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onlyhearmusic) wrote2023-10-21 08:27 pm
onlyhearmusic) wrote2023-10-21 08:27 pm
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[the last voyages] ic inbox
"Leave yer message."
[oh. no, he knew. he just didn't care. the beep comes after another brief humming stops.]
"Leave yer message."
[oh. no, he knew. he just didn't care. the beep comes after another brief humming stops.]
You enjoy it, don't you? Pain. Hurting people.
There's a thrill to causin' another's misfortune, to watchin' them bleed, and tha best part when tha life leaves their eyes.
[He hums in amusement and curiosity.]
How? Hmm. Does love not come naturally? Is enjoyment not instinctual to seek out?
I'm good at it, boyo. I do what I have a gift fer. [ ... ] Tha act of performin' it can be learned. Can be taught.
How? Hmm. Does love not come naturally? Is enjoyment not instinctual to seek out?
I'm good at it, boyo. I do what I have a gift fer. [ ... ] Tha act of performin' it can be learned. Can be taught.
How? I want to know smart ways. Slow ways.
[Ways that might not end in true death.
A pause, awkward and uncertain before he growls to shake himself out of it.]
Painful ways.
[Ways that might not end in true death.
A pause, awkward and uncertain before he growls to shake himself out of it.]
Painful ways.
Edited 2023-11-05 04:41 (UTC)
Ohohohoho.
[The laugh is overjoyed, light and airy. There is a genuine amusement within it. An anticipation.]
Oh, I know those ways. Ah, my favorite, lad. Fond memories of tha requests that want ta make it painful.
What makes ya interested, lad?
[The laugh is overjoyed, light and airy. There is a genuine amusement within it. An anticipation.]
Oh, I know those ways. Ah, my favorite, lad. Fond memories of tha requests that want ta make it painful.
What makes ya interested, lad?
I don't care about death. [Particularly not here.] I want to know how to cause pain.
Fair enough. [A good point, though it caused pain of various sort as well. But, oh does Collins love a good torture session...] There's several kinds of pain, boyo. Do ya want to know about torture of the body or torture of tha mind?
...Both. [His tone is low and flat and interested.] What I was makes torture of the mind come naturally. But I'm not what I was yet.
Ah, I see. [a slight pause] My specialty is breakin' tha body... which can break tha mind, too, but in a different way. But I know a few things that hit hard without any physical exertion if yer lookin' fer both.
Good afternoon, Mr Collins. Or may I call you Dennis? My name is Malcolm Bright. How are you doing today?
You may not. Same headache as yesterday, so iffin ya have a point please be gettin' to it quickly.
I was wondering if we could talk about your recent crime spree. There was kind of an art to it, wasn't there? You've done this before.
I could see that... professionalism. Your work is very deft. Were you typically self-employed or did you do that work for someone else?
Because I'm a student of the fatal arts and you seem like you're quite the purveyor of them.
[He does not believe that for a second.]
Aye, I am. Are ya gonna keep lavishing me with pretty compliments just ta keep me talkin', lad?
Aye, I am. Are ya gonna keep lavishing me with pretty compliments just ta keep me talkin', lad?
I guess that depends whether you have anything interesting to say. Piano wire is a unique choice. Do you always carry some with you or did you have to find some?
Well, my assumption is that you got it from a piano. Maybe the one in the art gazebo?
[That does not deserve validation in his mind.]
What draws you to tha 'fatal arts,' boyo? Did ya see a dead body when ya were young? Did ya Mommy or Daddy die in front of ya? Just morbidly curious? A bit of a freak?
What draws you to tha 'fatal arts,' boyo? Did ya see a dead body when ya were young? Did ya Mommy or Daddy die in front of ya? Just morbidly curious? A bit of a freak?
It's sort of the family business. It's not hard to find piano here, it's true, but there are easier materials to acquire that would make perfectly serviceable garrottes. The piano wire has some sort of special meaning to you.
And does that matter in the grand scheme of things? I'm already in a prison, boyo, ya don't have ta find evidence fer a jury.
We don't have juries. ...Or trials. This is just a hobby of mine. Well. It's my job, normally. Let's call it a jobby. It's more about satisfying my curiosity. I'm interested in what makes you tick. Or. Garrotte, as the case may be. So. Piano wire. What's that about?
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