' a moment of weakness ' :0c
drabble scenario : #23 – your muse is being punished by mine.
SETTING: the freak show big top. DANDY’S CABINET OF CURIOSITIES – the wretched sign, now seemingly MILES away from the tent’s entrance, sheds cruel, sanguine light upon lifeless faces && visible exit wounds. the ten bodies of the show’s performers LITTER the ground leading up to the stage, where the girl with reptilian tattoos holds the SPOTLIGHT. all is silent; the faraway drone of cicadas && nighttime crickets adds to the effect that this takes place somewhere far from the once INVITING grounds, but maybe somewhere not even altogether human, ALIEN. a massacre has occurred here – not RECENTLY, ( for the blood that stains the earth has darkened && coagulated ) but perhaps many hours ago.
AT RISE: JIMMY kneels upon the ground before it all – like POMPEII after the searing, suffocating volcanic ash had settled upon its many victims, the world has he once knew it lies in crumbling devastation. the haunting notes of his sharp CRY still echo about the faded canopy, but falls upon ears deafened with ruthlessness. as the boy’s sobs SHATTER silence’s icy grip held over the grounds, DANDY, adorning the tailored tuxedo meant for tomorrow’s wedding, lurks in places on the stage where the crimson neon light cannot reach with a watchful, but entirely SATISFIED gaze.
only when he’s satisfied with the level of ANGUISH he has so mercilessly inflicted, DANDY creeps toward his place upon the stage ( where he truly belongs, after all ) && looks down upon his enemy with the judgmental eyes of a cruel GOD. he has only one thing to say to the mess at his feet.
DANDY i told you – i would have REVENGE … and i’ve finally had it: my GRAND FINALE. i must say, i do believe it was my BEST performance yet. ( he chuckles – not out of humor, but out of his own CRAZED mental state. ) i can’t begin tell you how UTTERLY enjoyable it was, watching them die. and to think none of this would have happened, had you refrained from taking the twins from me … come tomorrow evening, i shall have wed them and officially retired from this BORING freak show. ( with that, he swivels upon the heel of his perfectly polished shoes && vanishes back into shadow. EXEUNT. )
