunt. I would love to see her get torn apart by police dogs.
Does anybody know where Chet gets his ties?
Wondering why she agreed to do the interview in the first place, Claire began to stand up and remove the microphone from her clothing. “I don’t need this bullshit.”
“Please don’t swear on air.”
Placing the mic close to her mouth, “Go fuck yourself Chet, I’m leaving.”
“Well, America, it looks like she has nothing to say. It looks like she’s not that big of a sociopath anyways, but then again, we ask the hard questions, and even the coldest killer is hard pressed to find a way out of our verbal judo. By being unable to answer any of these questions, she has essentially proven her guilt, and it wont be long until we’ll see her on death row. Remember, lock your doors, make sure your children are safe, because Killer Claire is still on the loose, she has not-”
I’m serious about that tie. He always has great ties, but I can never figure out what brand they are.
They should cut her tongue out so that she never lies again.
As she walked away, knowing that she didn’t need any of the bullshit, something shifted Clair’s carefree attitude into pure anger. Looking back on this moment, she wasn’t sure if it was the comment advising people to protect their families, maybe it was the way that the audience leered at her, but most likely, it was both of those combined with a memory of the last beach trip she went on with her wife. A thought sprung into her head, and impulsively, she acted on it. Turning around, slowly and coolly walking towards Chet, Claire appeared back on the camera.
Snidely turning to her, the host asked, “Are you ready for round-” Claire quickly grabbed the back of his head, and slammed his face down into his desk. Nose bleeding, looking terrified, he raised his head, unsure of what was happening, and then she placed her hands around his throat. Wondering how it would feel to crush throat, to feel it break under the pressure she provided, Claire was able to stare at his frightened, bleeding, dying face for about twenty seconds until the camera men rushed in to pull her off of him. Everyone else in the studio was frozen in disbelief.
Delilah, will you marry me?
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Surprised to hear the doorbell ring, Claire began to make her way to the front door. Everyone had been giving her space to grieve, and she wondered if they thought that there had been enough time for her to return to the world. It wasn’t clear how long grieving was supposed to last, and it seemed like the only times she cried was when she forced herself to. Basically, she had to think over and over about how sad it was that her wife died, and if she focused long enough like this then a couple tears would come out. If she was able to maintain focus for long enough, she would be able to enter a state of real sobbing, but she mainly only did this once a day, just because she felt like it was what she was supposed to do.
Also, it just felt nice to cry, because it was like it proved that she was still a tiny bit human inside, even if she stopped being sad when something else caught her attention. It was just nice to know that, in some capacity, she still had emotions.
When she answered the door, she was surprised to see a man and a woman who she assumed were detectives. The woman was the only one who spoke for the whole visit, and she assumed that this might have been because they felt like she may be more willing to open up to someone of the same gender. “Is it okay if we come inside?”
Keeping the door cracked open, guardedly staring out, Claire did not like where this was going. “What is this about?”
“We wanted to talk to you about your wife’s death.”
“That was an accident.”
“We thought so too, but we heard that you are diagnosed as antisocial, so we decided to look further into the case.”
“Who told you?”
“So you are not denying this?”
“What are you implying right now?”
“We have reason to believe that you may have been responsible for the death of your wife. Now, the car was totaled, so there is no way to know that the breaks weren’t cut, but-”
“Am I under arrest?”
“No, ma’am, we-”
“Do you have a warrant?”
“No, we-”
“Then fuck off.”
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When she got home from work the house had been empty. It was a little unusual, because her wife was normally home at this time, but it was also reasonable assume that she was out, doing some sort of errands. Maybe she was talking to some old friends. Later, unbeknownst to Claire, people would think that it was a sign of guilt that she watched television until eleven at night, never attempting to contact her wife, but really Claire knew that she was her own person, and if she wanted to call she would call.
The call did finally come, but it wasn’t the one she expected. She didn’t even recognize the number, but something told her that she should answer. “Are you Claire, uh, Beth’s wife?”
“Yeah, who is this?”
“This is her friend, uh, its unimportant. We’re all wondering, well, are you planning on seeing her tonight?”
“I wasn’t planning on it.”
“Really?” Her voice sounded alarmed, confused, nothing good.
“What’s going on?”
“You didn’t hear?”
“No, wait, what’s?”
“Oh god, do I have to be the one to tell you? Shit. I should’ve made somebody else, oh well. She’s dead?”
Cold and indifferent, “Really?”
“Yes, they think the breaks stopped working, there was a crash, its all-”
“Hm. Send me the location, and I’ll drive over I guess.”
The moment was strange for Claire, mainly because she realized that she should’ve assumed something was wrong. At least, she was sure that a normal person would assume something was wrong. Although she never showed it, in her voice or her body language, from that moment on she had given up on caring about life. Who did she have to impress anymore, who did she have to act normal for? All of the friends she made had been dull, but she stayed in contact with them because that was what Beth needed. Her whole social life had formed, because that’s what Beth needed. If it was up to her, they would forget about the outside world, and just spend most of their time with each other, but she knew that her wife had different needs than her, so she changed to satisfy those needs.
Most people would have trouble changing, but Claire believed that was because they all had firm ideas of who they were, and it was unquestionable for them to be any different. She saw a lot of people suffer, only because their self images were shattered. When she was a child, her father always talked about his martial arts classes, and how he would be able to take anybody in a fight, but one night he was mugged in a back alley, and ended up being hospitalized. After that, he became miserable, and not because of the hospital bills or the injury, but because he had lost a fight to somebody he thought was below him. Throughout her life she had seen plenty of other people experience this sort of loss of identity, and she never understood why she never suffered that, until one day she realized she had no identity. She altered herself depending on who she talked to, never being genuine, never caring about the person she spoke to.
And then she met Beth, and realized that in a way, she could become genuine. When they talked, she realized that she wasn’t picking her words carefully, she wasn’t trying to guess what Beth wanted to hear, she just spoke. When she experienced that connection for the first time, it somehow made her feel whole, made her feel real, and it was the first and only genuine connection she would ever have with another person. Sure, she made an effort to become liked by her Wife’s friends, but this was more of a romantic gesture than anything, it was genuine in the sense that she was only doing it because she wanted her wife to be happy. Isn’t that love
Although, she ended up not going to see the body, it was because she was too busy thinking about all of this. She wanted to spend that night with the memory of her dead wife, instead of going and seeing the remains. What could she possibly gain from seeing a corpse? It wasn’t her wife, it was just an object. Her wife was gone, but the memory wasn’t, so she decided to stay home with that, and she figured everyone would understand.
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