Warning: This work has been rated 16+ for violence and mature content.
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I lose control. I kill children. Sometimes adults, but mostly children. I laugh. I laugh a lot. It’s all that I do, really.
I’m no different than Isaac. Oh Isaac…he was such a sweet little boy. Peculiar, but sweet. I loved him with all of my cloth heart, with every shred of my fabric. He loved me too, a long time ago.
Back when everything was bright, we used to play together. We ate candy, I told him scary stories. We hugged each other. It didn’t matter that I was “imaginary”, because I was real to him. It didn’t matter that I was magical and he was not, because his smile was what motivated me to do magic in the first place.
Then it happened. That day I killed the cat. It was an accident, but goodness. Isaac thought that it was funny. I remember seeing the cat’s mangled body, wanting to cry, but my eyes wouldn’t let me. I was supposed to be Isaac’s best friend, that was what they said. I had to agree with everything he said, I had to agree with whatever he did.
Though I wanted to tell him that what I did was wrong, that I never wanted to kill the cat in the first place, I only laughed with him. God, it was a terrible day. I felt like doing what humans call throwing up. I felt too real. I wanted to go back into the void, to become nothing again.
But I didn’t. I stayed. Me and Isaac hid the body. His mother found out anyway, and she sent Isaac off to boarding school. She blamed the whole thing on him, even though Isaac ratted me out. Some friend he was for doing that.
He was a lonely and poor child. His father was a drunk and used to beat his mother, and his mother took her pain out on Isaac. Isaac, naturally, took his pain out on me a number of times by throwing a fit when things didn’t go his way, but I never complained. I was his friend, after all, and I felt sorry for him.
I waited thirteen years for Isaac to return. Thirteen years. I’m a Jack-in-the-box clown, you see. I had to stay in my box, I couldn’t come with him. He didn’t let me, even though he was the only one back then who could see me. Only he could open the box, because he was special.
I waited and waited….
When Isaac returned, he was a grown man who had a job in building furniture. He had a job, but his parents were dead. His mother was beaten to death in the street by his father, and his father was hanged in the gallows for what he did. He didn’t have any family left.
More importantly, he was a bitter, hardened man, just like his father. He drank a lot, too. A lot.
My joy had diminished greatly during those thirteen years, my bright rainbow colors had faded into dull black and white, but deep down, I still loved him. I still love him. I must have grown with him, I think. Not physically, because beings like me don’t really age, but in mind.
He forgot all about me. He didn’t open my box. He murdered people right in front of me for some time. He had power, control. Something I wanted. Something I deserved.
Eventually, one cold December night, the shelf my box was sitting on fell, which prompted Isaac to check on the damage.
He found my box and wound it up, probably out of some foreign instinct within. I don’t know.
I remember feeling so much hate, betrayal, sorrow, fury, happiness, relief, ecstasy, and shock when Isaac opened my box. I remember there being blood, lots and lots of blood. I was killing him, he was calling me obscenities as I did so. I laughed too, I laughed loud and clear. Laughing is fun. Laughing makes me feel good.
I’ve existed for many years, doing the same thing every single time. Killing whoever befriends me. I have an entire carnival, where all of the ghosts reside. All of my friends, all of my company. It’s never enough, though. I need more. More to play with. More to love me.
Do I like to kill people? Yes and no. Yes, because I get to see what they look like on the inside and play with their squishy organs. Yes, because then their ghosts come out and they can play with me forever. I like children because then I can stop them from growing up and becoming terrible, like Isaac. But sometimes, adults need to be free too.
No, because it feels lonely. Because it feels like I’m never going to amount to anything, never be the same clown I was many centuries ago. Isaac was the one who got me to kill, so by killing him, I think that I trapped myself into a state of murder.
Is anything I do individual anymore? Is it me or is it him? Perhaps it’s both.
I’m a monster, I think. There’s no going back. All I can do is laugh.
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In general, your story can be described as very disturbing. This is not too unfamiliar with me, as I do have a friend who talks about gore at random times. The plot does not have any twists and is simple and straightforward, something which is quite easy to read, but has not much suspense. It's definitely fine if you decide as so, but I do suggest adding a little more drama (I don't know how to make an amazing plot twist either, but hey, this is just a suggestion). A good way to put things in the mind for simple people nonetheless.
This also shows several key messages. The first being bad parenting. Isaac's bad parents not only didn't show love for him, they shunned him too. It will be provocative in the speculative case that Isaac decides to return fire. And Isaac proved himself insane by thinking an obliterated cat is funny. The second message is that our POV's mental health is being wrecked because of Isaac. Being alone gives no will to live, or in our POV's case, the feeling to kill.
And the third one is that insanity, whether casual or competitive, is almost definitely irreversible. You can walk into as many therapists' rooms as you want, take as many medicines until you black out, or just live on with it as the years go by, but you will always feel that memory deep inside.
Heyy...have a great day. I don't feel qualified to write a review, as you're writing shows great skills and experience. I am still taking baby steps.
Here we go,
Story is incredible! While reading, I honestly felt scared at times. It dives deep into what happens when someone grows up without love and affection. I could really feel for Isaac – his pain and struggles were so real. It made me think about how much our environment shapes us and how the affection we crave can change who we become.
From my understanding, the ghost or the imaginary friend in the form of a clown represents something deeper – maybe Isaac's inner struggles. Many of us have imaginary friends growing up, but here, it’s portrayed in such a haunting way. It’s scary to imagine your own mind turning against you like that.
Overall, it’s a thrilling and thought-provoking story. I can’t wait to read more of your work. ☺
I%u2019m glad you enjoyed this!